Jahresbericht  Nr.  17/1962

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and  Radio  Navigational  Aids,  into  independent  sections  and  to  fill  them  with
the  respective  personnel.  The  section  Priifung  nautischer  derate  usw.  (testing ­
  of  nautical  instruments  etc.)  was  maintained.
The  3  sections  in  the  department  VII  were  united  into  one  section  Druckschriften
  (publications)((now  AB)).
The  new  organisation  plan  is  enclosed  in  this  annual  report.
In  May  1962  it  was  for  the  third  time  since  the  end  of  World  War  II  that
the  Federal  Republic  of  Germany  participated  in  the  International  Hydrographic
Conference  taking  place  every  five  years.  The  German  delegation  consisted  of
Dr.  Zwiebler,  President  of  the  G.H.I.  and  leader  of  the  delegation,  as  well  as
three  members  of  the  G.H.I.,  and  a  representative  of  the  Bundesmarine  (German
Navy).  Two  members  of  the  German  delegation  acted  in  committees  as  Vice  Chairmen. ­

Once  again  the  Nautical  Documents  Committee  dealt  with  the  introduction  of
the  decimal  system  and  the  uniform  spelling  of  geographic  names.  Uniform  rules
for  the  pilots  and  Notices  to  Mariners  were  elaborated.  While  the  Chart  Committee
dwelt  on  the  standardization  of  symbols  and  abbreviation  in  charts,  the  negotiations ­
  of  the  Oceanic  Soundings  Committee  focussed  on  the  General  Bathymetric
Chart  of  the  Oceans.  Questions  of  the  tide  prediction  and  the  promulgation  of  the
results  in  other  countries  were  approached  in  the  discussions  of  the  Tides  Committee. ­
  At  the  plenary  assembly  Rear  Admiral  Charles  Pierce,  U.S.A.,  Vice  Admiral ­
  Alfredo  Viglieri,  Italy,  and  Vice  Admiral  Alberto  dos  Santos  Franko,  Brasil,
were  elected  directors  of  the  International  Hydrographic  Bureau  for  the  tenure
lasting  from  1st  September  1962  to  31st,August  1967.
The  results  obtained  at  this  meeting  will  help  to  further  the  safety  at  sea.
As  far  as  the  G.H.I.  is  concerned,  the  Monaco  resolutions  have  been  realised.
In  1962  a  total  of  938  charts  of  different  contents  was  contained  in  the
Chart  Establishment  out  of  which  almost  140  000  copies  were  distributed.  This
number  surpasses  the  G.H.I.  chart  production  of  the  preceding  years.
Except  2  copies  all  coast  charts  of  the  southern  Baltic  have  been  newly
edited.  Out  of  the  charts  still  missing  for  the  western  part  of  the  Gulf  of
Finland  one  copy  was  meanwhile  published.  The  new  special  charts  for  the  river
Elbe  are  available  for  the  area  Hamburg  -  Brunsbüttelkoog.  The  compilation  of
the  coast  charts  of  the  west  coast  of  Africa  was  continued;  two  charts  could
be  published  in  the  year  under  review.  The  last  general  charts  for  the  east