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to the publication of papers in connection with the Junior 

 Section ; this should prove of great assistance to the young 

 members. 



(Signed) 



J. A. Sidney Stendall, Hon. Sec. of the Section. 



Report of Prizes Sub-Committee. 



Prize A., of Half-a-Guinea, offered by the President, "for 

 the best Essay describing the Structure and Life History of the 

 Gorse," brought thirteen competitors into the field. They were 

 all girls, and competed from the following Ulster Secondary 

 Schools, namely : — Victoria College, Belfast, the Ladies' School, 

 Cookstown, the Royal School, Dungannon, and Victoria High 

 School, Londonderry. 



The first place was obtained by Miss Minnie Ferguson, of 

 the Royal School, Dungannon, to whom the prize is awarded. 

 She secured 91 per cent. The two competitors from Cookstown 

 Ladies' School, Miss Madge Tomb and Miss Ina Shaw, were next 

 in order of merit, scoring respectively 88 and 83.5 per cent. 



The work of the various candidates was of the most en- 

 couraging kind, and reflects great credit on them and their 

 teachers. Some of the papers were exceptionally accurate and 

 meritorious. The majority of the candidates were very young, 

 and consequently at a disadvantage in competing with older 

 candidates whose studies were more mature and complete. 

 Botanical students in their first year are naturally more liable to 

 fall into minor pitfalls than those whose studies are more 

 advanced. All, however, did well ; and the illustrations and 

 mounted specimens accompanying the papers were, in almost all 

 cases, exceedingly well done. 



Prize B. No papers sent in for this prize. 



Prize C. Only one paper sent in for this prize. It was 

 submitted by Mr. Richard E. Parkinson, of Campbell College, 



