PERU 



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PERU 



forests of trees which are valuable for their 

 varied products. The forests, however, have 

 not yet been fully explor 



Mining and Agriculture. The annual produc- 

 tion of minerals in Peru is worth $25,000,000. 

 Copper is first in rank, and is followed by M!\ i . 



COMPARATIX i: AREAS 



Peru is much larger than all of the North 

 all of Texas could 

 laid down within its boundaries. 



crude coal oil, coal, gold and lead. About 440,- 

 000 pounds of silver is produced in ;i year. Cerro 

 de Pasco is in a famous mining region. A mil- 

 lion barrels of oil are produced annually in 

 region near Lake Titicaca. Vanadium was found 

 in 1901. and IVru now supplies about seventy 

 per cent of the world'- output of that metal. 

 Guano, for fertilizing, is a so dth, and 



sulphur is exported in round* Table and increas- 

 ing quant 



admg agricultural products of Peru aiv 



sugar, cotton and n . and irrigation is largely 



Of thnii. Coffer, tobacco. In- 



< are cultnated in the lii. 

 regions. 



Commerce. Trade is carried on chiefly with 

 the United Kingdom, Germany, the United 

 France, Chile. Italy. Belgium and Aus- 

 tralia. Peru's total exports for 1915 amounted 

 to 9,137,780 libras (the libra being equal to the 

 Bnti-h pound sterling, or to $4.866 United 

 States money ) ; 

 the imports, to 

 6,088,776 libras, 

 which facts tell 

 of prosperity. In 

 other words, the 

 exports equaled 

 $44,409.610 a n d 

 the imports $29,- 

 591,451. Peru has 

 fewer than 2,000 

 miles of railway, 

 and much is to 

 be done in rail- 

 way construction ; 

 but the seaports 

 are generally sup- LOCATION MAP 



r j . i -*i Showing Peru's position In 



phedat least with S((Uth A! ,,, M . i( ,, an< j t!ie : 



short lines into tive p'rtim -f tii" omt: 

 occupied by the country, 

 the interior. 



There is much transportation by pack mules. 



Commercial Possibilities. The United States 

 in 1913, for the first time, led all other indi- 

 vidual nations in supplying Peruvian imp 

 doubling the amount of 1909. American trade 

 is growing very rapidly, and will continr,< 

 grow with the & ulity brought 



about by the Panama Canal. Before that 

 waterway wa> built. Peru was cut off from East- 

 ern America. The opportunities for trade and 

 investment in Peru are almost without limit. 

 The usages of a society so refined and cultured 

 as that of the Spanish element in Peru may 

 >eem exacting, but they should not be care- 

 1 or ignored in business relations. 

 Cultivation of the social side of life is indis- 

 pensable to business success. 



Education. 11. im man education is free and 



<-ollegi; 



the University of San Marcos is the oldest m 

 America. There are various high schools and 

 institutions of applied acn 11244. 



Government and History 



Government. idoption of the pres- 

 ent constitution in 1S60 there were 



- and mil' i -ruin-lit. 



two h< 



ties. The President is chosen for four years, 



inrliKible for the i I succeeding. 



B meet* annually There are two 



ntv Municipal administrative offi- 



