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4. The Prize may be given in money, books, or scientific apparatus, 
according to the wish of the person who obtains it. 
5. All Collections to which any Prize, or portion thereof, is awarded, 
become the property of the Chester Society of Natural Science, and may 
be retained by them and placed in the Museum of the said Society. 
6. The Prize will be given at the Annual Conversazioné, or at such other 
time as the said Committee may appoint. The Collections, with any Notes 
or Observations upon them, must be sent to the GENERAL SECRETARY OF 
vue Cuesrer Soctety oF Naturat Science, on or before the Ist of 
September each year. 
Conditions under which the Collections will be made :— 
7. All Collections must be made in the District as defined in Bye-Law 
No. 1, by the person competing, and specimens obtained through other 
persons must be marked, and the Name of the Finder given, as stated in 
the Certificate below. 
8. All specimens in Collections must be named, as far as possible, with 
the scientific name of both Genus and Species. 
9. The exact Locality from whence specimens were collected must in all 
cases be given. On all Botanical and Zoological specimens the Date, and 
on all Geological specimens the Formation, must be stated. 
10. Notes and Observations on the Collection may be sent with the 
Collection, and these Notes and Obseryations will be considered in 
adjudicating the Prize. 
11. In order that the names of Competitors may be unknown to the 
Adjudicators of the Prize, all Competitors must attach a Motto to their 
Collections, and the same Motto to any Notes or Observations. 
12. All Competitors must enclose, in an envelope, the following Form ;— 
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the Collection has been made by myself ; and 
where specimens have been obtained from other persons they have in all cases 
been marked : the Name of the Finder being given in the List enclosed. 
(Signed ) Name 
gs This Form, with the Motto on the outside of the Envelope, must be 
sent to the General Secretary, with the Collection, and will only be opened 
after the Prize has been adjudicated. 
