Kingsley Memorial Prizes 
ARE OFFERED UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS :— 
CLASS 1. 
TO ANY RESIDENT IN THE SOCIETY’S DISTRICT.—A Prize not exceeding 
TEN POUNDS for the best Collection of Objects, or Essays, or Notes 
of Observations, or Photographs 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 Competitors. 
Collections, or Essays, or Notes, must be sent to the General Secretaries on or before 
September Ist, and the awards will be made at the Conversazione next succeeding. 
The Committee have the option of retaining successful Collections, &c., for the Society. 
Prizes and Certificates for Nature Study. 
CLASS Il. 
KINGSLEY MEMORIAL and Mrs. GEORGE CHURTON PRIZE FUNDS. 
The following are offered by the Society to Boys and Girls residing in 
Cheshire and North Wales :— 
The First Prize in each Class will be HALF-A-GUINEA, together with the 
Society’s Certificate. 
Collections, Essays, or Photographs not gaining a Prize may be awarded 
Certificates if found to be of sufficient merit. 
FOR SECONDARY AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS. 
1, For the best Life-History of the Potato. 
2. For the best description and Life-Histories of Crocus, Violet, Coltsfoot, Monkshood, 
and Mignonette. 
3. Kor the best Drawings shewing the different stages in the growth of Mushrooms and 
other Fungi; the Drawings to be supplemented by Noteson the habitat, mode 
of growth, and peculiarities (e.g. colour, smell, general appearance) of the 
specimens illustrated. 
for the best Six Quarter-plate Photographs of any Natural History objects. 
5. For the best Essay on the action of the Rain, Springs, Rivers, and Frost upon the 
Earth’s surface especially on the Rocks, illustrated by local examples. 
6. For the best account of the Eggs, Nest, and the immediate surroundings of six 
different kinds of British Birds. The descriptive notes necessary for the preparation 
of the Essay must be written in the field; and the nest and eggs must not be taken 
or destroyed. Photographic illustrations may accompany the Essay. 
FOR PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. 
7. For the best Life-History of the Hive Bee. 
8. For the best Essay on ‘‘ How to cultivate a cottage garden”’ not above a quarter of an 
acre in extent. 
9. For the best description of an actual ‘‘ Natural History Ramble” in your own neighbour- 
hood, giving route, scenery, plants, and animals seen and noted. 
10. For the best Life-Histories of a House Spider and a House Fly. 
11. For the best account of a piece of Coal and a piece of Sandstone. 
12. For the best account of the Habits and Life-cycle of one of the common White 
Butterflies (Pzerzs brayszcwe or Pieris rape). The Essay to be accompanied by 
actual specimens illustrative of the various stages in the Life-cycle. 
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CONDITIONS.—AIL| the actual work must be done entirely by the Competitors, who must 
be under 17 years of age. Assistance and instruction from Teachers and Books is permissible 
and desirable, but mere copied or dictated Essays will be disqualified. The Essays and 
Collections should be sent under a 70 dv plume, accompanied by a sealed letter containing the 
full name and exact age of the Competitor, to the under-noted at the Grosvenor Museum, 
on or before September Ist, 1911, free of any charge. Where the Competitive work is sent in 
by the Competitors personally and not through their Head-Master or Mistress, the Competitors 
must also state the School at which they are pupils. 
The Collections, Specimens, &e., will be exhibited in the Grosvenor Museum after the 
awards have been made, due notice of which will be sent to each Competitor. No Competitor 
will be allowed to take more than two Prizes or Certificates, 
An announcement of the awards will be made in due course, 
The Committee do not bind themselves to give the full Prize in case of insufficient merit. 
Any further information required can be had on application to the Hon. Secretaries, 
