34 Elliott Prize for Scientific Research. [Feb. 



£5-11-7, subscribed by the members of the Asiatic Society towards the 

 Haeckel Memorial Bust was recorded. 



The question of filling up of the vacancies in the Honorary Mem- 

 bership of the Society caused by the deaths of the late Professor West- 

 wood, and Monsieur Renan, deferred at the July Meeting of Council, was 

 ordered to be circulated to the Council with the previous papers, and 

 a list of the present Honorary Members. 



With refei^ence to an offer from Mr. B. De, to edit the Tarikh-i- 

 Rashidi for the Bibliotheca Indica, it was resolved that the proposal 

 should be considered when drawing up the Bibliotheca Indica Budget for 

 next year. 



The question of publishing the remaining portion of Major Raverty's 

 article on "The Mihran of Sind and its Tributaries," was referred to the 

 Finance Committee. 



With reference to letters from the Superintendent of the Baptist 

 Mission Pi'ess dealing with the subject of the Anthropological portion 

 of the Society's Journal, smd enclosing copies of instructions received from 

 the Hon'ble Mr. Risley, it was resolved to ask Dr. A. W. Alcock to take 

 up the work of the Anthropological Secretaryship, and to inform 

 Mr. Risley that, finding difficulties in the ari'angement suggested by 

 him, the Council had recommended Dr. Alcock to be elected Anthropo- 

 logical Secretary for the ensuing year under rule 44t. 



The Report having been read the President invited the meeting 

 to put any questions or to offer any remarks which any member might 

 think necessary in connection therewith. 



No remarks having been offered, the President moved the adoption 

 of the Report. The motion was carried unanimously. 



The President then read the Report of the Trustees of the " Elliott 

 Prize for Scientific Research." 



Report on the " Elliott Prize for Scientific Research." 

 The Trustees have received essays from the following competitors 

 for the prize : — 



(1.) Babu Asutosh Mukhopadhyaya, M. A., F. R. S. E. (three 

 essays) : — 

 (a) On an application of differential equations to the theory 



of plane cubics ; 

 (6) Researches on the number of normals common to two 



surfaces, two cui^ves, or a curve and a surface ; 

 (c) On the application of Gauss' theory of curvature to the 

 evaluation of double integrals. 



