IV. MEALS.

10. The arrangements for meals will be made by the Assistant Super. intendent, assisted by a Mess Committee of boarders, elected, two from each flat, by the boarders of the flats severally.

Mess Committee will be elected fortnightly. Each boarder must act as a Member of the Mess Committee by turn as required by the Principal or the Vice-Principal. One of the Prefects shall be a member of this Committee by turn.

11. Boarders must take their meals in the dining-hall unless they are ill. The recognised times for meals are from 10 to 12 in the morning from 8-30 to 10-30 in the evening. The dinning-halls will be closed at 12 noon and at 10-30 in the evening.

12. In cases of illness, boarders will be supplied with such invalid diet as may be prescribed by the medical officer to the Hostel, but, if extra expense is involved, it must be borne by the boarder himself.

V. WARDS AND DISCIPLINE.

13. The Hostel is divided into five wards, each of which shall be in charge of a Prefect who will be responsible for good order and discipline under the authority of the superintendent. The prefects will be appointed by the Principal or the Vice-Principal on the recommendation of the Superintendent and subject to the approval of the President of the Governing Body.

14. In each ward the Prefect will call the roll morning and evening. He will be trusted to do his best to maintain good order in his ward in every respect, He will be expected to report breaches of the rules and any serious case of misconduct to the Superintendent.. The ward servant will be under his orders.

15. The Prefect will enjoy the following privilegs (1) He will be entitled to an allowance of Rs. 15 per month; (2) He will be entitled to a special certificate when he leaves the College.

Prefects will not be entitled to take leave from the Hostel for a period of more than 15 days and that only in case he falls ill. If any Prefect leaves the Hostel for more than that period or is unable to attend to his duties separate arrangement will be made by the Principal or the Vice-Principal and no allowance will be paid to the Prefect for the period of his absence.

16. Morning roll-call will be at 6-30 A.M. and evening roll-call at 9 P.M. throughout the year. At the hours of roll-call, the Prefects will be present in the Hall or the corridor of the ward as the case may be with the Register for 15 minutes. Boarders must come there within that time and sign their names in the Register. Failing to do this, the boarders will be treated as absent and marked as such by the Prefect. Absence from roll-call will be punishable by fine of four annas.

17. Boarders will be expected to remain in their own rooms ordinarily and not disturb others by walking about in the verandahs, or talking.

18. All boarders are required to be in the Hostel by evening roll-call. Boarders returning to the Hostel after 9 P.M., unless they have the written permission of the Superintendent to remain out later, will pay fines automatically in accordance with the following scale :

At 11 P.M., the gate will be locked for the night. The Durwan shall not allow any boarder to enter the Hostel after 11 P.M., unless such boarder had the previous written permission of the Superintendent to stay out later than 11

P.M. Any boarder remaining out later than 11 P.M. whether with or without the permission of the Superintendent shall be reported to the Principal.

19. A Conduct Register will be kept by Superintendent (in accordance with the University Regulations) in which the names of boarders will be entered in all cases of serious misconduct. An entry once made cannot be altered or cancelled.

Complaints to the Superintendent against the menials and others should be made in writing. Boarders shall not take into their hands the task of chastising or punishing the menials. Such conduct will be regarded as misconduct.

20. Boarders are liable to be fined at the discretion of the Superintendent for the infringement of rules, disobedience of orders and any other form of misconduct. More serious offences will be punished by the entry of the offender's name in the Conduct Register, and in the extreme cases, by removal from the Hostel. If the Hostel charges are not paid within the month for which they are due, the name of the defaulter will be automatically removed from the Rolls and will not be restored except upon the special order of the Principal or the Vice-Principal.

21. A form of report for each student will be filled in and signed by the Superintendent at the end of each year (or at the time of withdrawal from the Hostel). A good report will be a condition of continuance in the College, and of admission to the University Examinations.

VI. WATER AND ELECTRIC INSTALLATION,

22. Students must not bathe anywhere in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors, and in the lavatory block of the ground floor.

23. Water will be available on these floors from 6 to 10 A.M. and from

3 to 6 P.M. The Officer-in-charge of each flat will be held responsible, should any tap be found running.

24. All lights except in corridors and passages in the rooms must be shut down at 11 P.M.

25. All lights must be turned off, when the occupant of a room leaves it. 26. If a room locked from the outside is found with lights on a fine of one rupee per day will be imposed.

27. Bulbs must not be changed by the students. Violation of this rule by a student will make him liable to a fine of Rs. 4.

28. Any breakage or damage to the Electric fittings in the rooms, passages, halls, must be at once reported to the Superintendent, who will report to the Registrar. In the absence of a satisfactory explanation the occupant of the room or occupants of the rooms on the floor where the damage has been done will be required to make good the loss. To ensure this being done, each of the occupants of the Hostel will have to deposit Rs. 4 at the beginning of the session, an account being rendered at the end of the session.

29. All assistants and students are expected to co-operate and assist the University in reducing the bills by shutting down the fans and lights when not in use. The Darwans and Chaprasis in each flat and room will be ordered to shut down any fans and lights which are not in use.

VII. SICKNESS.

30. Boarders, when ill, will be attended by the Medical Officer of the Hostel. If a boarder wishes to be attended by any other medical man, he must first obtain the permission of the Superintendent. In such cases, the Hostel Medical Officer has no responsibility for the patient. Any extra expenses involved for diet or nursing must in these cases, be borne by the patient.

31. Boarders when reported as seriously ill will be removed to the hospital.

32. In case of infectious illness, special precautions are necessary. Ir all such cases (measles, chicken-pox, cholera) there must be segregation from the rest of the boarders; cases of small-pox or plague must at once be removed from the Hostel.

VIII. VISITORS AND OTHER NON-RESIDENTS.

33. Outsiders, whether friends or relatives of the students or any of the officers as a rule, shall not be allowed to pass even a single night in the Hostel. In emergent cases such as illness of a boarder, relatives or friends may be admitted in order to nurse him, with the previous written permission of the Superintendent to be subsequently confirmed by the Principal or the VicePrincipal.

By special permission of the Superintendent, male relatives and friends of the boarders may take their meals in the Hostel for one or two days as guests, but in no cases shall such permission be given for a longer period than two days. Guest's charge at the rate of five annas per meal will have to be paid in advance.

In no case can this privilege be claimed as a right. Boarders must always obtain the consent of the Superintendent beforehand and permission can only be given when there is room in the Hostel without exceeding the recognised complement of boarders.

34. Traders and hawkers of no description should come inside the hostel without permission from the Superintendent.

35. At 9 P.M, all visitors and other persons from outside, except friends and relatives with special permission under Rule, 33 must leave the Hostel.

IX.-NEW ADMISSION.

36. Students will be formally admitted, only on showing the University Cashier's receipts for fees deposited for the University Law College. This receipt will be evidence that the student has been admitted in the College.

37. Any student desiring to stay in the Hostel before he is formally admitted as a boarder can only be allowed to do so on depositing the admission fee of Rs. 6.

38. A student once formally admitted to the Hostel as a boarder, will not be permitted to have his admission cancelled. He may apply for withdrawal according to the rules, paying full charges for the whole term (vide Rule 6).

39. The allotment of the rooms will be entirely at the discretion of the Superintendent. His decision in this matter will be final.

University School of Mining at Ikhra.

Mr. Prankrista Chatterjee of 115A, Amherst Street, Calcutta, offered, in the following letter addressed to the Hon'ble the Vice-Chancellor, to make over to the Calcutta University his school at Ikhra with buildings and 100 bighas of land and rupees ten thousand in cash for the equipment of a laboratory suitable for mining students together with an annual grant of 1,800 rupees chargeable upon his estate for the purpose of starting a University Mining School :

To

SIR,

115A, AMHERST STREET, CALCUTTA. The 1st September, 1921.

THE HON'BLE SIR ASUTOSH MOOK FRJEE,

Vice-Chancellor, Calcutta University.

For some time past I have entertained a strong desire to open up facilities for instruction in Mining in this Presidency. I feel much attracted by your successful efforts to promote scientific and technical training by the establishment of the University College of Science and Technology, and I venture to approach you in the hope that my humble offer of assistance in the direction indicated will receive favourable consideration at the hands of the University authorities.

I have maintained for many years at Ikhra (near Raneegunj) a school named Basanti-Bejoy H. E School, which has been recognised by the University as qualified to impart instruction up to the Matriculation standard. The school is very largely residential and has, I venture to think, a record of successful work to its credit. The school grounds occupy an area of nearly 30 bighas on which stand the school building and the hostel for students and teachers. Ikhra is situated in the very heart of the coal district and is an obviously suitable place for the establishment of a Mining School.

It is my desire that the University may establish a University School of Mines at Ikhra; the beginning inay be modest, but doubtless there will be considerable development before many years elapse. With this object in view, I am prepared to make over to the University in perpetuity the following properties:

(1) One hundred bighas of land at Ikhra. (Valne-about Rs. 50,000.)

(2) The Basanti-Bejoy H. E. School with its furniture and appurtenances to be managed and maintained by the University and to be developed into a University School of Mines.

(Value of buildings and furniture-about Rs. 75,000.)

NOTE.-1 shall complete the buildings now in course of erection and put

in order the existings building. (Estimated cost-about Rs. 10,000.)

(3) Rupees Ten thousand in cash for the equipment of a Laboratory suitable for Mining students.

(4) An annual grant of Rs. 1,800 charged upon the estate left by my late father, Babu Bejoy Gobinda Chatterjee, under the terms of his will.

(Capitalised value Rs. 30,000.)

The Institution should be placed by the University under the management of a Committee composed as follows:

1. The Vice-Chancellor of the University, President, Ex-officio.

2-3. Two members of the Senate (elected annually).

4. Ore member of the Faculty of Science (elected annually).

5. One member of the Faculty of Engineering (elected annually).

6-7. One University teacher in Geology and one University teacher in Mining (elected annually by the Council of Post-Graduate Teaching in Science).

8. One Member to represent the Department of Industries (annually nominated by the Minister in Charge).

9. Director-General of Geological Survey of India, Ex-officio.

10. The Head of the Institution, Ex-officio.

11. One representative of the staff in the General Department of the Institution (annually elected by them).

12. One representative of the staff in the Mining Department of the Institution (annually elected by them).

The Hon'ble Sir Asutosh Mookerjee shall always be a Member of the Committee, if he has not otherwise a seat thereon.

There shall in addition be an Advisory Board which shall also act as a Board of Visitors. The Board shall be constituted annually by the Senate and shall include one representative of the Department of Mines of the Government of India and one person possessing intimate knowledge of the working of mines.

As soon as this offer is accepted by the Senate, I shall take the necessary steps to execute the requisite deeds in favour of the University.

Yours sincerely, PRANKRISTA CHATTERJEE,"

On the recommendation of the Syndicate, the Senate at its meeting held on the 24th September, 1921, accepted the generous offer with thanks. The following deed of gift has been executed by the Donor in favour of the University :

THIS INDENTURE made this the fifteenth day of July in the year of Christ one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two BETWEEN Prankrishna Chatterjee, Karali Prosad Chatterjee, Rishikesh Chatterjee, Gopeswar Chatterjee sons of the late Babu Bijay Gobinda Chatterjee and Durgadas Chatteriee son of the late Babu Nikunja Lal Chatterjee and Tinkari Chatterjee son of the late Babu Sahadev Chatterjee by caste Brahmin, residing at 115A, Amherst Street in the town of Calcutta (hereinafter called the "Donors") of the first part and THE UNIVERSITY of CALCUTTA incorporated by and under Act III of 1857 (hereinafter called the University") of the second part WHEREAS the Donors have some years ago established a High English School at Ikra in the District of Burdwan named 'Basanti Bejoy H. E. School' which has been affiliated to the said University as qualified to impart instructions up to the Matriculation standard AND WHEREAS the Donors have maintained the said School from the income thereof and from their private funds from its establishment till this date AND WHEREAS the Donors with a view to estab. lish the said School on a firm footing are desirous of making over to the said University the said School with all its furniture books and other appurten ances belonging thereto or reputed or treated as belonging thereto on the terms and conditions hereinafter mentioned AND WHEREAS the Donors have for sometime past entertained a strong desire to promote mining instructions in the Presidency of Bengal and are convinced from the successful efforts of the said University and especially of its Vice-Chancellor the Hon'ble Sir Asutosh Mookerjee, C.S.I., in the cause of scientific and technical training by the establishment of the University College of Science and Technology that the said University is capable if properly assisted of establishing and maintaining a School of mining instructions AND WHEREAS the Donors