Various separately paged supplements: Boletín estadístico i de canjes del Museo . . . 1897 to date.-Indice alfabético i sinonímico formado para la última edición española de la anatomía humana descriptiva del Prof. Ph. C. Sappey. Por Carlos E. Porter. 1900-Ensayo de una bibliografía chilena de historia natural, por Carlos E. Porter. 1900. Prices: 10 pesos per annum in Chile; 16 fr. in foreign countries. El museo de historia natural de Valparaiso durante el año de 1900-1902. Memoria presentada al Sr. Ministro de instrucción pública. . . por Carlos E. Porter. Valparaiso, 1901-03. 8°. Distribution.-The Revista is exchanged with all journals treating of natural history in general or its branches. (Exchange of zoological and botanical specimens is also desired.) On sale by Friedländer & Sohn, 11 Carlstrasse, Berlin. COLOMBIA. BOGOTA." Academia Colombiana. Address.-Bogotá. Secretary: Rafael de Pombo. History. Founded in 1871 in accordance with the privilege, granted by the Real Academia Española in 1870, of forming corresponding academies in the countries of Latin America. Publications. Anuario . . . 1874-75. Del uso 1881. 8°. ACADEMIA NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA, created by law of Mar. 18, 1826, had only a brief existence. SOCIEDAD DE NATURALISTAS NEO-GRANADINOS, founded in 1859, was dissolved during the war of 1861. Publ.: Contribuciones de Colombia á las ciencias i á las artes; boletín de la Sociedad de naturalistas neo-granadinos. año 1-2. Bogotá, 1860-61. 8°. ACADEMIA DE CIENCIAS NATURALES, organized during the administration of Gen. Salgar (1870-72), ceased to exist in 1873. SOCIEDAD DE NATURALISTAS CoLOMBIANOS, Contemporary or identical with the preceding, published Catalogo de los objectos enviados á la Exposicion nacional de 1871 (Bogotá, 1871. 8°). According to information furnished by the Oficina de Historia Natural this society was united with the following: SOCIEDAD DE MEDICINA Y CIENCIAS NATURALES, established Jan. 2, 1872, became ACADEMIA DE MEDICINA NACIONAL by law of Nov. 22, 1890. Publ.: Revista médica de Bogotá. . . año I-XXVII (i. e. núm. 1-327). Bogotá, 1873-1907. 8°. m. INSTITUTO DE COLOMBIA, formed on the model of the Institut de France (consisting of 5 academies : Academia de la lengua-Academia de inscripciones y bellas letrasAcademia de ciencias-Academia de bellas artes-Academia de ciencias morales y politicas), was incorporated June 1899 and officially inaugurated Aug. 1903. No further activities of this Institute have been noted. Academia Colombiana de Jurisprudencia. Address.-Bogotá. History.-Founded in 1894 through the initiative of Dr. Vicente Olarte Camacho as the Sociedad Colombiana de Jurisprudencia; incorporated in the same year. Practically suspended during the years 1900-01. Reorganized by the government in May 1904 under present name. Object.-Scientific study of law in general, especially Colombian legislation and jurisprudence. Meetings.-Weekly on Mondays, Feb. to Nov.; annual meeting on last Sunday in Nov. Membership.-85 active (entrance fee, $10; monthly dues, $1); 30 corresponding. Publications. ANALES DE JURISPRUDENCIA. t. I-VI. Bogotá, 1896-1903. 8°. t. 1-3 each in 12 nos.; t. 4 incomplete, no. 37-44 issued up to Aug. 1899, after which publication was suspended until Dec. 1901, when t. 5 was begun. (In this issue it was stated that the 4 entregas to complete t. 4 would be published as soon as the difficulties of the situation would permit.) 6 nos. to a vol. from t. 5. Informe del Presidente de la Sociedad . . . al Sr. Ministro de instruc- Many of the lectures delivered before the society are published in Distribution.-Exchange. Subscription to Anales should be addressed to Señor Prizes. A gold medal and a silver medal are awarded annually for the two best papers presented by members during the year. A prize is awarded for the best paper presented in the annual competition held by the society. Academia Nacional de Historia." Address.-Calle 10, núm. 259, Bogotá. Permanent secretary: Pedro M. Ibáñez. History. Established May 9, 1902 by the Ministry of Public Instruction as Comisión de Historia y Antigüedades Patrias; became an Academy by decree of Dec. 12, 1902. Object.-Study of the history of Colombia. Meetings. 1st and 15th of each month, at the above address, or in the building of the Facultad de derecho y ciencias políticas. Membership.-Active membership limited to 30. No dues. "The name of the society given in the title of its Boletín up to no. 38 is Academia de Historia Nacional. Later numbers of the Boletín and the official letter-head use the form given above. Publications. BOLETÍN DE HISTORIA Y ANTIGÜEDADES. Órgano de la Academia. On cover of v. I, no. 1-2: Órgano de la Sociedad de historia nacional. Contents: v. 1. La patria boba.-v. 2. El precursor.-v. 3. Vida de Herrán. v. 4. Los Comuneros.-v. 5. Recopilación historial escrita en el siglo XVI por Pedro de Aguado. Edited by Eduardo Posada and Pedro M. Ibáñez, but considered as publications of the Academy. Distribution.-Boletín exchanged with similar publications. All publications on sale at Imprenta nacional. Sociedad Colombiana de Ingenieros. Address.-Carrera 7, núm. 698, Bogotá. (Apartado 458.) History.-Founded May 29, 1887, through the initiative of Diodoro Sánchez; recognized as an official consulting body by decree of Jan. 4, 1893; incorporated in May 1896. Ref.: Memoria del Secretario. (In Anales de Ingeniería, no. 87-88, nov.dic. 1895, p. 50 ff.) Object.-Study of the physical and mathematical sciences, development of engineering in Colombia, and encouragement of the industrial arts. Meetings.-1st Sundays in Nov. and Mar.; meetings of the Junta Central, Ist Sunday of each month. Membership.-50 active (entrance fee, $25; annual dues, $12; life composition. $200); 43 corresponding; 4 honorary. Publications. ANALES DE INGENIERÍA. Órgano de la Sociedad . . . v. I-XI. Bogotá, 1888-99. 8°. m. Indice de los diez primeros tomos complemento de la primera serie del periódico órgano de la Sociedad . . . Bogotá, 1899. 8°. Distribution.-Exchange. On sale by Agente de los Anales de Ingeniería, Bogotá. Prizes.-PREMIO PONCE DE LEÓN. Founded by Manuel Ponce de León. Awarded annually to the best student of the Facultad de Matemáticas e Ingeniería de Bogotá. Universidad Nacional. Address.-Bogotá. History.-Founded in 1867. Publications. Anales. . . t. I-XIII (i. e. núm. 1-92). Bogotá, 1868-80. 8°. ECUADOR. QUITO. Academia Ecuatoriana. Address.-Quito. Director: Carlos R. Tobar. History. Incorporated by legislative act of Nov. 13, 1875 (?). Antología ecuatoriana, Poetas. Quito, 1892. 8°. Sociedad Jurídico-Literaria. Address.-Quito. (Apartado 268.) Object.-Study of the science of law in all its branches, and cultivation of literature. Meetings.-Weekly, at the University. Membership.-18 active (entrance fee, $5; monthly dues, $2); 32 associate; 33 honorary. Publications. REVISTA. . . t. I-VIII (i. e. no. 1-48), año I-V. Quito, 1902-06. 8°. m. Vaquero Dávila. On sale by the business manager, Sr. D. Jesús Prizes.-Gold and silver medals awarded at irregular intervals to authors of works selected by a special jury. Universidad Central de Ecuador. Address.-Quito. History. Established in the 18th century as R. Universidad de Santo Tomás (statutes 1787); reorganized by decree of Oct. 22, 1895. Also called Universidad de Quito. Publications. ANALES. . . t. I-XIX (i. e. n. 1-137), mar. 1883-mar. 1905. Quito, 1883-1905. 8°. Bibliografía ecuatoriana. La imprenta en el Ecuador durante el tiempo de la colonia 1750-1792. 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