THE MUNGULDASS NATHOOBHOY Munguldass Nathoobhoy, Esq., Justice of the Peace, in a letter to Government, dated the 19th August 1862, offered the sum of Rs. 20,000 in 4 per cent. Government Securities, for the purpose of endowing a Travelling Fellowship for Hindu Graduates of the University of Bombay. This offer was accepted by a Convocation of the Senate on the 26th March 1863, and the following Regulations were passed for the awarding and tenure of the Fellowship 1. "THE MUNGULDASS NATHOOB HOY TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP" shall be open to all Graduates of the University of Bombay being Hindus who shall not be of more than five years' standing from the date of their graduation. By the term Graduates is to be understood Masters and Bachelors of Arts, Bachelors of Law, Doctors and Licentiates of Medicine, and Masters and Licentiates of Civil Engineering; and by the term date of graduation is to be understood the dates of the Candidates receiving the Degree of Bachelor of Arts or Licentiate of Medicine or Licentiate of Civil Engineering. 2. Candidates for the Fellowship must forward an appli cation to the Registrar under Form AR. one week before the day of election. 3. The election shall take place without Examination by the votes of the Syndicate, the Vice-Chancellor or Senior Fellow present having a casting vote. 4. Whenever there is a vacancy in the Fellowship, a convenient day for holding an election shall be appointed by the Syndicate, who shall give due notice of the same in the Government Gazette. 5. The Munguldass Nathoobhoy Fellowship shall be tenable by any one Fellow for a space of three years. The conditions of tenure are that the Fellow must leave Bombay and proceed to Europe within two months after his election; that he shall spend the whole of the three years subsequent to the date of his leaving India for Europe, out of India, and six months at least out of each year in Great Britain or Ireland; and that he shall report twice a year to the University Registrar as to the mode in which his time Las been spent. 6. Any violation of the above conditions shall ipso facto cause the Fellowship to be vacated; and the Syndicate shall be empowered, for any just cause, to recall and deprive of his Fellowship any one who may have been elected. 7. The Munguldass Nathoobhoy Travelling Fellow shall receive through the University Registrar, in half-yearly instalments, payable in advance, from the day of his leaving India, the interest due upon the endowment, together with any accumulations that may have taken place during pre vious vacancies. YEAR FELLOW. COLLEGE. 1867 March Jayakar, Atmárám Sadáshiv, L.M Grant. 1868 Sept. Thákar, Shripád Bábáji, B.A. ... Elphinstone. 1871 Nov. Daphtaré, Girdharlál Ratanlál, L.M., M.D Grant. 1874 April. Váslekar, Nánáji Nárayan, L.C.E. Poona Civil Engineering. 1877 April. Dhairyaván, Vasudev Krishna- Elph. & Govt. ráo, BA., LLB. II. Law School. THE MANOCKJEE LIMJEE GOLD MEDAL. Limjee Manockjee and Cowasjee Manockjee, Esquire, in a letter to the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Sir Alexander Grant, Bart., dated the 27th May 1863, offered the sum of Rs. 5,000 in 4 per cent. Government Securities for the purpose of founding an annual Gold Medal, to bear the name of their father, the late Manockjee Limjee, Esquire, and to be awarded each year to the best Essay by a University student, on certain prescribed subjects. This offer accepted by a Convocation of the Senate on the 3rd September 1863, and the following Regulations were passed for the awarding of the Medal : was B 595-12 BU 1 "THE MANOCKJEE LIMJEE GOLD MEDAL" shall be awarded annually for the best Essay by a University Student, in accordance with the subjoined conditions. 2. Competitors shall be Graduates in the University of Bombay who shall not be of more than five years' standing from the date of their graduation, on the day prescribed for the sending in of the Essays. By the term Graduates is to be understood Masters and Bachelors of Arts, Bachelors of Laws, Doctors and Licentiates of Medicine, and Masters and Licentiates of Civil Engineering; and by the term date of graduation is to be understood the date of the Candidates' receiving the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, or Licentiate of Medicine, or Licentiate of Civil Engineering. 3. Competitive Essays shall be written in the English Language on the subject appointed for the current year, and shall be sent in to the University Registrar on or before the fourth Monday in September. Each Essay shall be designated by a motto instead of the writer's name, and shall be accompanied by a sealed cover, containing the name of the competitor, and a declaration that the Essay sent in by him is bona fide his own composition. 4. The subject of the Essay shall be in alternate years: (a) some question of Indian History or Antiquities; (b) some question connected with the introduction into India of European Science and Art. 5. The subject for the competition is to be selected by the Syndicate, and notified not less than twelve months before the day for sending in the Essays. 6. The Judges shall be two in number, and shall be nominated annually by the Syndicate. Their decision shall be announced on the fourth Monday in November. 7. The Medal shall be presented to the successful Candidate at the Convocation for conferring Degrees next ensuing after the Judges' decision. The Medallist shall on the same occasion read aloud selected portions of his Essay. 8. The successful Essay shall be printed at the expense of the University. 9. The Medal shall not be awarded to any Essay which, in the opinion of the Judges, would not, when printed, be creditable to the University. But if only one Essay be sent in, nothing shall hinder the Judges from awarding to it the Medal if it appears to them to come up to the proper standard. 10, Whenever a year passes without the Medal being awarded, the interest of the Endowment shall go towards the printing of Essays and other expenses connected with the Prize. 11. On all occasions of Academical costume, Medallists shall be entitled to wear their Medals. YEAR. SUBJECT. PRIZEMAN. COLLEG E 1865... The Rise and Spread of Buddhism No Essay rein India. ceived. 1866... The Advantages and Means of Medal not 1867... The Unprinted Literature of the Maráthás. Ditto. 1868... The Comparison of different Styles Rastamji_Mer- Elphinof Architecture in respect of their vánji Patel, stone. suitability for Public and Do- M. A. mestic Buildings in India. 1869... The Connection between the Phy-Balvant Bhikáji Deccan. sical Geography of India and the History of the Country. Vakhárkar, 1870... The Social and Economic Effects Dorábji Edalji Elphinof the Introduction of Railways Gimi, B.A. into India. stone. 1871... The Revenue Survey and Settle- Månikji Nasar- Elphinment of the Bombay Presidency vánji Náná- stone. as contrasted with the Land vati, B.A. Systems of Lord Cornwallis and of the North-Western Provinces. 1872... The Economic Results and Proba- No Essay reble Development of Botanical and ceived." Geological Researches in India. 1873... The Demonology of Western India Medal not awarded. 1874... The Electric Telegraph as it af- No Essay re- 1875... Gleanings of the History of In- Medal not 1876... The Application of Modern Dis awarded. Ditto. YEAR. SUBJECT. PRIZEMAN. COLLEGE. 1877... A short Abstract of the Political Dhondu Hari Elphin History of Gujarath and Maha Agáse, B.A. the Christian Era to the Inroads at from an examination of Coins and Inscriptions. 1878... The Advantages and Means of Medal not Diffusing a Knowledge of Na- awarded. tural Science in India. 1879... The Unprinted Literature of the No essay re Marathas. ceived. stone. III. THE BHUGWANDASS PURSHOTUMDASS Bhugwandass Purshotumdass, Esq., Justice of the Peace, in a letter to the address of the Registrar of the University, Dr. R. S. Sinclair, under date the 10th August 1863, offered the sum of Rs. 10,000 for the encouragement of the study of Sanskrit in the University of Bombay. This offer was accepted by a Convocation of the Senate on the 24th September 1863, and the following Regulations for the awarding of the proceeds of the endowment were passed: : 1. A Scholarship, to be called "THE BHUGWANDASS PURSHOTUMDASS SANSKRIT SCHOLARSHIP," of the value of Rupees four hundred, tenable for one year, and payable halfyearly, shall be awarded every year to the Candidate who passes the M. A. Examination with the highest marks for proficiency in Sanskrit, provided that the Scholarship shall not be awarded except to a Candidate whom the Examiners consider deserving of reward for his special knowledge and ability as a Sanskrit Scholar. 2. The name of the Candidate to whom the Scholarship may be awarded, shall be published with the list of the successful Candidates. |
