ecl Proceedings of the Asiat. Soc. of Bengal. {Feb., 1921. 
The beginning of the Yaksa Cult in I ndia.—By RaMa- 
PRASAD CHANDA 
The President announced that there would be no meeting 
of the Medical Section during the mont 
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FEBRUARY, 1I921. 
The Monthly General Meeting of the eaeny was held on 
Wednesday, the 2nd February, 1921, at 9-15 Pp 
The General Secretary reported the death of Sir Charles 
Lyall, K.C.S.I., an Honorary Fellow of the Society. 
The General Secretary also reported that the names of 
the oe gentlemen ‘had been added to the Building 
Com — 
et W. Kemp, Dr. W. A. K. Christie, Sir R. N. 
Viukexise and sacaaharepadheays Haraprasad Shastri. 
The President announced that Dr. U. N. Brahmachari 
had been appointed to act as Medical Secretary in ve si gak of 
Major R. Knowles, I.M.S. on leave for eight mont 
The President also announced that at a meeting of the 
Fellows of the Society held on Thursday, 6th January, 1921, 
the question of certain additions to the regulations for election 
of Fellows was brought up for consideration. and it was 
resolved as 
(1) Thal, t in Rule 2A, the following words be added at 
the ss of the first sentence 
one at least of whom tian certify that he is personally 
acquainted with the scientific or literary work of the candi- 
e proposes and is in a position from his own pases aa 
to nee an opinion on its value.” 
af That the agai be added as Rule 2B. 
Any didate who asses for support in his 
sore ene shall be disqualified | for election.”’ 
The following aparece. were balloted for and elected as 
@rdinary membe 
(1) Lieut.-Col. Geo. 8. Ranking, M.A., M.D., C.M.G.. 
University Lecturer in Persian, U.S. Club, Calcutta, soe en 
by the Hon. Justice Sir Ashutosh Mookerjee, Kt., seconded 
by Dr. D. R. Bhandarkar; (2) Mr. Ramprasad "abookenies 
M.A., B.L., University Lecture rer, and Vakil, High Court, 77, 
Russa Road Nor th, Bhowanipur, Calcutta, proposed by the 
