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44 REPORTS ON AWARDS. 196. J. C. Baird, Cooktown, Queensland, Australia. WATTLE BARK FOR TANNING. Report.—Commended as a good exhibit. 197. Biester, Campos, & Co., Lisbon, Portugal. CORKWOOD. Report.—Commended for size, thickness, and integrity of texture: 198. F. A. Hulskamp, Amsterdam, Netherlands. CORK. Report.—A fine commercial exhibit, showing great variety and excellence of manufac tured specimens. 199. John Chambers, Auckland, New Zealand. PRESSED FERNS. Report.—Commended for the beauty and interest of the exhibit, which consists of fifty- four species of ferns collected in the Auckland Province, artistically arranged, mounted, and framed. 200. Stantien & Becker, Berlin and Konigsberg, Prussia. AMBER. Report.—Commended for the magnitude and variety of the exhibit, and the good quality of the material. 201. J. Kleintjes, Rotterdam, Netherlands. NATURAL HEDGE GRAFTING. Report.—A very successful example of natural grafting of liedge-plants, showing much skill in its construction. 202. Vilarinho & Nephew, Silves, Faro, Portugal. CORKWOOD AND CORKS. Report.—Commended for extent, variety, and excellence. 203. Mossop & Garland, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope. TAN BARKS FROM EIGHT SPECIES. Report.—Commended for the variety of the exhibit and excellence as shown by the leathers exhibited which had been tanned with these varieties. 204. Jos6 Maria Dantas Pimenta, Torres Novas, Santarem, Portugal. ALMONDS AND WALNUTS. Report.—Commended for the variety and excellence of the almonds and the size and flavor of the walnuts, and the very moderate prices of both. 205. Jos6 Maria Ramalho, Evora, Portugal. CORKWOOD AND CORKS. Report.—Commended for the extent and variety of corkwood and manufactured corks.