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Chief of Section for Tides, Calculador 2° Hector 



Chiriboga. 

 Chief of Topographical Section, Calculador 2° 



C^sar Crespo. 

 Equipment: 



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CONTRAMAESTRA SuAREZ. 



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Peru 



Servicio Hidrografico y Faros (Hydrogrpahic and 

 Lighthouses Office) ('37) 



Location: Calle Estados Unidos No. 4, Chucito, 



Callao. 

 Staff: Head of Service, Capitdn de Fragata A. P. 

 Victor S. Barrios. 

 Head of Section of Lights, Capitdn de Corbeta 



Ingeniero A. P. Alfredo Rivarola. 

 Head of Section of Navigation, Tenete 1° A. P. 

 Julio A. Raygada. 



Escuela Naval ('34) 



Location: La Punta. 



Activities: Keeps records of sea-surface temperatures. 



Compafiia Administradora del Guano ('37) 



History or origin: Originated as a semi-official 

 corporation about 1909. (First "Memoria" pub- 

 lished in 1909.) 



Location: Lima, Peru (Casilla 2147). 



Organization to which attached: Independent. 



Purposes: Administration of the Guano Islands. 

 Increase of the Guano supply; excavation, and 

 distribution of Guano. 



(Scope of activities: Everything pertaining to above, 

 including work in applied science, and in pure 

 science on occasion. 



Equipment: Extensive fleet of craft. Laboratories 

 on the islands. A main laboratory at Lima of the 

 "Seccion Tecnica," and numerous testing and 

 demonstration projects. 



Staff: SehoT Francisco Ballen ("Gerente"). Numer- 

 ous associates and assistants, including trained 

 "agricultural engineers." 



Provision for visiting investigators: The Compania 

 is hospitable to visiting investigators. 



Provision for the publication of results: A monthly 

 "Boletin," one number of which is the "Memoria" 

 or annual report. Agricultural, meteorological, 

 zoological, and oceanographic reports and ab- 

 stracts. 



Service Meteorologico del Peru ('36) 



Location: Lima, apartado 1308. 



Activities: An effort is being made to establish 

 stations for observing surface water-temperatures 

 and collecting water samples at numerous places 

 along the Peruvian Coast, notably at ten of the 

 principal ports and on all the Guano Islands. 



Staff: Director, G. A. Wagner. 



