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KINGSLEY MEMORIAL PRIZE. 
Open to any Resident within the Soctety’s District. 
The following is a list of the Prizes offered by the 
Committee for competition, and which have already been 
advertised in local and other newspapers :— 
1884.—-A Prize of Ten Pounds for the best collection of ‘‘ SLIDES OF THE 
FRESH-WATER ALG of the Society’s District, omitting the 
DIATOMS.” 
1885.—A Prize of Ten Pounds for the best collection of ‘‘ FossIL PLANTS 
from the Coal Measures of the Society’s District.” 
1886.—A Prize of Ten Pounds for the best collection of ‘‘ BEES AND 
Wasps collected in the Society’s District.”’ 
In addition to the above Prizes, the Kingsley Memorial Committee 
have decided that, in order to encourage scientific research, they will make 
grants, from year to year, of sums not exceeding £10, out of the Kingsley 
Memorial Fund; for Collections or Essays illustrating the Natural Science 
of the Society’s District. 
The Essays or Collections may be sent in to the Gen. Secretaries at 
any time, and the awards will be made at the Conversazione next succeeding 
the adjudication. 
PRESIDENT’S PRIZE, 1884. 
Pror. T. McKenny HuGuEs offers a Prize of Five Pounds 
for ‘‘ The best Drawing of the Lear, FLOWER, AND FRUIT OF 
THE BLACKBERRY.” 
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. 
The Prize is open for competition to anyone, under 18 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, and send it to 
the Gen. Secretaries on or before the tst September, 1884. 
