GREGORY P. HARTE, Chairman. * * * * * The following exhibits were submitted for examination: U. S. Exhibit, 537, American Watch Company, Waltham, Mass., U. S. A.--Watches and Chronographs. British Exhibit, 1,048, Victor Kullberg, London, England--Watches and Chronographs. British Exhibit, 1,054, Nicole & Nielsen, London, England--Watches, Chronographs, etc. British Exhibit, 1,060, T. Russell & Sons, London, England--Watches, Chronographs, etc. British Exhibit, 1,041, Castleberg & Co., London, England--Watches, etc. British Exhibit, 1,060a, S. Backschmid, Switzerland--Watches. * * * * * German Exhibit, 36, A. Lange & Sons, Dresden, Germany--Watches, etc. Swiss Exhibit, L. Audemars, Brassus, Switzerland--Watches, etc. French Exhibit, 146, A. H. Rodanet, Paris, France--Chronometers. French Exhibit, 177, G. Tribandeau, Besançon, France--Watches. Swiss Exhibit, 14a, International Watch Company--Watches. In presenting the following report, the judges desire to make some explanations, which, we trust, will excuse them in the minds of the impartial for any apparent neglect in the form of their report, and for the limited number of tests made of the horological exhibits. The judges were appointed too late to do the full amount required, inasmuch as the number of exhibits was so much in excess of any reasonable allotment for examination and report before the closing of the Exhibition. Commencing their labors, however, immediately after the first call, the examinations were not complete until March 3d, which only permitted a time test to be made of nine days in a single position. This single position was objected to by some of the exhibitors, but ill-advisedly, for the ratings observed in the watches of the objecting exhibitors were of such character as to establish in the minds of the judges the conclusion that their watches would not have made so good a comparative showing if there had been more time to observe the ratings in other positions. Great care was taken by the individual judges in making up their note books during the examination of the watches, and scrutinizing the inherent and comparative merits of exhibits under the ten different heads unanimously agreed upon, as follows: 1. Originality. 2. Invention and discovery. 3. Utility and quality of material. 4. Skill in workmanship. 5. Fitness for purposes intended. 6. Adaptation to public wants. 7. Economy. 8. Cost. 9. Finish and elegance of cases. 10. Time-keeping qualities.