The Instituto Sevilla is one of the most important charities in Lima. It is named in honor of a philanthropic Peruvian, Don José Sevilla, who bequeathed a large sum to the Benevolent Society for the purpose of maintaining an asylum in which the inmates should learn occupations suited to their sex. A hundred girls are educated in this school free of charge, the period of apprenticeship lasting five years. In addition to those already referred to, the Society directs a number of branches, under various names, dedicated to the needs of the destitute. The “Little Sisters of the Poor,” the “Infants’ Shelter,” the “_Olla_ (stewpan) of the Poor,” the “Ruiz Davila,” and others, not only provide comfort and protection, but give teaching of a practical kind. For the encouragement of economy and foresight, the society has established a savings bank, with a section for mortgages, in which deposits earn four per cent per annum interest. The Lazaretto is under the management of the Benevolent Society, though in times of epidemic, the municipality contributes half of the sum required for expenses. The care of the insane is one of the charges of the Benevolent Society, and in order to provide better accommodation for this class of unfortunates, a national asylum is being built near Lima, which will receive applicants from all parts of the republic. The asylum now has about four hundred inmates, under the direction of the inspector appointed by the Benevolent Society for this institution. [Illustration: HOSPITAL DOS DE MAYO, LIMA.] Among the important services performed by the society is that of directing the burial of the dead. The public cemetery of Lima, which covers an area of twenty acres, dates from the government of the Viceroy Abascal, who first abolished the custom of interring the dead in the church vaults. The present system of burial, known as the _Columbarium Romano_, which consists of walls in which niches are built one above the other, is familiar to all travellers in Latin countries. It was necessary to overcome great prejudice in the beginning, a cemetery not being looked upon as consecrated ground; but the interment there of the Archbishop of Lima in 1808 sufficed to inaugurate the new system successfully. The original construction of the Pantheon cost a hundred thousand dollars. It is one of the most notable in South America for its space and for the number and fine architecture of its mausoleums. The entrance faces an open circle, or _plazoleta_, in which stands a marble column crowned by a statue representing the Resurrection. On one side of the Pantheon is the Civil burial ground for Protestants, and on the other side is that reserved as a last resting place for the unbeliever.