1324

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 87

scription whatever. No person whatever should be allowed in the room during the time of examination but those whose duties require them to be present.

95. No instructors will be allowed on the premises.

96. Candidates will under no pretence whatever be allowed to leave the premises while the examination is proceeding. If a Candidate has occasion to visit the retiring-room he will only be allowed to do so on the completion of the paper on which he may be engaged, when he will be required to enter in a book, kept for the purpose, the exact time of his leaving and returning to the examination-room. At ports where only a few Candidates are under examination, two persons will not be allowed to leave the room at the same time.

97. Candidates should be so placed as to prevent one copying from the other, and no communication whatever between the Candidates should be allowed.

98. If any blotting-paper is allowed it should be black; and when the first examination paper is issued, each Candidate should be furnished with a piece which must be returned to the Examiner upon the completion of the last paper.

99. The examination papers should be issued to the Candidates in half sheets only, and one at a time. This will prevent a candidate from spreading out the sheets on the table in an apparently careless manner, but so as to enable his nearest neighbour to look over and copy, or examine the problems. It will also enable the Examiner to look over and report upon the work on one half sheet, while the Candidate is at work upon another, and so on. When the errors are not too numerous, or when they are not from ignorance of the subject, the incorrect problems may be returned to the Candidate for correction, but in no case should the errors be pointed out by the Examiner, neither should any marks be made on the correct work of the problem, which would at once indicate how far or to what extent the work is correct. Should the problems be returned to the Examiner the second time incorrect, this would be a failure; and, as the time allowed is considered ample for working out the papers carefully, this rule is expected to be strictly observed.

100. At those ports where, from the large number of the Candidates, it may sometimes be found impossible to look over the work on the day of examination during the office hours, an hour in the morning on the following day may be allotted for the purpose of correcting the problems, but in no case should a Candidate have his problem returned to him for correction after he has made the second attempt.

101. The paper (Exn. 4a) is only for those candidates who present themselves for examination for the first time. It is intended not only to insure on the part of the Candidate a knowledge of the meaning of a variety of terms of great use to the Navigator respecting which much ignorance exists at present, but, at the same time, to test his handwriting and spelling.

102. In using this paper, the Examiner will place a mark against the numbers of the particular questions which he selects for answers, and not less than ten questions should be selected. The Candidate will then write against the questions so marked his definition of the terms in a clear and legible hand, so as to prevent the possibility of any letter being mistaken. Attention must be paid to the spelling and writing of all grades of Candidates.

The supplementary viva voce test should also be applied as usual.

103. In the questions on Deviation of the Compass (Exn. 7) the Examiner should indicate by a mark against at least twelve of the questions for answers, and those indicated must be correctly answered. The selected questions should be varied frequently, and no two Candidates should have precisely the same questions. The Candidate should be furnished with sheets of the blank ruled paper which is supplied for that purpose, with instructions that he is to write only on one side of the paper and to answer each of the questions against which a mark is placed in a clear and legible hand, and to commence each answer by writing down the number of the question to which it relates in the margin left for that purpose. The Candidate is to be tested by “Beall’s Compass Deviascope,” in which case it will not be necessary for him to give any written answer and sketches. A Candidate for an Extra Master’s Certificate will not be required to answer the questions on the Deviation of the Compass on Exn. 7, but will be examined by the Syllabus and “Compass Deviascope.”

104. In the viva voce examination a reasonable time should be allowed for the Candidate to give his answers. No assistance should be given or leading questions put.

105. Particular attention should be paid to the adjustments of the sextant, and the written answers should be given on the ruled paper in the same manner as the answers to the questions on Exn. 7, and the supplementary viva voce test applied as usual. Every Candidate should have a practical knowledge of what is known as the first three adjustments, and be able to read correctly off the arc, a supposed index error to be given by the Examiner as additive, as well as reading on the arc in the usual way.

106. All outstanding or minor corrections should appear in the margin of each problem paper; also on the chart papers Exn. 9 C and Exn. 9 D, and unless all these corrections appear on the papers of the Candidate they will not be considered complete.

107. In every case the Examination, whether for Only Mate, First Mate, Master, or Master Extra, is to commence with the problems for Second Mate.

108. 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.

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

Time allowed for Problems and Writings.

110. Candidates for Second Mates’ Certificates of Competency must complete the whole of their examination 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 correction 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 Candidates leaving the premises during that period.

111. Candidates for Only and First Mates’ Certificates must complete the whole of their Examination in Navigation in twelve and a half hours,* including the time allowed for the papers on the

*A Candidate (other than Second Mate) who may not previously have passed an examination may be allowed the time occupied in writing his definitions on Exn. 4a, in addition to the above.