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KINGSLEY MEMORIAL PRIZE. 
The following is a list of the Prizes offered by the Com- 
mittee for competition, and which have already been advertised 
in local and other newspapers :— 
1879—A Prize of Ten Pounds for the best collection of ‘‘ Fossits 
ILLUSTRATING THE CARBONIFEROUS LIMESTONE, MILLSTONE 
GRIT, AND COAL MEASURES.” 
1880—A Prize of Ten Pounds for the best collection of ‘‘ COLEOPTERA 
AND HYMENOPTERA.” 
1881—A Prize of Ten Pounds for the best collection of the following 
Orders of CRyPTOGAMOUs PLANTS :—FiLicEes (Ferns) ; EQUISE- 
TAC (Horsetails) ; CHARACEH (Charas) ; and Muscl (Mosses.) 
The Collections to be sent to the Generul Secretary on or before the 1st of 
September in each year respectively. 
Persons wishing to compete can obtain all particulars and the conditions 
under which the Prizes are offered, by applying to the General Secretary, 
Mr, G. R. GRIFFITH, Grosvenor Street, Chester. 
PRESIDENT'S PRIZES. 
Tur Prestipent or THE Society (Pror. T. McKenny 
Hucues), has kindly offered the following Prizes to be com- 
peted for during the present Summer :— 
A Prize to the value of £2 2s., for the best collection of the SHELLS OF 
HELIX NEMORALIS and H, HORTENSIS, shewing variations in form, 
colour, &c. 
A Prize to the value of £2 2s., for the best collection of the LEAVEs, 
FLowers, and Fruit of our Common Forest TREES (if possible 
named.) 
A Prize to the value of £1 1s., for the best account, from actual personal 
observation, of the Hasits OF ANY ANIMAL, WILD or DOMESTIC. 
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These Prizes are open for competition to any boy or girl under 16 years of 
age, who is a Member, or shall have received a written nomination from any 
Member of the “‘CHESTER SocreTY OF NATURAL SCIENCE.” 
In awarding the Prize, more regard will be paid to the arrangement, 
preservation, and description, than to extent of research. 
The actual writing and manipulation must be done by the Candidates 
themselves, and the decision of the Committee at any Meeting will be final. 
Each Competitor must append name, age, and address, to his or her— 
Collection or Manuscript, and send it to the GENERAL SECRETARY, on or before 
30TH SEPTEMBER NEXT. The Prizes will be awarded at the Annual Conversazione, 
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