CENTRAL AMERICA 



Ateneo de Guatemala. 

 Address. Guatemala. 

 History. Founded Jan. n, 1903. Consists of the following sections: 



(i) Letras, (ii) Ciencias juridicas y sociales, (iii) Bellas artes, (iv) 



Ciencias exactas, (v) Ciencias medicas, (vi) Ciencias naturales, (vii) 



Agricultura y demas industrias. 

 Object. Promotion of science, letters and arts. 

 Meetings. Fortnightly on Sundays; public meetings bi-monthly. 

 Membership. 103 active and 66 corresponding (monthly dues for resident members, 



3 pesos). 



Publications. 



Ateneo de Guatemala. Ciencias, letras, artes. Publication del centre 

 cientifico Ateneo de Guatemala, ser. i a , num. 1-2. [Guatemala, Sept- 

 Nov. 1903]. 4. 



Price: $i per number. 

 Distribution. Exchange. 



Prises. Prize to be awarded annually (2,000 pesos in 1904) for the best 

 paper presented upon a subject set by the society, and announced in the 

 "Ateneo." No restrictions as to nationality. 



SAN SALVADOR. 



Museo Nacional. (Museo cientifico, agricola e industrial de El Sal- 

 vador.) 

 Address. n a Avenida Sur, no. 49. San Salvador. Director: David 



Joaquin Guzman. 



History. Created by executive decree in 1902 ; administered by a Di- 

 rector under the Secretaria de Fomento. Sections: (i) natural history, 

 archeology and numismatics, (ii) native agricultural products, (iii) 

 native and foreign industrial products, (iv) natural products, (v) 

 national historical objects and documents, ancient and modern, (vi) 

 botanical garden. 



Object. Development of the natural and applied sciences, and encouragement of 

 national agriculture, industries and commerce. 



Publications. 



ANALES . . . t. I-II, (i. e., no. 1-16), julio i9O3-marzo 1906. San Sal- 

 vador, 1903-06. 8. irreg. 



Paged continuously. Index to no. i-n in no. n. t. 3 in progress. 

 Distribution. Exchange. 



