Arboretum amazonicum. 1-4 decada. Pará, 1900-06. 4°. "Iconographie des plantes spontanées et cultivées le plus importantes de la région amazonienne, por Dr. J. Huber." 4 portfolios of plates (reproductions of photographs) with text in Portuguese and French in parallel columns. Relação das publicações scientificas feitas pelo Museu Goeldi Distribution.-Serial publications exchanged. Others sold at Livreria classica de Museu Paranaense. PARANÁ. Address.-Curityba (Paraná). Director: Romario Martins. History.-Founded in 1870. Publications. Boletim . . . n. I. Curityba, 1904. PERNAMBUCO. Instituto Archeologico e Geographico Pernambucano. Address.-Recife (Pernambuco). Secretary: Dr. Alfredo de Carvalho. History. Founded Jan. 28, 1862. Maintained by annual subventions from the federal and municipal governments. Ref.: Revista, no. 38, p. 67-89. Object.-Collection, systematic arrangement, preservation and publication of documents and traditions pertaining to history and geography, principally of Pernambuco, and to the archeology, ethnography and language of the native inhabitants, from the date of discovery to the present. Meetings.-Ordinary meetings fortnightly; special meetings when required. "Sessão magna” on Jan. 24; “Sessões solemnes" on Mar. 6, July 24 and Nov. 10. Membership.-108 active; 183 corresponding; 53 honorary; 9 "benemeritos." Publications. ... REVISTA. v. I-X (i. e. no. 1-59). Recife, 1863/68-1902/03. 8°. q. (irreg.). Index in no. 50. v. II in progress, no. 60, 61/64 issued 1904-06. Prices: 10$000 per annum; single nos., 3$000. no. 10-31, 0. p. no. 4-9, 2d ed. -Sessão especial de 9 de Maio de 1886. Recife, 1886. 8°. Prizes. A gold medal awarded annually to the author of the best work upon the history or geography of Pernambuco; three silver medals to the authors of the best scientific and literary works published during the year. Faculdade de Direito do Recife. Address.-Recife (Pernambuco). History.-Founded at Olinda in 1827; reorganized in 1854 and transferred to Recife. Publications. Revista academica . . . Anno I-XII. Recife, 1893?-1904. 8°. RIO GRANDE DO NORTE. Instituto Historico e Geographico do Rio Grande do Norte. Address.-Natal (Rio Grande do Norte). History.-Founded and incorporated in 1902. Object.-Collection, systematic arrangement, preservation and publication of documents and traditions pertaining to the history, geography, archeology and ethnography of the State, and to the language of the native inhabitants. Meetings.-1st and 3d Sundays of each month, in the Bibliotheca Publica Estadual, Atheneu Rio Grandense. Annual meeting on Feb. 3. Membership.-43 active, i. e. resident, and 27 corresponding, i. e. non-resident (entrance fee, 10$000; no annual dues); 4 honorary. Price: 5000 per vol.; 3$000 per number. (2 nos. form a vol.) Distribution.-Exchange. Maio, n. 51. On sale at the Livraria Cosmopolita, rua 13 de Prizes.-Prizes are awarded to the authors of works upon subjects within the field of the society. SANTA CATHARINA. Instituto Historico e Geographico de Santa Catharina. Address.-Lyceu de Artes e Officios, Florianopolis. Secretary: José Arthur Boiteux. History.-Founded Sept. 7,1894. Object.-To collect and publish documents relating to history, geography and ethnography, especially of the State of Santa Catharina. Meetings.-Monthly, at the above address. Membership. Classed as founders, active (annual dues, 10$000; monthly, 2000), and corresponding (annual dues, 10$000). SÃO PAULO. Escola Polytechnica. Address.-Avenida Tiradentes, São Paulo. Director: Dr. A. F. de Paula Souza. History.-Founded in 1893, as a state school of engineering; inaugurated in Feb. 1894. Publications. ANNUARIO. . . 1.-6. anno, 1900-06. São Paulo, 1900-06. 8°. None pub. for 1904. Distribution.-Exchange. Faculdade de Direito. Address.-Largo de S. Francisco, São Paulo. Director: Dr. João Monteiro. History.-Founded in 1828; is now a federal institution. Object.-Instruction in jurisprudence and social sciences. Publications. REVISTA. . . v. I-X. São Paulo, 1893-1902. I vol, yearly. Distribution.-Exchange. Instituto Historico e Geographico do São Paulo. Address.-Ladeira João Alfredo 1, São Paulo. History. Founded in Nov. 1894. Receives a subsidy from the State. Has a valuable library. Object.-Study of the history and geography of Brazil, with special reference to the State of S. Paulo. Meetings.-Fortnightly. Membership.-304 (entrance fee, 50$000; annual dues, 24$000). Publications. REVISTA. . . v. I-VIII, 1894/95-1903. S. Paulo, 1895-1904. 8°. Museu Paulista. Address.-Caixa do Correio, n. 500, São Paulo. Director: Dr. H. von Ihering. History. Originally a private collection, the Museu Sertorio, presented to the state in 1890 (by Councillor Mayrink); annexed to the Commissão geographica e geologica, 1892-94; reorganized in 1894 as an independent museum under the present direction; inaugurated Sept. 7, 1895. Ref.: Revista, v. I, 1895, p. 9-31. Object.-Natural history surveys of the country and anthropological and archeological investigations. The most important exploration hitherto undertaken outside of São Paulo is that of the Juruá River, 1900-01. Publications. REVISTA. . . v. I-VI. São Paulo, 1895-1904. 8°. Price: 10 marks per vol. Distribution.-Exchange. On sale by R. Friedländer u. Sohn, Berlin. Sociedade de Ethnographia e Civilisação dos Indios. Address.-Rua Marechal Deodoro, 1, São Paulo. History. Founded in 1901; now practically suspended. Object.-Study of the language and customs of the aborigines of Brazil, and missionary propaganda among them. Publications. Revista .. no. I, 1901. No more had been published up to Mar. 1904, although it was the intention of the society to publish quarterly. Sociedade Scientifica de São Paulo. Address.-Avenida Brigadeiro Luiz Antonio 12, São Paulo. Object.-Promotion, development and popularization of the study of the sciences with a view to the national progress; promotion of scientific excursions, with descriptions of their results and accounts of observations made; founding of a museum and library; study of scientific bibliography. Meetings. Fortnightly on Saturdays. Membership.-32 founders and 58 active (monthly dues, 5$000); 36 corresponding. Publications. REVISTA no. 1-4. São Paulo, 1905-06. 8°. Paged continuously. Relatorio da directoria, 1903-04. São Paulo, 1904. 8°. Distribution.-Exchange. BRITISH GUIANA. GEORGETOWN. Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of British Guiana. History.-Founded in 1844 as Agricultural and Commercial Society of British Guiana; present name since 1845; incorporated in 1866. Maintains an exchange room, a reading room, a museum and library. Ref.: The first two years of the Society, by James Rodway. (In Timehri, n. s., v. 7, 1893. Also separate.) Object.-To improve and encourage the agriculture of the colony and every branch of industry, whereby the resources of the colony are likely to be developed and increased, and to collect and disseminate useful information on such subjects. Meetings.-Monthly in the reading room of the society. Membership.-133 resident (annual dues, $10); 38 non-resident (annual dues, $8); 220 associates (annual dues, $5); 29 lady subscribers (annual dues, $5); 20 honorary. Publications. TIMEHRI: being the Journal of the Royal agricultural and commercial society of British Guiana. v. 1-5, 1882-86. Demerara, 1882-86. 8°. -new ser. V. 1-12, 1887-1898/99. Demerara, 1887-[1900]. 8°. Contains proceedings and papers on natural science, local history, anthropology, agriculture and social subjects. Title varies slightly. V. I- new ser. v. II (1882-97), published semi-annually (June and Dec.); new ser. v. 12, in two parts covering the years 1898-99. Price: 96c. per part (several o. p.). Continued as: JOURNAL... 1900-02. Demerara, 1901-03. 8°. y. Contains proceedings only. Price: 60c. per part. Catalogues of the library, prize essays, exhibition catalogues, etc. |