Calendar: 1898-1899 Page 462

458 EXHIBITIONS AND SCHOLARSHIPS The following is an outline of the character of the examina- tions of 1898 Bengali Examiner Prof Blumhardt Knowledge of Bengali grammar and literature To translate in writing from Bengali into English passage from the Mahabharata of Kasiram Das Sabha-parva and one from the Prabhat-sanglt of Ravmdranath Thakur δ passage from the Durgesa-nandini of Bankim Chandra Chatterjea To read and interpret viva voce Bengali official document To translate in writing from English into Bengali passage from an historical work on India Short idiomatic sentences To converse in Bengali answering questions on gram- mar and idiom Turkish Examiner -Dr Wells To translate in writing from Turkish into English short passage from the "Kirk Vezir δ short passage from the Tooti Nameh To translate in writing from English into Turkish about fifteen lines of English prose To converse briefly in Turkish To read and translate an ordinary Turkish letter Chinese Examiner -W Pickering Esq To translate in writing from Chinese into English passage from the first three chapters of the Hao ch'iu chuan pass ge from the Sheng yii kuang hsun To read and interpret viva voce an ordinary Chinese letter