HANDBOOK OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



Faculdade de Direito do Recife. 



Address. Recife ( Pernambuco ) . 



History. Founded at Olinda in 1827; reorganized in 1854 and trans- 

 ferred to Recife. 



Publications. 



Revista academica . . . Anno I-XII. Recife, 1893?- 1904. 8. 



RIO GRANDE DO NORTE. 



Institute Historico e Geographico do Rio Grande do Norte. 



Address. Natal (Rio Grande do Norte). 

 History. Founded and incorporated in 1902. 



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

 ments and traditions pertaining to the history, geography, archeology and 

 ethnography of the State, and to the language of the native inhabitants. 



Meetings. ist and 3d Sundays of each month, in the Bibliotheca Publica Estadual, 

 Atheneu Rio Grandense. Annual meeting on Feb. 3. 



Membership. 43 active, i. c. resident, and 27 corresponding, i. e. non-resident 

 (entrance fee, io$ooo; no annual dues); 4 honorary. 



Publications. 



REVISTA . . . v. I-II. Natal, 1903-04. 8. 



Price: 5$ooo per vol.; 3$ooo per number. (2 nos. form a vol.) 



Distribution. Exchange. On sale at the Livraria Cosmopolita, rua 13 de 

 Maio, n. 51. 



Prizes. Prizes are awarded to the authors of works upon subjects within 

 the field of the society. 



SANTA CATHARINA. 



Institute Historico e Geographico de Santa Catharina. 



Address. Lyceu de Artes e Officios, Florianopolis. Secretary: Jose 



Arthur Boiteux. 

 History. Founded Sept. 7 ,1894. 



Object. To collect and publish documents relating to history, geography and 



ethnography, especially of the State of Santa Catharina. 

 Meetings. Monthly, at the above address. 

 Membership. Classed as founders, active (annual dues, io$ooo; monthly, 2$ooo), and 



corresponding (annual dues, io$ooo). 



Publications. 



Revista . . . 1901- . Florianopolis, 1902?- . q. 

 Distribution. Exchange. 



