The new system was introduced by Dr. Duff, who began his missonary labours by founding this Institution. Valuable help in the way of procuring pupils was given at the commencement by the well known Rajah Ram Mohun Roy. The success of the Institution soon surpassed all expectations. The Governor-General declared publicly that it had produced unparalleled results." After having been carried on for some years in various hired premises, the Institution was removed in 1839 to the present building in Cornwallis Square. 66 The Rev. Alexander Duff, M.A., D.D., was Principal of the Institution, from its foundation until 1843, and the Rev. James Ogilvie, M.A., D.D., from 1846 until his death, in 1871. He was succeeded by the Rev. Robert Jardine, M.A., Ph.D., who retired in 1876. The Principals since then have been Rev. William Hastie, M.A., D.D., the Rev. William Smith, M.A., the Rev. John Morrison, M.A., D.D., and the Rev. A. B. Wann, M.A., B.D. The General Assembly's Institution is divided into two Departments— the College Department and the School Department. In the College Department, the students pay a monthly fee of Rs. 5 each. The regular subjects of the Calcutta University curriculum are taught, also the doctrines and the evidences of the Christian religion. In the School Department, pupils pay fees from 12 annas to Rs. 3 a month. Careful attention is given to instruction in religious knowledge. A Hostel for students of the College has been built at 71-1, Cornwallis Street, called The Lady Jane Dundas Hostel, after a lady whose legacy of £1,000 left in the hands of the Rev. Dr. MacGregor, Edinburgh, was assigned by him to the Hostel. It accommodates 66 students, who pay from Rs. 13 to Rs. 16 per mensem. Endowed Scholarships and Prizes. 1. The Macfarlan Gold Medal or Prize of Rs. 50 is awarded every year to the student of the fourth year class who shows the greatest proficiency in English at the B.A. Examination, provided he passes with Honours. 2. The Morrison Prize (in honour of Dr. John Morrison, late Principal)— being the interest of Rs. 1,000, is awarded to the student of the fourth year class who stands second in English from this Institution at the B.A. Examination, provided he passes with Honours. (Amount Rs. 35.) 3. The William Smith Prize, founded in honour of the late Rev. William Smith, a former Principal, is the interest of Rs. 2,000 in books, awarded annually at the University Convocation to the student of the General Assembly's Institution who shall pass the B.A. Examination with highest Honours in Philosophy. (Present worth, Rs. 70.) 4. A prize of Rs. 25 which includes the Kalidas Mukerjee Medal or Prize, founded in memory of the gentleman whose name it bears, is awarded to the student who passes the B.A. Examination with highest Honours in History. 5. The Jagadiswar Medal, in memory of the late Rev. Jagadiswar Bhattacharjya (a student of the college,) is awarded as a second prize in Religious Knowledge in the fourth year class. 6. The Ogilvie Memorial Scholarship of Rs. 10 per mensem in honour of the late Rev. Dr. Ogilvie, Principal of the Institution, is awarded every alternate year to the student who passes highest at the F.A. Examination— provided he passes in the First Division. The scholarship is tenable in the General Assembly's College for two years, in the third and fourth year classes. 7. Wilson Fund Scholarships. The Wilson Fund is a sum of £500 left in 1844 by the late Miss Wilson of St. Andrews, Scotland, for the maintenance of two or more senior scholarships. The income is now divided into three scholarships as follows: (a) One of Rs. 10 per mensem is awarded every second year, alternately with the Ogilvie Memorial Scholarship, to the student who passes highest in the First Division at the F.A. Examination. (b) and (c) Two of Rs. 5 per mensem, awarded, one each year, to the student who passes second highest in the First Division at the F.A. Examination, and tenable in the General Assembly's College for two years, in the third and fourth year classes. 8. The Cala Chand Chuckerbutty Medal or Prize of Rs. 17 is the yearly interest of Rs. 500 presented in 1895 to the General Assembly's College by Babu Cala Chand Chuckerbutty, 92 Cornwallis Street. It is awarded to the student who stands highest at the College Examination in Religious Knowledge in the second year class. 9. The Chalmers Memorial Scholarship of Rs. 10 per mensem is awarded to a Christian student who has passed the F.A. Examination from the General Assembly's College and proceeds to the Medical College. In addition to the foregoing endowed prizes, the two pupils of the Entrance class who pass highest in the First Division at the University Examination, are awarded Scholarships of Rs. 10 and 5 per month, tenable for two years in the General Assembly's College. Other prizes are also awarded in all the subjects to the students who stand highest at the F.A. and B.A. Examinations. TEACHING STAFF. Principal and Professor of Philosophy Rev. A. B. Wann, M.A., B.D. Professors of English Literature Rev. J. Lamb, M.A., B.D. Rev. J. Edwards, M.A. Rev. G. Bruce, M.A. Rev. J. A. Macintosh, B.A., B.D. Professor of English Literature and Rev. D. E. Evans, B.A. Philosophy Professor of Arabic and Persian Gaurisankar De, M.A., B.L. (Biharilal Banerjee, M.A. Nandalal Bidyabinod. Maulavi A. M. Md. Latif. Head Master and Lecturer on Physi-} Manmathamohan Basu, B.A. ology Superintendent of Hostel Rev. J. M. B. Duncan, M.A., B.D. XVI. Ravenshaw College, Katak. AFFILIATED, 1876. This College is supported by Government and is under the control of the Director of Public Instruction, Bengal. It was opened as a Zila School in 1841; raised to a High School in 1868, and to the status of a full College in February 1876. Instruction is given up to the M.A. Examination of the University of Calcutta. Students pay a monthly fee of Rs. 4 in the B.A. and F.A. classes, Rs. 5 in the M.A. and Pleadership classes, and Rs. 6 in the B.L. Degree classes. LOCAL SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES. Two Mayo Scholarships of Rs. 10 per mensem, each tenable for two years, are awarded annually to the students who pass the F.A. Examination from this College, and are natives of the Province, and stand next to the Senior Scholars. Two Dhankanal Scholarships of Rs. 8 each, and two of Rs. 4 each, per mensem; one Maurbhanj Scholarship of Rs. 7 a month; one Talchar Scholarship of Rs. 7 a month; two free-studentships. All these Scholarships are tenable for two years. One Talchar Medal, of the value of Rs. 25, is annually awarded to the writer of the best English Essay on a given subject. The competition is confined to the fourth and third-year students. A Law Department was added in 1871 and affiliated in 1881. Attached to the College and under the control of the Principal are a Collegiate School, a Survey School, an Agricultural School, and a Hindu Hostel. COLLEGE INSTRUCTIVE STAFF. Principal and Professor of Mathema-Bipinbihari Gupta, M.A. tics .. Professors of Science Lecturer in Mathematics Professors of English Professors of Philosophy .. Lecturer in Arabic and Persian Jogeschandra Ray, M.A. Harischandra Datta, M.A. ... فلم Amulyadhan Mukerji, M.A. (offg.). Maulavi Mahomed Ismail. Satischandra De, M.A., M.B. Law Lecturer Law Department. Rai Jogeswar Chandra Chandra. XVII. Rajshahye College. AFFILIATED, 1878. The College is under the control of the Director of Public Instruction, Eastern Bengal and Assam. It is a Government Institution, originally established as a Zila School, in 1836. In 1873, it was raised to a Second Grade College (High School) owing to the gift to Government in perpetuity of an estate yielding an annual income of Rs. 5,000 by Rajah Hara Nath Ray, Bahadur, of Dubalhati, and in 1878 it was raised to a First Grade College, the additional expenditure being met partly by a State contribution and partly by the proceeds of an Endowment of one-and-half lacs of Rupees created by the M.A. Examination of the Calcutta University. It was affiliated in Law in the year 1880. The students in the General Department pay a monthly fee of Rs. 3, and those in the Law Department Rs. 5. One scholarship of Rs. 15 a month, called the K.C. Sircar Scholarship, tenable for two years in the B.A. classes of the College, is awarded annually to a student passing the F.A. Examination from any College in Bengal and reading for his B.A. Degree Examination in this College. There is one Scholarship of Rs. 3 a month, called the Mayo Scholarship, tenable for two years, open to the students in the third-year class. An annual prize of Rs. 80, called the Mohinimohan Ray Prize, is awarded to the student who most successfully passes the B.A. Examination with honours, or to a graduate of the College who passes the M.A. in any subject. There is a Scholarship of Rs. 10 a month called the Pramathanath Graduate Scholarship; this was founded by Raja Pramathanath Ray of Dighapatia, and is awarded to the graduate who passes highest from this College and reads for his M.A. degree here. In 1892 a scholarship was founded by Babu Harakumar Sarkar, of Rampur Boalia, of the value of Rs. 3 a month tenable for two years in the B.A. classes. It is awarded to the one who stands highest among the students who pass the F.A. Examination from this College, provided that he holds no other Government or local scholarship. This scholarship is named after the donor's father, the "Ramkumar Free Scholarship." There are, besides, two scholarships, called the Banamali Jubilee Scholarship, named after their donor Rai Banamali Ray, Bahadur, of Tarash, of the value of Rs. 8 a month, tenable for two years at the Rajshahye College. They are open to those students who pass the Entrance Examination from the Pubna Zila School and the Serajgunge H.E. School, and who fail to obtain a Government Scholarship. Two scholarships named after the donor Rani Monmohini Devi of Puthea, of Rs. 10 and Rs. 8 a month, respectively, tenable for two years, are awarded to students who pass the F.A. Examination of the Calcutta University from any College in Bengal, and who read in the Rajshahye College for the B.A. Degree Examination. One scholarship of Rs. 7 tenable in the first year class and another of Rs. 8 a month tenable in the second year class of the College are awarded to the student passing the Entrance Examination in the first division from the Puthea H.E. School but failing to obtain any other scholarship. A scholarship of Rs. 3 a month for two years to a student who, after passing the F.A. Examination from any College in Bengal, joins the College and reads therein for his B.A. Degree Examination. A medal is awarded to the tudent of the Rajshahye College who passes highest the F.A. Examination among the successful candidates from it. Attached to the College and under the control of the Principal are the Arabic Department and Mahomedan Boarding House. Attached to the College there is a Sanskrit Department called the Rani Hemanta Kumari Sanskrit College, founded and endowed by Rani Hemanta Kumari Devi of Puthea. Classes in Vedanta, Smriti, Kavya, Alankara, Grammar, etc., have been opened since July, 1904. The Madrassah and the College buildings were erected in 1883 and 1884, at the cost of Rs, 38,000. and Rs. 60,000, respectively. There are two Hindu Boarding-houses, called the Pramathanath and Hemanta Kumari Devi Hindu Boarding houses attached to the College, opened in 1884 and 1901, respectively. They accommodate about 100 boarders. There are two Mahammudan Boarding-houses attached to the College for the Mahammudan students, accommodating 60 students. B Classes have been opened in the Collegiate School since March, INSTRUCTIVE STAFF. General Department. Principal and Prof. of Physical Rai Kamudinikanta Banerji, Baha Science Professor of Physics Professor of Mathematics Professors of English Literature Professor of Philosophy and Logic.. Lecturer on Sanskrit Lecturer on Arabic and Persian Hd. Maulavi of the Madrassah Professor of Smriti Professor of Kavya and Vedanta : } dur, M.A. Purnachandra Kundu, M.A. Hemchandra Sarkar, M.A. Kumudnath Chaudhuri, M.A. Pandit Gurucharan Tarkadarshan- Pandit Bamandas Vidyaratna. Pandit Girischandra Kavyatirtha and Vedantabhushan. Hd. Master of the Collegiate School Asanuila, M.A. This Institution consists of a College and a School. In the College the course of instruction is adapted to the requirements of the University for degrees in Arts and Law; and in the Law Department, students are also prepared for the Pleadership Examination. The main school is held in premises contiguous to those of the College. It has two branches, one at Bow Bazar, the other at Bara Bazar. The Institution, in its present form at any rate, was the handiwork of Pandit Iswarchandra Vidyasagara. It was the first attempt to impart higher education through a purely indigenous agency, and was conducted in a way that was characteristic. He gave it a costly local habitation and endowed it with a valuable Library and a Laboratory. Since the death of Pandit Iswarchandra Vidyasagara in July, 1891, the management of the College has changed hands more than once. Since the |