ADDENDUM. 



|nt$rnititu«^I ^r^tWiixitt, yi^tfei^lpl^iit, 1876. 



The United States Centennial Commission has examined the 

 Report of the Judges, and accepted the following reasons, and 

 decreed an Award in conformity therewith : — 



Philadelphia, January 10th, 1877. 



Report on Awards. 



Product — Ostrich Incubating Machine. 



Name and address of Exhibitor — A. Douglass, Heather- 

 ton Towers, Grahamstown, Cape of Good Hope. 



The undersigned, having examined the product herein de- 

 scribed, respectfully recommend the same to the United States 

 Centennial Commission for Award, for the following reasons, 

 viz. : — 



As an apparatus for hatching out Ostrich Eggs in a simple 

 and efficient manner, and for helping the young during 

 the critical period of their early life : 



The invention and use of this apparatus, and the treatment 

 of the eggs and young of the Ostrich by Mr. Douglass, 

 have added a most important industry to the world ; and in 

 addition to averting the threatened extermination of this 

 species, have greatly multipHed its numbers, and increased 



