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of Irish plants mounted on 175 sheets, some of the plants being 

 represented by more than one specimen. This collection, 

 which was designed to illustrate the Flora of Eastern Ireland, 

 includes some plants new to the Irish Flora, and several which 

 are additions to districts 3, 4, and 5. It is well worthy of the 

 prize, which is accordingly awarded to Mr. Praeger. 



Prize XX.— To W. Hanna, M.A., for his neatly prepared and 

 well mounted slides of structural points of Echinodermata and 

 Cryptograms. 



Prize XXVIII. — In competition for this prize, R. Lloyd 



Praeger has sent in a collection which includes many rare 



plants, a large proportion of which are recent additions to our 



local botanical lists. One — Car ex rhynchophysa — has not been 



found anywhere in the British Islands except in Mr. Praeger's 



Armagh station. Seven of the specimens represent additions 



to district 10 of the Cybele Hibernica. Four are new to the 



county Flora of Down, three to Antrim, and one to Derry. 



The conditions governing this competition are amply fulfilled 



by this collection, and I have pleasure in reporting that Mr. 



Praeger is entitled to this prize. 



S. A. Stewart. 



We have carefully examined the sets of micro slides sub- 

 mitted in competition for Prizes No. XX., XXI., and XXII., 

 and beg to report as follows : — All the collections were of high 

 scientific merit and in strict accordance with the conditions 

 framed by the Committee, and the prizes offered we award 

 as follows — 



Prize XXI. — We have pleasure in awarding to William A. 

 Firth for his very superior slides of grouped diatoms, &c, a 

 set remarkable for the amount of manipulated skill displayed in 

 each separate slide, as well as in the taste and general excellence 

 of the entire set. 



Prize XXII.— To John O. Campbell, B.A., B.E., for his 

 micro-photographs of geological slides ; several of them are 

 useful examples for demonstrative purposes. 



Wm. Gray. 

 Wm. Swanston. 



