XX JUDGING. 



in which the prizes are to be awarded. Taking them as they 

 come, the collections are marked A., B., C, D., and E., and, 

 taken in the same manner, the specimens in each are numbered 

 1 to 12; and the value of each article estimated and recorded 

 separately, as shown in the following table. The decimal system 

 is employed as the simplest and best for the purpose, and the 

 values are estimated in tenths and hundredths, the standard 

 being the unit, denoting a perfect specimen. 



In proceeding with the valuation, A. collection is first dealt 

 with in detail, beginning with No. 1. Each specimen is 

 minutely examined, and the value of its merits agreed upon, 

 and then noted opposite its number in A. column, and so on 

 until the merits of the twelve specimens have been carefully 

 estimated and recorded. The B. collection is treated in exactly 

 the same manner, and the C, D., and E. collections follow in 

 their order. At the conclusion the results are summed up, 

 and show at a glance that C. collection is first, E. collection 

 second, and B. collection third, with the other two clearly in 

 the rear but not far behind, proving that the competition was 

 close, and showing the necessity for minutely estimating the 



