THE KARSANDAS MULJI PRIZE. Sorabji Shapurji Bengali, Esq., Honorary Secretary to the Karsandas Mulji Memorial Fund, in a letter dated the 11th November 1873, to the address of the Registrar, James Taylor, Esq., offered to the University the sum of Rs. 3,000 in Government 4 per cent. Paper for the purpose *Was awarded an extra scholarship of Rs. 12 per month, tenable for a year and a half from the beginning of the second term. Vacated the scholarship at the end of the 1st year and the second scholar was appointed in his place. Two extra scholarships of the value of Rs. 12 a month and tenable for one year were awarded to these two. § This scholar having died in January 1901, the residue of the first scholarship was awarded to the second scholar. Was awarded the residue of the second scholarship of founding an annual Prize, to be called "THE KARSANDAS MULJI PRIZE," of Rs. 100, to be awarded to the best Essay in English on any moral or social subject selected by the Syndicate, by any Graduate or Undergraduate of the University. At a meeting of the Senate, held on the 20th December 1873, this endowment was accepted with the best thanks of the Senate. The Prize will be awarded in accordance with the following Regula. tions: 1. "THE KARSANDAS MULJI PRIZE," consisting of books of the value of Rupees one hundred and fifty, shall be awarded annually for the best English Essay on some moral or social subject in accordance with the subjoined conditions. 2. Competitors shall be Graduates or Undergraduates of the Univer sity 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 Essay. 4. The Essays shall be sent in to the University Registrar on or before the fourth Monday in July. 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 September. 6. The Prize shall not be awarded to any Essay which, in the opinion of the Judges, would not, when printed, be creditable to the University. 7. On the occasions 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. YEAR. SUBJECT. PRIZEMAN. COLLEGE. 1875 The Connection of Social Morality No Essay received. with National Prosperity. 1876 The Effect of Early Marriages on the Tripathi, Govardhan Educational Progress of the Na Elphinstone. Madhavaram, B.A. tives of this Country. 1877 The Influence of Asceticism on the Social Morality of the Hindus. Bhandarkar, and Educational Endowments. 1879 1880 Condition of the Hindus. 1878 The Use and Abuse of Religious Mudholkar, Rangnath The Effects (Present and Future) of No Essay received. Caste as it prevails in the various No Essay received. of such an institution, good or evil, on the progress of a Nation; if evil, in what way may Indian Society Ditto. Narsinh, B.A. be freed from it? 1881 The Effects (Present and Future) of Vaidya, Chintaman English Education on the Mental Vinayak, B.A. Elphinstone. 1890 Social Progress in Western India No Essay received. 1891 The Responsibility of Educated Men in regard to the progress of female to which this Responsibility has been Ditto. 1892 The effects (present and future) of Prize not awarded. 1893 English Education on the social The History of the Development of the present Caste system in India. 1894 The Probable Influence of Shankaracharya and other spiritual authori ties on Hindu Social progress. Vakil, Maneklal Harilal, 1895 The Position of Women in ancient No Essay received. India, i.e., India before the Maho medan conquest, being an exami nation of the causes which led to the successive changes in the status and dignity and rights of women in 1896 The mutual connection between the Prize not awarded. Moral, Social, Economic and the Poli tical Condition of a People, 1897 The Differences between the East and 1898 1899 West in habits of thought and charac- Ditto, 1900 1901 Society in ancient and modern times. The Influence of Caste on Indian Prize not awarded. Society. The Position of Women in ancient India, i.e., India before the Mahomedan conquest, being an examination of the causes which led to the successive changes in the status and dignity and rights of women in Vedic, Epic and Puranic Times. 1902 The Influence of the Hindu Widow Re marriage Movement on Hindu Social Progress. 1903 The Influence of Buddhism on the Ditto. Elphinstone. XXII. THE DOSSABHOY HORMUSJEE CAMA PRIZE. Kharshedji Rastamji Cama, Esq., in a letter dated the 28th November 1874, to the address of the officiating Registrar, the Rev. D. C. Boyd, M.A., offered to the University, on behalf of the heirs of the late Dossabhoy Hormusjee Cama, the sum of Rupees (5,000) five thousand in 4 per cent. Government Promissory Notes for the purpose of founding an annual prize under certain conditions mentioned therein. At a meeting of the Senate, held on the 19th December 1874, the endowment was accepted with the best thanks of the Senate. The Prize will be awarded in accordance with the following Regulations: *1. A Prize, to be called "THE DOSSABHOY HORMUSJEE CAMA PRIZE," consisting of books of the value of Rupees (500) five hundred, shall be awarded every alternate year for the best English Essay on a medical subject. 2. Competitors shall be Licentiates of Medicine of the University of Bombay, or Graduates of Grant Medical College. 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 Essay. 4. The Essays shall be sent in to the University Registrar on or before the fourth Monday in July. 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 or College standing, his post office address, and a declaration that the Essay sent in by him is bona fide his own composition. 5. The Judges shall be three in number, and shall be nominated every alternate year by the Syndicate. Their decision shall be announced on the Fourth Monday in September. 6. The Prize shall not be awarded to any Essay which, in the opinion of the Judges, would not, when printed, be creditable to the University. 7. On the occasions 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. YEAR. SUBJECT. PRIZEMAN. COLLEGE. 1876 Causes of the more dangerous Forms Prize not awarded. 1877 Telluric and Climatic Influences on No Essay received. the Production and Modification of Diseases as witnessed in Bombay. 1878 The Origin and Spread of Zymotic Diseases in India, and Suggestions for their Eradication. Ditto. 1879 The Effects of " Famine upon the Mehta, Kavasji Navroji, Grant Medical College. Public Health; Remarks to be spe- G.G.M.C. cially applicable to India. * This Regulation was revised in 1901, making the Prize a biennial one and doubling its value. YEAR. SUBJECT. PRIZEMAN, COLLEGE. 1880 On recently recognized Forms of Mehta, Kavasji Navroji, Grant Medical College. Diseases in India: their Methods of Introduction, and Suggestions for G.G.M.C. 1881 Telluric and Climatic Influences on Prize not awarded. the Production and Modification of 1882 On the Prevalence of Phthisis in the Ditto 1883 Midwifery practice in India among No Essay received. the Native Population, with sugges 1884 tions for its improvement. On the Advantages and Risks attach-Aquino, Thomas Hanni- Ditto. per means for obviating the latter. 1885 Is Quarantine of advantage in prevent- Gomes, Luis Paul, B.A., ing the spread of communicable Ditto. L.M. & S. diseases? 1886 Recent progress in the Microscopic Gomes, Luis Paul, B.A., Ditto 1887 On the Different Varieties of Fevers Gomes, Luis Paul, B.A., Ditto. phylactic and curative. 1888 The influence on health and the du- No Essay received. 1890 On Adulteration of Food in Bombay. Gomes, Luis Paul, B.A., Ditto L.M. & S. 1891 Infant Mortality in Bombay; its Kallianvala, Navroji Ditto. 1892 Causes and Prevention. Ditto. causes, and suggestion for its control by the Municipality. 1993 On the origin of the dangerous Fevers No Essay received. 1894 On the causes of the mortality of Prize not awarded. in India and the practicable means of either preventing or reducing it. 1895 The causes and types of the different No Essay received. Fevers prevalent in Bombay, espe cially with reference to the present drainage of the City, and their treat- 1896 On the Advantages and Disadvantages Kalapesi, Rustomji Ma-j 1898 1897 Infant Mortality in Bombay: its nekji, L.M. & S. No Essay received. Prize not awarded. Ditto. Ditto. |