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24 REPORTS ON AWARDS. 8. Fisher & Bird, New York, N. Y., U. S, MARBLE MANTELS. Report.—Commended for originality and beauty of design, good quality of material, and good workmanship. 9. C. B. Evans Mantel and Grate Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, U. S. CAST-IRON MARBLEIZED MANTELS. Repvrt.—Commended for good taste of design and excellence of workmanship. 10. Wilson & Miller, Philadelphia, Pa., U. S. MARBLEIZED SLATE MANTELS AND OTHER SLATE WORK. Report.—Commended for variety of exhibit and good workmanship. 11. Michael Sarver, Santa Barbara, Cal., U. S. MAMMOTH GRAPE-VINE OF SANTA BARBARA. Report.—This vine was probably the largest and the most productive cultivated vine in the world, the stock having a diameter of eighteen inches. There is abundant evidence that its annual yield was above six thousand pounds. It is of the “ Mission” variety. 12. State of Kansas, Topeka, Kansas, U. S. FOREST AND CULTIVATED WOODS OF KANSAS. Report.—Commended for the size and character of the exhibit, which contains both the native woods and sections of cultivated trees, showing rate of growth; the whole accom panied with full list of the same, with common and botanical names. 13. State Commissioners of Maryland, Annapolis, Md., U. S. WOODS. Rep>ort.—A good exhibit of woods arranged in triplicate, showing bark, smooth surface, and transverse and vertical sections; botanical names on all. 14. State Commissioners of Oregon, Portland, Oregon, U. S. FOREST WOODS OF OREGON. Report.—Commended for the interest and variety of the exhibit, some of the specimens of timber trees being of most gigantic size. 15. State Government of Mexico, Toluca City, Mexico. NATIVE WOODS OF THE STATE. Report.—Commended for the interest of the collection, which contains twenty-five species. 16. State Government of Campeche, Mexico. NATIVE WOODS AND FOREST PRODUCTS. Report.—Commended for the extent and interest of the collection, which contains twenty- four species of woods, including ebony and dye-woods, each species usually represented by many specimens; also caoutchouc.