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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 :— 
1881.—A Prize of Ten Pounds for the best collection of the following Orders 
of CRYPTOGAMOUS PLANTS :—FILices (Ferns); LycopoDIAcEm 
(Club Mosses) ; EQUISETACEH (Horsetails) ; CHARACEH (Charas) ; 
and Muscti (Mosses.) 
1882.—A Prize of Ten Pounds for the best collection of the ‘‘CoRALS OF 
THE Mountain LIMESTONE.” 
1883.—A Prize of Ten Pounds for the best collection of THE ACULEATE 
HYMENOPTERA of the District, including Bres, Wasps, SAND 
WASPS, AND ANTS. 
Nore.—The Committee have the option of retaining the successful collection 
in 1883, or any part of it, for the Museum. 
List oF TExT Books FoR THE 1883 PrizE:—‘‘F. Smith’s Catalogue of 
British Hymenoptera, Part I., (Apide) British Museum,” for Bees, (5/-) ; 
‘* British Social Wasps,” by Dr. E. L. Ormerod, for Wasps, (10/6) ; ‘‘ Shuckard’s 
Fossorial Hymenoptera,” (1837), for Sand Wasps. 
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. 
THE PRESIDENT OF THE Society (Pror. T. McKENNY 
HuGuHEs), offers the following Prizes to be competed for during 
the present Summer :— 
(I.) For the best Drawing of the LEAF, 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-colow's, 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 LAND SHELLS of the District: A Prize 
of Two Guineas. 
In awarding this Prize more regard will be paid to the arrange- 
ment, preservation, and description, than to extent of resewi'ch. 
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 SocleTY 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 lsT oF 
SEPTEMBER, 1881. 
