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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Parliament of Great Britain, it is, among other | will only be granted to persons who have been
things, enacted that when any Legislature of any | domiciled in New Zealand for at least three years
British Possession provides for the examination of | immediately preceding the application. Service in
and grant of certificates of competency to persons | ships registered in New Zealand will be accepted
intending to act as Masters, Mates, or Engineers on | as domicile in this Colony for the purpose of
board British ships, and the Board of Trade reports | obtaining certificates under these regulations. Ser-
to Her Majesty that they are satisfied that the | vice in coasting trade may be allowed to count.
examinations are so conducted as to be equally effi- |
The following clause shall be substituted in lieu
cient as the examinations for the same purpose in | of clause 7 of the said Regulations:-
the United Kingdom under the Acts relating to |
Merchant Shipping, and that the certificates are | Second Mate.-A Second Mate must be seven-
granted on such principles as to show the like | teen years of age, and must have been four years at
qualifications and competency as those granted under | sea.
the said Acts, and are liable to be forfeited for the |
In Navigation: He must write a legible hand, and
like reasons and in the like manner, it shall be law- | understand the first five rules of arithmetic, and the
ful for Her Majesty, by Order in Council, firstly, to | use of logarithms. He must be able to work a day's
declare that the said certificates shall be of the same | work complete, including the bearings and distance
force as if they had been granted under the said | of the port he is bound to, by Mercator's method;
Act; secondly, to declare that all or any of the | to correct the sun's declination for longitude, and find
provisions of the said Acts which relate to certificates | his latitude by meridian altitude of the sun; and
of competency granted under those Acts shall apply | to work such other easy problems of a like nature as
to the certificates referred to in the said Order; and | may be put to him. He must understand the use of
thirdly, to impose such conditions and to make such | the sextant, and be able to observe with it, and read
regulations with respect to the said certificates, and | off the arc. He will be required to give the defini-
to the use, issue, delivery, cancellation, and suspen- | tions of the various terms used in Nautical As-
sion thereof, as to Her Majesty may seem fit, and to | tronomy, and will be examined as to his acquaintance
impose penalties not exceeding fifty pounds for the | with the International Code of Signals.
breach of such conditions and regulations:

In Seamanship: He must give satisfactory answers
And whereas by an Act of the General Assembly | as to the rigging and unrigging of ships, stowing of
of New Zealand, intituled "The Merchant Ships | holds, &c.; must understand the measurement of the
Officers Examination Act, 1870," it is, among other | log-line, glass, and lead-line; be conversant with the
things, enacted that examinations shall be instituted | rule of the road, as regards both steamers and sailing
for persons who may be desirous of obtaining certifi- | vessels, and the lights and fog-signals carried by
cates of competency as Masters, Mates, or Engineers | them.
on board British ships, and that the Governor in |
The following clause shall be substituted in lieu
Council may, by Order in Council, lay down rules | of clause 10 of the said Regulations:-
providing for such examinations, and for regulating |
Master, Ordinary.-A Master must be twenty-
the qualification of applicants for examination and | one years of age, and have been six years at sea, of
the times and places of examination, and generally | which at least one year must have been as First or
providing for all matters which shall be expedient in | Only Mate, and one year as Second Mate.
order to carry into effect every such examination: |
In addition to the qualification for a First Mate,
And whereas, by Order in Council dated the 4th | he must be able to find the latitude by a star, &c.
day of January, 1872, certain Regulations were made | He will be asked questions as to the nature of the
under and for the purposes in the lastly in part recited | deviation of the compass, and as to the methods of
Act mentioned: And whereas it is expedient that | determining it and correcting his course, and will
certain amendments should be made in the said | also have to answer questions relative to the heeling
Regulations as hereinafter provided :
| error of an iron ship; copies of these questions may
Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the | be obtained on application to the Superintendent of
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise | any Mercantile Marine Office. He will be examined
of the power and authority vested in me by the lastly | in so much of the laws of the tides as is necessary
hereinbefore mentioned Act, and with the advice and | to enable him to shape a course and to compare his
consent of the Executive Council of the said Colony, | soundings with the depths marked on the charts. He
do hereby order that the amendments hereinafter | will be examined as to his competency to construct
particularly set forth shall be made in the said | jury rudders and rafts, and as to his resources for
Regulations (that is to say) -
| the preservation of the ship's crew in the event of
In lieu of clause 5 of the said Regulations there | wreck. He must possess a sufficient knowledge of
shall be inserted the following clause :-
| what he is required to do by law, as to entry and
Verification of Services, &c., by Articles.-Services | discharge and the management of his crew, and as to
which cannot be verified by proper entries in the | penalties, and entries to be made in the official log;
articles of the ships in which the candidates have | and a knowledge of the measures for preventing and
served cannot be counted. Thus, for instance, a man | checking the outbreak of scurvy on board ship. He
will state his service to have been as Second or Only | will be questioned as to his knowledge of invoices,
Mate, and to support his assertion will produce a | charter-party, Lloyd's Agent, and as to the nature of
certificate of discharge or of employment by the | bottomry; and he must be acquainted with the lead-
Master stating that he served as Mate, when on | ing lights of the channel he has been accustomed to
reference to the articles it appears that he has | navigate, or which he is going to use.
actually been rated as Boatswain; the service in such |
Service in Fore-and-Aft-Rigged Ships.-In cases
a case will not be regarded as having been in the | where an applicant for a certificate as Master Ordi-
capacity of Mate. Whenever a man has, from any | nary has only served in a fore-and-aft-rigged vessel,
cause, been regularly promoted on a vacancy in the | and is ignorant of the management of a square-rigged
course of the voyage from the rank for which he first | vessel, he may obtain a certificate on which the words
shipped, and such promotion, with the ground on | "Fore-and-aft-rigged Vessel" will be written. This
which it has been made, is properly entered in the | certificate does not entitle him to command a square-
articles and in the official log-book, he will of course | rigged ship. This is not, however, to apply to Mates,
receive credit for his service in the higher grade for | who, being younger men, are expected for the future
the period subsequent to his promotion. Certificates | to learn their business completely.