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JUBILEE PRIZES (£5 each.) 



The President (Mr. T. Shepheard, F.R.M.S.) ofers the following 

 Prizes for Microscopical Slides : — 



1. Botany.— To illustrate the structure of different parts of Plants, 



either by using stains or not ; this section may include Desmids, 

 Diatoms, Conferva, and all Microscopical Plants. (The definition 

 as to Plant and Animal being left to the Adjudicators.) 



2. Geology. — Slides which best illustrate Rocks (both Crystalline and 



P'ossiliferous) mounted as Polariscope objects or otherwise. 



3. Zoology. — To illustrate muscular and nerve tissue ; injected 



preparations to show the Veins and Arteries in situ ; both Sea 

 and Fresh-water Microzoa, such as Polyzoa, Rotifera, Hydrozoa, 

 Meduses, and Spu?iges, mounted to show their cilia and tentacles 

 extended as described in " Cole's Modern Microscopy," a copy 

 of which is in the Museum Library. 



Each Slide must be mounted by the Competitor, and labelled 

 "Jubilee," with a clear description of the object. 



The Prize Slides shall become the property of the Society, if so 

 determined by the Committee, and shall be exhibited at the Conversazione 

 in the Autumn. 



The competition to be open, not only to Members of the Society, 

 but to Students attending the various Classes in the Grosvenor Museum, 

 and all persons residing within the district embraced by the Society. 



The Slides must be sent in to either of the General Secretaries of 

 the Society on or before the Ist September next. 



KINGSLEY MEMORIAL. PRIZES, 



open to any Resident within the Society's District. 



The Committee have pleasure in announcing that a PRIZE not exceeding TEN 

 POHNDS is offered for the most valuable COLLECTION OP OBJECTS IN 

 ANY ONE BRANCH OF NATURAL HISTORY made in the Sooiety'.s 

 District. The amount given will be proportionate to the quality of the 

 Collection. 



In addition to the above Prize, the Coniniittee have decided that, in order to 

 encourage scientific research, they will make Grants, from year to year, of 

 sums not exceeding TEN POUNDS, out of the Kingsley Memorial Fund 

 for COLLECTIONS, ESSA.YS, or NOTES OF OBSERVATIONS illustrating 

 the NATURAL SCIENCE OF THE SOCIETY'S DISTRICT. " 



*.** All Collections must be made in Cheshire and North Wales, or the Seas 

 adjoining thereto, by the persons competing. 



The Collections, Essays, or Notes of Observations, may be sent in to either of 

 the General Secretaries on or before ist September, and the awards will be 

 made at the Conversazione next succeeding the adjudication. 



NOTE.— The Oommittee have the option of retaining the successful Collections 

 &c., or any part of them, for the Society. 



Intending Competitors can obtain all particulars, and the conditions under 

 which the Prizes are offered, from either of the General Secretaries ; and all Collec- 

 tions, &c., must be sent in to either of them on or before the 1st September 

 in each year. 



