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XXVI. Mr. Francis Joseph Bigger, Solicitor, Belfast, offers a 

 Prize of £1 Is for the best set of Twelve Photographs 

 (not less than cabinet size) of Ecclesiastical Structures 

 mentioned in Reeves' Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down 

 and Connor, contributed to the Club's Album. The set 

 of Photographs taking this Prize cannot be admitted 

 in competition for Prize XXIII. 



CONDITIONS. 



No Competitor to obtain more than two Prizes in any year. 



No Competitor to be awarded the same Prize twice within three 

 years. 



A member to whom Prize I. has been awarded shall be in- 

 eligible to compete for Prize II., unless the plants are additions 

 to those in previous collection. 



In every case where three or more persons compete for a Prize, a 

 second one, of half its value, will be awarded if the conditions are 

 otherwise complied with. 



All collections to be made personally during the Session in Ire- 

 land, except those for Prize XXI., which need not necessarily be Irish, 

 nor Competitors' own collecting. The species to be correctly named, 

 and locality stated, and a list must accompany each collection . The 

 Flowering Plants to be collected when in flower, and classified ac- 

 cording to the Natural System. The Microscopic Slides to be Com- 

 petitors' own preparation and mounting. The Sketches and Photo- 

 graphs to be Competitors' own work, executed during the Session ; 

 and those sets for which Prizes are awarded, to become the property 

 of the Club. 



No Prizes will be awarded except to such Collections as shall, in 

 the opinion of the Judges, possess positive merit. 



The Prizes to be in books, or suitable scientific objects, at the de- 

 sire of the successful competitor. 



