SOUTH AMERICA 521 



Various separately paged supplements: Boletin estadistico i de canjes del 

 Mtiseo . . . 1897 to date. indice alfabetico i sinonimico formado para 

 la ultima edicion espanola de la anatomia humana descriptiva del Prof. 

 Ph. C. Sappey. For Carlos E. Porter. 1900 Ensayo de una biblio- 

 grafia chilena de historia natural, por Carlos E. Porter. 1900. 



Prices: 10 pesos per annum in Chile; 16 fr. in foreign countries. 

 El museo de historia natural de Valparaiso durante el ario de 1900-1902. 

 Memoria presentada al Sr. Ministro de instruccion publica . . . por 

 Carlos E. Porter. Valparaiso, 1901-03. 8. 



Distribution. The Revista is exchanged with all journals treating of natural 

 history in general or its branches. (Exchange of zoological and botanical speci- 

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COLOMBIA. 



BOGOTA. 



Academia Colombiana. 



Address. Bogota. Secretary : Rafael de Pombo. 



History. Founded in 1871 in accordance with the privilege, granted by 

 the Real Academia Espanola in 1870, of forming corresponding acad- 

 emies in the countries of Latin America. 



Publications. 



Anuario . . . 1874-75. 



Del uso en sus relaciones con el lenguaje; discurso leido ante la 

 Academia colombiana . . . por Miguel A. Caro . . . Bogota, 

 1881. 8. 



^ACADEMIA NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA, created by law of Mar. 18, 1826, had only a 

 brief existence. SOCIEDAD DE NATURALISTAS NEO-GRANADINOS, founded in 1859, was 

 dissolved during the war of 1861. Publ.: Contribuciones de Colombia a las ciencias i a. 

 las artes ; boletin de la Sociedad de naturalistas neo-granadinos. ano 1-2. Bogota, 

 1860-61. 8. ACADEMIA DE CIENCIAS NATURALES, organized during the administration 

 of Gen. Salgar (1870-72), ceased to exist in 1873. SOCIEDAD DE NATURALISTAS Co- 

 LOMBIANOS, contemporary or identical with the preceding, published Catalogo de los 

 objectos enviados a la Exposicion nacional de 1871 (Bogota, 1871. 8). According to 

 information furnished by the Oficina de Historia Natural this society was united with 

 the following: SOCIEDAD DE MEDICINA y CIENCIAS NATURALES, established Jan. 2, 1872, 

 became ACADEMIA DE MEDICINA NACIONAL by law of Nov. 22, 1890. Publ.: Revista 

 medica de Bogota . . . ano I-XXVII (i. e. num. 1-327). Bogota, 1873-1907. 8. m. 

 INSTITUTO DE COLOMBIA,, formed on the model of the Institut de France (consisting of 5 

 academies : Academia de la lengua Academia de inscripciones y bellas letras 

 Academia de ciencias Academia de bellas artes Academia de ciencias morales y 

 politicas), was incorporated June 1899 and officially inaugurated Aug. 1903. No further 

 activities of this Institute have been noted. 



