SOUTH AMERICA 511 



Arboretum amazonicum. i ft -4" decada. Para, 1900-06. 4. 



"Iconographie des plantes spontanees et cultivees le plus importantes de 

 la region amazonienne, por Dr. J. Huber." 



4 portfolios of plates (reproductions of photographs) with text in Portu- 

 guese and French in parallel columns. 



Relaqao das publicagoes scientificas feitas pelo Museu Goeldi . . . 

 1894-1904 . . . [Bern, 1906?]. 



Distribution. Serial publications exchanged. Others sold at Livreria classica de 

 Francesco Alves & comp., rua de Ouvidor 134, Rio de Janeiro, and by the 

 Polygraphisches Institut, Zurich, Switzerland. 



PARANA. 

 Museu Paranaense. 



Address. Curityba (Parana). Director: Romario Martins. 



History. Founded in 1870. 



Publications. 



Boletim . . . n. i. Curityba, 1904. 



PERNAMBUCO. 



Institute Archeologico e Geographico Pernambucano. 

 Address. Recife (Pernambuco). Secretary: Dr. Alfredo de Carvalho. 

 History. Founded Jan. 28, 1862. Maintained by annual subventions 

 from the federal and municipal governments. 



Ref.: Revista, no. 38, p. 67-89. 



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

 ments and traditions pertaining to history and geography, principally of Per- 

 nambuco, and to the archeology, ethnography and language of the native in- 

 habitants, from the date of discovery to the present. 



Meetings. Ordinary meetings fortnightly; special meetings when required. "Sessao 

 magna" on Jan. 24; "Sessoes solemnes" on Mar. 6, July 24 and Nov. 10. 



Membership. 108 active; 183 corresponding; 53 honorary; 9 "benemeritos." 



Publications. 



REVISTA . . . v. I-X (i. e. no. 1-59). Recife, 1863/68-1902/03. 8. q. 

 (irreg.). 



Index in no. 50. v. n in progress, no. 60, 61/64 issued 1904-06. 



Prices: io$ooo per annum; single nos., 3$ooo. 

 no. 10-31, o. p. no. 4-9, 2d ed. 



Sessao especial de 9 de Maio de 1886. Recife, 1886. 8. 



Distribution. Exchange. 



Prizes. A gold medal awarded annually to the author of the best work 

 upon the history or geography of Pernambuco ; three silver medals to 

 the authors of the best scientific and literary works published during 

 the year. 



