Numb. 87. 1317

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1891.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1891.

Regulations for Examination of Masters and Mates.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1891.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in me by the 24th and 25th sections of “The Shipping and Seamen’s Act, 1877,” I do hereby make the following Regulations for the conduct of Examinations of Masters and Mates, and as to the qualifications of applicants; 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 February next, and shall then supersede any rules or regulations heretofore existing and affecting such examinations, qualifications, and fees.

JOHN McKENZIE,
For the 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 Passenger Ship can legally proceed to sea from any port in the colony unless the Master thereof, and, in the case of a Foreign-going Ship, the First and Second Mates, or Only Mate (as the case may be), and, in the case of a Home Trade Passenger Ship, the First or Only Mate (as the case may be), have obtained and possess valid Certificates either of Competency or Service, appropriate to their several stations in such ship or of a higher grade; and no such ship, if of 100 tons register or upwards, can legally proceed to sea unless at least one officer besides the Master has obtained and possesses a valid Certificate, appropriate to the grade of Only Mate therein or to a higher grade; and every person who, having been engaged to serve as Master, or as First or Second or Only Mate of any Foreign-going Ship, or as Master or First or Only Mate of a Home Trade Passenger Ship, goes to sea as such Master or Mate without being at the time entitled to and possessed of such a certificate as the Act requires, or who employs any persons as Master, or First, Second, or Only Mate of any Foreign-going Ship, or as Master or First or Only Mate of any Home Trade Passenger Ship, without ascertaining that he is at the time entitled to and possessed of such certificate, for each offence incurs a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds.

2. Every Certificate of Competency for a Foreign-going Ship is to be deemed to be of a higher grade than the corresponding Certificate for a Home Trade Passenger Ship, and entitles the lawful holder to go to sea in the corresponding grade in such last-mentioned ship; but no Certificate for a Home Trade Passenger Ship entitles the holder to go to sea as Master or Mate of a Foreign-going Ship.

3. 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 examinations.

4. Candidates for examination must make their application upon the appropriate form (Exn. 2), which must be filled up at a Mercantile Marine Office (Custom House). The Exn. 2 properly filled in, together with the Candidate’s testimonials and

• By a Home Trade Passenger Ship is meant one which is employed in carrying passengers 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.