memory of the late Mr. Manackjee Rustomjee. The Scholarship is to be annually awarded by the Syndicate on the following conditions :

(i) That the Scholarship should be called "The Manackjee Rustomjee Scholarship."

(i) That it should be tenable for two years and given to the student who shall pass first in Anatomy at the First M.B. Examination of the Calcutta University.

(iii) That the first Scholarship shall be awarded upon the results of the next ensuing Examination to be held in the present year.

To determine the relative merits of the candidates the marks in Pass as well as in Honours are to the taken into account, after deducting the minimum for a Pass and the minimum for Honours, from these marks.

cent.

The Committee of the above Fund also made over to the University 3 per Government Securities of the value of Rs. 2,000 for the purpose of founding a Gold Medal to be called "The Manackjee Rustomjee Gold Medal" to be awarded annually to the student who shall pass first in English with Honours at the B.A. Examination.

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PREONATH DUTT LEGACY.

In August, 1904, the Solicitor to the Government of India forwarded a cheque on the Bank of Bengal for Rs. 13017-10-1, being the one-fourth share of the residuary estate of the late Babu Preonath Dutt bequeathed by him to the University.

The Senate at their meeting held on the 17th February, 1906, adopted the following scheme submitted by the Committee appointed by them at their meeting on 15th April, 1905 :

That there shall be two scholarships, one for a successful female candidate at the Intermediate Examination in Arts or Science and another at the Matri. culation Examination, the amount being Rs. 10 for the former and Rs. 8 for the latter. The Scholarship shall be tenable for two years on condition that the scholars prosecute a course of study for the next higher Examination.

That the Scholarships shall be awarded to the best among the successful candidates who do not get a Government scholarship, who are natives of Bengal and whose circumstances are such as render help desirable. The last fact shall be certified by two Members of the Senate.

The Syndicate shall have power to alter the amounts of the scholarship according to the funds which are available.

RAI RADHIKAPRASANNA MUKHERJEE, BAHADUR, C.I.E., GOLD MEDAL AND PRIZE.

In September, 1904, the Honorary Secretary to the Rai Radhika prasanna Mukherjee, Bahadur, C.I.E., Memorial Fund, offered to make over to the University 3 per cent. Government Promissory Notes of the nominal value of Rs. 1,402 for the annual award of a Gold Medal and a prize from the interest thereof on the following conditions :

1. That the medal be called the "Rai Bahadur Radhikaprasanna Mukher. jee, C.I.E., Gold Medal."

2. That the medal be awarded annually to the candidate, from any school in the Presidency Division outside Calcutta, who passes the Matriculation Examination and gains the highest number of marks in English.

3. That the value of the medal be Rs. 40, and that it be awarded for the first time on the results of the examination in 1906.

4. That a list of winners of the medal be published in the University Calendar for successive years in the usual way.

5. That a prize in books, up to the value of Rs. 9, be annually awarded to the student gaining the highest number of marks in Physiology at the Intermediate Examination in Arts or Science.

The offer was thankfully accepted by the Syndicate.

THAKURDAS BANERJEE SCHOLARSHIP, PRASANNAMAYI DEBI PRIZE AND KEDARNATH BANERJEE MEDAL

Babu Kshitindranath Banerjee in deference to the wishes of his uncle, the late Babu Kedarnath Banerjee, Pleader and resident of Barasat, in the district of 24 Parganas, made over to the University 3 per cent. Government securities of the nominal value of Rs. 8,000 for the purpose of creating an endowment for the award of a scholarship, a Gold Medal and a prize of books on the following conditions :

(a) That a scholarship of Rs. 8 (eight) a month tenable for two years, be awarded every alternate* year to the best student who passes the Matriculation Examination in the first division from the Barasat Government School

*The donation having been supplemented by a further sum of Rs. 1000, the award of the scholarship of Rs. 8 a month, tenable for two years, has been made "annual instead of every alternate year."

but does not obtain a Government or any other scholarship, if he pursues his studies for the next higher examination in an affiliated College.

(b) That the Barasat Government School failing to pass in any year any student who might satisfy the said conditions, the portion of the interest available for scholarship will be added to the fund.

(c) That the scholarship be called "Thakurdas Banerjee Scholarship" in memory of the donor's father.

(d) That a prize in Sanskrit books of the value of Rs. 25, to be called the Prasannamayi Debi Prize," perpetuating the memory of the donor's mother be presented at the annual Convocation to the female student who gains the highest number of marks in Sanskrit at the Bachelor of Arts Examination among successful students of her own sex or in the absence of such student, the prize be similarly awarded to a male student, who gets the highest number of marks in Sanskrit at the same examination.

(e) That a Gold Medal of the value of one hundred rupees be awarded every year publicly at the Convocation of the Senate for conferring Degrees to the only or the best D.L. of the year, if any, or failing him to the student who stands first at the M.L. Examination, or failing him to the student who stands first at the final B.L. Examination.

(f) That the medal bear the words "Kedarnath Banerjee medal awarded to....... on one side, and the University Arms on the other.

(g) That the names of the winners of the scholarship, prize and the gold medal be published in the Gazettee, as well as in the University Calendar.

(h) That the donor be allowed to nominate Arindrajit Mookerjee who passed the Matriculation Examination in 1911 in the first division from the Barasat Government School and has been admitted into the Ripon College, as the first holder of the Thakurdas Banerjee Scholarship.

(i) That in subsequent year the University award the said scholarship to any one in terms of the condition in paragraph (a).

(j) That the Scholarship, Prize and Medal be awarded with effect from the year 1911.

The offer was thankfully accepted by the Syndicate.

In March, 1870, the Committee of the Cobden Club, London, offered an annual Silver Medal for proficiency in Political Economy.

With the concurrence of the Committee, it was arranged that this medal should be awarded to the successful student who in the annual examination for M.A. in Political Economy and Political Philosophy, should obtain the highest number of marks in Political Economy.