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proposed by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri, seconded 

 by Babu Panchanana Mukhopadhyaya; Mohammad Yusuf 

 Hashmi, M.A., Head Master, Calcutta Madrassa, and Superin- 

 tendent, Baker Madrasah Hostel, Calcutta, proposed by Mr. 

 A. H. Harley, seconded by Maulavi Hidayet Hosain. 



The General Secretary reported the death of Monsieur 

 Charles-Rene Zeiller, an Honorary Fellow of the Society. 



The General Secretary announced the following changes 

 and additions to the Library Regulations and an amendment 

 of Office Regulation No. 1 , passed by Council on the 26th Janu- 



1916: 



To Library Regulations 4 and 10, the words M Honorary 

 Librarian " to be substituted for '• General Secretary." 



The following to be added to the Library Regulations: 



"22. A meeting of the Library Committee, which shall 

 include the Sectional Secretaries as ex-officio members, shall be 

 held at least once a quarter. No books shall be purchased 

 except with the approval of the Library Committee obtained 

 in meeting." 



Office Regulation 1 to be amended as follows : 



" No leave can be granted without the sanction in writing 

 of the General Secretary on the report of the Officer to whom 

 the applicant for leave is immediately responsible." 



The various regulations, duly revised, including the above, 

 have been approved by the Council in the form submitted to 



the Council meeting held on the 26th January, 1916, and they 

 are now in type and will be printed with the new edition of the 

 Society's Rules, 



The President called attention to the following exhibi- 

 tions: 



1. Some important medicinal plants. By Mr. H. G. 



Carter. 



2. Rock slides. By Mr. G. de P. Cotter. 



3. Physical apparatus. By Mr. C. W. Peake. 



4. Physical apparatus. By Prof. J. C. Bose. 



5. Spiders. By Mr. W. H. Phelps. 



6. Gas helmets, etc., from the war. By Dr. C. H. Elmes. 



7. Some manuscripts from the Bishop's College Library 



(lent by the Rev. R. Gee). By Mahamahopadhyaya 

 Haraprasad Shastri. 



8. Arabic and Persian Manuscripts. By Dr. A. Suhra- 



wardy. 



