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Memoria . . . t. I, entr. 1-3. Caracas, 1889-90; 1895. 8. 



Reports for other years published only in the Memoria [or Exposicion] 

 presented to the National congress by the Ministry of public instruction, 

 to which the academy is attached. 



Also various Discursos leidos . . . 

 Distribution. Exchange. On sale by the Academy. 



Academia Venezolana correspondiente de la Real Espanola. 



Address. Caracas. Permanent secretary : Julio Calcafio. 



History. Installed July 26, 1883, through the initiative of Julio Calcafio, 

 and in accordance with the resolution adopted by the Real Academia 

 Espanola, Nov. 24, 1870, for the establishment of corresponding acade- 

 mies in Spanish America to cooperate in preserving the purity of the 

 Castilian tongue. 



Object. To contribute to the purification and further development of the Castil- 

 ian tongue through cooperation with the Spanish Academy in the preparation 

 and correction of the "Diccionario de la Lengua Castellana," and in the prepara- 

 tion of a dictionary of synonyms ; to decide literary questions submitted to it by 

 the Government and by the Spanish Academy ; to hold literary contests and award 

 prizes. 



Membership. 18. Each member pays for the printing of his "discurso de recep- 

 cion;" no other dues. 



Publications. 



Resumen de las actas . . . 



Discursos leidos . . . Caracas, 1883-1906. 4 & 8. 



Estudio critico-historico acerca del canto epico del Sr. Felix Soublette 



"La gloria de Paez," por D. Ricardo Ovidio Limardo. Caracas, 



1888. 8. 

 Distribution. All publications to 1904 are o. p. Current issues of Resumen 



and Discursos distributed gratis. 



Prizes. Prizes are offered by the Government at the request of the 

 Academy to be awarded in literary contests on subjects relating to the 

 Castilian tongue, in which all papers must be presented. 



Colegio de Ingenieros de Venezuela. 



Address. Caracas. 



History. Created officially in 1861 ; installed on Oct. 28 of that year, 

 but not definitely organized until Dec. 15, 1877. Meetings suspended 

 at different periods during political troubles. 



Object. Promotion of the exact and natural sciences ; collection and classifica- 

 tion of data relating to the natural resources and geography of the country; 

 decision of questions within its field. 

 Meetings. Weekly on Mondays. 

 Membership. Active and honorary. No dues. 



