508 HANDBOOK OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



Publications. 



REVISTA . . . v. I-III, no. i. Maceio, 1872-1901. 4 & 8. 



None pub. between v. 2, no. 19, 1888, and v. 3, no. i, 1901. 



Price: 3$ooo per number. 

 Distribution. Exchange. On sale by the Secretary at the above address. 



BAHIA. 



Institute Geographico e Historico da Bahia. 



Address. Praga 15 de Novembro, Bahia. Secretary: Cons. Joao 



Nepomuceno Torres. 

 History. Founded in May 1894; "reconhecido de utilidade publica" Aug. 



1895. It may be considered as the successor of Institute Historico da 



Bahia (also known as Institute historico provincial) founded in 1856 



but inactive after 1870. 



Object. To collect, verify, preserve and publish traditions and historical docu- 

 ments relating to the geography and history or to the archeology, ethnography 

 and languages of the aborigines of Brazil and especially of the State of Bahia. 



Meetings. Irregular, from one to three each month. 



Membership i/o active (monthly dues, i$ooo; life composition, 30$ooo) ; 119 corre- 

 sponding ; i patron ; 8 honorary. 



Publications. 



REVISTA . . . v. I-XII (i. e. n. 1-31), 1894-1905. Bahia, 1894-1906. 8. 



q., Sept. :894-Dec. 1900; i no. yearly, 1901-04. 



v. 1-7 have title Revista trimensal (except no. 23 of v. 7: Revista com- 



memorativa do quarto centenario do Brazil). 

 Price: 3$ooo per number. 

 Distribution. Exchange. On sale by the society. 



CAMPINAS. 



Centre de Sciencias, Letras e Artes de Campinas. 



Address. Rua Barao de Jaguara, no. 23, Campinas (Sao Paulo). 



History. Founded in Oct. 1901. 



Object. Study and development of all branches of science, letters and arts. In 

 carrying out its object, the society will maintain a library and museum, hold 

 lectures, promote nature-study in the schools, agitate for the adoption and 

 execution of laws for the protection of the flora and fauna of the country, 

 assist in making known the natural riches of the state, and work for the 

 improvement of agriculture and stock raising. 



Meetings. Weekly, on Saturday, at the hall of the society. Annual meeting in 

 Jan. 



a Publ: Periodico . . . Bahia, 1863-64. 8 nos. 4. (Contains Actas for the 

 period covered, continued in Jornal da Bahia and re-published with a historical sketch 

 in the present institute's Revista, t. 1-6.) 



