xiv Annual Report. [February, 1911. 
Fellowship of the Society. 
Regulations were framed to govern the nomination and 
election of Fellows among the Ordinary Members, and they have 
been published in the Society’s Proceedings for May 1910. 
On the recommendation of the Fellows of the Society, the 
Council has decided that the official abbreviation to be adopted 
by the Fellows of the Society shall be F.A.8.B. 
In addition to the creation of Fellowships in the Society, 
the proposal to designate Honorary Members as Honorary Fel- 
lows of the Society has been circulated under Rules 64A and 
65, and the proposal has been unanimously accepted and ap- 
proved by all the members of the Society. The Honorary 
Members wil) be designated as Honorary Fellows. 
Elliott Prize for Scientific Research. 
On the report of the Trustees, the Elliott Prize for Scienti- 
fic Research for the year 1909 was not awarded as the essay 
received in competition was not of sufficient merit to justify 
the award of the Prize. 
The subject selected for the Elliott Gold Medal for the year 
1910 was ‘: Natural Science,’’ and the Notification appear i 
the “ Calcutta Gazette’? of the 16th March, 1910. No essay 
has been received in competition. ei 
Barclay Memorial Medal. 
In order to award the Barclay Memorial Medal for 1911, 
the following members were appointed to form a «Special _ 
Committee’? to record their recommendations for the const 
deration of the Council :—Mr. I. H. Burkill, Major A. T. Gage: 
'MS., Capt. R. E. Lloyd, LMS., Mr. EB. Vredenburg and 
Capt. J. W. D. Megaw, I.M.S. 
Society’s Premises and Property. 
The Council has under consideration a proposal made by 
the Principal, Government School of Art, for an improv’ ™ 
system of protection and preservation of the valuable paint 
ings belonging to the Society. There are about 60 oil-paint-— 
ings in the Society’s rooms. The portrait of Shah Ghazi-ud-din 
Haidar, King of Oudh, has been repaired. sé at 
Two new marble tablets for Alexander Csoma de K6r0s 4 
