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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." 



Report on the " Elliott Prize for Scientific Besearch.^^ 



The subject selected for the Prize in 1894 was Natural History. 

 The Trustees have received one Essay io that subject ; but it has been 

 decided, after consulting experts as provided in the scheme, that the 

 Essay sent in is not of sufficient merit to justify the award of the Prize, 



For the Trustees, 



A. Croft, 

 Vice- Chancellor of the Calcutta University, 



and Director of Public Instruction, Bengal, 

 Calcutta, the 30th January 1896. 



The Chairman announced that the Scrutineers reported the result 

 of the Election of Officers and Members of Council to be as follows : — 



President : 



A Pedler, Esq., F.R.S. 



Vice-Presidents : 



Sir A. W. Croft, M.A., K.C.I.E. 



The Hon. Sir C. A. Elliott, K.C.S.I., CLE. 



Colonel J. Waterhouse, B.S.C. 



Secretaries and Treasurer: 



Dr. G. A. Grierson, C.S., CLE. 

 Dr. A. W. Alcock, C.M.Z.S. 

 C R. Wilson, Esq., M.A. 

 Pandit Haraprasad f'astri, M.A. 

 C Little, Esq., M.A. 



Other Members of Council : 



Dr. A. E. R. Hoernle. 



Mahamahopadhyaya Mahe9a Candra Nyayaratna, CLE. 



J. Mann, Esq., M.A. 



Babu Pratapa Candra Ghosa, B.A. 



Dr. D. D. Cunningham, F.R.S., CLE. 



Shams-ul-ulama Moulvie Ahmud. 



C L. Griesbach, Esq., CLE., F.G.S. 



Dr. G. Ranking. 



