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58 REPORTS ON AWARDS. I 3°. Officers of the Austrian Board of Trade (Post Coires Bureau), Vienna, Austria. POSTAL AND RAILWAY MAP OF AUSTRIA. Report.—Commended for extreme neatness of execution, the ease with which the large amount of information contained on them can be seen and used, and for ingenious arrange ment. The success of the attempt to print them on linen assures their durability, and is, with the neatness of mounting, etc., deserving of mention to the credit of R. V. Waldheim, of Vienna. 131. General de Beaurepaire Rohan, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. GEOGRAPHICAL CHARTS. Report.—The charts are well executed. They comprise all the provinces of Brazil. 132. Administrative Board of Ponta Delgada Artificial Harbor Works, Ponta Delgada, Portugal. PLAN OF ARTIFICIAL PORT OF PONTA DELGADA. Report.—This plan shows the project of the works of the artificial port of Ponta Del gada, which are now being executed. It is accompanied by a very important collection of the building materials which are employed in that construction. This project is well made. 133. Suez Canal Co., Paris, France. MAPS AND DRAWINGS RELATING TO SUEZ CANAL. Report.—The maps and drawings exhibited necessarily give but a slight idea of the magnitude of the enterprise and of the difficulties overcome in carrying it out. The gran deur of the scheme, the ability displayed in the execution, and the importance of the re sults have been appreciated already by the most competent judges, and the increase of the traffic since the completion of the canal has exceeded the expectations of the promoters. We desire to express our admiration for Mr. De Lesseps and his prominent assistants, whose work we proclaim the grandest of modern times. 134. Manuel de la Paz Mosquera, Jaen, Spain. CHART OF THE PROVINCE OF JAEN. Report.—This chart is a manuscript, and its execution very remarkable. 135. Duhamel, Paris, France. MAP OF DEPARTMENT OF THE HAUTE-MARNE. Report.—Commended for excellent execution, much above ordinary map work. 136. Ch. Delagrave, Paris, France. GLOBES AND PLASTER CASTS SHOWING CONTOURS OF GROUND. Report.—Commended for excellence of construction. 137. Norwegian Tourist Club, Christiania, Norway. MAPS OF NORWAY. Report.—They show elevations in colors, which are easily designated from a scale shown.