1756
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE..
[No. 101

And whereas it was made to appear to Her Majesty
that the rules concerning the measurement of tonnage
of merchant ships now in force under "The Merchant
Shipping Act, 1854," had been adopted in Sweden by
the Government of His Majesty the King of Sweden
and Norway, and came into force in Sweden on the
first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-five:

And whereas it was subsequently made to appear
to Her Majesty that the said rules concerning the
measurement of tonnage of the merchant ships of
Sweden had been, as regards vessels propelled by
steam or any other power requiring engine-room,
modified by the introduction thereinto of a slight
difference in the mode of estimating the allowance
for engine-room, and that the same came into force
in Sweden on the first day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-two:

And whereas by Order in Council dated the seven-
teenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-five, and the third day of May, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, Her Majesty
was pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy
Council, to direct—

1. That the ships of Sweden, the certificates of
   Swedish nationality and registry of which are dated
   on and after the first day of April, one thousand
   eight hundred and seventy-five, should be deemed to
   be of the tonnage described in the said certificates of
   Swedish nationality and registry;

2. That the ships of Sweden, which are propelled
   by steam or any other power requiring engine-room,
   the measurement whereof shall, after the first day of
   April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two,
   have been ascertained and described on the certificates
   of registry or other national papers of such steam-
   ships, testified by the date thereof, should be deemed
   to be of the tonnage described in such certificate of
   registry or other national papers;

And whereas it has been made to appear to Her
Majesty that the said modifications introduced into
the said rules for the measurement of Swedish steam-
ships came into force on the first day of April, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, as regards
steamships measured or remeasured after that date:

And whereas it has been made to appear desirable
to Her Majesty that the provisions of the said recited
Order in Council of the third day of May, one thou-
sand eight hundred and eighty-two, shall be made
applicable to Swedish steamships registered on or
after the said first day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-one, and that the said recited
Orders in Council of the seventeenth day of March,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, and
the third day of May, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-two, should be revoked, and a new Order
in Council made and substituted in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in virtue of the
powers vested in her by the said recited Acts, by
and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased
to direct that the said recited Orders in Council of
the seventeenth day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-five, and the third day of May,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, shall be
and the same are hereby revoked, and in lieu thereof
and in substitution therefor Her Majesty is hereby
pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Coun-
cil, to direct as follows:--

1. As regards sailing ships: That merchant sailing
   ships belonging to Sweden the measurement whereof,
   on or after the said first day of April, one thousand
   eight hundred and seventy-five, has been ascertained
   and denoted in the certificates of registry or other
   national papers of such sailing ships, testified by the
   date thereof, shall be deemed to be of the tonnage
   denoted in such certificates of registry or other

2. As regards steamships: That merchant ships
   belonging to Sweden, which are propelled by steam
   or any other power requiring engine-room, the mea-
   surement whereof on or after the said first day of
   April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one,
   has been ascertained and denoted in the certificates
   of registry or other national papers of such steam-
   ships, testified by the dates thereof, shall be deemed
   to be of the tonnage denoted in such certificates of
   registry or other national papers in the same manner,
   and to the same extent, and for the same purpose in,
   to, and for which the tonnage denoted in the certifi-
   cate of registry of British ships is deemed to be the
   tonnage of such ships: Provided nevertheless that if
   the owner or master of any such Swedish steamship
   desires the deduction for engine-room in such ship to
   be estimated under the rules for engine-room mea-
   surement and deduction applicable to British ships,
   instead of under the Swedish rules, the engine-room
   shall be measured and the deduction calculated ac-
   cording to the British rules, and that, in the event of
   the net registered tonnage of such steamships, esti-
   mated under the British rules, being denoted in the
   said certificates of registry or other national papers,
   the same shall be deemed to be of the tonnage so de-
   noted therein.

C. L. PEEL.

Regulations for the Examination of Engineers.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 18th November, 1882.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in me by the
twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth sections of "The
Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877," I do hereby make
the following regulations for the conduct of examina-
tions of engineers, and as to the qualifications of appli-
cants, and direct that the fees specified therein shall
be paid to the Collectors of Customs at the ports
where the applications are made. These regulations
shall come into force on the first day of December
next, and shall then supersede any rules or regula-
tions heretofore existing and affecting such examina-
tions, qualifications, and fees.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Minister having charge of the
Marine Department.

PRELIMINARY.

1. Under the provisions of "The Shipping and
   Seamen's Act, 1877," no foreign-going ship or home-
   trade ship can legally proceed to sea from any
   port in the colony unless, in the case of a foreign-
   going steamship of 100 nominal horse-power or up-
   wards, the first and second engineers are certificated
   engineers—the first possessing a "first-class engi-
   neer's certificate," and the second possessing a
   "second-class engineer's certificate," or a certificate
   of the higher grade; and in the case of a foreign-
   going steamship of less than 100 nominal horse-power,
   or a sea-going home-trade steamship, the first or only
   engineer (as the case may be) have obtained and
   possess a "second-class engineer's certificate," or a
   certificate of the higher grade.

2. Every person who, having been engaged to serve
   as first or second engineer in a foreign-going steam-

• By a home-trade ship is meant one which is employed in
  trading on the coasts of New Zealand, but not to or from the
  Chatham Islands, the Auckland Islands, or Campbell Island.
  By a foreign-going ship is meant every ship not included in
  the term home-trade ship.