504 HANDBOOK OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



Institute Historico e Geographico Brasileiro. 

 Address. Rua da Misericordia, A 2, Rio de Janeiro. 



History. Installed at Rio de Janeiro in Oct. 1838, under the auspices of 

 the Sociedad Auxiliadora da Industria Nacional . Ethnographical sec- 

 tion established in 1847. 



Ref.: O institute historico e geographico brazileiro desde a sua fundagao 

 ate hoje. Pelo Dr. O. H. d'Aquino e Castro. (In Revista, t. 60, pt. 2, 

 p. 170-201.) 



Object. Collection, preservation, systematic arrangement and publication of docu- 

 ments concerning the history and geography of Brazil, and the archeology, 

 ethnography and language of its native inhabitants. 



Meetings. Ordinary meetings fortnightly; anniversary meeting in Dec. 

 Membership. 242, classed as active (limited to 70), and corresponding (en- 

 trance fee, 20$ooo ; annual dues, 24$ooo ; life composition : less than 5 years mem- 

 bership, i5O$ooo; 5-10 years membership, ioo$ooo; more than 10 years member- 

 ship, 5o$ooo) ; and honorary. 



Publications. 



Memorias . . . t. I. Rio de Janeiro, 1839. 8. 

 Superseded by the following : 



REVISTA trimensal . . . t. I-LXVI. Rio de Janeiro, 1839-1905. 8. 



t. 8-13 numbered also 2" sen, t. I-VI ; t. 14-19, 3 a ser., t. I-VI. 



t. 1-13 have title: Revista trimensal de historia e geographia ou Jornal 

 ... ; t. 14-21 have title : Revista . . . ; t. 22-49 add in name of so- 

 ciety "e ethnographico." Other slight variations in the name of the 

 society. 



t. 27 ff. each in 2 parts, t. 1-13, 2 a ed, 1856-1874. 



Indice dos artigos contidos nos 50 tomos : in t. 51, parte i, p. 379-404. 



A supplement to t. 51 is devoted to the celebration of the 50th anniversary 

 of the Institute. 



Price: 4$ooo per vol. 



Repertorio. Rio de Janeiro, 1897. 8. 



Novo orbe serafico brasilico, ou chronica dos Frades Menores da pro- 

 vincia do Brasil. Por frei Antonio de Santa Maria Jaboatam. Parte 

 i, v. 1-2; parte 2, v. 1-3. Rio de Janeiro, 1858-62. 8. 

 Parte i, "Impressa em Lisboa em 1761 ;" parte 2, "Inedita." 



Apontamentos historicos, geographicos, biographicos, estatisticos e 

 noticiosos da provincia de S. Paulo sequidos da chronologia dos 

 acontecimentos mais notaveis desde a fundagao da Capitania de S. 

 Vicente ate o anno de 1876; colligidos por Manuel Eufrazio de 

 Azevedo Marques. Rio de Janeiro, 1879. 2 v. in i. 4. 



"Founded at Rio de Janeiro in 1816 to promote the prosperity and improvement of 

 the industries of Brazil ; inaugurated May 20, 1820 ; authorized by imperial decree in 1825 ; 

 first meeting held in 1828. Not given in 1907 directory. Publ.: O Auxiliador da in- 

 dustria nacional. Rio de Janeiro, 1833-1903. 67v. 8 & 4. Also special publications 

 relating to agriculture and animal industry. 



