Nov. 23.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
1757

ship of 100 nominal horse-power and upwards, or as
first or only engineer in a foreign-going steamship of
less than 100 nominal horse-power, or in a sea-going
home-trade steamship, goes to sea as such first,
second, or only engineer, without being at the time
entitled to and possessed of such a certificate as the
Act requires, or who employs any person as first or
second engineer in a foreign-going steamship of 100
nominal horse-power and upwards, or as first or
only engineer in a foreign-going steamship of less
than 100 nominal horse-power, or a sea-going home-
trade steamship, without ascertaining that he is at the
time entitled to and possessed of such certificate, for
each offence incurs a penalty not exceeding £50.

3. The certificates of engineers are of two descrip-
   tions, viz., certificates of competency and certificates
   of service; and for each description of certificate
   there are two grades, viz., first-class engineer's
   certificates, and second-class engineer's certificates.

4. Certificates of competency will be granted to
   those persons who pass the requisite examinations
   and otherwise comply with the requisite conditions.
   For this purpose examiners have been appointed and
   arrangements have been made for holding examina-
   tions.

5. Candidates for examination must make their
   application upon the appropriate form (Exn. 3),
   which may be obtained at a Mercantile Marine
   Office (Customhouse). The Exn. 3, properly filled
   in, together with the candidate's testimonials and
   discharges, must be lodged with the Examiner of
   Engineers not later than the day before the day of
   examination, and the candidate must conform to any
   regulations in this respect which may be laid down
   by the Marine Department, as, if this be not done,
   delay may be occasioned.

6. Applicants will be required to produce, in addi-
   tion to the usual forms of discharge, satisfactory
   testimonials as to sobriety, experience, ability, and
   general good conduct for at least the twelve months
   immediately preceding the date of application to be
   examined, and without producing them no person
   will be examined. If the service has been on shore
   the testimonials must be signed by an employer; if at
   sea, by the master, managing owner, and the chief
   or superintending engineer.

7. The testimonials of servitude of foreigners and
   of British seamen serving in foreign vessels, which
   cannot be verified, must be confirmed either by the
   Consul of the country to which such ship in which
   the candidate served belonged, or by some other
   recognized official authority of that country, or by
   the testimony of some credible person on the spot
   having personal knowledge of the facts required to
   be established. The production of such proofs,
   however, will not of necessity be deemed sufficient.
   Each case will be decided on its own merits, and if
   the sufficiency of the proofs given appears to be
   at all doubtful, it must be referred to the Marine
   Department.

8. Should any doubt exist as to the age of a
   candidate, he will be required to produce a certificate
   of birth.

9. Foreigners must prove to the satisfaction of
   the Examiners that they can speak and write the
   English language sufficiently well to perform the
   duties required of them on board a British vessel.

10. Statements of services in ships over eighty
    tons, of which the agreements with the crews have
    been entered into in New Zealand, can be verified by
    the Superintendents of Mercantile Marine Offices,
    and may be obtained on application at such offices
    upon payment of a small fee, the amount of which
    will be regulated by the amount of service required
    to be verified. Delay, inconvenience, and disappoint-
    ment will be avoided by candidates getting this
    verification beforehand.

11. Services which cannot be verified by proper
    entries in the articles of the ships in which the candi-
    dates have served cannot be counted.

12. Service performed on rivers, or within smooth
    or partially-smooth water-limits, cannot be accepted.

13. Service entered upon a ship's articles as having
    being performed in the capacity of assistant engineer
    must be supported by proof of the candidate having
    acted as second, third, fourth, &c., engineer, as the
    case may be.

14. The service required by the regulations to
    qualify a candidate for examination is to be regarded
    as referring to service in the foreign trade only.
    Service in the home trade must amount to at least
    half as much again as that required by the regula-
    tions to make up for the time spent in port, e.g., for
    every twelve months' service under the regulations,
    eighteen months' service in home-trade vessels will
    be required.

15. Service in the engine-room (afterwards re-
    ferred to) for qualifying a candidate to be examined
    for a second-class engineer's certificate must be only
    in those capacities which afford opportunities of
    obtaining practical experience as an engineer; and
    service in the capacity of fireman, stoker, donkey-
    man, greaser, winchman, labourer, engineer's steward,
    or any other capacity than that of engineer taking
    watch will not be accepted.

16. Service as a third engineer in steamers where
    more than three engineers are carried, their names
    being entered on the articles in their respective
    ratings on board, may be accepted as equivalent to
    service as second engineer for qualifying a candidate
    for examination for a first-class engineer's certificate,
    provided the candidate has been in possession of a
    second-class engineer's certificate during the per-
    formance of such service, and his name has been
    entered on the articles as third engineer.

17. If a candidate has served in the engine-room
    with a second-class certificate in the capacity of a
    second engineer in foreign-going steamships under
    100 horse-power, or in sea-going home-trade steam-
    ships, which are not required by law to carry a certi-
    ficated second engineer, his service may be accepted
    without reference to the vessel's horse-power, pro-
    vided he has been on the ship's articles as second
    engineer, and produces certificates of discharge as
    second engineer, for the required period.

18. The Marine Department may see fit to allow
    an applicant who, in consequence of service abroad,
    has been unable to obtain a second-class certificate,
    to be examined for a first-class certificate, without
    first obtaining a certificate of the lower grade, pro-
    vided he is able to satisfy it as to the satisfactory
    character of his services.

19. In such cases (paragraph 18), or in cases where
    the candidate is already in possession of a certificate of
    service, should he fail to pass the examination for the
    higher grade, but passes the examination for the
    lower grade, he may receive a certificate accordingly,
    but no part of the fee will be returned.

20. A candidate who under the above regulation
    (paragraph 19) has been permitted to be examined for
    a first-class certificate without first obtaining a second-
    class certificate of competency or a certificate of
    service, and who fails in his viva voce examination,
    may not be re-examined for a certificate of the higher
    grade until he has served twelve months as second
    engineer with a second-class engineer's certificate of
    competency as required by the regulations.

21. If the candidate fails altogether, i.e., both in
    the examination for the lower as well as for the higher
    grade of certificate (paragraph 18), he may be re-