y Q REPORTS ON AWARDS. 375. Alfred Wishaw, St. Petersburg, Russia. FLAX FIBRES. Report.—Commended for the large collection and excellent quality of the specimens of flax, grown in the extreme north of Russia. 376. Provincial Board of Agriculture, Castellon, Spain. HEMP FIBRE. Report.—Commended for the excellence in quality of the samples of first and second quality dressed hemp. 377. Valentin de la Cruz Carrascalejo, Caceres, Spain. FLAX FIBRE. Report.—Commended for the excellence and usefulness of the dressed flax. 378. Gent & Co., Pskof, Russia. FLAX. Report.—Commended for the great strength and fineness of the flax. 379. Victorino Teixeira da Costa Liberal, Mondim de Basto, Villa Real, Portugal. FLAX. Report.—Commended for fineness and softness of the flax samples. 380. Dutch Agricultural Society, Rotterdam, Netherlands. FLAX AND HEMP. Report.—Commended for the excellence in quality and adaptability to purpose of the dressed flax and hemp. 381. Agricultural and Forestry Union, Neustadtl, Moravia, Austria. FLAX AND TOW. Report.—Dressed flax of various qualities, in all states of progress from the “hackle” to the “dressed line,” prepared after the Belgian method. 382. Joaquim Augusto da Silveira Carvalho, Penafiel, Oporto, Portugal. FLAX. Report.—Commended for excellence in length and softness of the flax fibre. 383. Pedro Martins, Vieira, Braga, Portugal. FLAX. Report.—Commended for excellence in quality of sample of flax. 384. The Committee of Ponta Delgado, St. Michael, Azores Islands. FLAX AND FLAX YARNS. Report.—Commended for the excellence of the samples of flax and brown and bleached linen yarns; and also the tow and yarns of the same.