1326
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 87

that Candidates for Certificates of Competency are not only expected to give correct written answers, which may merely be learnt off by rote, but they are expected to possess an intelligent knowledge of the various subjects prescribed in the Regulations, particularly as regards the important subject of the Deviation of the Compass.

123. The Marine Department is of opinion that this result may be easily attained by the Examiner putting a few vivâ voce questions to the Candidate as the papers are brought up for inspection, or at any subsequent time if more convenient. The oral questions (suggested by the printed questions and the answers given) to be such that the Examiner may satisfy himself that the Candidate possesses a real knowledge of what he has written, and to be confined strictly to the subjects of the printed questions. Should the Candidate then exhibit ignorance of the subjects, the Examiner (who is in a position to judge of the real knowledge the man before him possesses) should deal with him at his discretion, notwithstanding that the Candidate may have written all the answers correctly by rote.

124. When an Examiner finds it necessary to fail a Candidate in this supplementary vivâ voce test, a memorandum containing the particulars of the points on which the Candidate was ignorant, i.e., the identical questions and the identical answers given, must in each case be attached to his examination papers, when forwarded in the usual course to the Marine Department, or the particulars may be set forth by the Examiner in the margins of the Candidate’s papers in red ink.

125. If the Candidate passes he will receive the Form Exn. 16, which authorises the Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Office to which it is addressed by the Examiner to issue the certificate to the Candidate, whose testimonials, &c., will be returned at the same time. It is therefore important that the port of destination of the Certificate should be the same on both the Form Exn. 16 and the Form Exn. 2. If circumstances should make any alteration necessary, the Examiner should see that it is made in both Forms, otherwise delay in the issue of the Certificate may be caused.

SPECIAL NOTICE TO CANDIDATES.

126. The attention of Candidates is specially called to the following Regulations:—

127. Candidates are required to appear at the examination room punctually at the time appointed by the Examiners.

128. Candidates are prohibited from bringing into the examination room books, paper, or memoranda of any kind whatever. The slightest infringement of this regulation will subject the offender to all the penalties of failure, and he will not be allowed to present himself for re-examination for a period of three months.

129. In the event of any Candidate being detected in defacing, blotting, writing in, or otherwise injuring any book or books belonging to the Marine Department, the papers of such Candidate will be detained until the book or books so defaced be replaced by him. He will not, however, be at liberty to remove the damaged book, which will still remain the property of the Marine Department.

130. In the event of any Candidate being discovered referring to any book or memoranda, copying from another, or affording any assistance, or giving any information to another, or communicating in any way with another, during the time of examination, or copying any part of the problems for the purpose of taking out of the examination rooms, he will subject himself to all the penalties of a failure, and he will not be allowed to be examined for a period of six months.

131. No Candidate will be allowed to work out his problems on a slate or on waste paper.

132. No Candidate will be permitted to leave the room until he has given up the paper on which he is engaged.

133. Candidates will find it more convenient, both here and at sea, to correct the declination and other elements from the Nautical Almanac by the “hourly differences” which have been given in that work in order to facilitate such calculations; they will thereby render themselves independent of any proportional or logarithmic table for such purpose.

134. The corrections by inspection from tables given in some of the works on navigation will not be allowed (see Tables IX., XI., and XXI. in Norie’s Epitome, &c.); every correction must appear on the papers of the Candidates.

135. Any Candidate who may be guilty of insolence to the Examiner or of other misconduct will render himself liable to the postponement of his examination, or, if he has passed, to the detention of his Certificate for such period as the Marine Department may direct.

MASTERS’ AND MATES’ VOLUNTARY EXAMINATIONS IN STEAM.

136. These examinations are limited to Masters and First or Only Mates who are possessed of or entitled to Certificates of Competency, and were provided for the purpose of giving them an opportunity of undergoing a voluntary examination as to their practical knowledge of the use and working of the steam-engine.

137. Any Master or Mate desiring to be examined in Steam must deliver to the Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Office a statement in writing to that effect, upon the Form of Application (Exn. 2), and the applicant’s Certificate of Competency must be delivered to the Superintendent along with his statement. If he is about to pass an examination for a Certificate of Competency at the same time, the applications should be sent in together.

138. A fee of one pound must be paid by the applicant for the examination in Steam, and the Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Office will thereupon inform him of the time and place at which he is to attend to be examined, and the examination will then and there proceed in the same manner as the other examinations. If the applicant fails, and has given in his Certificate, it will be at once returned to him.

139. If the applicant passes, the Report (Exn. 14) will be sent to the Marine Department, with the Certificate of Competency and the Form (Exn. 2), and the words “Passed in Steam,” with the date and place of examination, will then be entered on the Certificate and its counterpart, and the Certificate will be sent to the Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Office of the port named in the Application (Exn. 2) to be delivered to the applicant in the usual manner.

140. If the applicant fails he may not present himself for re-examination until the expiration of three months from the date of failure.

141. The examination is for the most part vivâ voce, and extends to a general knowledge of the practical use and working of the steam-engine, and of the various valves, fittings, and pieces of machinery connected with it. Intricate theoretical questions on calculations of horse-power or areas of cylinders and valves, or any of the more difficult questions which appertain to steam-engines