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The following clause shall be substituted in lieu
of clause 11 of the said Regulations :-

Master, Extra.—An Extra Master's examination
is voluntary, and intended for such persons as wish
to prove their superior qualifications, and are desirous
of having certificates for the highest grade granted.

In Navigation: As the vessels which such Masters
will command frequently make long voyages, the can-
didate will be required to work a lunar observation
by both sun and star, to determine the latitude by the
moon, by polar star off the meridian, and also by
double altitude of the sun, and to verify the result
by Sumner's method. He must be able to calculate
the altitudes of the sun or star when they cannot be
observed for the purposes of lunars, to find the error
of a watch by the method of equal altitudes, and to
correct the altitudes observed with an artificial
horizon.

He will have to answer questions on the laws of
the deviation of the compasses of iron ships; on
certain methods of determining it; on the character of
co-efficients, and the method of compensating both
the deviation and the heeling error—also to deduce
the set and rate of the current from the D.R. and
observation. He will be required to explain the
nature of great circle sailing, and know how to apply
practically that knowledge, but he will not be re-
quired to go into the 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.

Voluntary Examination in Deviation of the Compass.
—Any Master or Mate who wishes to pass a volun-
tary examination in the deviation of the compass of
an iron ship will be required to answer the same
questions on this subject as are required from candi-
dates for Extra Masters, and can be examined upon
payment to the Superintendent of the Mercantile
Marine Office of the fee of £2. If the candidate
passes the examination successfully, an indorsement
to that effect will be duly made upon the Master's or
Mate's certificate held by him. If he fail to pass,
the fee will not be returned.

The following clause shall be substituted in lieu
of clause 14 of the said Regulations :-

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

The following clause shall be substituted in lieu
of clause 20 of the said Regulations :-

In all cases of failure the candidate must be exa-
mined de novo. If a candidate fails in seamanship he will
not be examined until after a lapse of SIX MONTHS, to
give him time to gain experience. If he fails three
times in Navigation, he will not be examined until
after a lapse of THREE MONTHS.

The following clause shall be substituted in lieu
of clause 32 of the said Regulations :-

Qualification of Candidate for First-class Engi-
neer's Certificate.—A candidate for a First-class
Engineer's Certificate must be twenty-two years of
age.

In addition to the qualification required for a
Second-class Engineer—

(a.) He must have served for one year with a
Second-class Engineer's Certificate of Compe-
tency in the capacity of a Second Engineer,

and his name must have been entered in the
articles of agreement accordingly.

By this it is intended that the same rule shall be
observed in the examination of Engineers as
is observed in the examination of Masters and
Mates; viz., that before the certificate of a
higher grade is granted, certain service in the
lower grade must be performed.

The Examiner should therefore be satisfied that
applicants for the First-class Engineer's Cer-
tificate have not only been in possession of a
Second-class Certificate for twelve months,
but that they have actually served for a period
of not less than twelve months in the engine-
room with a Second-class Certificate.

(b.) He must be able to make rough working
drawings of the different parts of the engines
and boilers.

(c.) He must also be able to take off and calculate
indicator diagrams.

(d.) He must be able to calculate safety-valve
pressures, and the strength of the boiler.

(e.) He must be able to state the general pro-
portions borne by the principal parts of the
machinery to each other.

(f.) He must be able to explain the method of
testing and altering the setting of the slide
valves, and of testing the fairness of the
paddle and screw shafts, and of adjusting them.

(g.) He must be conversant with surface con-
densation, super-heating, and the working of
steam expansively.

(h.) His knowledge of arithmetic must include
the mensuration of superficies and solids, and
the extraction of the square root.

The following Regulation shall apply to all exami-
nations held under the Regulations made by the
above-mentioned Act:—

In every case that there is reason to believe that
any examination has been improperly made, the case
may be remitted, either to the same or to any other
Examiners, and a re-examination of the applicant, or
a further inquiry into his testimonials and character,
may be required before granting him a Certificate.

G. M. WATERHOUSE,
Presiding.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing a Justice of the Peace under "The Muni-
cipal Corporations Act, 1867."

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and thirty-third
section of an Act of the General Assembly of
New Zealand, intituled "The Municipal Corporations
Act, 1867," it is enacted that it shall be the duty of
the Town Clerk of every borough, as soon as con-
veniently may be after every election of a Mayor for
such borough, to give notice to the Colonial Secretary
for the time being of such election, and of the person
elected; and it shall be lawful for the Governor, if he
shall think fit, and if such person shall not then be a
Justice of the Peace, by warrant under his hand
published in the New Zealand Gazette, to appoint
such person to be a Justice of the Peace for the
Colony; and it is also thereby enacted that in every
such appointment it shall be expressed that it is made
under the one hundred and thirty-third section of
the said Act; and it is further declared that such
appointment shall continue in force only during
the Mayoralty of such person, and the person so
appointed shall not, by virtue of such appointment,
be authorized to sit or act as a Justice of the Peace
elsewhere than within the borough: