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KINGSLEY MEMORIAL PRIZE, 
Open to any Member of the Society, or any Resident within the Society's District. 
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 :— 
1880.—A Prize of Ten Pounds for the best collection of ‘“ COLEOPTERA 
(Beetles) AND HYMENOPTERA (Bees, Wasps, &c.)” 
1881.—A Prize of Ten Pounds for the best collection of the following Orders 
of CRYPTOGAMOUS PLANTS :—Finices (Ferns) ; LycoroDIAcka& 
(Club Mosses) ; EQUISETACE (Horsetails) ; CHARACEE (Charas) ; 
and Muscr (Mosses.) 
1882.--A Prize of Ten Pounds for the best collection of the ‘‘CoraLs oF 
THE MOUNTAIN LIMESTONE.” < 
The Collections to be sent to the General 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. 
Tue PRESIDENT OF THE Society (Pror. T. McKenny 
Hvucues), has kindly offered the following Prizes to be com- 
peted for during the present Summer :— 
(I) For the best Drawing of the Lear, FLOWER, AND FRUIT OF THE’ HORSE- 
CHESNUT : 
A First Prize of Three Guineas ; and as 
A SECOND PRIZE (given by a Member of the Society), a Box of Moist 
Water-colour Paints, Pencils, and Brushes, 
The Drawing may be in water-colours, pencil, or pen-and-ink. 
Artistic treatment will be taken into account as well as scientific 
representation of character. 
(II) For the best collection of the FRESH-WATER SHELLS OF THE DISTRICT : 
A Prize of Two Guineas. 
In awarding this Prize more regard will be paid to the arrangement, 
preservation, and description, than to extent of research, 
The President’s 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 SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE,” and each 
Competitor must append name, age, and address, to his or her Drawing or 
Collection, and send it to the GENERAL SECRETARY on or before the 1sT or 
SEPTEMBER, 1880. 
The Prizes will be awarded at the Annual Conversazione. 
