Congreso Científico Latino-Americano.

History. Initiated by the Sociedad Científica Argentina; 1st meeting at Buenos Aires, Apr. 10-20, 1898; 2d at Montevideo, Mar. 20-31, 1901; 3d at Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 6-16, 1905. The next congress will be PanAmerican and will assemble under the auspices of the government of Chile at Santiago during the ten days beginning Dec. 1, 1908. Publications.

1a-2 reunión 1898-1901. Buenos Aires, 1898/99; Montevideo, 1901/02. 8°.

Each vol. issued in 4 pts.: 1. Organización y resultados generales.—2. Ciencias exactas é ingeniería.-3. Ciencias físico-químicas y naturales.—4. Ciencias médicas.

ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.

BUENOS AIRES.

Centro de Ingenieros y Arquitectos".

Address.-Avenida de Mayo 733, Buenos Aires.

History.-Founded in 1895 (?) as Centro Nacional de Ingenieros; present name since 1906.

Publications.

LA INGENIERÍA. Año I-X (i. e. núm. 1-207), agosto 1897-dic. 1906. Buenos Aires, 1897-1906. fol.

Issued monthly to Mar. 1899, since then semi-monthly.

Price: 15 pesos a year.

Indice por materias desde su fundación hasta el 31 de diciembre de 1902.

Ferrocarril á Bolivia; estudios de sus diversos trazados. Conferencias dadas en el Centro nacional de ingenieros, por A. Castaño. Buenos Aires, 1898. 8°.

Centro Naval.

Address.-Calle Florida 659, Buenos Aires.

History.-Founded in May 1882. Maintains a library and reading room. Object.-Technical, professional and social.

Membership.-About 425 (monthly dues, 5 pesos).

"Sociedad de Ingenieros Civiles de la República Argentina, which published El ingeniero civil (año 1. Buenos Aires, 1888. fol.), is no longer in existence.

Publications.

BOLETÍN . . t. I-XXV (i. e. núm. 1-280/81). Buenos Aires, 18821907. 8°.

Price: $m/n 10.90 a year (to foreign countries, $m/n 11.90); single numbers, $m/n 1.00.

Distribution.—Exchange. On sale at the office of the society.

Deutsche Akademische Vereinigung zu Buenos Aires.
Address.-Calle Cuyo 648, Buenos Aires.

History.-Founded in 1897.

Object.-Cultivation of the German scientific spirit by means of scientific lectures

and publications.

Meetings.-Once or twice each month, May to Nov.

Membership.-60 classed as active (annual dues, $10), associate, corresponding and

honorary.

Publications.

Veröffentlichungen

bd. 1, heft 1-8. Buenos Aires, 1898-1903. 8°.

Issued at irregular intervals; 12 nos. to a vol.

Distribution.-Exchange. On sale by Friedländer & Sohn, Carlstrasse 11, Berlin, N. W.

Institution of Engineers of the River Plate.

Address.-Buenos Aires. Reading rooms and library at Calle Bartolomé
Mitre, 782.

History. A society of English-speaking engineers founded in 1898.
Object.-To promote the general advancement of engineering science and its applica-
tion, and to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas on these subjects.
Meetings. As the Council may appoint.

Membership.-82 Members (entrance fee, $25; annual dues, $25 for town members, $12.50 for camp members); 27 Associates (entrance fee, $10; annual dues, $10 for town members, $5 for camp members); 6 Students (no entrance fee; annual dues, $5); 3 honorary members. Camp members are those who reside a distance of 50 miles from the City of Buenos Aires. After 2 years from the date of his election, a student is eligible for transfer to the class of Associates on payment of a fee of $5, provided he is 21 years of age; Associates transferred to the class of Members pay a fee of $10.

Publications.

Journal . . v. I, 1899/1900

Published about 4 times a year.
Distribution.-Exchange.

Instituto Geográfico Argentino".

Address.-Arenales 687, Buenos Aires.

Buenos Aires, 1899/1900

12°.

History.-Founded in 1879 by Dr. Estanislao S. Zeballos.

Ref.: La obra del Instituto.

1896, p. 239-260.)

...

por C. C. Luna. (In Boletín . . . t. 17,

@Sociedad Geográfica Argentina, organized in July 1881, appears to have been dissolved. Publ.: Revista . . . t. 1-7, Buenos Aires, 1881/82-1890. 8°.

Object.-To promote and encourage the exploration and description of the territories, coasts, islands and adjacent seas of the Argentine Republic and the countries which border upon it.

Meetings.-The Board of Directors meets fortnightly at the seat of the Institute. Regular annual meeting in May; other general meetings as called.

Membership.-340 active (entrance fee, 8 pesos; monthly dues, 2 pesos); 25 corresponding.

Publications.

BOLETÍN

t. I-XXII, 1879-1904. Buenos Aires, 1881-[1905?] 4°. t. 10, cuad. II, 12° (on cover: Edición especial dedicada al Dr. Estanislao Zeballos, por sus amigos).

Apuntaciones para la bibliografía argentina, by E. S. Zeballos: in t. 17-20. Indice general de las materias contenidas en el Boletín, t. 1-16: in t. 17, p. 262-291.

Price: I peso per month, postage included.

Expedición austral argentina. Informes preliminares presentados á los ministros del interior y de guerra y marina de la República Argentina por G. Bove, y publicados bajo la dirección del Instituto .. Buenos Aires, 1883. 8°.

Atlas de la República Argentina; construído y publicado por resolución del Instituto geográfico argentino bajo los auspicios del . . . gobierno nacional y redactado por el Dr. Arturo Seelstrang . . . Buenos Aires, 1886. fol.

Límites internacionales. La cuestión Misiones. Trabajos publicados en el Boletín del Instituto Buenos Aires, 1892. 8°.

Los Indios Matacos y su lengua, por Juan Pelleschi, con una introducción por S. A. Lafone Quevedo, pub. en el Boletín del Instituto . . . t. 17-18. Buenos Aires, 1897. 4°.

Distribution.-Exchange. On sale at the Institute.

Prizes. A medal "Benemérito de la geografía nacional" awarded for exceptional services to the Institute or to the geography of the Republic.

Jardín Zoológico Municipal de Buenos Aires.

Address.-Palermo, Buenos Aires. Director: Clemente Onelli. History.—Originally a part of the Parque 3 de Febrero, opened in 1875 as a government park but transferred to the municipality of Buenos Aires in 1888, in which year the management of the Jardín zoológico was separated from that of the park.

Ref.: Guía popular del Jardín, 1904, p. 5-8.

Publications.

Revista... t. I-II. Buenos Ayres, 1893-94. 8°. m.

A new series was to be issued from Aug. 1904. Price: 70 centavos per number.

Guía popular ilustrada. Buenos Aires, 1907. 8°.

Price: 25 centavos.

Distribution.-Exchange. In the trade in Buenos Aires.

Junta de Historia y Numismática Americana.

Address.-Buenos Aires. Secretary: Dr. José Marco del Pont, Calle Chacabuco, 414.

History. Founded in 1893 under the name Junta de numismática americana as an informal gathering of numismatists; sphere of activity enlarged later to include history, and present name adopted. Definite organization effected in 1901 and statutes adopted in 1902.

Object.-To promote historical and numismatic studies and intercourse among persons interested in them, either within or outside of the country. Meetings.-Fortnightly, June or July to Dec., at the house of the Vice-President of the society (Sr. Alejandro Rosa, Calle Perú, no. 543).

Membership.-33 active (limited to 40); 11 corresponding. No dues.

Publications.

BIBLIOTECA de la Junta de historia y numismática americana. v. I-III.
Buenos Aires, 1903-05. 8°.

Half-title. Each vol. has special t.-p.

Contents: v. I. Ulrich Schmidel.-Viaje al Río de la Plata (1534-1554); notas bibliográficas y biográficas por Bartolomé Mitre; prólogo, traducción y anotaciones por Samuel A. Lafone Quevedo. 1903.—v. 2-3. Historia de las revoluciones de la provincia del Paraguay (1721-1735); obra inédita por Pedro Lozano. 2 v. (t. I. Antequera.—t. 2. Los Comuneros.) 1905. Distribution.-On sale by Cabaut y cía, Librería del Colegio, Calle Alsina no. 500, Buenos Aires.

Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires.

Address.-Calle Perú 208, Buenos Aires. Director: Florentino Ameghino.

History.-Founded in 1823 as Museo público de Buenos Aires in connection with a school for instruction in the physical sciences, from which it was separated in 1826. Brought into intimate relations with the University through the foundation in 1854 of the Sociedad de Amigos de la Historia Natural del Plata, whose object was to secure the growth and development of the museum, and whose president was the Rector of the University, ex officio. Under the administration of Dr. Burmeister (appointed director in 1862) the museum was transformed from a simple cabinet of natural objects and curios into a scientific institution, especially noteworthy for its ornithological, entomological, and paleontological collections. Dr. Burmeister was succeeded, upon his "An earlier organization in this field, Instituto Bonarense de Numismática y Antigüedades, was founded in 1872 and dissolved before the end of 1875. Publ.: Boletín mensual, no. 1-5, June-Oct. 1874.