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stood third in the examination, subsequently ceased to attend. Of the remaining
16, ten were holders of stipends from District Boards and other sources, so that
only six Government stipends of Rs. 5 each were awarded.
9. Class B.—Of the six students, four held Government stipends and two
District Board stipends.
10. Class C.—Twelve students were awarded Government stipends in this
class and all received them throughout the year, except one, whose stipend was
stopped from September onward for repeated absence without leave.
11. Stipends other than Government stipends.—Besides the six Government
stipends in Class A, eight students held stipends from the District Boards of
Patna, Gaya, 24-Parganas, Backergunge, Rangpur, Mymensingh, Muzaffarpur
and Hooghly, one held a Burdwan Raj stipend, and one (S. N. Chakerbutty,
a native of Jessore) won the Shew Bux Bagla scholarship. Arrangements have
been made whereby the value of the latter scholarship, which was reported last
year to have been reduced from Rs. 10 to Rs. 8-4 owing to the decrease in
the income from the funds invested for it, has been raised to Rs. 9-8. Two
students in Class B were assisted with stipends by the District Boards of Gaya
and Cuttack, and three in Class C by the District Boards of Hooghly, Bogra
and Chittagong.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF PEIZES.
12. In the absence of His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor who had
consented to preside at the distribution of prizes, but who was detained
in Bihar on account of the plague, the prizes were given away by the
Hon'ble Mr. C. E Buckland, I.C.S. , C.I.E., Commissioner of the Presidency
Division, who very kindly acted as Chairman, in the presence of the members
of the Committee of Management and other well-wishers, besides the
parents and friends of the students. I am glad to report that His Honour
was kind enough to present a valuable case of instruments to Mr. P. N. Dass,
Hooghly District Board stipendiary, the best student of the year. Thanks
are also due to the Maharaja of Darbhanga, the Maharani of Dumraon,
The Hon'ble Mr. C. E. Buckland, I.C.S., C.I.E., Mr. P. C. Lyon, I.C.S.,
Mr. C. L. S. Russell, i.c.s., Nawab Bahadur Syed Ameer Hossein, C.I.E.,
Maulvi Budruddin Haidar Khan Bahadur, Raja Shoshi Shakhareswar Ray
Bahadur, Raja Shew Bux Bogla Bahadur, Rai Kailas Chundra Bose Bahadur,
Mr. A. F. M. Abdur Rahman, Mr. E. Burke, Mr. E. H. Brand, and Mr. Charles
Engel for their liberality in contributing to the College Prize Fund. The
list of prizes is appended (Appendix VI).
THE MUSEUM.
13. A valuable collection of the maxillas of cattle of various ages has been
presented to the College by Veterinary Major Gunn. This is a most useful
present, as the age of each specimen is authenticated. Otherwise the Museum
is as it was. Now that the examinations are to be conducted upon a more
practical basis, the need of models for instruction purposes will be more urgently
felt than when I first asked for them in 1896. It is unfortunate that funds have
not hitherto been available for this purpose, because models have long been in
the possession of other colleges, which, by this means, are greatly assisted in the
preparation of their men for the examinations.
BOTANICAL GARDEN.
14. Some medicinal plants have been grown on a portion of the rented
land. They were of much use for instruction purposes.
THE INFIRMAEY.
15. The total number of cases treated in 1899-1900 was 1,591, against
1,530 in 1898-99, showing an increase of 61 cases beyond those of the
previous year (Appendix VII). Of these 752 were in-patients and 839 out-
oatients, against 850 and 680 respectirely in 1898-99.
The percentage of deaths was smaller than that of the previous year,
being 6.47 against 7.25.