III-FURNITURE.

8. Bedstead, table, chair, stool, bookshelf, cloth peg, dirty linen chest, one of each, and also a set of bell-metal utensils (1 rice-plate, 1 tumbler and 2 cups), will be supplied to all boarders on admission. Boarders must provide their own beading.

Furniture must not be removed from the Common Rooms or from one room to another without permission.

9. In case of wilful damage to furniture, fixtures or utensils, the damage must be made good by the boarder or boarders causing it.

IV. MEALS.

10. The arrangements for meals will be made by the Assistant Superintendent, 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 halls unless. they are ill. The recognised times for meals are from 10 to 12 in the morning and from 8-30 to 10-30 in the evening. The dining 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 authoritity of the Superintendent. The Prefects will be appointed by the Principal or 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 serions misconduct to the Superintendent. The ward servants will be under his orders.

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15. Prefect will enjoy the following privileges: (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 arrangements 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 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 :

Between 9 and 10

Between 10 and 11

Rs. As.

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At 11 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 whether with or without the permission. of the Superintendent shall be reported to the Principal.

19. A Conduct Register will be kept by the 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 extreme cases, by removal from the Hostel. If the Hostel charges are not paid within the month for which they are due, the names of the defaulters 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.

22.

VI.-WATER AND ELECTRIC INSTALLATION.

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. by a student will make him liable to a fine of Rs. 4.

Violation of this rule

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 The Darwans and Chaprasis in each flat and room will be ordered to shut down any fans and lights which are not in use.

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. In all such cases (measles, chicken-pox, cholera) there must be segregation from the rest of the boarders; cases of small-pox or plague must be at once 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 days. Guest's charge at the rate of four annas per meal will have to be paid in advance.

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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 complements 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 from the Superintendent 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 an 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.

VIII

Research Studentships, Scholarships,
Prizes and Medals.

I

PREMCHAND ROYCHAND RESEARCH
STUDENTSHIPS.

Premchand Roychand, Esq., of Bombay, in a letter to the Government of India, offered, to make a donation of two lakhs of rupees to the Calcutta University, and on the 9th February, 1866, paid over this amount to the Government of India, to be transferred to the University and held by it as a Body Corporate, under Section 2 of Act II of 1857. Mr. Premchand Roychand further expressed a hope that the money should be devoted to some one large object or to a portion of some large object for which it might in itself be insufficient."

The Senate, at a meeting on the 21st July, 1866, accepted Mr. Premchand Roychand's munificent donation, and directed that it should be invested in 5 per cent. Government Securities.

The Senate, at their meeting, held on the 2nd May, 1908, approved the following rules for appropriating the proceeds of the donation :

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1. Six Studentships of Rs. 1,400 a year, each to be called the "Premchand Roychand Research Scholarship," shall be maintained on the interest of the

endowment.

2. Any graduate of the University of Calcutta, who has passed the Examination for the Degree of Master or Doctor in any Faculty, during twelve years from the time that he passed the Entrance or the Matriculation Examination, shall be eligible for only one of these Studentships.

Explanation

Any person who passed the Entrance Examination in 1908 and subsequently passes the Examination for the Degree of Master or Doctor in any Faculty, may be a candidate for the Studentship in any year not later than 1920.

3. The Studentships shall be awarded for promotion of research. Each Studentship shall be tenable for three years, during which the student will be required to carry on some special investigation or work in the subject in which the studentship was awarded.

4. Two Studentships shall, ordinarily, be awarded every year, one in a Literary Subject, the other in a Scientific Subject.

5. The Literary Subjects shall be as follows:

English, Sanskrit, Pali, the Prakrits and Indian Vernaculars, Arabic, Comparative Philology with special reference to the Oriental languages, Indian Palæography and Epigraphy, Indian History, Philosophy, Economics.

The Scientific Subjects shall be as follows:-

Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Physiology, Botany, Geology and Minera logy, Zoology including Proto-Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, Experimental Psychology.

6. Candidates for the Studentship shall submit their applications to the Registrar not later than the 31st October in any year and shall at the same time pay a fee of Rs. 32. Each application shall state (a) the academical distinctions which the candidate has obtained; (b) the subject in which he has specialised; (c) any research or investigation which he has made in the selected subject or in any allied branch of knowledge; (d) the subject in which he intends, if elected to a Studentship, to carry on special investigation or research. Every candidate shall produce a thesis dealing with some subject in which he has carried on or intends to carry on research. Every candidate shall also state whether the research or investigation which he intends to undertake will be carried on in any particular Library or Laboratory and, if so, what facilities are available. Every candidate shall further produce along with his application, testimonials to satisfy the Syndicate that he is in habits and character a fit and proper person to carry on the research which he proposes to undertake.

7. The Syndicate shall, as soon as possible, after the applications have been submitted, appoint two special Boards, one to report on the applications in the Literary Subjects, the other to report on those in the Scientific Subjects.

The candidates shall not be required to submit themselves to any written, oral or practical examination; but either special Board may, at its discretion require a candidate to appear before it with a view to ascertain precisely the nature of the research or investigation in which he has been previously engaged or which he wished to undertake if elected to the Studentship. Each Board shall submit a report dealing with the name and qualifications of the candidate recommended for election to the Studentship, and the grounds for such recomendation.

8. Neither Special Board shall be bound to recommend any candidate, if in their judgment, none of the candidates is qualified to carry on research or investigation, so as to be worthy of the Studentship.

9. The Reports of the Special Boards shall be laid before the Syndicate not later than the 15th of December every year and if the Syndicate, upon the reports, are satisfied that the candidates recommended are worthy of the Studentships, they shall make the award accordingly.

10. If, in any year, a Studentship in Literary or Scientific subject is not awarded on the ground that there is no candidate in that particular group of subjects qualified to receive it, it shall be competent to the Syndicate to award that Studentship in the other group of subjects in the same year or in any subject in any subsequent year.

11. Each Studentship shall be tenable from the month of January and each student shall receive Rs. 50 a month.

Not later than 31st of October in each year, every student shall submit to the Registrar a detailed statement of the research or investigation in which he has been engaged during the year. If the Syndicate are satisfied that the research or investigation has been duly carried on as undertaken by the candidate in his application, so that the object with which the studentship was awarded, has been realised, the student shall receive at the end of the year a sum of Rs. 800.

12. If it is proved to the satisfaction of the Syndicate that a student has undertaken no research or investigation or has abandoned it or has otherwise