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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
fourth day of January, 1872.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
W
HEREAS by "The Merchant Ships Officers
Examination Act, 1870," it is, among other
things, enacted that, for the purposes of the exami-
nations in the said Act mentioned, the Governor in
Council may from time to time appoint and remove
Examiners, and award the remuneration to be paid to
them: And whereas it is expedient to appoint
Examiners for the purposes of the said Act:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise
of the authority in me vested by the said Act, and
by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said Colony, do hereby appoint

ROBERT JOHNSON, of Wellington, and
ROBERT ATHERTON EDWIN, of Wellington, a
Commander in the Royal Navy,

to be Examiners for the purposes of the Examinations
in the said Act mentioned and provided for.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourth
day of January, 1872.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

W
HEREAS by "The Merchant Shipping (Colonial)
Act, 1869," passed by the Imperial Parliament
of Great Britain, it is, among other things, enacted
that when any Legislature of any British Possession
provides for the examination of and grant of certifi-
cates of competency to persons intending to act as
Masters, Mates, or Engineers on board British ships,
and the Board of Trade reports to Her Majesty that
they are satisfied that the examinations are so con-
ducted as to be equally efficient as the examinations
for the same purpose in the United Kingdom under
the Acts relating to Merchant Shipping, and that the
certificates are granted on such principles as to show
the like qualifications and competency as those
granted under the said Acts, and are liable to be
forfeited for the like reasons and in the like manner,
it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by Order in
Council, firstly, to declare that the said certificates
shall be of the same force as if they had been granted
under the said Acts; secondly, to declare that all or
any of the provisions of the said Acts which relate to
certificates of competency granted under those Acts
shall apply to the certificates referred to in the said
Order; and thirdly, to impose such conditions and
to make such regulations with respect to the said
certificates, and to the use, issue, delivery, cancella-
tion, and suspension thereof, as to Her Majesty may
seem fit, and to impose penalties not exceeding fifty
pounds for the breach of such conditions and regula-
tions:

And whereas by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The Merchant Ships
Officers Examination Act, 1870," it is, among other
things, enacted that examinations shall be instituted
for persons who may be desirous of obtaining certifi-
cates of competency as Masters, Mates, or Engineers
on board British ships, and that the Governor in
Council may by Order in Council lay down rules
providing for such examinations, and for regulating
the qualification of applicants for examination and
the times and places of examination, and generally

providing for all matters which shall be expedient, in
order to carry into effect every such examination:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise
of the power and authority vested in me by the lastly
hereinbefore mentioned Act, and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said Colony,
do hereby make the Regulations following, that is to
say:-

EXAMINATIONS OF MASTERS, MATES, AND EN-
GINEERS FOR CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY,
AND VOLUNTARY EXAMINATION IN STEAM.

1. Certificates of Competency will be granted to
   those persons who pass the requisite examinations, and
   otherwise comply with the requisite conditions. For
   this purpose Examiners have been appointed and
   arrangements have been made for holding examina-
   tions at such times and places as may be found to be
   most suitable for general convenience; due notice
   whereof will be given in the New Zealand Gazette.

2. Notice of Application for Examination to be
   given by Candidates.—Candidates for examination must
   give in their names to the Superintendent of the
   Mercantile Marine Office (Custom House), if the
   place where they intend to be examined is a port at
   which examinations are held, or to "The Secretary of
   Customs (Marine Branch)," at Wellington, on or
   before the day of examination, and must conform to
   any regulations in this respect which may be laid
   down by the Board of Examiners from time to time.

3. Testimonials of Character, Conduct, and Ability
   required.—Testimonials of character, and of sobriety,
   experience, ability, and good conduct on board ship,
   will be required of all applicants, and without pro-
   ducing them no person will be examined. The
   testimonials of servitude of foreigners, and of British
   seamen serving in foreign vessels, which cannot be
   verified, must be confirmed either by the Consul of
   the country to which the ship in which the candidate
   served belonged, or by some other recognized
   official authority of that country, or by
   of some credible person on the spot having personal
   knowledge of the facts required to be established.
   Upon application to the Superintendent of the
   Mercantile Marine Office (Custom House), candidates
   will be supplied with a form, which they will be
   required to fill up and lodge with their testimonials
   in the hands of the Examiners. Certificates pro-
   cured on false information will be cancelled.

4. If it shall be found that any certificate has been
   issued under these regulations upon false or
   erroneous information, such certificate may be can-
   celled. Any person who makes, or procures to be
   made, or assists in making any false representation
   for the purpose of obtaining for himself or for any
   other person a certificate of competency, is, by the
   140th section of "The Merchant Shipping Act,
   1854," deemed guilty of a misdemeanour.

5. Verification of Services, &c., by Articles.—
   Services which cannot be verified by proper entries
   in the articles of the ships in which the candidates
   have served cannot be counted. Thus, for instance,
   a man will state his service to have been as Second or
   Only Mate, and to support his assertion will produce
   a certificate of discharge or of employment by the
   Master stating that he served as Mate, when on
   reference to the articles it appears that he has actually
   been rated as Boatswain; the service in such a case
   will not be regarded as having been in the capacity of
   Mate. Whenever a man has, from any cause, been
   regularly promoted on a vacancy in the course of the
   voyage from the rank for which he first shipped, and
   such promotion, with the ground on which it has
   been made, is properly entered in the articles and in
   the official log-book, he will of course receive credit