The scheme as outlined in the above report was approved by the Government of Bengal, who sanctioned a non-recurring grant of Rs. 8,070 to this University for one year for the purpose. The question of renewing the grant for a further period of three years and a half is under consideration of the Government. Steps have already been taken by the Syndicate to give effect to the recommendations of the Committee and the following Standing Committee has since been appointed : Prof. Dineschandra Sen, Rai Bahadur, B.A., D.Litt. Prof. Sunitikumar Chatterjee, M.A., D.Lit. (London). (Nominated by the Syndicate.) Sailendranath Mitra, Esq., M.A. (Representative of the Board of Higher Studies in Indian Vernaculars.) RESEARCH ASSISTANTS, Basu, Manindramohan, M.A. (C) Sreegopal Basu Mallik Fellowship The following scheme for the Fellowship was adopted by the Syndicate and the Trustees of the donor : 1. In the first instance, a Fellow shall be appointed for a term of three years, whose duty it shall be (a) to give tutorial assistance to students of Sanskrit generally and students of Vedanta Philosophy in particular, (b) to deliver a course of lectures on Vedanta Philosophy, (c) to carry on research in Vedanta Philosophy with a view to enable him to discharge his duties under heads (a) and (b) satisfactorily. 2. With a view to give effect to the object mentioned in 1 (a), the Fellow shall hold classes not less than three times a week during at least thirty-six weeks in the year. To such class only such students will be admitted as may have satisfied the Fellow either by submitting to a test to be imposed by him or otherwise that they are qualified by previous training and attainments to profit by his teaching. The name of any student may be removed by reason of irregularity in attendance. The course of tutorial instruction shall include not only the Vedanta Philosophy but also such preliminary branches of study as may be determined by the Fellow from time to time in consultation with the Syndicate. Twelve of those students will be entitled to a monthly stipend of Rs. 10 (Rupees ten) to be paid during good conduct and upon satisfactory progress made in their studies. An annual examination shall be held, upon the result of which the best student will be awarded a gold medal of the value of one hundred rupees and also a prize of Rs. 500. The annual examination shall be open to graduates and to holders of certificates at the Sanskrit Title examination of such standing as the Syndicate may approve. 3. With a view to give effect to the object mentioned in 1 (b), the Fellow shall annually deliver a course of public lectures on Hindu Philosophy in general and Vedanta Philosophy in particular. These lectures must not be less than twelve in number to be delivered not more than once a week. The substance of these lectures, as also the result of any original research or investigation made by the Fellow under 1 (c) above shall be published in a volume at the close of every year. 4. The remuneration of the Fellow shall be as follows : (a) A stipend of Rs. 125 a month. (b) A lump sum payment of Rs. 1,400 at the end of the year out of which the expenses of printing 500 copies of the lectures shall be met, 400 of which shall be placed at the disposal of the University and 100 at the disposal of the Founder's representative for free distribution. 5. The fellow must submit a quarterly report to the Syndicate as to the manner in which he has been discharging his duties. 6. The mode of election shall be as follows: Persons who have made a special study of the subject shall be invited by notices and advertisements in the newspapers to send in their names together with a synopsis of the proposed lectures to the Syndicate who shall select at least three persons out of the applicants, and send their names to the Trustees, who shall within one week thereafter notify their choice, which will be accepted by the Syndicate. TERMS OF SETTLEMENT AS DECREED BY THE HIGH COURT Scheme of 1906 stands as notified below: 1. It is to be for a period of three years only from 1st July, 1920, to be renewed thereafter on such terms as may be mutually agreed upon. Six months before expiration of the period either party may move the other for such removal. 2. Trustees to pay minimum sum of Rs. 3,000 a year for three years. If balance exceeds that amount, such balance to be paid up to Rs. 5,000. 3. Durgacharan Sankhya-Vedanta-Tirtha to be appointed for three years from the 1st August, 1920, on a salary of Rs. 1,700 a year which is to cover the expenses of the publication of his lectures. He will be at liberty to publish his lectures in one or three volumes yearly or at the end of the period. 4. The University will use part of the money so paid as monthly stipends for 10 students at the rate of Rs. 10 a month and will also provide a gold medal for Rs. 100. 5. In the event of the University receiving more than Rs. 3,000 and up to Rs. 5,000, the excess to be applied for additional stipends to 5 more students at the same monthly rate, in the 1st instance, and then apply any further balance for publication of the lectures which is also to be paid to the Fellow, prizes and such other purposes, in connection with the Trusts as the Trustee and the University may agree upon. 6. In the event of the fellow vacating by death or resignation or otherwise before the 1st August, 1922, another Fellow is to be appointed for the unexpired period according to the original scheme for appointment. 7. If the vacancy occurs in the third year, the money for such Fellowship will be paid to the University but no appointment will be made until new scheme be framed, which is to be done as expeditiously as possible. 8. The sum of Rs. 1,461 balance in the hands of the University, the Trustees agree to be treated as having been properly spent as payment to Pandit Durgacharan for his past services. 9. The University will account for unexpended balance at the termination of three years to the Trustees and such balance will be spent as agreed upon by the Trustees and the University for advancing the same objects and purpose during the next period of three years. 10. The selection of a Fellow as in the scheme of 1906. 11. Suit withdrawn on the above terms. 12. Each party to pay his own costs on scale No. 2, liberty to tax costs as between attorney and client on scale No. 2. 13. The Trustees would allow inspection of the books of account of the Trust properties to the authorised agent or agents of the University for the purpose of giving facilities to the University to ascertain the amount of the surplus income available to the University upon reasonable notice. Mr. S. C. Mallik in his letter of the 15th March, 1925, addressed to thRegistrar, recommended that the present scheme of the Sreegopal Basne mallik Fellowship should be revised so that from time to time a course oe lectures should be delivered by some one who had especially studied both thf oriental and occidental systems of thought. He suggested that a total honorarium of Rs. 5,000 (inclusive of the cost of publication of the lectures deli. vered) should be offered for the delivery of a course of public lectures and that if this did not prove sufficient to attract a suitable man the trust funds should be accumulated for two years and an honorarium of Rs. 10,000 offered. The following revised scheme formulated on the lines of the above suggestions was adopted by the Syndicate in 1925 : 1. A sum of Rs. 1,000 shall be set aside for the cost of publication of the lectures referred to in paragraph (2) of the scheme. 2. An honorarium of Rs. 4,000 shall be offered for the delivery of a course of twelve lectures in December, 1925, on Vedanta Philosophy dealing especially with the place occupied by the Vedanta in the philosophical system of the. civilised world and of its merits as compared with Western Schools of thought 3. Notices shall be sent to the leading Universities in India inviting applications from candidates for the Fellowship who shall be required to submit their applications in writing to the Registrar on or before the 31st August next accompanied by a statement of their qualifications and courses of study and by two testimonials. Advertisements inviting applications shall also be inserted in suitable publications circulating in India. 4. Candidates shall be required to have pursued a course of study in both Oriental and Occidental systems of Philosophy. 5. Candidates shall be required to submit a synopsis of the lectures they propose to deliver together with their applications. 6. The selection of a Fellow shall be made by a Selection Board appointed by the Syndicate of which the Founder shall be a member. 7. In the event of no suitable person applying, the lectures shall be postponed to December, 1926, and an honorarium of Rs. 9,000 be offered in which case notices inviting applications shall be sent to the principal Universities in Europe and America as well as to the Universities of India, advertisements also being inserted in suitable publications circulating in Europe, America, and India. Note.-(i) The cost of advertisement should be borne from University funds. The honorarium should be exclusive of the cost of publication. (ii) Lectures should be so arranged as not to clash with Christmas holidays. (iii) The Selection Board should select three names and forward them to the Trustee for final selection. (iv) 100 copies should be provided for the Founder's representatives and 400 copies for the University. (v) The Tutorial classes should be discontinued. FELLOWS. 1897 Mahamahopadhyay Chandrakanta Tarkalankar. 1899 1901 Do. 1907 Pande Ramavatar Sarma, Sahityacharyya, M.A. 1918-1924 Pandit Durgacharan Sankhya-Vedanta-tirtha. 1925 S. K. Belvalkar, Esq., M.A., Ph.D. 1926 N. K. Datta, Esq., M.A., Ph.D. (Lond.). 1927 Pramathanath Mukhopadhyay, Esq., M.A. IX UNIVERSITY LAW COLLEGE. The history of the foundation of the College is set out in the following minute by the Hon'ble Justice Sir Asutosh Mookerjee, Kt., Č.S.I., M.A., D.L., D.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.A.S., F.R.S.E., F.A.S.B., Vice-Chancellor of the University :-" The branch of our educational system which stands in need of the most urgent and radical reform is that concerned with the teaching of Law for our Degree Examinations. It is a noteworthy fact that we have not got a single college devoted entirely to the Study of Law, as Engineering. When the University was founded in 1857, Law classes were we have in the cases of Medicine and attached to the Presidency College which was, in the main, an The number of Law students was comparatively small, and the first ProfesArts College. sors employed to teach Law were men of considerable distinction. In 1864 the Government decided to attach Law classes to its Colleges at Hughly, Dacca, Krishnagar, Berhampur and Patna. In each case, a distinguished gra. duate in Law was appointed on a fixed monthly salary, and the best men available from the ranks of the then new batches of Law graduates were engaged. The classes at all these Colleges were comparatively small, and the teaching imparted was more or less efficient from the point of view of the Law Regulations as they existed at the time. attached to the Colleges at Cuttack and Chittagong, and in 1880 Law classes In 1869 similar Law classes were were attached to the College at Rajshahi. Up to the point of time we have reached the Law classes were attached only to Government Colleges, and the fees charged were moderately high; in the case of the Presidency College the fee was five rupees a month in the First-year class and ten rupees a month in the Second and Third-year classes; in the case of other Colleges, it was nowhere less than five rupees a month. In 1882, the authorities of the Calcutta Metropolitan Institution applied for affiliation in Law. The application was granted, and as no conditions were imposed Law classes were opened with a monthly fee of three rupees in the First-year class, four in the Second, and five in the Third-year class. The immediate result was that the Presidency College lost the majority of its Law students. Shortly after the City College was affiliated in Law in 1883. Two years later, the Ripon College was affiliated in Law in 1885 and opened classes at a uniform rate of three rupees, with the result that the other private Colleges were obliged to come down to the same level. About this time, the Government closed the Law classes in the Presidency College. Since then, another College has been affiliated in Law in Calcutta, namely, the Bangabasi College in 1896, and six Colleges in Mofussil have also been affiliated in Law, namely, Cooch-Bebar, Bhagalpur, Midnapur, Bankipur, Barisal and Rangoon. The University, therefore, has at present time nominally 19 Colleges to which Law classes are attached, but there are really 18 at work, as the Presidency College has had no classes during more than twenty years. raised their fee from rupees three to rupees four. In the Mofussil Colleges, The Calcutta Colleges have the fee ranges from rupees three to rupees six. The classes everywhere in the past were more or less full; but the College which had the largest number on its rolls is the Ripon College. As regards the efficiency of these Colleges judged from the point of view of the requirements of the New Regulations, only one opinion is possible; they are nowhere near the mark, and the arrangements. made can, at the best, be regarded as nominal compliance with the Regulations. The system which has prevailed for many years past in most of the Government Colleges in the Mofussil, namely, to pay the Law Lecturer the |