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syllabus for only and first mate’s examination), an approximation only is required, and it will be sufficiently precise if the candidate works throughout with the nearest minute of time. In computing the approximate meridian altitude of a star, paragraph (g), working throughout with the nearest minute of arc will also be sufficiently close.

(f.) In interpolating for the correct deviation to be applied in solving the chart questions, it will usually be sufficient if the candidate works throughout with the nearest degree of deviation taken from the deviation card; and even in cases where the deviations may vary but little, the nearest half-degree used throughout will be sufficiently precise. It is not necessary that the candidate should waste his time in solving the course to odd minutes, as is sometimes done.

(g.) In calculating the correction to apply to soundings, the candidate is not required to work to the exact inch, as is sometimes done. It will be sufficient if he brings his answer within half a foot or so of a precise result.

(h.) In the lunar problem a difference of 3’ in the longitude from the correct answer as deduced by a rigorous method by spherical trigonometry will be allowed.

It must be clearly understood in reading the foregoing instructions as to the precision required, that they only apply when the work of the candidate is correct in principle.

Supplementary Vivâ Voce Examination on the Written Papers.

62. Candidates for certificates of competency are not only expected to give correct written answers to the questions set in the papers, but are also expected to possess an intelligent knowledge of the various subjects prescribed in the regulations.

63. The Examiner will therefore put a few vivâ voce questions to the candidate as the papers are brought up for inspection, or during the course of the examination. The questions, which will be based on the papers set, will be such that the Examiner may satisfy himself that the candidate possesses a real knowledge of what he has written.

64. When an Examiner finds it necessary to fail a candidate in this supplementary vivâ voce test, a statement to that effect will be made on the candidate’s examination papers before they are forwarded to the Principal Examiner in Wellington.

SPECIAL NOTICE TO CANDIDATES.

65. Candidates are required to appear at the examination-room punctually at the time appointed.

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

67. In the event of any candidate being detected in defacing, blotting, writing in, or otherwise injuring any book or books or any of the forms belonging to the department, the papers of such candidate will be detained until the book or books so defaced are replaced by him. He will not, however, be at liberty to remove the damaged book, which will still remain the property of the department. He will further subject himself to all the penalties of a failure.

68. In the event of any candidate being discovered referring to any book or paper, or 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 them out of the examination-rooms, he will subject himself to all the penalties of a failure, and will not be allowed to be examined for a period of six months.

69. No candidate will be allowed to work out his problems on a slate or on waste-paper, or to write on the blotting-paper supplied for his use in the examination. Violation of this rule will subject the candidate to all the penalties of a failure.

70. No candidate will be permitted to leave the examination-room without permission, and until he has given up the paper on which he is engaged. Violation of this rule will subject the candidate to all the penalties of a failure.

71. Candidates will find it more convenient, both during the examination 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; they will thereby render themselves independent of any proportional or logarithmic table for that purpose.

72. The corrections by inspection of tables given in some of the works on navigation—e.g., Tables IX., XI., and XXI. in Norie’s Epitome—will not be allowed; every correction must appear on the papers of the candidates.

73. Perfect silence is to be preserved in the examination-room.

74. Any candidate violating any of the regulations, or being guilty of insolence to the Examiner, or of disorderly or improper conduct in or about the room, 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.

VOLUNTARY EXAMINATION IN STEAM AND ELECTRICITY.

75. On and after the 1st January, 1898, candidates for the voluntary examination in steam will be required to show a practical knowledge of electricity as applied on board ship.

CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY AS MASTERS OF PLEASURE YACHTS.

76. Examination in Navigation.—On and after the 1st January, 1898, the examination in navigation will be the same as that prescribed for an ordinary master’s certificate, except that in the civil duties of a shipmaster the master of a yacht will only be expected to possess a knowledge of what he is required to do by the Imperial Merchant Shipping Act and the New Zealand Shipping and Seamen’s Acts.

Examination in Seamanship.—The examination in seamanship will remain as laid down in the Examination Regulations of the 6th December, 1894.

Approving and appointing a Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by “The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882,” I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do hereby approve and appoint the under-mentioned warehouse to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under bond, namely,—

Port of Timaru.

Portion of a brick building with iron roof and wooden floor, situate in Strathallan Street, on Section No. 33 of Rhodes Town, Timaru, with entrance from Strathallan Street, to be known as

BROWN’S BOND.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this ninth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

J. G. WARD,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner’s Order No. 543.]

Notice to Mariners, No. 12 of 1896.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 11th May, 1896.

THE following hydrographic notices, received from His Excellency the Naval Commander-in-Chief, Australian Station, are published for general information.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Marine.

AUSTRALIAN STATION.

“Orlando,” at Sydney,
2nd April, 1896.

(Hydrographic Notice No. 17.)

(1.) Cowes, Port Western.

The “Karrakatta” reports that Cowes Pier is incorrectly placed on Chart No. 1707; it is one-third of a mile west of the position shown on the chart.

There is a red buoy N. by W. ½ W., two and a half cables, from the end of the pier.

The Township of Cowes is to the southward and westward of the pier, and not as shown on the chart.

Charts affected, Nos. 1707 and 1695B.

Sailing directions—Australian Directory, Vol. i., page 366.
(“Karrakatta,” Note No. 1, 13th February, 1896; Office No. 474.)

(2.) Auckland, New Zealand.

The flagstaff formerly on Dépôt Point does not now exist. A flagstaff has, however, been put up in the Admiralty Ground, close to Calliope Dock. It is in front of a small cottage where the caretaker of the Admiralty Ground resides, and from it the following angles were taken to fix its position:—

Hospital, 26° 37′, Roman Catholic Church.
Resolution Point, 33° 20′, Hospital.
Scotch Church, 11° 31′, Chimney, Britomart Point.
Hobson’s Point, 64° 14′, Scotch Church.

Charts affected, Nos. 1970 and 1896.

Sailing directions—New Zealand, 1891, pages 48 and 49.
(“Orlando,” Note No. 2, 21st March, 1896; Office No. 474.)