The export trade is, however, inconsiderable, as the produce of the local industries is mainly ' absorbed by home consumption.
Platinum and the allied compound metal iridosmine have been found in New South Wales, but so far in inconsiderable quantities.
So, probably, the depth of the ocean will be found to be very inconsiderable compared with its breadth.
The Elsa and the Era, which join it on its left bank, descending from the hills near Siena and Volterra, are inconsiderable streams; and the Serchio, which flows from the territory of Lucca and the Alpi Apuani, and formerly joined the Arno a few miles from its mouth, now enters the sea by a separate channel.
The native industries are inconsiderable, and many of them are in a languishing condition.
