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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 honor- 

 ary members. 



Publications. 

 None as yet. 



CUBA. 



Academia de Ciencias Medicas, Fisicas y Naturales de la Habana. 

 Address. Calle de Cuba 84 A, Habana. 



History. Founded May 19, 1861 as Real Academia de Ciencias Medicas, 

 Fisicas y Naturales; present name since 1899. The Academy has 3 

 sections : Medicina, cirurgia y veterinaria ; Farmacia ; Ciencias. It main- 

 tains 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), correspond- 

 ing and de merito without limit as to number or place of residence. 



Publications. 



ANALES . . . Revista cientifica. t. I-XLIII, 1864/65-1906/07. Habana, 

 1864-1907. 8. 



Resefia de las tareas, 1861/62-1863/64; in v. i, 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. i-io. (In various scientific journals.) 



