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3-4 REPORTS ON AWARDS. 26. Hivert, Pellevoisin, & Godct, La Rochelle, France. LA ROCHELLE BRANDY. Report.—It is of three vintages,—one fifteen, one ten, and one six years old. It is em ployed to flavor “ high wines” and other liquors, and not for drinking alone. Commended for quality and fitness for purpose intended. 27. Dr. J. G. B. Siegert & Sons, Port Spain, Trinidad. ANGOSTURA BITTERS. Report.—Commended for purity and genuineness of compound. 28. T. K. Bennett, Victoria, Australia. PRESERVED MEATS. Report.—Commended for good quality and flavor; well preserved and well canned. 29. Alexander McPherson, Brisbane, Queensland. AUSTRALIAN FIBRES. Report.—Commended for an interesting exhibit of various kinds, among which the Sida Rctusa may be specially mentioned for its properties resembling hemp. 30. W. H. Hayes, Queensland. CANDIED AUSTRALIAN FRUITS. Report.—Commended for good quality, having stood the test of a hot summer, unchanged. 31. Poole & Hunt, Baltimore, Md., U. S. MACHINE FOR MIXING CONSTITUENTS OF ARTIFICIAL FERTILIZER. Report.—Commended for satisfactory adaptation to the purpose intended. 32. J. E. Hetherington, Cherry Valley, N. Y., U. S. HONEY AND WAX. Report.—Commended for a beautiful display of honey-combs and samples of honey of excellent color and taste, as well as for a large display of wax of superior quality; also for a very superior style of package, patented 18th of July, 1876, specially adapted for the necessities of production, as shown by the exceedingly well filled combs. Mr. J. E. Hetherington’s apiary is probably one of the largest in the United States, having sold during the running year over 76,000 pounds of honey. SIGNING JUDGES OF SUPPLEMENT TO GROUP IV. The figures annexed to the names of the Judges indicate the reports written by them respectively. Henry H. Smith, i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15. l6 . t7> 18, 19. 2°. 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31. Spencer F. Baird, 6, 11, 27. Coleman Sellers, 10, 12, 23, 28. B. F. Britton, 29. E. Oldendorff, 32. /fJ?