JUNE 8.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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102. Examiners should bear in mind that the
     problems to be performed are required as tests and
     for the purposes of an examination, and not for sea-
     going or practical purposes alone.

103. The candidates will be allowed to work out
     the various problems according to the method and
     the tables they have been accustomed to use.

104. The rules as to the amount of time allowed
     are as follow:-

105. Candidates for second mates' certificates of
     competency must complete the whole of their exami-
     nation in navigation in eight hours, including the
     time allowed for writing the definitions (Exn. 4a), the
     paper on the adjustment of the sextant, and the cor-
     rection of all errors and oversights; but the nautical
     problems on Forms Exn. 4 and Exn. 5 must be
     completed within six hours, and without the candi-
     dates leaving the premises during that period.

106. Candidates for only and first mates' certifi-
     cates must complete the whole of their examination
     in navigation in eleven and a half hours,* including
     the time allowed for the papers on the adjustment of
     the sextant and the chart, and for the correction of
     all errors and oversights; but the nautical problems
     on Forms Exn. 4, Exn. 5, and Exn. 6 must be
     completed within six hours, and without the candi-
     dates leaving the premises during that period.

107. Candidates for masters' certificates must com-
     plete the whole of their examination in navigation in
     fourteen hours, including the time allowed for the
     papers on the sextant, the chart, and the compass
     deviation, and for the correction of all errors and
     oversights; but the problems on Forms Exn. 4,
     Exn. 5, and Exn. 6 must be completed within
     six hours, and without the candidates leaving the
     premises during that period.

108. Candidates, after finishing the problems re-
     quired of the respective grades on the first day of
     the examination, should proceed until the end of that
     day with such subjects as the definitions, sextant,
     chart, and question 19 of Form Exn. 7.

109. The Sumner problem (Exn. 6a) must, on no
     account, be given out to any of the grades on the
     first day of the examination, but should be the com-
     mencement of the candidates' work on the second
     day, and on the completion of this problem the can-
     didates for masters' certificates should proceed with
     the problems on paper Exn. 7.

110. Candidates for home-trade mates' certificates
     must complete the whole of their arithmetical and
     chart papers within five hours, and candidates for
     home-trade masters' certificates within six hours.

111. Candidates for foreign-going steamship certi-
     ficates of competency will be allowed the same amount
     of time to perform their navigation, &c., as herein-
     before laid down for the respective grades for the
     ordinary foreign-going certificates.

112. The time allowed for the examination of can-
     didates for extra masters' certificates is left to the
     discretion of the Examiners, but the time occupied
     in each case should be entered on the Form Exn. 14.

113. Punctually at the expiration of the prescribed
     time all the papers should be called up, whether com-
     pleted or not, and if not completed the candidate
     will be declared to have failed, unless the Examiner
     see fit to lengthen the period in any special case. If,
     however, the period is lengthened in any case, the
     special circumstances of that case, and the reasons
     for lengthening the period, together with the time
     allowed, must be reported to the Marine Department
     by the Examiners in the column for "remarks" on the
     Form Exn. 14.

114. It is anticipated that but few of the candidates

• A candidate, other than second mate, who may not pre-
  viously have passed an examination, may be allowed the time
  occupied in writing his definitions on Exn. 4a in addition to the
  above.

for the certificate of competency for any of the fore-
going grades will require the whole of the time herein
allowed for completing their examination in naviga-
tion; and ample time has been prescribed, so that
candidates may perform their work in a careful, clear,
and legible manner, and to the entire satisfaction of
the Examiners.

115. If the candidate passes he will receive the
     Form Exn. 16, which authorizes the Superintendent
     of the Mercantile Marine Office to which it is ad-
     dressed by the Examiner to issue the certificate to the
     candidate, whose testimonials, &c., will be returned at
     the same time. It is therefore important that the
     port of destination of the certificate should be the
     same on both the Form Exn. 16 and the Form
     Exn. 2. If circumstances should make any alteration
     necessary, the Examiner should see that it is made in
     both forms, otherwise delay in the issue of the certi-
     ficate may be caused.

SPECIAL NOTICE TO CANDIDATES.

116. The attention of candidates is specially called
     to the following regulations:-

117. Candidates are required to appear at the
     examination-room punctually at the time appointed
     by the Examiners.

118. Candidates are prohibited from bringing into
     the examination-room books, paper, or memoranda of
     any kind whatever. The slightest infringement of
     this regulation will subject the offender to all the
     penalties of a failure, and he will not be allowed to
     present himself for re-examination for a period of
     three months.

119. In the event of any candidate being detected
     in defacing, blotting, writing in, or otherwise injuring
     any book or books belonging to the department, the
     papers of such candidate will be detained until the
     book or books so defaced be replaced by him. He
     will not, however, be at liberty to remove the damaged
     book, which will still remain the property of the
     department.

120. In the event of any candidate being discovered
     referring to any book or memoranda, copying from
     another, or affording any assistance or giving any in-
     formation to another, or communicating in any way
     with another, during the time of examination, he will
     subject himself to all the penalties of a failure, and he
     will not be allowed to be examined for a period of six
     months.

121. No candidate will be allowed to work out his
     problems on a slate or on waste paper.

122. No candidate will be permitted to leave the
     room until he has given up the paper on which he is
     engaged.

123. Candidates will find it more convenient, both
     here and at sea, to correct the declination and other
     elements from the "Nautical Almanac" by the
     "hourly differences" which have been given in that
     work in order to facilitate such calculations: they
     will thereby render themselves independent of any
     proportional or logarithmic table for such purpose.

124. The corrections by inspection from tables
     given in some of the works on navigation will not be
     allowed (see Tables IX., XI., and XXI. in Norie's
     Epitome, &c.); every correction must appear on the
     papers of the candidates.

125. Candidates are expected to work out their
     answers to all problems, except those referred to
     hereafter, to within, or not to exceed, a margin of
     one mile of position from a correct result, with the
     exception of the ship's position by Sumner's method,
     where a margin of two and a half miles may be
     allowed.

126. In finding the longitude by chronometer the
     logarithms used in finding the hour-angle should be
     taken out for seconds of arc; also accuracy should be
     observed in computing the hour-angles for the pro-
     jection by Sumner's method.