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an annual return of Rs. 200, and lie hereby makes application that this 

 sum may, with the sanction of the Local Government, be vested in the 

 Treasure of Charitable Endowments under Act VI of 1890, and that a 

 scheme may be settled for the administration of the endowment. 



2. The outline of the scheme, as it presents itself to him, is as 

 follows : — 



(a) The prize, i- e., the annual sum received as interest, is to be 



awarded, whether in cash or partly in the form of a gold 

 medal and partly in cash, for any original essay giving 

 the results of original research or investigation in any 

 branch of Physical, Chemical, Mathematical or Natural 

 Science composed and published during the calendar 

 year on account of which the prize is given. It shall be 

 called the " Elliott Prize for Scientific Research." 



(b) Any Native of Bengal, including any Eurasian or domiciled 



European residing in Bengal, may compete for the prize. 



(c) The Trustees to be appointed under section 5(1) of Act VI 



of 1890 to administer the property, shall be — 



The President of the Asiatic Society. 



The Vice-Chancellor of the Calcutta University. 



The Director of Public Instruction, Bengal. 



(d) These Trustees shall have power to consult as experts — 



The Superintendent, Botanical Gardens. 

 Ditto, Geological Survey. 



The Meteorological Reporter to Government of India, 



The Superintendent, Imperial Museum. 



The Principal, Medical College, Calcutta. 



The Professor of Physiology, Medical College. 



The Director or Managing Secretary to the Indian As- 

 sociation for the advancement of Science. 



The Professor of Physical Science, Presidency College, 

 Calcutta. 

 ,, Chemistry, Presidency College, Calcutta 



,, Mathematics, ,, ,, ,, 



(e) The endowment to have effect from 1st January 1893. The 



essays of competitors to be sent in to the President, 

 Asiatic Society, by the end of December of each year. 

 The prize to be adjudged to the best competitor and 

 awarded publicly at the Annual General Meeting of the 

 Asiatic Society in February. 



