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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

the mortar and rocket lines in the case of the strand-
ing of a vessel, as explained in the official log-book.

9. First Mate.—A First Mate must be nineteen
   years of age, and have served five years at sea, of
   which one year must have been as either Second or
   Only Mate, or as both.*

In Navigation: In addition to what is required for
an Only Mate, he must be able to observe azimuths,
and to compute the variation ; to compare chrono-
meters and keep their rates, and find the longitude
by them from an observation of the sun; to work the
latitude by single altitude of the sun off the meridian,
and be able to use and adjust the sextant by the
sun.

In Seamanship: In addition to the qualifications
required for an Only Mate, a more extensive know-
ledge of seamanship will be required, as to shifting
large spars and sails, managing a ship in stormy
weather, taking in and making sail, shifting yards and
masts, &c., and getting heavy weights, anchors, &c.,
in and out; casting a ship when on a lee-shore; and
securing the masts in the event of accident to the
bowsprit.

10. Master Ordinary.—A Master must be twenty-
    one years of age, and have been six years at sea, of
    which at least one year must have been as First or
    Only Mate, and one year as Second Mate.

In addition to the qualification for a First Mate,
he must be able to find the latitude by a star, &c.
He will be asked questions as to the nature of the
deviation of the compass, and as to the methods of
determining it and correcting his course, and will
also have to answer questions relative to the heeling
error of an iron ship; copies of these questions may
be obtained on application to the Superintendent of
any Mercantile Marine Office. He will be examined
in so much of the laws of the tides as is necessary to
enable him to shape a course and to compare his
soundings with the depths marked on the charts. He
will be examined as to his competency to construct
jury rudders and rafts, and as to his resources for
the preservation of the ship's crew in the event of
wreck. He must possess a sufficient knowledge of
what he is required to do by law, as to entry and
discharge and the management of his crew, and as
to penalties, and entries to be made in the official
log; and a knowledge of the measures for preventing
and checking the outbreak of scurvy on board ship.
He will be questioned as to his knowledge of invoices,
charter-party, Lloyd's Agent, and as to the nature of
bottomry; and he must be acquainted with the lead-
ing lights of the channel he has been accustomed to
navigate, or which he is going to use.

11. Service in Fore-and-Aft-Rigged Ships.—In
    cases where an applicant for a certificate as Master
    Ordinary has only served in a fore-and-aft-rigged
    vessel, and is ignorant of the management of a
    square-rigged vessel, he may obtain a certificate on
    which the words "Fore-and-aft-rigged Vessel" will
    be written. This certificate does not entitle him to
    command a square-rigged ship. This is not, however,
    to apply to Mates, who, being younger men, are
    expected for the future to learn their business com-
    pletely.

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

13. 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

• Service in a superior capacity is in all cases to be an equiva-
  ent to service in an inferior capacity.

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.

14. 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 accord-
    ing 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.

15. International Code Signals.—All Masters and
    Mates will be required to pass a satisfactory exami-
    nation in the use of the International Code of
    Signals.

GENERAL RULES AS TO EXAMINATIONS AND
FEES.

16. 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.

17. 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 ... ... ... £ s. d.
1 0 0

First and only Mate, if previously
possessing an inferior certi-
cate ... ... ... 0 10 0
If not ... ... ... ... 1 0 0

Master, whether Extra or Ordi-
nary ... ... ... 2 0 0

Master, if previously in posses-
sion of a certificate for "fore-
and-aft-rigged vessels " ... 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 ... ... ... £ s. d.
0 10 0
Master ... ... ... 1 0 0

18. 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.