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petency, valid in New Zealand. If a Candidate has had no service as First Mate he must have been six and a half years at sea, of which two and a half years must have been as Mate of a lower grade under the above-named conditions. It will also be noted that occasional service in charge of a watch in the daytime will not be accepted as Mate's service under the Regulations.

20. Part of the time served on board a training ship will be allowed to count as service at sea, provided that the Candidate can produce amongst his testimonials a Certificate from the Committee that he has conducted himself creditably, and passed a good examination in seamanship so far as practised in the training ship as well as in other matters down to the time of his leaving the ship.

21. No Candidate will be allowed to be examined for any grade, whether for Extra, Ordinary, Fore and Aft, or Home-trade Passenger Ship Certificate, unless he has served at sea two years within the last six years, and six months within the last three years immediately preceding the date of his application to be examined.

22. A Candidate for an Ordinary Certificate of any grade who does not already hold an Ordinary Certificate of a lower grade must prove that he has served twelve months in a square-rigged sailing vessel within the last five years.

23. Any cases not coming within the conditions of paragraphs 21 and 22 must be submitted for the special consideration of the Marine Department before the Candidate is allowed to be examined.

24. No period of service on board a training ship will be allowed to count for more than one year's sea service, nor can it be accepted as equivalent to service in square-rigged vessels.

25. Service in Auxiliary Screw Whaling Ships and other Vessels with auxiliary steam power, which use their screws only in calms or during light winds, is considered as service performed in Sailing Vessels.

26. Service performed in Trawlers, Yachts, &c., alone will not qualify a Candidate for examination for a Foreign-going Certificate. He must show that he has served, in addition thereto, eighteen months in an ordinary trading vessel.

27. Candidates whose services have been in capacities other than Apprentice, Ordinary Seaman, or Able Seaman, e.g., Cook, Steward, Carpenter, &c., will be required to satisfy the Marine Department or the Examiners that they have a good knowledge of Seamanship. This may possibly be proved by the production of satisfactory Certificates from Masters with whom the Applicants have served. Failing satisfactory evidence, the Applicant may be required to perform additional service, which must be in the capacity of Ordinary Seaman or Able Seaman.

28. Service performed on rivers, no matter of what size, or in smooth or partially smooth water, cannot be accepted.

29. A person who has lost the sight of one eye cannot be allowed to be examined for a Certificate of Competency. If he already holds a Certificate he will not be allowed to be examined for a Certificate of a higher grade. Provided that, in cases in which a special medical certificate is produced showing that the sight of the other eye is satisfactory, the Marine Department may, on application being made, give permission for the Candidate to be examined, provided he is in all other respects qualified under the regulations.

30. Service in Light Ships or in an Engine-room will not be accepted as sea service for a Master's or Mate's Certificate of Competency.

31. In the case of service on board Excursion Steamers only such service as has been performed actually at sea can be accepted.

32. Service as a First-class Pilot may be accepted as qualifying for examination for a Master's Certificate for Home Trade Passenger Ships, notwithstanding that he may not have served in the capacity of Mate, but only provided that his Sea Services are sufficient.

33. A First-class Pilot, with one year's Sea Service since he obtained his Pilot's Certificate, may also be examined for a First Mate's Certificate for Foreign-going Ships.

34. Half the amount of service performed as an Apprentice in a Pilot Ship propelled by sails may count as actual Sea Service to qualify for examination for a Certificate of Competency.

35. Service performed in Tug Boats employed outside Port limits may be accepted as Sea Service for qualifying for a Mate's Certificate for Home Trade Passenger Ships.

36. It is provided by “The Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877” (sec. 32), that every person who makes, or procures to be made, or assists in making, any false representation for the purpose of obtaining for himself or for any other person a Certificate of Competency, shall for each offence be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour,—the punishment for which is imprisonment for any period not exceeding twelve months, with or without hard labour, or a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds.

37. These provisions will be strictly enforced by the Marine Department, and any Candidate for a Certificate of Competency as Master, or as First, or Second, or Only Mate, in the Merchant Service, who shall, knowingly and fraudulently, for the purpose of obtaining any such Certificate, present to the Examiner any “application to be examined for a Certificate of Competency” (Exn. 2), or statutory declaration containing any false or inaccurate statement of service, and any person who shall knowingly and fraudulently make or prepare, or assist in making or preparing any such false or inaccurate statement will be prosecuted.

38. Candidates who have neglected to join their vessels after having signed Articles, or who have deserted their vessels after having joined, or who have been found guilty of gross misconduct on board, will be required to produce satisfactory proofs of two years' subsequent service and good conduct at sea, unless the Marine Department, after having investigated the matter, should see fit to reduce the time.

39. If after a Candidate has passed his examination it is discovered on further investigation that his services are insufficient to entitle him to receive a Certificate of the grade for which he has passed, it will not be granted to him; but if the Marine Department is satisfied that the error in the calculation of his services did not occur through any fault or wilful misrepresentation on his part, he will be allowed to go up for re-examination without payment of further fee when he has performed the amount of service in which he was deficient.

40. If in such a case the applicant's services are sufficient to entitle him to receive a Certificate of a lower grade, provided as aforesaid he has not wilfully misrepresented the amount of his services, an Inferior Certificate may be granted to him, and the difference, if any, between the fee paid by him for the Superior Certificate and the fee payable for the Inferior Certificate may be placed to his credit.

41. In such a case, when the applicant has by further service made up the amount in which he was found to be short, he must, before he can receive the higher Certificate, be re-examined in all the subjects.

42. If any Certificate of Competency issued by the Marine Department which has been defaced so as