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calculations. He must be acquainted with the law
of storms, so far as to know how he may probably
best escape those tempests common to the East and
West Indies, and known as hurricanes.

In Seamanship: The extra examination will consist
of an inquiry into the competency of the applicant
to heave a ship down, in case of accident befalling her
abroad; to get lower masts in and out; and to per-
form such other operations of a like nature as the
Examiner may consider it proper to examine him
upon.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF COM-
PETENCY FOR A HOME-TRADE PASSENGER
SHIP.

12. Mate.-A Mate must write a legible hand, and
    understand the first four rules of arithmetic. He
    must know and understand the rule of the road, and
    describe and show that he understands the Admiralty
    regulation as to lights. He must be able to take a
    bearing by compass, correct it for deviation, and
    prick off the ship's course on a chart. He must
    know the marks in the lead line, and be able to
    work and heave the log.

13. Master.--A Master must have served one year
    as a Mate in the foreign or home trade. In addi-
    tion to the qualifications required for a Mate, he
    must show that he is capable of navigating a ship
    along any coast, for which purpose he will be required
    to draw upon a chart produced by the Examiner the
    courses and distances he would run along shore from
    headland to headland, and to give in writing the courses
    and distances corrected for variation and deviation,
    and the bearings of the headlands and lights, and to
    show when the courses should be altered either to clear
    any danger or to adapt it to the coast. He must
    understand how to make his soundings according to
    the state of the tide. He will also be questioned as
    to his knowledge of the use and management of the
    mortar and rocket lines in the case of the stranding
    of a vessel as explained in the official log-book.

14. Commercial Code Signals. - All Masters and
    Mates will be required to pass a satisfactory examina-
    tion in the use of the Commercial Code Signals.

GENERAL RULES AS TO EXAMINATIONS AND
FEES.

15. Time allowed for Working Problems. - The
    candidates will be allowed to work out the various
    problems according to the method and the tables
    they have been accustomed to use, and will be
    allowed five hours to perform the work; at the ex-
    piration of which time, if they have not finished, they
    will be declared to have failed, unless the Examiners
    see fit to extend the time.

16. Fees to be paid by Applicants for Examina-
    tion. - The fee for examination must be paid to the
    Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Office
    (Shipping Master, Custom House). If a candidate
    fail in his examination, half the fee he has paid will
    be returned to him by the Superintendent of the
    Mercantile Marine Office on his producing an order,
    which will be given him by the Examiner. The fees
    are as follow:-

For Foreign-going Ships.

Second Mate
First and Only Mate, if previously
possessing an inferior certifi-
cate
If not
Master, whether Extra or Or-
dinary
Master, if previously in posses-
sion of a certificate for "fore-
and-aft-rigged vessels"

£ s. d.
1 0 0

0 10 0
1 0 0

2 0 0

1 0 0

N.B.--Any person having a Master's Certificate of
Competency for foreign-going ships may go up for
an extra examination without payment of any fee;
but if he fails in his first examination, half a Master's
fee will be charged for each subsequent examination.

For Home-Trade Passenger Ships.

Mate
Master

£ s. d.
0 10 0
1 0 0

17. Notification of having passed will be given to
    successful Candidates. - If the applicant passes, he
    will receive an order from the Examiner, which will
    entitle him to receive his Certificate of Competency
    from the Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine
    Office, at the port to which he has directed it to be
    forwarded. His testimonials will be returned with
    his certificate.

18. Unsuccessful Candidates may receive Certificates
    for inferior Grades, if competent. - If an applicant is
    examined for a higher rank, and fails, but passes an
    examination of a lower grade, he may receive a
    certificate accordingly, but no part of the fee will be
    returned.

19. Examination to commence with that for Second
    Mate. - In every case the Examination, whether for
    Only Mate, First Mate, or Master, is to commence
    with the problems for Second Mate.

20. Re-examination in case of Failure. - If the
    applicant fails in working out the examination
    papers, he may present himself for re-examination
    whenever he thinks he has acquired sufficient
    knowledge to enable him to pass. But if he fails in
    the viva voce or practical part of the examination, he
    may not present himself for re-examination until the
    expiration of three months from the date of failure.

MASTERS AND MATES' VOLUNTARY
EXAMINATIONS IN STEAM.

21. Candidates may be examined as to their know-
    ledge of the Steam-Engine. - Arrangements have been
    made for giving to those Masters and First or Only
    Mates who are possessed of or entitled to certificates
    of competency, an opportunity of undergoing a
    voluntary examination as to their practical knowledge
    of the use and working of the steam-engine. These
    examinations are conducted by Examiners selected
    by the Marine Office, from the Engineer Surveyors
    appointed under "The Steam Navigation Act, 1866."

22. Course to be pursued by Candidate for Steam Cer-
    tificate. - Any Master or Mate desiring to be examined
    in Steam must deliver to the Superintendent of the
    Mercantile Marine Office a statement in writing to
    that effect; if the applicant has a Certificate of
    Competency, such certificate must be delivered to the
    Shipping Master along with his statement. If he is
    about to pass an examination for a Certificate of
    Competency at the same time, the applications should
    be sent in together.

23. Fee to be paid, Conduct of Examination, &c. -
    A fee of one pound must be paid by the applicant for
    the examination in Steam, and the Superintendent of
    the Mercantile Marine Office will thereupon inform
    him of the time and place at which he is to attend to
    be examined, and the examination will then and there
    proceed in the same manner as the other examina-
    tions. If the applicant fails, and has given in his
    certificate, it will be at once returned to him, but no
    part of the fee he has paid will be returned.

24. Record of Certificate. - If he passes, the Report
    will be sent to the Marine Office; the words "Passed
    in Steam," with the date and place of examination,
    will then be entered on the certificate and its counter-
    part, and the certificate will be sent to the Superin-
    tendent of the Mercantile Marine Office of the port
    named in the application to be delivered to the
    applicant in the usual manner.