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EXPOSITION AT VIENNA. 
China Clay—England. 
The following tabular statemeut shows the extent of the 
production of China stone and China clay in Cornwall, for 
a series of years* :— 
Shipments of China Clay and China Stone from Cornwall, England. 
YE AR. 
Kaolin (China Clay). 
China Stone. 
St. Agiles Clay. 
1865, 
1866, 
1867, 
1868, 
1869, 
1870, 
1871, 
97,750 
105,000 
127,000 
100,000 
105,700 
110,520 
125,000 
25.500 
35,000 
33.500 
29,000 
28.500 
32.500 
33,000 
1,566 
1,524 
1,316 
979 
875 
946 
774 
. At St. Agnes there were also, in 1871, abont four hun 
dred tons produced for candle-clay, used in the mines for 
supporting the candles. 
In Devonshire, 19,000 tons were produced, in 1871, at 
the Lee Moor, and other china-works, and 47,639 tons of 
pipe and potter’s clay were shipped at Teignmouth, the 
production of Newton and neighborhood. Of a total of 
57,670 tons exported from Poole, Devonshire, in 1871, the 
greater portion was sent to London and Euncorn, and to 
Quebec 200 tons. 
Of potter’s material (clay, flint, chert, etc.) there were 
imported into the potteries by Trent and Mersey naviga- 
tion, 144,588 tons, and by the North Staffordshire Eail- 
way, clay, flint, chert, etc., 11,345 tons. 
The demaud for porcelain clays sustains a very consider- 
able mining iudustry in Cornwall and Devonshire. The 
official mineral statistics of the United Kingdom contain 
a list of no less than one hundred and five separate clay- 
works in Cornwall, seven in Devonshire for porcelain clay, 
Ave of "Teignmouth clay,” and six of "Poole clay.” In 
Staffordshire there are nineteen works producing Stour- 
* Compiled from Hunt’s Mineral Statistics of Great Britain.