XVIII.

THE BAI MANECKBAI BYRAMJEE
JEJEEBHOY PRIZE.

The Honourable Byramjee Jejeebhoy, in a letter dated 10th August 1871, to the address of the Registrar, offered to the University a 4 per cent. Government Promissory Note of Rs. 2,000, that the interest thereof may be devoted to the giving of a prize or prizes annually to the successful student or students in any branch of learning the Senate may think proper, in the name of Bai Maneckbai Byramjee Jejeebhoy." At a Meeting of the Senate held on the 29th September last, this offer was accepted with the thanks of the Senate.

The Prize will be awarded in accordance with the following Regulation:

A Prize, to be entitled "THE BAI MANECKBAI BYRAMJEE JEJEEBHOY PRIZE," consisting of Books of the value of Rupees eighty, shall be awarded every year to the Candidate who passes the Matriculation Examination with the highest marks for proficiency in "General Knowledge."

The name of the successful Candidate will be published along with the list of the Candidates who may pass the Matriculation Examination.

YEAR.

PRIZEMAN.

SCHOOL.

1872... Mullá, Faizullábhái Lukmánji ...Surat High School.

XIX.

THE RAO SIR PRAGMALJI SCHOLARSHIPS. The Kutchi inhabitants of Bombay, desiring to commemorate the visit of His Highness the Maharaja Sir Pragmalji Bahadur, G.C.S.I., Rao of Kutch, to the city of Bombay, when he came to meet His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh in 1870, raised a sum of Rs. 20,000, to which His Highness added a sum of Rs. 25,000, making an aggregate amount of Rs. 45,000. Of this sum Rs. 30,000 in Government 4 per cent. paper were offered to the University through the Government of Bombay,

"THE RAO SIR PRAGMALJI SCHOLARSHIPS," and to be awarded to Kutchi students to enable them to prosecute University studies, or, failing such students, to other Native students who may be qualified for the same.

At a meeting of the Senate held on the 9th March 1872 the offer was accepted with the best thanks of the Senate.

The Scholarships will be awarded in accordance with the following Regulations.

1. Two Scholarships, to be called "The Rao Sir Prag malji Scholarships," one of Rupees 20 and one of Rupees 15 per mensem, shall be awarded every year to the two Kutchi Candidates who shall have passed the Matriculation Examination with the highest number of marks.

2. The Scholarships will be tenable for three years at any of the Colleges or Institutions recognized by the University of Bombay.

3. Kutchi Candidates must forward their applications to the Registrar (vide Form AK) along with their applications for permission to attend the Matriculation Examination of the same year.

4. The Syndicate shall adjudge the Scholarships soon after the result of the Matriculation Examination shall be declared by the Examiners.

5. In the event of there being no Kutchi Candidates entitled to receive the Scholarships, the Syndicate shall award them to the two Native Candidates who get the highest number of marks at the Matriculation Examination, and who may not have received any other University Scholarship of equal or higher value.

6. In case of the Scholarships lapsing through forfeiture or otherwise, during the course of the three years for which they are tenable, the money shall be reserved to be applied by the Syndicate in such a way as they shall think best fitted for furthering the object and purposes of the endowment.

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By Kutchi is intended youths born in Kutch or youths whose fathers were born in Kutch.

UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS.

Cowasjee Jehanghier Readymoney, Esquire, Justice of the Peace, in a letter to the Vice-Chancellor, Sir Alexander Grant, Bart., dated the 27th April 1863, offered the sum of Rs. 1,00,000 for the erection of University Buildings, under the following conditions:-That Government contribute the remainder of the sum necessary for the buildings, and grant a site on the Esplanade, and that no subscription from any other private persons be received for this object.

This offer was accepted by Government, and referred to the University, and at a Convocation of the Senate held on the 18th July 1863, the following Resolution was passed :

"That the Senate accept the noble gift of Cowasjee Jehanghier, Esquire, with the liberal augmentation offered by Govern

ment, and with the recognition of the liabilities imposed on this University by its holding the University Buildings when compitted, according to the Act of Incorporation but on the in derstanding that Mr. Cowasjee concurs in the interpretation which Government puts upon his conditions in the third and fourth pararraphs of its letter, No. 200, dated 29th May 1863, to the address of Sir Alexander Grant, Bart, Vice-Chancellor." Note-The interpretation of Government referred to was as follows:

- His Excellency in Council understands the third condition specited in Mr. Cowasjee Jehangier's letter as implying that a building for the University is to be completed at the joint expense of that gentle man and of Government, without accepting contributions from any other source, so that it may form in itself a separate and permanent monument of Mr. Cowasjee Jehangier's desire to provide the University with a local habitation

"As, however, the duties and wants of the University increase, His Excellency the Governor in Council hopes that the example so worthily set by Mr. Cowasjee Jehanghier will be followed by other University Benefactors, and Government feel assured that that gentleman would be the last to exclude those who may wish to follow his noble example from adding to or adorning the edifice which he has been the first to raise."

This interpretation was formally accepted by Mr. Cowasjee Jehanghier in a letter to Government, dated the 8th August 1863.

II.

UNIVERSITY ARMS AND COMMON SEAL.

Cowasjee Jehanghier Readymoney, Esquire, Justice of the Peace, in a letter to G. M. Birdwood, Esq., M.D., Fellow of the University, dated 24th September 1863, forwarded a dor tion of Rupees 1,200 to meet the expense of a Gra

to the University, and the engraving of a Universi

donation was accepted at a Convocation of ?? the same day, with a vote of thanks to the

and liberal benefaction.

Premchund Roychund, Esquire, in a letter to Government dated the 27th August 1864, made the following request:

"I have the honour to request, that Government will have the goodness to communicate to the University of Bombay my desire to offer most respectfully to that learned body the sum of Rupees (2,00,000) two lacs, towards the erection of a University Library, which may be an ornament to this City, and, by becoming a storehouse of the learned works, not only of the past but of many generations to come, may be a means of promoting the high ends of the University."

At a Meeting of the Senate, held on the 10th September 1864, it was resolved "that the Senate cordially and unanimously accept, with their best thanks, Mr. Premchund Roychund's noble gift."

IV.

THE RAJABAI TOWER.

Premchund Roychund, Esquire, in a letter to Government dated the 6th October 1864, made the following request:

"I have the honour to request, that Government will do me