HANDBOOK OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



Publications. 



BOLETIN . . . t. I-XXV (/. e. num. 1-280/81). Buenos Aires, 1882- 

 1907. 8. 



Price: $*/ 10.90 a year (to foreign countries, $: m /n n.Qo) ; single num- 

 bers, $m/ n i. oo. 

 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. 



Veroffentlichungen . . . bd. i, heft 1-8. Buenos Aires, 1898-1903. 8. 



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



Distribution. Exchange. On sale by Friedlander & Sohn, Carlstrasse II, Ber- 

 lin, N. W. 



Institution of Engineers of the River Plate. 



Address. Buenos Aires. Reading rooms and library at Calle Bartolome 



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- . Buenos Aires, 1899/1900- . 12. 



Published about 4 times a year. 

 Distribution. Exchange. 



Institute Geografico Argentine . 



Address. Arenales 687, Buenos Aires. 



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



Ref. : La obra del Institute . . . por C. C. Luna. (In Boletin . . . t. 17, 

 1896, p. 239-260.) 



Sociedad Geografica Argentina, organized in July 1881, appears to have been 

 dissolved. Publ: Revista . . . t. 1-7, Buenos Aires, 1881/82-1890. 8. 



