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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 54

another three months from the date of his second
failure.

35. A candidate who holds a certificate of com-
    potency, and who on presenting himself for exami-
    nation for a certificate of a higher grade is unable to
    pass the colour-test, will, notwithstanding, be per-
    mitted to proceed in the examination in navigation
    and seamanship for the certificate of the higher
    grade.

36. Should he pass this examination, the following
    statement will be written on the face of the higher
    certificate which may be granted to him, viz., "This
    officer has failed to pass the examination in colours."

37. Should he fail to pass the examination in
    navigation and seamanship, a like statement, relating
    to his being colour-blind, will be made on his inferior
    certificate before it is returned to him.

38. Holders of certificates which bear the state-
    ment of their having failed to pass in colours, and
    who may desire to be re-tested in colours, must
    obtain the special permission of the Marine Depart-
    ment.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY
FOR A "FOREIGN-GOING SHIP."

39. All candidates for certificates of competency
    must pass a test examination as to their ability to
    distinguish the following colours, which enter largely
    into the combination of signals by day or night used
    at sea, namely, black, white, red, green, yellow, and
    blue.

40. A SECOND MATE. - Must be seventeen years of
    age, and must have been four years at sea. He
    must also prove that he has served at least one year
    in a square-rigged sailing vessel.

41. In Navigation, &c. -He must write a legible
    hand, and will be required to give in writing defini-
    tions of various astronomical and other terms used
    in navigation. He must have a competent knowledge
    of five rules of arithmetic and the use of
    logarithms. He must be able to work a day's work
    complete, correcting the courses for deviation, leeway,
    and variation. He will be required to find the lati-
    tude by meridian altitude of the sun, and the differ-
    ence of longitude from a given departure by parallel
    sailing; also to find the course and distance from one
    position to another by Mercator's method. He will
    be required to find the time of high water at a given
    port, to observe and calculate the amplitude of the
    sun, and to find the error of the ship's compass there-
    from, and also the deviation, the variation being given.
    He must be able to find the daily rate of the chrono-
    meter from error observed, and to find the longitude
    from altitude of the sun by the usual methods. He
    must understand the use of the sextant, with its
    adjustments, and be able to observe with it, find the
    index error by the horizon, and read off and on the
    arc.
    He must also pass a satisfactory examination in
    the international code of signals.

42. In Seamanship, &c. -He must give satisfactory
    answers as to the standing and running rigging of
    ships; as to bending, unbending, setting, reefing,
    taking in, and furling sail; as to sending masts and
    yards up and down, &c., &c.; as to the management of
    a ship when under canvas; and as to dunnaging and
    stowing cargo, &c., &c. He must have a thorough
    knowledge of the rule of the road as regards both
    steamers and sailing vessels, the irregulation lights and
    fog and sound signals, and be able to describe the sig-
    nals of distress and the signals to be made by ships
    wanting a pilot, and the liabilities and penalties in-
    curred by the misuse of these signals. He must be able
    to mark and use the lead and log lines. He must also
    understand the use and management of the rocket
    apparatus in the event of his vessel being stranded,
    and other questions of a like nature appertaining to
    the duties of the second mate of a ship which the
    Examiner may think necessary to put to him. He
    will also be required to give satisfactory answers as
    to his knowledge of the additional subjects (applying
    more particularly to steamships) which are specified
    in the rules of examination for second mate's certifi-
    cates of competency for foreign-going steamships.

43. AN ONLY OR FIRST MATE. - An only mate
    must be nineteen years of age, and must have
    served five years at sea.* A first mate must be nine-
    teen years of age, and must have served five years at
    sea, of which one year must have been as second or
    only mate. He must also prove that he has served
    at least one year in a square-rigged sailing vessel.
    (Vide also par. 23.)

44. In Navigation, &c. -In addition to the qualifica-
    tions required for a second mate, an only or first
    mate must be able to find the true bearing of the sun
    and the error of the ship's compass from an observed
    azimuth of the sun, both from an altitude and also
    from "The Time Azimuth Tables," and with the varia-
    tion given compute the deviation; to find the latitude
    from a single altitude of the sun off the meridian,
    and to be able to use and adjust the sextant, and to
    find the index error by the sun; and also to ascer-
    tain the true bearing of the sun, &c., and the ship's
    position by Sumner's method by projection. He
    must also be conversant with the use of Mercator's
    Chart, and be able to find, on either a "true" or
    "magnetic" chart, the course to steer and the distance
    from one given position to another; and find the
    ship's position on the chart from cross-bearings of
    two objects, from two bearings of the same object,
    the course and distance between the bearings being
    given, and also the distance of ship from the object
    at the time of taking the second bearing. He must
    also understand how to keep a ship's log-book.

45. In Seamanship, &c. -In addition to the qualifi-
    cations required for a second mate, a more extensive
    knowledge of seamanship will be required: as to
    shifting large spars, rigging sheers, taking lower
    masts in and out, how to moor and unmoor ship, and
    to keep a clear anchor; to carry out an anchor; how
    to manage a ship in stormy weather; how to cast a
    ship on a lee shore; how to secure the masts in the
    event of accident to the bowsprit; and how to
    rig purchases for getting heavy weights, anchors,
    machinery, &c., in and out. He must give satisfac-
    tory answers as to the ventilation of holds and the
    stowage of explosives. He must also know how to
    rig a sea-anchor, and what means to apply to keep a
    vessel disabled or unmanageable out of the trough of
    the sea and lessen her lee drift; how to get cast of
    deep-sea lead in heavy weather; and answer any
    other questions appertaining to the duties of an only
    or first mate of a ship which the Examiner may think
    necessary to put to him. He will also be required to
    give satisfactory answers as to his knowledge of the
    additional subjects (applying more particularly to
    steamships) which are specified in the rules of
    examination for only and first mates' certificates of
    competency for foreign-going steamships.

46. A MASTER. - Must be twenty-one years of age,
    and have been six years at sea, of which one year
    must have been as first or only mate in a foreign-
    going ship, and one year as second or only mate; or
    he must have been six and a half years at sea, of
    which two and a half years must have been as second
    mate of a foreign-going ship, during the last twelve
    months of which service as second mate he must have

• A person holding an only mate's certificate can be shipped
  in that capacity only when the vessel carries but one mate;
  where there are two mates, he can only ship as a second mate;
  if there is a second mate on the articles, the first mate must
  hold a first mate's certificate.