Dec. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1497

under 100 horse-power or in Home Trade Passen-
ger Steamships, which are not required by law to
carry a certificated Second Engineer, his service
may be accepted without reference to the vessel's
horse-power, provided he has been on the ship's
articles as Second Engineer, and produces certifi-
cates of discharge as Second Engineer for the
required period,

24. The Marine Department may see fit to allow
    an applicant who, in consequence of service abroad,
    has been unable to obtain a Second-class Certifi-
    cate, to be examined for a First-class Certificate,
    although he has not obtained a Certificate of the
    lower grade, provided he is able to satisfy them as
    to the satisfactory character of his services.

25. In such cases (par. 26) or in cases where the
    Candidate is already in possession of a Certificate
    of Service, should he fail to pass the examination
    for the higher grade, but passes the examination
    for the lower grade, he may receive a Certificate
    accordingly, but no part of the fee will be returned.

26. A Candidate who under the above regulation
    (par. 24) has been permitted to be examined for a
    First-class Certificate without first obtaining a
    Second-class Certificate of Competency or a Certi-
    ficate of Service, and who fails in his examination in
    practical knowledge, may not be re-examined for a
    Certificate of the higher grade until he has served
    12 months as Second Engineer with a Second-class
    Engineer's Certificate of Competency as required
    by the Regulations.

27. If the Candidate fails altogether, i.e., both in
    the examination for the lower as well as for the
    higher grade of Certificate (par. 24), he may be re-
    examined for a Second-class Certificate only, sub-
    ject to the usual regulations relating to failure.

28. It is provided by "The Shipping and Sea-
    men's Act, 1877" (sec. 132), 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 misdemeanor, 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.

29. These provisions will be strictly enforced by
    the Marine Department, and any Candidate for a
    Certificate of Competency as First or Second
    Engineer, who shall, for the purpose of obtaining
    any such Certificate, present to the Examiner any
    "application to be examined for a Certificate of
    Competency" (Exn. 3.), or statutory declaration
    containing any false or designedly inaccurate state-
    ment of service, and any other person who shall
    make or prepare, or assist in making or preparing,
    any such false or inaccurate statement, will be
    prosecuted.

30. If after a Candidate has passed his Exami-
    nation 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 are satisfied that the error in
    the calculation of his services did not occur through
    any fault or wilful misrepresentation on his part,
    the Certificate may be issued to him, or he may be
    allowed to go up for re-examination without pay-
    ment of further fee when he has performed the
    amount of service in which he was deficient, as the
    Marine Department may direct.

31. 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 between the fee paid by him for the
Superior Certificate and the fee payable for the
Inferior Certificate may be placed to his credit.

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

33. If any Certificate of Competency issued by
    the Marine Department which has been defaced so
    as 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 Super-
    intendent to the Secretary of the Marine Depart-
    ment, 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 discre-
    tion by the Superintendents of Mercantile Marine,
    so as not to interfere with any engagement for sea-
    service which the possessor of the injured Certifi-
    cate may have entered into.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY.

34. Second-class Engineer.—A Candidate for a
    Second-class Engineer's Certificate must be twenty-
    one years of age:

(a.) He must have served an apprenticeship to
an Engineer for three years at least,
and prove that during the period of his
apprenticeship he has been employed on
the making and repairing of engines; or, if
he has not served an apprenticeship, he
must prove that for not less than three
years he has been employed as a journey-
man mechanic in some factory or work-
shop* on the making or repairing of
engines.† In either case he must also
have served one year at sea in the Engine
Room as an Engineer on regular Watch in
the Foreign, Home, or Coasting Trade‡;
or

(b.) He must have served at least four years at
sea in the Engine Room as an Engineer
on regular Watch in the Foreign, Home,
or Coasting Trade.‡

(c.) He must be able to give a description of
boilers, and the methods of staying them,
together with the use and management of
the different valves, cocks, pipes, and con-
nections.

(d.) He must understand how to correct defects
from accident, decay, &c., and the means
of repairing such defects.

(e.) He must understand the use of the baro-
meter, thermometer, and salinometer, and
the principles on which they are con-
structed.

(f.) He must state the causes, effects, and usual
remedies for incrustation and corrosion.

(g.) He must be able to state how a temporary
or permanent repair could be effected in
case of derangement of a part of the
machinery, or total break down.

• No period of service in a drawing office can be allowed
  to count for more than six months workshop time.

† These may be either land or marine engines.

‡ See par. 16 as to service in Home or Coasting Trade,