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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4636, 22 September 1876, Page 7

We have been favoured by Capt. Burton with the judges' report on the designs submitted for the prux>nscd Athemeutn. The following is the report : —" The ju.lges award the first prize to the drawings marked " Fido," subject to the cost proving to bo within the limits of the conditions. The second premium is due to the design marked " M R." This shews somewhat less accommodation than any of the others, but it is certainly within the limit of cost, which it is doubtful if any of the others are. All tlio other plans, though possessing in many instances great merit, have some defects, so marked that the judges eonld not recommend them for building ; therefore, they do not name them for premiums. They especially regret that they are precluded from considering the claims of the drawings marked " Hope," sinca the cost of the line building they represent would evidently be beyond the terms of the conditions.—Tnno. llealh, J. Looan Cam pi: h i.i,, J. M. Clark. Auckland, Sept. 19, 1870." 'llie successful design "Fido" is that of Mr.l'. Herapath, architect; the second prize ("E. I'.") falls to Messrs. R. Keals and Son, architects. On the 19th Sept., tlio brakes and gauges which have been used in testing Mr. R. Vaile's rotary engiue, were fitted up in the engine-room of the 11 erai.d office, and applied to a small reciprocal engine of about the same steam area as Mr. Vaile's. The report of the day's working will be contrasted with the result attained by Mr. Vaile's engine, which was submitted to a similar teat a few weeks ago. We believo that Mr. Vaile's inveution will have an opportunity in a few days of undergoing an exhaustive and practical test, as it is proposed to place it in our machine room for the purpose of driving a portion of our machinery. During its operations, it will be watched closely, and the consumption of coal, number of revolutions per minute, and the average steam pressure, will be recorded, so that by these records the public may be able to judge of the merits of the invention. Yesterday's tests were carried out under the superintendence of "Mr; Stewart, and in the presence' of a number' of gentlemenjwiio take an interest in the kJ I We learn that the Angora goats introduced into the Bay of Plenty a year or two ago have already so multiplied as to' induce a . scale than has yet been attempted will prove bentficial to the colony.