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KINGSLEY MEMORIAL PRIZES. 



open to any Resident within the Society's District. 



The following is a list of the Prizes offered by the 

 Committee for competition, and which have already been 

 advertised in the local newspapers : — 



189 3. 

 A PRIZE not exceeding TEN POUNDS for the most valuable 

 COLLECTION OB' OBJECTS IN ANY ONE BRANCH OF 

 NATURAL HISTORY made in the Society's District. The 

 amount given will be proportionate to the quality of the Collection. 

 In addition to the above Prize, the Committee have decided that, in 

 order to encourage scientific research, they will make Grants, from year to 

 year, of sums not exceeding TEN POUNDS, out of the Kingsley Memorial 

 Fund, for COLLECTIONS, ESSAYS, or NOTES OF OBSERVA- 

 TIONS illustrating the NATURAL SCIENCE OF THE SOCIETY'S 

 DISTRICT. 



%* All Collections must be made in Cheshire or North (Vales, or the Seas 

 adjoining thereto, by the persons competing. 



The Collections, Essays, or Notes of Obsei-vations, may be sent in to 

 either of the General Secretaries at any time, and the awards will be made at 

 the Conversazione next succeeding the adjudication. 



NOTE.— The Committee have the option of retaining the 

 successful Collections, &c., or any part of them, for the 

 Society. 



Intending Competitors can obtain all particulars, and the conditions 

 under which the Prizes are offered, from either of the General Secretaries ; 

 and all Collections, &-c., must be sent in to either of them on or before th» 

 1st September in each year. 



The Prizes will be awarded at the Annual Conversazione. 



