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KINGSLEY MEMORIAL PRIZES 
ARE OFFERED UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS :— 
CLASS I. 
To any Resident in the Society’s District.—A Prize not exceeding Ten 
Pounds for the best Collection of Objects, or Essays, or Notes of 
Observations, or Photographs illustrating the Natural Science of the 
Society’s District. 
All Collections must be made in Cheshire and North Wales, or the Seas 
adjoining thereto, by the Competitors. 
Collections, or Essays, or Notes, must be sent to the General Secretaries 
on or before September Ist, and the awards will be made at the Conversazione 
next succeeding. 
The Committee have the option of retaining successful Collections, &c., 
for the Society. 
CLASS Il. 
In order to encourage the study of Natural History among 
younger Students, not exceeding 17 years of age, and residing 
in the Society’s District, i.e., Cheshire and North Wales, the 
following Prizes and Certificates are offered, viz. :— 
The FIRST PRIZE in each Class will be HALF-A-GUINEA, 
together with the Society’s Certificate. 
Collections, Essays, or Photographs not gaining a Prize, may 
be awarded Certificates if found to be of sufficient merit. 
I.—For the best description, accompanied by drawings and dried 
specimens, of the entire plants and dissected flowers of the 
Buttercup and tte Daisy. 
2.—For the best account of the Plants growing upon the City Walls 
(dried specimens not required). 
3-—A Collection of six preparations showing Life-Histories of six Injurious 
Insects of field and garden. 
4.—A Collection of Seeds and Fruits illustrating Dispersal in nature. 
5-—A Collection of Weeds from Arable Land, named and classified 
according to the kind of soil—heavy land weeds, light land weeds, 
peaty land weeds, &c, (the roots should be included), 
6.—Nature-Study Calendar of plants first observed in bloom; Insects first 
observed ; Migratory Birds and Young Birds first observed. 
7-—For the best description of a Pond, including its Animals and Plants. 
8.—For the best description, with drawings and dried specimens, of the 
plant and an opened-out flower, of either the cultivated Oat or the 
False Oat Grass. : ; 
9.—For the best set of four Photographs of any Natural History Subjects, 
quarter-plate size. ; 
10.—For the best account of the Life-History of the Starling. 
CONDITIONS.—All the work to be done entirely by the Competitors 
themselves, who must be under 17 years of age. The Essays and Collections 
should be sent under a nom de plume, accompanied by a sealed letter containing 
the full name and exact age of the Competitor, to the Hon. Secretaries on or 
before September Ist, 1906. : 
- The awards will be made at the Society’s Conversazione next succeeding 
the adjudication. 
The Committee do not bind themselves to give the full prize in case of 
insufficient merit. 
Any further information required can be had on application to the Hon. 
Secretaries. 
