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Cranston &'Gregory, 433 Myrtle avenue, Brooklyn, for a ladies' 

 portable retiring room, with fresco and marble decorations. Sil- 

 ver medal. 



John Dixon, 152 East 40th street, for specimens of curled hair 

 and haircloth. Silver medal. 



William Stratton, 90 Chambers street, for a mosquito-net and 

 canopy. Silver medal. 



E. Johnson, Blind Institution, corner 33d street and Eighth 

 avenue, for hair mattresses. Silver medal. 



Waterbury Hook & Eye Co., Waterbury, Conn., for the best 

 gilt brass cornice, and curtain-bands. Silver medal. 



Penmanship. 



Judges — W. H. Dikeman, William Bowne, Hiram Dixon. 



A. H. Wheeler, East 30th street for the best specimens of pen- 

 manship. Silver medal. 



John P. Tracy, Albany, N. Y., for specimens of card- writing, 

 well executed. Diploma. 



Thomas Pollock, Ward School 45, Thirty-fourth street, for a 

 specimen of ink map-drawing, very creditable. Diploma. 



Brown & Riley, 121 Nassau street, for gold pens. Diploma. 

 Perfumery. 



Judges — Geo. D. Coggeshall, Eugene Dupuy, Isaiah Deck, 

 John Meakim, Alex. H. Everett, J. Bryant Smith. 



Merchant Brothers, 567 Broadway, for the best extracts, best 

 cologne-water, second best pomades, second best cold cream, and 

 for milk of white lillies — a new and pleasing preparation. Gold 

 medal. 



X. Bazin, Philadelphia, Pa., for the best pomades, and the sec- 

 ond best extracts. Silver medal. 



E. Phalon, 507 Broadway, for the best cold cream, third best 

 extracts, and the third best pomades. Silver medal. 



D. Gale, 106 Essex street, for a collection of various soaps — 

 best in exhibition, and deserving of special notice. Silver medal. 

 Piano-Fortes and Organs. 



Judges — Charles Seymour, William Mason, W. H. SagSj^Thos. 

 Hagen. 



Steinway & Sons, 88 Walker street, for the best semi-grand 

 piano-forte — characterized by purity of tone, elasticity of action, 

 and equality of scale. Gold medal 



Schuetze & Ludolff, 85 Varick street, for the second best piano- 

 forte. Silver medal. 



