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 At a Meeting of the Trustees of the OTTAWA MECHANICS' 
 INSTITUTE and ATHENJUM, held on Wednesday, the 
 3rd October, 1855, it was 
 
 RESOLVED— 
 
 That this Society do offer Prizes for the best col- 
 lection of Insects. Reptiles, Crustaceans, Shells, 
 Plants and Mineralii, made in all or any of the I'l 
 lowing Counties: Renfrew, "ontiac, Carleton, 
 Ottawa, Lanark, Prescot^, Rnssell, Leeds, Gren- 
 ville, Argenteuil and Vaudreuil, the said collections 
 to be sent in on the 1st of October, 1357. The pri- 
 zes to be as follows : 
 
 1 . Insect.s, best collection of 
 
 I Ex. Beetles, Earwigs, 
 > Bugs, Locustr, Grass- 
 ) hoppers. Tree Lice, &c., £2 10 
 
 I Moths, Butterfljos, Drag- 
 • on Flics, May Flies, &c., 
 I&c 
 
 Coleoptera 
 
 and 
 Hemioptera. 
 
 Lepidoptera 
 
 and 
 Nouroptera. 
 
 
 
 2 10 
 
 Ilyinenoptera ^ Bees. Ants, JFJies, 
 and > C'entipedes, 
 
 Fleas, 
 DipterafcAptera.; Spiders, &c., . ... 2 10 
 
 2. Reptiles and Crustaceans, 
 
 E.v. Snakes, Frogs, Proteus, Crayfish. 
 f.-.o., &c., 2 10 
 
 :t. River and Land Shells, 2 10 
 
 ■I. Best named collection of dried spe- 
 cimens of Indigenous Plants, 10 10 
 
 (). Best collection of Mineraloi^ical spe- 
 cimens, with the name of the locality 
 where found attached, 10 10 
 
 The successful collections to become the prf perty 
 of the Society, Any of the unsuccessful collections 
 may be acquired by the Society upon paying half 
 the foregoing prices. 
 
 Should the best collection under any of the fore- 
 going heads prove palpably inferior, the Trustees 
 reserve the right of refusing the premium. 
 
 That the foUoving directions be issued for the 
 guidance cf those who compete : 
 
 To Preseuve Insects.— Get a box made of 
 White Pine or Spruce, fifteen inches square, and 
 one inch deep. Line it with paper, pasted in. Trans- 
 fix the insects through the breast with a pin, which 
 drive into the bottom of the box. In the case of 
 such insects as butterflies, moths, beetles, &c., it is 
 necessary to arrange the wings, feet, and feelers in 
 the natural position before they dry. To kill in- 
 sects speedily, qnd without impairing their value 
 as specimens, it suffices to touch the mouth with a 
 drop of spirits of turpentine. Insects too small to 
 impale, may be fixed in their places by a solution 
 of gum arable or comuivjii pa.ste. Keep similar in- 
 sects as much together as possible, and number 
 
 them distinctly on the paper nnde/neath, beginning 
 at the upper left hand corner. When the box is 
 filled cover it with a pane of glass, which fix in its 
 place with putty, having previouslj' fastened a small 
 piece of tallow by a. pin to the bottom of the box. 
 
 Reptiles and Crnstaceans are best preserved in 
 the strongest high wines, ts'.king care to cork thu 
 bottle closely. 
 
 For preserving plants, unsized paper should be 
 used. Books of Botany give the necessary direc- 
 tions for making a Hortus Siccus. The locality 
 where found must be carefully noted. 
 
 Mineralogical specimens must be wrapt up sepe- 
 rately in paper, and when fragile add cotton wool, 
 as th(! perfection cf the angles and fractures are of 
 great consequence to Ihe scientific. Althongh the 
 society do not demand the scientific names, it must 
 not be overlooked that they rigorously require the 
 locality where fonnd to be '> > ly written and en- 
 closed in the wrapper; writing the locality on a 
 long riband of paper, and rolling it round the spe- 
 cimen, previous to wrapping it, is most secure. 
 
 Shells, like Minerals, should be wrapt up sepa- 
 rately, and furthermore, require cotton wool in ad- 
 dition in every case, as the edges and hinges ofttn 
 determine specific differences. A label should be 
 rolled iround, stating where found, and whether 
 on land, or near, or in a river or brook. Fresh 
 Water Mussels, technically called " Unio," are at 
 present of great scientific interest ; and as the spe- 
 cific differences rire so trifling, as to be undisccrna- 
 ble cxcep* to a student, it is advisable that all spe- 
 cimens found by any competing collector should be 
 preserved and sent in 
 
 The Society, in offering the preceding prizes, do 
 not pretend that they are proffering anything like 
 the money value of the collections solicited, but 
 they desire and hope, that the prizes offered, may 
 be the means of exciting many to embark in the 
 pursuit of science, who otherwise would never have 
 thought of 80 doing, at the same time, that the Mu- 
 seum of the Society would be enriched by their la- 
 bors, for the mutual benefit of the inhabitants of 
 the Ottawa country generally. 
 
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 And be it further Resolved, That one thousai.d 
 copies of this resolution be printed for circulation 
 among the leading inhabitants of the aforesaid 
 counties. 
 
 R. CUNNINGHAM, Secretary. 
 Please show tlii.? to tlio.sc whuiu it k likely to interest.