A STUDY OF THE GUANO INDUSTRY AND FISH- 

 ERIES OF PERU 



\'A' K'OliKKT K. COKKK. 

 Of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. 



]\[y ol)ject in I'lTU is to sliidv the y-iiaiio islands from tlic 

 biological aspect, with reference to suggesting nieasui-es for the 

 protection of tlie lairds and the perpetuation of the guano in- 



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.?nlppl■l^ guano from S. Island of the Ballestas — altitude about 400 feet or nmn-. I in- iul; |)!ie of 



guano, being sacked, is all new — nests of cormorants made during past breeding season. 



Is being lowered to a "lancha" which conveys it to a German barge 



destined for Antwerp. June. 1107. 



diistrv. Also (() make in(|iiiries in regard to the tislies and fislierv 

 nictliods in J'cru. with a \ icw lo rccommendat ions looking to 

 the dcvcl()|)inciit of llic lislierv industries of Peru, 'riiese may 

 seem lo lie two (|uilc distiiiet lines of work, yet there is a clo.<e 

 relati(m hetween them and ilie IVruvian government has aeted 

 wisely in coupling the two studies together at the Ixginuing. 

 >;ot only is guano actually a (isliery product, the birds serving 

 as agents in the bslieiy, hut in regulation and protective meas- 



