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and Chairman. The members nominated by the Council to 

 serve on this Committee shall be persons known to be learned 

 in different branches of Biology. Three members of the Com- 

 mittee shall form a quorum. 



5. The Chairman of the Committee will call a meeting of 

 the Committee on the first convenient date subsequent to the 

 first Wednesday of December, at the same time requesting 

 members to bring with them to the meeting detailed statements 

 of the work or attainments of such candidates as they may 

 wish to propose. The Committee will then proceed to make 

 such arrangements as may be necessary for the selection of the 

 name or names to be submitted on or before January loth to 

 the Honorary Secretary, who will lay their recommendations 

 before the Council at their next meeting. In no case shall 

 more than three names be submitted, and if more than one name 

 be submitted the Committee shall, if possible, indicate the name 

 to which they consider that preference should be given. 



Library Regulations. 



17. No person who is not a member of the Society shall 

 be permitted to take away any book from the Library without 



special 



^ And no such person shall 



have access to the Library without permission of the President 

 or one of the Secretaries, excepting only Members of the Royal 

 Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and its branches 

 and Associate Societies, who may be temporarily in Calcutta. 



alterations 



me proposed additions ana aiierauuus w im ou»»v * 

 Rules 2A, 2(c) and 41, of which intimation had been given by 

 circular to all resident members in accordance with Rule 64 A. 



were brought up for discussion. 



In order to give the initials F.A.S.B. a definite s standing 

 the Council recommends the addition at the end of Rule 2A of 

 the following sentence : 



• ^Fellows shall be entitled to add after their names the 



initials F.A.S.B." 

 In connection with the election of Associate Memb^ th, 

 Council recommends the following addition to Rule & [C). 



« They shall be elected for a term of 5 years but shall be 



eligible for re-election. 

 Several persons elected Associate Members^ n<ny ,a 

 Position to become Ordinary Members ^»"^£wSa 

 sequently prevent the election of others »ho dawn* rep 



them. 



