## Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey 

SECTION 1150 . Chief Official of Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey . — The Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey shall have one chief, to be known as the Director of Coast Surveys. 

[1407-17; 2319-1 (Bur. C. and G. Survey).] 

SECTION 1151 . Functions of Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey. — The functions of the Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey shall embrace the following matters: 

( a ) The making of hydrographic and topographic surveys of harbors, gulfs, bays, channels, approaches, seas, navigable rivers and lakes, and other waters adjacent to the Philippine Islands or pertaining thereto. AHaETS 

( b ) The determination and location of geographic positions to be used as points of control for the coast and interior surveys. 

( c) The establishment and marking of meridian lines and the determining of the magnetic variation on such lines and the annual changes therein. EIAScH 

( d ) The making of tidal observations and the collection and compilation of such tidal data as may be necessary for charts and predictions of tidal movements and the collection of such data concerning currents as may be required in a complete hydrographic s urvey. aHcACI 

( e) The compilation, from all available sources, of information pertaining to other surveys in or near the Philippine Islands which may be of general value, and the publication in suitable form, for the Insular Government, of topographic maps of the severa l islands. 

(f) The collection and distribution of hydrographic and geographic information valuable to craft navigating in Philippine waters. 

( g ) The compilation of all available data for complete coast pilots and sailing directions for the Islands, to be issued in sections, convenient for revision and reference. TCaAHI 

( h ) The publication in Manila, so as to give early publicity to valuable information obtained, of advance editions of the charts of the coasts, of coast pilots, of notices to mariners, and such other publications 

