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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 87

to become illegible, or has been seriously injured by
wear or tear, is presented to a Superintendent of
Mercantile Marine in the course of duty, the same
should at once be transmitted by the Superintendent
to the Secretary of the Marine Department, together with the usual form of application for renewal
of Certificate duly filled up, in order that a renewed
Certificate may be issued. This will be done free
of charge in those cases where it is satisfactorily
shown to the Marine Department that due care has
been taken of the original. This power will have
to be exercised with great discretion by the Superintendents of Mercantile Marine, so as not to interfere with any engagement for sea service which the
possessor of the injured Certificate may have entered into.

COLOUR TESTS.

43. The Marine Department has made the following arrangements for the Examination of persons
    as to their ability to distinguish Colours:—

44. Examinations in Colour are open to any
    person serving, or about to serve, in the Mercantile
    Marine.

45. Any person, including the holders of Certificates of Competency, or persons about to apply for
    Certificates of Competency, if desirous of being
    examined in Colours only must make application to
    a Superintendent of a Mercantile Marine Office on
    Form Exn. 2a, and pay a fee of Two Shillings and
    Sixpence.

46. He must on the appointed day attend for
    examination at the Examiner’s Office; and, if he
    passes, he will receive a Certificate to that effect.

47. If he fails it will be open for him to be
    examined again in Colours as often as he pleases on
    payment of the fee of Two Shillings and Sixpence
    at each fresh attempt.

48. The application of a Candidate who is presenting himself for Examination for a Master’s or
    Mate’s Certificate must be made on Form Exn. 2.
    Such examination will commence with the Colour
    test; and if the Candidate does not at the time of
    making application hold a Certificate of Competency
    of any grade, and should fail to pass the Colour test
    he will not be allowed to proceed with the examination in Navigation and Seamanship.

49. The fee he has paid for Examination for a Certificate of Competency will include the fee for the
    Colour test, and, with the exception of Two Shillings and Sixpence, will in such event be returned
    to him.

50. A Candidate for Examination for a Certificate of Competency who at the time of making
    application does not possess a Certificate, and who
    fails to pass the Colour test, may not be re-examined
    until after the lapse of three months from the date
    of his first failure. If he fails a second time he will
    be allowed a third trial at the expiration of another
    three months from the date of his second failure.
    A fresh fee must be paid at each succeeding examination.

51. It is therefore obviously to the advantage of
    Candidates for Certificates of Competency to apply
    in the first instance to be examined in Colours only
    on Form Exn. 2a.

52. A Candidate who holds a Certificate of Competency, and who on presenting himself for examination for a Certificate of a higher grade, is unable to
    pass the Colour test, will notwithstanding be permitted to proceed with the Examination in Navigation and Seamanship for the Certificate of the
    higher grade.

53. 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.’”

54. Should he ultimately fail to pass the Examination in Navigation and Seamanship a like
    statement, relating to his being Colour blind, will
    be made by the Marine Department on his existing
    Certificate before it is returned to him.

55. Holders of Certificates which bear the statement of their having failed to pass in Colours, and
    who may desire to have the statement removed
    from their Certificates, must obtain the special permission of the Marine Department.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY
FOR A “FOREIGN-GOING SHIP.”

56. Examination in Colours.—All Candidates for
    Certificates of Competency must first be examined
    in colours.

57. A Second Mate must be not less than 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
    within the last five years. See also par. 13.

58. In Navigation, &c.—He must write a legible
    hand, and will be required to give in writing definitions of various astronomical and other terms used
    in navigation. He must have a competent knowledge of the first 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 latitude by meridian altitude of the sun, and
    the difference 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 therefrom, and also the deviation, the variation being given. He must be able to
    find the daily rate of the chronometer 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.

59. 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 seeing everything in readiness and clear for getting
    under way and (in steamers) as to the precautions
    to be observed with regard to engines, propeller,
    &c.; as to the management of both a steamer
    and a sailing ship when under canvas; of a ship’s
    boat in heavy weather; and as to dunnaging
    and stowing cargo, &c. He must have a thorough
    knowledge of the rule of the road as regards both
    steamers and sailing vessels, their regulation lights,
    and fog and sound signals, and be able to describe
    the signals of distress, and the signals to be made
    by ships wanting a pilot, and the liabilities and
    penalties incurred by the misuse of these signals.
    He must be able to mark and use the lead and log
    lines. He must also understand the construction,
    use, and action of the sluices and of the water-ballast tanks, engine-room telegraph, &c. 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.