CHESTER SOCIETY 



OF 



NATURAL SCIENCE AND LITERATURE 



(FOUNDED BY CHARLES KINGSLEY, 1871.) 



TWENTY-SIXTH 



ANNUAL REPORT 



AND 



STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS FOR 1896-97, 



AND THE 



LIST OF MEMBERS FOR 1897-98; 



ALSO 



A LIST OF THE KINGSLEY MEMORIAL PRIZES 

 OFFERED FOR COMPETITION, &c. 



CHESTER : 



PRINTED BY G. R. GRIFFITH, 'THE CASTLE" PRINTING WORKS. 

 MDCCCXCVII. 



