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43. In the event of any Candidate being discovered 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, he will be regarded as having failed in his examination, and will be turned back for three months, in the same manner as if he had failed in the practical part of the examination; and no part of the fees he may have paid for examination will be returned to him. This penalty also applies to any breach of par. 41.

44. If a Candidate leaves the room before answering any question which has been given to him, he cannot afterwards be permitted to answer it, but the Examiner may substitute another data, or another question.

45. All applicants presenting themselves for examination will be required to give written answers to ten questions selected from Form Exn. 15a, “Elementary Questions for the first examinations of Engineers for certificates of competency, and of Masters and Mates for certificates in steam.” These questions are intended to furnish a record to some extent of the Candidate’s knowledge at the time of his examination, and also to induce the Candidates to pay more attention to their handwriting and spelling.

46. The Form Exn. 15b, on which these answers will be written, contains also some questions as to the experience of the applicant, to be answered by him in writing.

47. Examiners may add to their vivâ voce questions on the practical management of steam-engines and boilers any of those contained in Exn. 15a.

48. If at the expiration of the time allowed the Candidate has worked out and answered correctly the whole of the questions set to him, and given satisfactory answers in the vivâ voce examination, he will be declared to have passed.

49. If at the expiration of the time allowed he has not worked out the whole of the questions set to him, but if the result of the vivâ voce examination taken in connection with the answers to such of the questions as he has worked out are sufficient to satisfy the Examiner that the applicant is competent to take charge of engines of 100 nominal horse-power or upwards, he will be declared to have passed.

50. In other cases he will be declared to have failed.

51. A report of the Examination, and the Examination Papers, will be forwarded to the Marine Department on the Form (Exn. 15).

52. 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. 3. 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.

FAILURE.

53. If the applicant fails in practical knowledge he may not present himself for re-examination until he can produce proofs of THREE MONTHS’ further service at sea as Engineer from the date of failure. If he fails in arithmetic or drawing only, he may come up again at any time.

RULES FOR THE EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS FOR STEAMSHIPS PLYING WITHIN RESTRICTED LIMITS.

54. General.—Candidates for examination must make a proper application on a form which will be supplied on application at any Customhouse. This application, accompanied with the necessary testimonials, must be lodged at the Customhouse for delivery to the Examiners. Certificates procured on false information will be cancelled.

55. Engineer.—An engineer of a steamer plying within restricted limits must be twenty-one years of age, and must have been employed about the machinery or boilers of a steamer, or in driving machinery and having charge of the boiler of a land engine for at least one year. He must produce satisfactory testimonials of good conduct and sobriety. He must be able to read and write, and must understand the first five rules of arithmetic.

He must understand the use of the salinometer, and vacuum and steam gauges.

He must understand how to keep the boiler free from incrustation, and the method of regulating the density of the water in the boiler.

He must be able to state how a temporary repair could be effected in case of derangement to machinery or boiler.

He must pass a creditable examination as to the details of the different parts of an engine, and give an explanation of the use of each part.

He must be able to give a satisfactory description of the construction of the different kinds of boilers in general use in steamers plying within restricted limits, and must explain the use and management of the feed, safety-valve, brine-cocks, and all connections.

56. Fees.—The fee to be paid by the applicants for examination is £1, of which 10s. will be returned to any applicant who may fail to pass.

NOTE.—Time served in steamers plying within restricted limits does not count as service at sea for the purpose of obtaining a certificate of competency for a sea-going ship.

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th December, 1891.

THE following notices of elections of Members of Road Boards have been received at this office, and are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

Mainene Road District, County of Rodney:
Frederick John Clarke.
Oliver Heywood.
Lambert Heywood.
Robert Henderson.
William Ward, sen.

Whaingaroa Road District, County of Raglan:
Hugh Arthur Bishop.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 16th September, 1891.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1893, the period of literature will be the reign of Elizabeth, and the special books will be Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Macaulay’s Essays on Bacon and Walpole.

W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Education.