110 Sfoliczka Memorial Mind. [June, 



" The following sums have been promised prior to the despatch of the 



circular — 



General Strachey, , £10 



T. Oldham, Esq., L.L. D., 10 



F. Drew, Esq., - , 2 



Dr. G. Dohson, ...» 3 



E. Alstone, Esq., 2 



H. F. Blanford, Esq., , 5 



W. T. Blanford, Esq., 5 



Dr. F. Day, 10 



Major Godwin- Austen, 5 



Surgeon-Major W. H. Rean, 5 



The total amount hitherto subscribed amounts therefore to Rs. 2,478. 



The charges against the Fund are as follows : — 



Printing, Postage, &c, Rs. 68 9 



Exchange on Rs. 1,892, say „ 189 



Total Rs... 2,204 7 



"With regard to the shape which the Testimonial should take, most 

 of the subscribers in India, and the Committee itself, believed that the 

 existing photographs of the late Dr. Stoliczka were too little varied to 

 furnish materials for a bust, and it was thought that a portrait for the 

 Meeting Room of the Asiatic Society of Bengal would, under these circum- 

 stances, be the most appropriate Memorial. The Committee also adopted 

 the suggestion made by Mr. H. B. Medlicott to devote any surplus balance 

 to the erection of a memorial tablet in Dr. Stoliczka's birthplace. The 

 English. Committee, however, appear to possess sufficient materials for a 

 bust, as will be seen from the following extract from another letter by 

 Dr. Day— 



" All Subscribers were agreed that a bust to be presented to the Asiatic 

 Society of Bengal would be the most fitting memorial to Dr. Stoliczka's 

 memory, for which purpose we possess sufficient photographs in the opinion 

 of an eminent sculptor.* The cost of a bust and pedestal, carriage to Cal- 

 cutta, &c, will amount to probably £200. 



At a meeting of the Indian Committee held on the 17th May, it was 

 decided that a bust would be the most suitable form of memorial ; but 

 that, if possible, a portrait should also be obtained, and it was resolved — 



" That the Committee of the Stoliczka Memorial Fund in India feel 

 greatly indebted to the Committee in London for their hearty cooperation 

 in the procuring of a memorial to the late Dr. Stoliczka. The sum already 



* Mr. Timothy Butler, the artist who made Dr. Falconer's bust from photo- 

 graphs. 



