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INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF OCEANOGRAPHY 



Pelagic Fishery: 



Professor: T. Tajinia. 



Several other educational associates and main- 

 tenance and operation workers. 



Provision for visiting investigators: None. 



Income: Temporary annual about 400,000 yen, 

 from the Government. 



Provisions for publication of results: Journal of the 

 Imperial Fisheries Institute, (both in Japanese, 

 "Suisan Kosyiizyo Kemkyu Hokoku," and in 

 European languages). 



Hydrographic Department of the Imperial 

 Japanese Navy ('37) 



History or origin: Established in 1871, first under the 

 War Department as the Naval Hydrographic 

 Bureau, transferred in 1872 to the Navy Depart- 

 ment which was established during that year. 



Location: Tokyo. 



Organization to which attached: The Imperial Japa- 

 nese Navy. 



Purposes: The Hydrographic Department conducts 

 the preparation and issue of hydrographic and 

 aeronautical publications, undertakes the survey 

 of coasts and seas, makes recommendations and 

 issues notices regarding safety of navigation, 

 and educates hydrographic experts and their 

 assistants. It also conducts for the Navy 

 observations, researches, and study of marine- 

 meteorological and oceanographical phenomena. 



Scope of activities: The Department is divided into 



six sections, namely, the First, the Second, the 



Third, the Fourth, the Fifth, and the Accounts. 



The First Division conducts business connected 



with the following: 



1. Planning the preparation of hydrographic and 



aeronautical charts and books. 



2. Planning hydrographic surveys, meteorological 



and oceanographical observations. 



3. Compilation of hydrographic and aeronautical 



publications with the exception of those 

 concerning magnetism, astronomy, tides, 

 meteorology, and oceanography. 



4. Notices to Mariners and Notices to Aviators 



(for correction and supplementing aero- 

 nautical documents). 

 The Second Division conducts business con- 

 nected with the following : 



1. Actual conduct of hydrographic surveys. 



2. Preparation of original charts and hydro- 



graphic accounts. 



3. Compilation of publications bearing on ter- 



restrial magnetism. 



4. Technical education of the hydrographic ex- 



perts and assistants engaged in surve3ang 

 work. 

 The Third Division conducts business con- 

 nected with the following: 



1. Compilation of hydrographic and aeronautical 



charts. 



2. Drawing of charts, preparation of plates, and 



printing. 



3. Technical education of personnel engaged in 



the foregoing works. 



4. Correction and supplementing of original 



plates and of publications in the custody of 

 the Section. 



5. Provision, supply, exchange, distribution, and 



contribution, lending custody, and taking 

 in and out of publications. 



6. Sale of publications. 



The Fourth Division conducts business con- 

 nected with the following : 



1. Compilation of pubhcations bearing on nautical 



astronomy and tides. 



2. The technical education of the personnel 



engaged in astronomical and tidal calcula- 

 tion. 

 The Fifth Division conducts business coimected 

 with the following: 



1. Actual conduct of marine meteorological and 



oceanographical observations. 



2. Researches and study of marine-meteorological 



and oceanographical phenomena. 



3. Compilation of pubhcations bearing on the 



foregoing phenomena. 



4. Technical education of the personnel engaged 



in the foregoing observations. 

 The Accounts Section conducts business con- 

 nected with the following: 



1. Revenue and expenditure. 



2. Purchase and sale of office supplies. 



3. Receipt, custody, and delivery of office sup- 



plies. 



4. Correspondence and transportation. 

 Equipment: 



OFTICERS 



SURVEYING VESSELS DISPLACEMENT AND CREW 



KoMAHAsi 1,688 128 



K6sYU 2,270 102 



YoDO 1,450 182 



Staff: Chief Hydrographer, Kaigun Syosyo (Rear- 

 Admiral) Tomisaburo Otagaki. 



