v1 Annual Report. | February, 1918. 
No copies of the Journal and Proceedings, Memoirs or © 
Bibliotheca Indica were sent to Mr. Quaritch for sale, owing to 
orders prohibiting the transmission of books for sale to Europe. 
e two cases containing the Society’s publications sent to 
Mr. Otto Harrossowitz on the 9th July, 1914 per S.S. Katten- 
turm have not yet been recovered, and as the cost of obtaining 
delivery of the two cases would be very great, the Council has 
decided to take no further steps in the matter. 
Barclay Memorial Medal. 
On the recommendation of the Barclay Memorial Medal 
Special Committee, the Council awarded the Medal for 1917 to 
Lieut.-Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen, F.R.8., in recognition of his 
biological researches, 
A Committee was appointed to revise the rules of the Bar- 
clay Memorial Medal, and the Council approved of their recom: 
mendations. 
Elliott Prize for Scientific Research. 
Four essays on Chemistry were received in competition for 
the Elliott Prize for Scientific Research during 1916, and from 
The revised rules were sanctioned by Government, oad 
Finance. . 
The appendix contains the usual statements showing the 
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Te ohis oF the Asiatic Society of Bengal, for the year 
d Deposit Bank of Bengal.” 
mors > ,, and “Catalogue of Scientific Serial Publication’, 
a. ee 
The Society has received the usual grants from tne Ge : 
ments of Bengal and India, except that O.P. Fun thas 
ceased from the end of March. In addition a special gr” prough | 
been received from the Trustees of the Indian Museum, t 
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