In August 1901, the Registrar received from Messrs. Winter, Bothamley & Co., Solicitors, London, a sum of Rs. 25,935-0-9, being the value, deducting costs, of the one-tenth share of the residuary Estate bequeathed to the University by the late Mr. William Griffith. A Sub-Committee of the Syndicate consisting of the Hon'ble the Vice-Chancellor, the Rev. Fr. E. Lafont, S.J., C.I.E., M.I.E.E., Alex. Pedler, Esq., C.I.E., F.R.S., and the Hon'ble Dr. Asutosh Mukhopadhyay, M.A., D.L., F.R.A.S.. F.R.S.E., was appointed to consider the question as to the diposal of the amount. In December, 1901, a further sum of Rs. 60 was received from Messrs. Winter, Bothamley & Co., on account of an asset sold since the division of the Estate, thus making the total value of the bequest Rs. 25,995-0-9. The amount was invested in 3 per cent. Government Securities of the nominal value of Rs. 26,800. Out of the interest of this Fund the Syndicate have decided to award an annual prize to be called the Griffith Prize."

The following rules recommended by the Sub Committee were adopted by the Syndicate at their meeting held on the 14th December, 1901 :An Annual Prize, to be called the Griffith Prize, will be awarded by the University for the encouragement of advanced study in Science and Letters.

All persons who have taken the Degree of Bachelor in the Faculty of Arts, or the corresponding Degree in any other Faculty in this University, will be allowed to compete. The Prize will be awarded to Science and

Letters in alternate years.

Candidates for the Prize will be required to submit an Essay or a record of original work in some Department of Science or of Letters, as the case may be, and each candidate will be required to send his Essay or record of work to the Registrar under a distinguishing motto. The name of the candidate must be forwarded at the same time in a sealed envelope with the motto outside.

Honorary Examiners will be appointed by the Syndicate to adjudicate upon the merit of the work submitted by the candidates.

If in any year no candidate shows sufficient merit to entitle him to the Prize, the income for that year will be added to the Fund and invested accordingly.

The Griffith Prize for 1906 will be awarded by the Syndicate in the course of 1907, and the subject for such Prize will be an Essay or record of original work in some Department of Science. Candidates will be required to send in their Essay or records of original work on or before the 31st December, 1906

The value of the Prize for 1906 will be Rs. 900.

JOGENDRACHANDRA GHOSH'S RESEARCH PRIZE IN COMPARATIVE INDIAN LAW.

In January 1902, the late Babu Jogendrachandra Ghosh, Member of the Senate, offered to place at the disposal of the Calcutta University Govern

ment Securities of the nominal value of Rs. 10,000 of the Loan of 1865 for the encouragement of the study of Comparative Indian Law, by persons belonging to what is called the Adhyapak class in Bengal, and for the purpose of establishing, out of the annual income of the fund, a prize to be awarded to the writer of the best Essay on the subject under the following conditions:—

(i) By Comparative Indian Law shall be meant the Hindu Smriti Sastra, called a Vyabaharkhanda," and a comparison of the standard Sanskrit authorities on the subject with British Indian Law as contained in Parliamentary Statutes, Regulations and Acts of the Indian Legislative Councils, and the Law as laid down in Leading Cases. The study, which it shall be the object of the Prize to encourage, is the History of the Hindu Smriti Sastra as it existed at and from the time when India came under British rule, and how and to what extent it has been altered under British influence, regard being had not only to the existing Statutes, Regulations and Acts but also to those which, having been in operation for a time, have now been repealed or become obsolete, and regard being also had not only to the existing Leading Cases but to cases which were considered Leading at one time, but have now been overruled, and how and to what extent such alteration has affected Hindu Society.

(ii) The essay, at the discretion of a Committee consisting of the Vice-Chancellor for the time being of the University, the President of the Faculty of Law and the Principal of the Government Sanskrit College in Calcutta, may deal with the whole of the Indian Comparative Law as before defined or with part or parts thereof; but in no case shall an essay be entitled to competition which in any way attacks the religious beliefs, usages or institutions of His Majesty's subjects. And it shall be in the province and discretion of the said Committee to (a) make a detailed programme of studies for the proposed prize; (b) name the subject of the essay for any one particular year; and (c) decide whether such prize shall be awarded every year or at longer intervals.

(iii) By Adhyapak shall be meant scholars of the Smriti Sastra, students of Smriti in the Government Sanskrit College in Calcutta, and in the Toles or indigenous Brahmanical schools which send in candidates for the Title Examination held in that College, and students in other similar institutions in India.

(iv) Every candidate for the Prize shall be required to indicate generally in a perface to his thesis and specially in notes, the sources from which his information is taken, the extent to which he has availed himself of the work of others, and the portions of the thesis which he claims as original. He shall further be required to state whether his research has been conducted independently, under advice, or in co-operation with others, and in what respects his investigations appear to him to tend to the advancement of knowledge.

(v) Successful candidates shall be required to publish their essays, and, if necessary, they shall receive help from the University for the purpose.

(vi) The essay or essays shall be written either in English or in Bengali, but if any competitor sends in an essay in any vernacular anguage other than Bengali he shall be bound to furnish an English translation thereof.

(vii) The adjudicators for the prize shall be the Vice-Chancellor of the University, the Chief Justice of Bengal, the President of the Faculty of Law, and the Principal of the Sanskrit College in Calcutta. They shall be entitled to consult experts of their own selection to assist them to (a) decide whether the essay or essays in competition is or are of sufficient merit to deserve the prize; (b) award such prize; (c) decide about the number of manuscript copies of each essay to be sent in by the successful

competitors; (d) and consider the ways and means for the publication of any essay or essays.

(viii) The Prize shall be called the "Research Prize in Comparative Indian Law."

The offer was thankfully accepted by the Syndicate at their meeting held on the 8th February, 1902.

ABINAS CHANDRA MEDAL.

In March 1902, Babu Upendranath Mitra, M.A., B.L., Member of the Senate, wrote to the Registrar stating that his grand-daughter, Srimati Surabala Dasi, was desirous of making over to the University 3 per cent. Government Securities for Rs. 2,500 for the purpose of founding a gold medal in memory of her deceased husband, the late Babu Abinas Chandra Mitra, B.L., Superintendent, Financial Department, Government of India, on the following conditions::

(i) That the medal be awarded annually to that successful candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Arts who obtains the highest number of marks for Original Composition at the Examination for Honours in English.

(ii) That the medal bear the words "Abinas Chandra Medal" on one side and the University Arms on the other.

(iii) That the medal be presented at the annual Convocation for conferring degrees.

(iv) That the names of the Medallists be published in the University Calendar.

(v) That the medal be awarded for the first time on the result of the B.A. Examination of 1902, if possible.

The offer was thankfully accepted by the Syndicate at their meeting held on the 12th March, 1902.

Dr. Rakhaldas Ghosh made over to the University a 4 per cent. Port Trust Debenture of the value of Rs. 500 for the purpose of creating an endowment from the interest thereof for the annual award of a Prize of Medical Books, on the following conditions :

1. That an annual prize of Medical Books be awarded publicly to the successful student who secures the highest marks in Materia Medica in the First M.B. or First L.M.S. Examinations.

2. That the Prize be called "Dr. Rakhaldas Ghosh's Prize."

3.

That the names of the Prizemen be published in the University Calendar.

The offer was thankfully accepted by the Syndicate at their meeting held

JAGATCHANDRA DASGUPTA CORONATION MEDAL.

Babu Jagatchandra Dasgupta, L.M.S., Assistant Surgeon, Beer Hospital, Nepal, made over to the University the sum of Rs. 425, on the following conditions :—

1. That an annual silver medal be instituted bearing the words "Emperor Edward VII Coronation Medal in Midwifery awarded by Jagatchandra Dasgupta, L.M.S." on one side, and the "University of Calcutta' on the other.

2. That the medal be presented at the University Convocation for conferring degrees to that student who stands highest in Midwifery in the M.B. Examination; and in case there be no successful student at the M.B. Examination, the medal be awarded to that successful L.M.S. candidate who stands first in Midwifery.

3. The names of the medallists be printed in the University Calendar. The offer was thankfully accepted by the Syndicate at their meeting held on the 30th August, 1902.

Babu Amritalal Mukerjee, of the Provincial Civil Service, Executive Branch, made over to the University 3 per cent. Government Promissory Note for Rs. 500 for the purpose of creating an endowment for the annual award of a silver medal in memory of his mother Sreemati Gangaman Debi, who died on the 3rd October, 1902, on the following conditions:1. That an annual silver medal be instituted bearing the words "Gangamani Debi Medal, Behala, awarded to.... year

on one side, and the University Arms on the other.

2.

That the Medal be presented publicly every year at the annual Convocation for conferring degrees to the student who obtains the highest number of marks in Sanskrit in the B.A. Examination from the Presidency and the Sanskrit College, provided he gets no other medal in the same subject, in which case the medal is to be awarded to the next best student.

3. That the names of the medallists be printed in the University Calendar and also in the Gazette.

The offer was thankfully accepted by the Syndicate at their meeting held on the 21st November, 1903.

BEERESHUR MITTER MEDAL.

R. Mittra, Esq., Bar.-at-Law, made over to the University Government Securities for Rs. 3,000 for the purpose of creating an endowment on the following conditions :

1. A Gold Medal, to be called the "Beereshur Mitter Medal " will be annually awarded by the Syndicate, at their monthly meeting in December, to the author of the best Essay in English on some subject (as hereinafter provided for) relating to Indian Economics.

2. The Medal shall bear the University Arms on one side, and the words "Beereshur Mitter Medal awarded to..... on the other, and shall be presented publicly at the Annual Convocation of the Senate for conferring Degrees.

3. The subject for the Essay for each year shall be specified by the Syndicate and announced by the Registrar in the official Gazette and in such newspapers as the Syndicate shall think proper, at least one year before the award of the Medal.

4. The competition for the Medal shall be limited to candidates who have, at any time, been admitted to a Degree in this University.

5.

Each candidate for the Medal shall be required to send his Essay to the Registrar in a sealed cover under a distinguishing motto. The name of the candidate must also be forwarded at the same time in a sealed cover bearing the motto outside.

6. The Essays in competition for the Medal must reach the Registrar not later than the 1st of October next preceding the award.

7. An Honorary Examiner shall be appointed by the Syndicate, who shall adjudicate upon the merits of the work submitted by the candidates. 8. The Medal shall not be awarded to the author of any Essay unless such Essay furnishes evidence of research or special investigation, or embodies useful suggestions relating to the subject.

9.

10.

The successful candidate shall be required to publish his Essay.

The names of the Medallists shall be published in the Gazette, as also in the University Calendar.

11. If, any year, no candidate evinces sufficient merit to entitle him to the Medal, the income of the year shall be added to the Fund, and invested accordingly.

12. The first "Beereshur Mitter Medal " shall be awarded in December, 1904, and Essays for the Medal must reach the Registrar not later than the 1st of October, 1904.

The offer was thankfully accepted by the Syndicate at their meeting held on the 29th August, 1903.

MEDALLIST.

1905 Ray, Satischandra.

WOOMESH CHANDRA MUKERJEE SILVER MEDAL.

Babu Satish Chandra Mukerji, M.A., Professor, L.M.S. College, Bhowanipur, made over to the University 3 per cent. Government Security for Rs. 500 on the following conditions:

(i) That a silver medal be annually awarded to the successful female candidate who obtains the highest marks at the First Examination in Arts. (ii) That the names of the Medallists be published in the Gazette and in the University Calendar.

(iii) That the Medal be called the "Woomesh Chandra Mukerjee Medal "