SOUTH AMERICA 529 



Publications. 



INFORMACIONES Y MEMORIAS. Boletin de la Sociedad de ingenieros. 

 v. I-VIII, mayo iSQQ-dic. 1906. Lima, 1899/1900-1906. 8. m. 

 v. i has caption-title : Informaciones y memorias de la Sociedad de in- 

 genieros del Peru, 

 v. 2 has cover-title : Sociedad de ingenieros del Peru. Informaciones y 



memorias. 



In v. 5 each no. consists of sections separately paged : Ingenieria civil ; 

 Ingenieria de minas ; Industrias, etc., the paging for each section being 

 continuous throughout the volume. 

 Prices: 4 soles per annum or I sol quarterly. 



MEMORIAS publicadas por la Sociedad de ingenieros del Peru. n. 1-6. 

 Lima, 1900-03. 8. 



no. 1-3 issued with Informaciones . . . v. II, no. 18-20. 

 Distribution. Exchange with scientific publications. On sale in Lima. 



Sociedad Geografica de Lima. 



Address. Altos de la Biblioteca Nacional, Lima. (Apartado 889.) 

 History. Founded Feb. 22, 1888, by decree of the Government of Peru 

 and placed under the Ministry of Foreign Relations through which it 

 addresses all the authorities of the Republic and receives the monthly 

 subvention allotted to it by Congress in the general appropriations. The 

 society has a scientific library of about 8,000 volumes, a cartography 

 department containing over 1,800 maps, charts and sketches and a small 

 museum of mineralogy, zoology, craniology and Peruvian antiquities. 

 It is endeavoring to establish geographical organizations under its 

 auspices in all the capitals of prefectures and has thus far founded: 

 Centre Geografico de Iquitos (1902), Centre Geografico de Arequipa 

 (1903) and Centre Geografico de Ancash (1905). 



Object. The pursuit of geographical studies in general, and in particular such as 

 relate to the territory of the Republic of Peru ; to furnish reports that may be 

 useful to the public authorities and to private parties ; and to extend the knowl- 

 edge of the geography of Peru in other countries. 



Meetings. 2 general meetings and 3 or 4 public lectures yearly in the rooms of 

 the society at the above address. The Board of Directors meets twice a month. 

 Additional meetings on call of the President. 



Membership. 136 active (entrance fee, 10 soles; monthly dues, i sol); 13 ex- 

 oMcio: 137 corresponding; 27 honorary; 8 honorary corresponding. 



Publications. 



BOLETIN . . . t. I-XIII, XV-XVIII, ano I-XV, 1891-1905. Lima, 

 1892-1905. 8. 



t. 14 in press; t. 19, 21 in progress (Dec. 1907). 



m., Apr. Dec. 1891 ; q. 1892 to date. "Memoria anual y anexos" forms an 



extra vol. in 1903-05. 

 Price: 4 soles per annum; single numbers, i sol. 



