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section shall apply to such colonial certificates of any person who may have had a certificate, whether granted by
competency: Provided, however, that the foregoing the Board of Trade or by the Government of a British pos-
exceptions shall not, as regards colonial certificates session, cancelled or suspended under the provisions of the said
of competency, granted by the Governor for the time Acts or of any Act for time being in force in any part of
being of the British possession of New Zealand, in- Her Majesty's dominions, unless the period of suspension has
terfere with or suspend the operation of an Act of expired, or unless intimation has been received from the Board
the Legislature of New Zealand entitled "The Mer- of Trade, or the Authority by whom the cancelled or suspended
chant Shipping Acts Adoption Act, 1869" (32 and 33 certificate was originally granted, to the effect that no objection
Vict., No. 5).
to the grant of such colonial certificate is known to exist, or
unless a new certificate has been granted to him by such Board
2. To impose and make the conditions and regu- or Authority; and in the last-named event no such colonial
lations set out in the Schedule hereto, numbered one certificate of competency shall be for a higher grade than the
to ten respectively, with respect to the said colonial certificate so last granted as aforesaid.
certificates of competency, and to the use, issue, Colonial certificates of competency granted contrary to this
delivery, cancellation, and suspension thereof, and to regulation shall be regarded as improperly granted.
impose for the breach of such conditions and regu-
Certificates improperly granted may be granted without
lations the penalties therein mentioned.
formal Investigation.
This order shall take effect in each of the said 8. A colonial certificate of competency which appears, from
possessions from and after the first day of October, information subsequently acquired or otherwise, to have been
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, and improperly granted, whether in the above or in any other
shall apply not only to colonial certificates of com- respects, may be cancelled by the Authority by which the same
petency granted under this order, but also to such was granted, or by the Board of Trade in the United King-
as shall have been granted under the orders hereby dom, without any formal investigation under "The Merchant
revoked and be subsisting at the above date. Shipping Act, 1854;" and the holder of such certificate shall
thereupon deliver it to the Board of Trade or such Authority, or
C. L. PEEL. as they or either of them may direct, and in default thereof
shall incur a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds, which shall be
SCHEDULE. recoverable in the same manner as penalties imposed by the
Acts relating to merchant shipping are thereby made recover-
CONDITIONS AND REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE USE, able.
ISSUE, DELIVERY, CANCELLATION, AND SUSPENSION OF Cancellation, &c., of a Certificate shall involve Cancellation
COLONIAL CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY. of all the other Certificates possessed by its Owner.
9. Every decision with respect to the cancellation or sus-
Interpretation Clause. pension of a certificate pronounced by any Board, Court, or

1. In the construction and for the purposes of these con- tribunal under the provisions of the said Acts, shall extend
   ditions and regulations, the following terms shall have the equally to all the colonial certificates at the time possessed by
   respective meanings hereinafter assigned to them, that is to the person in respect of whom the decision is made, as well as
   say,- to all certificates granted to him under any of the Acts relating
   "Colonial certificate of competency" shall mean a certifi- to merchant shipping, and whether such certificates be specified
   cate of competency authorized to be granted by the in such decisions or not.
   legislative authority of a British possession to persons Certificates believed to be fraudulent may be demanded.
   intending to act as masters, mates, or engineers of 10. Any officer of the Board of Trade, or the Registrar-
   British ships, on similar principles and conditions as General of Seamen, or any of his officers, or a Superintendent
   those granted under the Imperial Acts relating to of a Mercantile Marine Office, or a Consular Officer, or duly-
   merchant shipping. appointed shipping officer in a British possession, may demand
   "Authority" shall mean the Governor, Lieutenant- the delivery to him of any colonial certificate of competency
   Governor, Administrator, Head of the Government, which he has reason to believe has been improperly issued, or is
   Minister, Board, Body, or Corporation of or in any forged, altered, cancelled, or suspended, or to which the person
   British possession for the time being authorized by the using it is not justly entitled, and may detain such certificate
   Legislature of such possession to grant colonial certifi- for a reasonable period for the purpose of making inquiries
   cates of competency. respecting such issue, forgery, alteration, cancellation, sus-
   pension, or possession; and any person who, without reasonable
   Form of Certificate. cause, neglects or refuses to comply with such demand shall
2. A colonial certificate of competency shall be on parch- incur a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds, or its equivalent
   ment, and as nearly as possible similar in shape and form to the in local currency, which shall be recoverable in the same manner
   corresponding certificate of competency for the foreign trade as penalties imposed by the Acts relating to merchant shipping
   granted by the Board of Trade under the Acts relating to are thereby made recoverable.
   merchant shipping.
   Suspended Certificates to be reissued only by Colony by which
   Name of Possession to be inserted. originally granted.
3. A colonial certificate of competency shall have the name 11. A colonial certificate of competency which has from any
   of the British possession in which the same is granted inserted cause been cancelled or suspended shall be renewed or reissued
   prominently on its face and back. only by the authority by which the same was originally
   Certificates to be numbered consecutively. granted.
4. The colonial certificates of competency granted in each
   British possession shall be numbered in consecutive order.
   Bonuses on Colonial Industries.
   Lists of Certificates granted, cancelled, &c., to be sent to
   Registrar-General of Seamen.
   Colonial Secretary's Office,
5. The Authority in each British possession shall furnish the Wellington, 18th July, 1882.
   Registrar-General of Seamen in London, from time to time,
   with accurate lists of all such colonial certificates of competency NOTICE is hereby given that the following
   as may be granted therein or as may for any cause whatso- bonuses will be paid on articles produced in the
   ever be cancelled, suspended, renewed, or reissued; and shall Colony of New Zealand, as under :-
   also furnish him with duplicates of the applications for examina-
   tion made by the persons to whom such certificates are granted.
   LINSEED OIL.
   Certificates to be granted only upon Proof of Service at Sea. A bonus of five hundred pounds (£500) will be
6. A colonial certificate of competency shall be granted only given for the production, by machinery permanently
   upon proof that the previous service at sea of the person ap- established in New Zealand, of the first 10,000 gallons
   plying for the same has been such as is required regula- of oil, of good marketable quality, from linseed grown
   tions for the time being in force in the United Kingdom with in the colony.
   respect to certificates of the like grade.
   Čertificates of competency granted contrary to this regula-
   OIL-CAKE.
   tion, or upon any false, incorrect, or insufficient proof, certificate,
   or report of service, qualification, conduct, or character, shall be A bonus of one hundred pounds (£100) will be
   regarded as improperly granted. given for the production of the first 50 tons of oil.
   cake, of good marketable quality, from linseed grown
   Certificates not to be granted when former are cancelled. in the colony.
7. A colonial certificate of competency shall not be granted to