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three rows of pillars fifty-five feet high which stand
round three sides of the Cathedral of St. Isaac, and for
the Marble Palace; and it was employed for the
monument of Alexander I., in building the quays on the
Neva and various canals, and for the ordinary
pavement of the city. Finland granite was used,
too, in the monument of Alexander II. in Moscow.
Finland stone has gone still further afield; though the
statement that the porphyry of the tomb of Napoleon
came from the coast of Lake Ladoga, or from the
beautiful porphyry in the island of Hogland in Finland,
is incorrect; it came from the Russian government
quarries in Olonetz. There ought to be a considerable
demand for this granite, since very few countries in
Europe have such fine masses as are found on the
Scandinavian peninsula and in Finland. On the great
plain of Northern Europe there is hardly any. It is,
however, a product of great weight in relation to its
value, and the transport is therefore unduly costly.
At any rate, the production in Finland is quite small,
many times less than that in Sweden, whence granite
to the value of fifteen million kronor is exported every
year. In 1898 the production in Finland was worth
only one million marks, this amount being double what
it was in 1893, when there was a slight decrease
from former years. More than half of the whole
production — paving-stones, large blocks, and polished
stones — is exported, most of it to Russia. In 1899
the export was a little less than in preceding years,
probably because building work in St. Petersburg was
less than in previous years, when money was more
abundant. In Finland itself, especially in Helsingfors,
fine building work has been done in granite, the new
Union Bank being a good specimen. On the whole,
however, the production is small compared to Scotland
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