February, 191 4. J Annual Report. 



XI 



A.R.S.M., A.R.C.S., F.G.S., Mr. J. P. Vogel, Ph.D., Litt.I)., 



and Mr. S. W. Kemp, B.A., were elected Fellows of th 

 Society. 



There were 28 Fellows on the list at the end of 1913. 



Elliott Prize for Scientific Research. 



Sixteen essays were received in competition during 1912, 



and from the reports furnished by the different experts to whom 



they were sent for examination, the Trustees decided that 



none of the essays submitted was of sufficient merit to deserve 

 a prize. 



The Trustees have again sanctioned the award of four 



prizes for the year 1913 for original work or investigations bv 



the essayist in Physical, Chemical Mathematical and Natural 



Sciences. This Notification was printed in the "Calcutta 



Gazette" of the 16th June, 1913. Twelve essays have been 



received in competition and have been referred to" the Trustees 

 for report. 



Barclay Memorial Medal. 



On the recommendation of the ' ' Barclay Memorial Medal ' ' 

 Special Committee, the Council awarded the Medal for 1913 

 to Major William Glen Liston, M.D., C.I.E., I.M.S., Senior 

 Member of the Plague Research Commission, Bombay, in 

 recognition of his biological researches. 



Society's Premises and Property. 



At the suggestion of Mr. D. Hooper, the Council agreed 

 to the erection in the Society's rooms of a brass memorial 

 tablet with a suitable inscription in commemoration of the 

 late Dr. David Waldie, provided by Messrs. D. Waldie & Co. 

 The tablet was unveiled at the General Meeting on the 5th 

 November, 1913, and it is set up at the top of the main stair 

 case of the rooms of the Society. 



The roof of the servants' quarters were in a very bad 

 state of repairs, and Rs. 78 has been spent to stop the leakage. 



The building of the new premises for the Society has not 

 yet been taken in hand. There was a meeting of the Building 

 Committee on the 20th June, 1913, when it was decided to apply 

 to Government for permission to sell or lease part of our ground, 

 and to write to the Mining and Geological Institute of India 

 regarding their former offer to contribute a lump sum for 



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accommodation in the Society's building. It is hoped that 



iinal steps will be taken shortly. 



The Council has also considered the question of endanger- 

 ing the Society's premises from fire by smoking cigars and 

 cigarettes at the Society's Meetings, and notices to the effect 



