1897.] Elliott Prize for Scientific Research. 49 



It was agreed to allow the Superintendent, Baptist Mission Press, 

 to charge annas eight a page for reprinting 30 Extra copies of Dr. King's 

 Material of the Flora for the Malayan Peninsula, No. 8. 



The purchase on behalf of the Society of Gr. P. note of 3 J per cent, 

 of the nominal value of Rs. 5,000, was approved. 



December 17th, Ordinary Meeting. 



A copy of the Journal of Geology, published at Chicago, was 

 ordered to be subscribed for. 



At the suggestion of the Natural History Secretary, it was agreed 

 that Mr. Holland's notes on the Rocks collected by the Afghan Boundary 

 Commission of 1896 should be made over to the Geological Survey for 

 publication in its records. 



The Report having been read, the Chairman invited the meeting to 

 put any questions or to offer any remarks which any Member might 

 think necessary in connection therewith. 



No remarks having been offered, the Chairman moved the adoption 

 of the Report. The motion was unanimously carried. 



The Chairman then read the Report of the Trustees of the " Elliott 

 Prize for Scientific Research." 



Beport on the ^^ Elliott Prize for Scientific Research " for 1896. 



The Trustees have received Essays from the following competitors 

 for the prize : — 



1. Babu Jnan Saran Chakravarti, M.A., Assistant Professor of 

 Science, Canning College, Lucknow : — 



On a few points in connection with the theory of thunderstorms 

 due to Eales and Herschel. 



2. Babu Kanti Bhusan Sen : — 



On Mica and its proposed practical uses. 



The Trustees, after consulting experts as provided in the scheme, 

 adjudge the prize for the year 1896 to Babu Jnan Saran Chakravarti, 

 M.A. 



E. J. Trevelyan, ^ 

 Vice- Chancellory Calcutta University. | 



A. Croft, ( ^ 



Director of Public Instruction, Bengal, r J-'^^^ste£s, 



Alex. Pedler, j 



President, Asiatic Society of Bengal. J 



Calcutta : ) 



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