This offer was accepted at a meeting of the Senate held 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 five hundred, tenable for one year, and payable half-yearly, 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.

3. Whenever the Scholarship is not awarded, the money shall be reserved to be applied by the Syndicate in such manner as they shall think best fitted for furthering the object of the endowment.

Formerly this Scholarship was awarded not at the M.A. Examination but on the results of a special Examination in Sanskrit.

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...

IV.

THE HOMEJEE CURSETJEE DADY PRIZE.

Homejee Cursetjee Dady Sett, Esq., Justice of the Peace, in a letter to the address of the Vice-Chancellor, Sir Alexander Grant, Bart., dated 10th September 1863, wrote as follows :—

"It has been suggested to me that the establishment of an Annual Prize or Medal for the best English Poem by a University Student would afford a useful stimulus to the cultivation of literature and to the development of good taste and refinement in this Presidency. Concurring in this view, I hereby beg to offer to the University of Bombay the sum of Rs. 5,000 in Government 4 per cent. Securities, and hope that the University may be pleased to accept this sum and apply it to the carrying out of the above object, under such Regulations as they may think best."

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This offer was accepted at a meeting of the Senate held on the 21st December 1863, and Regulations passed for the awarding of the Prize,which were subsequently (22nd November 1879), at the instance of the donor, amended as follows:

1. "THE HOMEJEE CURSETJEE DADY PRIZE," consisting of books to the value of Rs. 320, shall be awarded annually for the best English Essay on some literary or historical subject or every alternate year on some scientific subject in accordance with the subjoined conditions.

2. Competitors shall be Graduates or Undergraduates of the University of Bombay, of not more than six years' standing from the date of their Matriculation on the day prescribed for the sending in of the Essays.

3. The subject for the Essay shall be selected by the Syndicate and notified not less than twelve months before the day for sending in the Essays.

4. The Essays shall be sent in to the University Registrar on or before the fourth Monday in June. 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, his University standing, his Post Office address, and a declaration that the Essay sent in by him is bond fide his own composition.

5. The Judges shall be three in number, and shall be nominated annually by the Syndicate. Their decision shall be announced on the fourth Monday in August.

6. On the occasion when the Prize is not awarded, the money shall be reserved to be applied by the Syndicate in such manner as they shall think best fitted for furthering the object of the endowment

COLLEGE.

Kohiyar, Jehan- Elphinstone.

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shah.

Kohiyar, Jehan

Do.

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shah.

Aitken, Edward Deccan.

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ESSAYS.

::

Prize not awar

ded.

Ditto.

Ditto.

Ditto.

Ditto.

Ditto.

Ditto.

Ditto.

ded.

1881... The Characteristics of English Literature Prize not awar-
of the Times of Queens Elizabeth, Anne,
and Victoria, Stated and Compared.

1883... A comparison of the genius of Dickens Nimachvala, Je- Elphinstone. with that of Scott as manifested in their principal works.

1884... A Description of the Progress made in India during the last ten years in some branch of Physical or Natural Science. 1885... Influence of Western Thought and Civilization on the Indian Mind.

1886.. The best methods of spreading a knowledge of popular science in India.

1887... Moral and Social Progress of the English Nation under Queen Victoria. 1888. The Work and Influence of Richard Cobden.

hangier Dorab

ji.

No Essay re

ceived.

Prize not awar-
ded,
Ditto.

Do.

Sovani, Govind Elphinstone.
Krishna, B.A.
Desai, Govind-
bhai Hath-
bhai, B.A.
Mehta,
Nandshankar,

Manu

Do.

M.A.
Prize not awar-
ded.
Ditto.
No Essay re-
ceived.

1894... The Influence and Effect of the Study of Tilak, Mahadev, Baroda

Science on the Spread of Western Civi- Vinayak.

lization in India.

1895... Comparison between Wordsworth and Prize not awar

Tennyson with illustrative extracts.

ded.

Formerly this prize was awarded for a poem.

YEAR.

SUBJECT.

ESSAYS.

PRIZEMAN.

COLLEGE.

1896... The South-West Monsoon: A considera- Prize not award-
tion of the causes which may determine

its extent, duration and occasional
retardation in Western India.

1897... History of the Gold, Silver and Copper
Current Coinage under Hindu and
Mahomedan Rulers both in Northern
and Southern India.

1898... Systems of Electric Lighting in use in the Present Day.

ed.

Ditto.

Ditto

A. St. Xavier's.

Camrudin Ami

1899.. Gladstone and his Influence upon Eng- Abdullatif,
lish Thought during the last half
century.

1900... Modern developments in Electric Tele

graphy.

1901... Ruskin as a Prose Writer.

rudin.
Prize not award-

ed.

Ditto.

1902... The Gradual Displacement of the Older No Essay reMetallurgical Processes by Electromeceived. tallurgy.

1903... The Characteristics of Good Poetry,

illustrated by the relative merit you
would assign to the Poetry of Words-
worth and Shelley.

Venayekrow Juggonnathjee Sunkersett, Esq., Justice of the Peace and Fellow of the University of Bombay, "wishing to perpetuate in the University the memory of the interest taken by his revered father during the last 42 years in the cause of education in the Presidency, and of his attachment to the sacred language of India," offered, in letters of the 16th September and 4th December 1865, to the address of the Registrar, Dr. R. S. Sinclair, for the acceptance of the Senate, six Sanskrit Scholarships, three of Rs. 25* each and three of Rs. 20° each per mensem; one of each kind to be awarded annually at the Matriculation Examination, and to be tenable for three years in a College or Institution in Arts recognized by the University. At the annual meeting of the Senate, held on the 18th December 1865, it was unanimously resolved "That the liberal benefaction of Venayekrow Juggonnathjee Sunkersett, Esq., be accepted with the expression of the grateful re

* In consequence of the reduction in the rate of interest on the Securities, the value of these Scholarships has been reduced, and the Scholarships made tenable for two years only.

membrance by the University of the many and important services
rendered by his honoured father to the cause of both elementary and
in Western India, during his long and useful
advanced education
career as a citizen of Bombay." The Scholarships will be awarded in
accordance with the following Regulations :-

1. Two Scholarships, to be called "THE JUGGONNATH SUNKERSETT SANSKRIT SCHOLARSHIPS," one of Rs. 18 and one of Rs. 12 per mensem, shall be awarded every year to the two Candidates who shall have passed the Matriculation Examination with the highest marks for proficiency in the Sanskrit Language. The Scholarships will be tenable for two years at any of the Colleges or Institutions in Arts recognized by the University of Bombay, provided that the Scholar produce a certificate from the Head of the College or Institution that he is prosecuting his studies in Sanskrit.

2. The names of the successful Candidates will be published along with the list of the Candidates who may have passed the Matriculation Examination.

3. The Candidates elected must satisfy the Registrar, within six weeks from the date of election, that they have duly joined a recognized College or Institution.

4. In case of the Scholarships lapsing, through forfeiture or otherwise, during the course of the two 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 most expedient to the furtherance of the purposes of the endowment.

YEAR.

SCHOLAR.

Athale, Yashvant Vasudev

1866..

Shikhare, Govind Shripat

Pendse, Kashinath Balvant

1867...

Godbole, Narayan Balkrishna

1868...

katesh.

Agashe, Narayan Bhikaji

1869...

1870... {

1871...

SCHOOL.

Ratnagiri High School.
Dhulia High School.

Poona High School, formerly
Elphinstone High School.
Elphinstone High School.

Chintamanipetkar, Pandurang Ven- Poona High School.

Agashe, Ganesh Janardan
Rajavade, Gopal Vishnu
Limaye, Hari Vaman...
Oka, Vaman Daji
Bhat, Hariram Uttamram
Oka, Krishnaji Govind
Agashe, Dhondu Hari

1872... Joshi, Lakshman Janardan

1873...

Apte, Vaman Shivram

Gokhale, Krishnaji Vishnu ... Natu, Trimbak Gangadhar 1874...Gokhale, Gopal Ramchandra

Bhandarkar, Shridhar Ramkrishna... 1875... Kulkarni, Balaji Hari

Ratnagiri High School.
Poona High School.
Ratnagiri High School.

Ditto.
Ditto.

Surat High School.
Poona High School.
Ratnagiri High School.
Free General Assembly's In-
stitution, Bombay.

Rajaram High School, Kolha

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