WEST INDIES. BERMUDA. Bermuda Natural History Society. Address.-Hamilton, Bermuda. Hon. Secretary: F. Goodwin Gosling. History.-Founded in Aug. 1901; incorporated in 1902. Object.-To promote research into the natural history of the Bermuda Islands, and to establish and maintain a museum of natural history and an aquarium; also and primarily to organize local efforts to establish a marine biological station at Bermuda." Meetings.-Quarterly; annual meeting in Feb. Membership-54 resident; provision is also made for non-resident and honorary members. Publications. None as yet. CUBA. Academia de Ciencias Médicas, Físicas y Naturales de la Habana. History.-Founded May 19, 1861 as Real Academia de Ciencias Médicas, Físicas y Naturales; present name since 1899. The Academy has 3 sections: Medicina, cirurgía y veterinaria; Farmacia; Ciencias. It maintains museums of natural history, anthropology and pathology, and a library. It receives a government subvention. Object.-To contribute to the progress of the sciences described in its name; and, in its official capacity, to advise the government on matters of public hygiene, drugs, poisons, patents, etc. Meetings. Fortnightly, 2d and 4th weeks of the month. Anniversary meeting May 19. Membership.-Academicians de numero limited to 50, resident in Havana (entrance fee, 50 pesos; monthly fee, I peso oro); honorary (ex de numero), corresponding and de merito without limit as to number or place of residence. Publications. ANALES. . . Revista científica. t. I-XLIII, 1864/65-1906/07. Habana, 1864-1907. 8°. Reseña de las tareas, 1861/62-1863/64; in v. 1, addenda. Price: 3 pesos (gold) per semester. Signatures of the following monographs have been issued with various numbers of the Anales: "Bermuda Biological Station for Research, opened June 1903. Information may be obtained from Prof. E. L. Mark, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Publ.: Contributions . . no. 1-10. (In various scientific journals.) Contribución á la ornitología cubana, por J. Gundlach. Habana, [1873]76. Issued with t. 9-12. Contribución á la mamalogía cubana, por J. Gundlach. Habana, 1877. Issued with t. 13. Patología y terapeutica del aparato lenticular del ojo, por Otto Becker. Habana, 1876. Tr. from the German by Dr. Finlay. Issued with t. 12-19. Contribución á la fauna malacologica cubana, por R. Arango y Molina. Habana, 1878. Issued with t. 14-17. Contribución á la erpetología cubana, por J. Gundlach. Habana, 1880[81]. Issued with t. 17-18. Contribución á la entomología cubana, por J. Gundlach. Habana, 1881-[96]. Issued with t. 18-32. Trabajos de la Comision de medicina legal é higiene publica de la Reprinted from Anales, t. 4-9. Memoria sobre la patología y antigüedades de la Isla de Puerto Rico, por el Dr. Dumont. Discursos leidos en la sesión solemne commemorativa de su fundacion . . 8°. Distribution.-Exchange. On sale at the above address. Prizes.-Gold medals are awarded annually and prizes in money occasionally for the best treatises on subjects announced in the Anales of the preceding year. Colegio de Abogados de la Habana. Address.-Calle de Cuba esquina á Tacón, Habana. History.-Founded in 1880; existed as a semi-official body until the establishment of Cuban independence. Its law library is the most important in the island. Object.-To promote the interests of the legal profession and the study of jurisprudence. Meetings.-Fortnightly, for members only; public lectures about once a month. Publications. Memoria issued annually and special publications at irregular intervals, e. g.: Los asientos antiguos de gravamenes y las menciones de derechos vigentes en los registros de la propriedad, por Claudio G. Mendoza. Habana [1907]. 8°. Colegio de Belén. Address.-Calle de Compostela esquina á Luz, Habana. Ref.: Album conmemorativo del quincuagesimo aniversario de la funda- OBSERVATORIO DEL COLEGIO DE BELÉN. History.-Founded as a meteorological observatory in 1857; magnetic department added in 1862; fitted for astronomical work in 1882; seismographs have recently (Jan. 1907) been installed at Luyanó, near Habana. The most important work of the observatory is the study of the West Indian hurricanes. Ref.: Apuntes historicos acerca del Observatorio del Colegio de Belén, Publications. Observaciones meteorológicas 1857-1905. Habana, 1857-1906. 8° & fol. July 1857-Oct. 1867 entitled . . . Resumen de las observaciones; Nov. 1867-1900, Observaciones magnéticas y meteorológicas. Observations for the years 1877-1884 not published until 1901-05. Apuntes relativos á los huracanes de las Antillas en setiembre y octubre de 1875 y 1876; por Benito Viñes. Habana, 1877. 8°. Price: $1. Issued also in Anales de la Academia de ciencias médicas, físicas y naturales de la Habana, v. 14 and 15. Investigaciones relativas á la circulacion y traslacion ciclónica en los huracanes de las Antillas, por Benito Viñes. Habana, 1895. 8°. Price: $1. Ciclonoscopio de las Antillas, por B. Viñes. Habana, 1902. 8°. Distribution.-Exchange. The regular publications of the observatory are not on sale. Conferencia Nacional de Beneficencia y Corrección. Address.-Habana. History.-Organized in 1902. Object.-The exposition and discussion of subjects relating to the organization and development of effective charitable and correctional methods. Meetings.-Annually in different places (Habana, Mar. 1902; Santa Clara, May 1903; Matanzas, Apr. 1904; Camagüey, Apr. 1905; Santiago de Cuba, Apr. 1906; Cienfuegos, Apr. 1907.) Membership.-Open to all persons interested in the objects of the conference; annual dues, $2. Publications. 1.-5. Conferencia nacional de beneficencia y corrección de la Isla de Cuba, 1902-06. Habana, 1902-06. 8°. Distribution.-Distributed gratuiously to public institutions, especially those of a charitable character; remaining volumes on sale at prices varying according to size of the volume. Sociedad de Ingenieros y Arquitectos de Cuba. Address.-Mercaderes 2, Habana. History.-Founded Jan. 29, 1899 as Asociación de Facultativos Constructores y Agrimensores de Cuba; present name since 1907. Object.-To promote the progress of the engineering sciences and the interests of the profession. The society acts as an advisory body to the Department of Justice in matters relating to engineering and architecture. Membership. About 100 active and 30 corresponding. Publications. The organ of the society is REVISTA DE CONSTRUCCIONES Y AGRIMENSURA (t. I-VIII. Habana, 1899-1906. fol. & 8°. m.). Price: $4 per annum. Various pamphlets, mainly reprints from the Revista. Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de la Habana. History. Founded in 1792 with two names, Real Sociedad Patriótica de Object.-Encouragement of industry, agriculture and commerce, and promotion of education. L.. Meetings-Regular meetings moently at above address; special meetings as called Publications. MEMORIAS. 1793-1901. Habana, [1793]-1901. 8°. Numbered irregularly in series: [ser. 1.] 1793-95 in 3 vols.-[ser. 2] 1817-25, no. 1-64 in 6 vois-[ser. 3] 1835-45, numbered t I-XX (i. e. no. 1-121, called 2 epoca in t. 1-5-[ser. 4] 1846-49, numbered 2 serie, t. I-VII-[ser. 5] 1849-53, numbered t. I-V.-[ser. 6.] 185457 numbered Nueva serie, t I-IV-[ser. 7.] 188-66, numbered Ser. 4 t. I-VIII; Ser. 5, t. IX-X; Ser. 6, t. IX (i. e. XI)-ser. 8, 1877-78, in 1 vol.-ser. 9, 1880-84 in 4 vois-ser. 10, 1894-96, t. I-III.—ser. II. 1899-1901, t. I-II, cuad. 4 5th series is entitled Anales de las Reales Junta de fomento y Sociedad económica de la Habana; 6th series and v. 1-7 of 7th series, Anales y memorias de la Real Junta de fomento y de la Real Sociedad economica . . . ; v. 8-11 of 7th series, Memorias de la Real Sociedad económica y Anales de fomento. v. 1 of 6th series has 4 separately paged sections: Sección científica, Crónica comercial, Materias diversas, Sección de historia, forming 3 vols. See also Memorias, ser. II, t. 1, p. 71-79. Proceedings and reports have been issued irregularly under various titles, e. g. Actas, 1810; Tareas, 1815; Exposición de las tareas, 1825-26; Actas de las juntas generales, 1827-33, 1855-58; Juntas generales, 1861-63, 1871; Memoria, 1848-50, 1901-06. (Memoria 1899 and 1900 form the first part in v. 1 and 2 respectively of the 11th series of Memorias.) Memorias de la Sección de historia Issued in 2 pts.; no more published. . t. I. Habana, 1830-31. 8°. The following periodicals were also published by the society: El Papel periódico de la Habana (established 1790; taken over by the society in 1793; name changed in 1805 to El Aviso, and in 1810 to El Diario ; discontinued in 1846).-Revista y repertorio bimestre de la Isla de Cuba, 1831-34. Cf. Apuntes para la historia de las letras en la Isla de Cuba, por A. Los tres primeros historiadores de la isla de Cuba. Reproducción Ed. by R. Cowley and A. Pego under the direction of the society. 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