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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 through-
out with the nearest minute of time. In com-
puting 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 suf-
ficiently 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 intelli-
    gent knowledge of the various subjects prescribed in the
    regulations.

63. The Examiner will therefore put a few vivâ voce ques-
    tions to the candidate as the papers are brought up for in-
    spection, 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 candi-
    date 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 ex-
    amination-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 de-
    facing, 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, how-
    ever, be at liberty to remove the damaged book, which will
    still remain the property of the department. We will further
    subject himself to all the penalties of a failure.

68. In the event of any candidate being discovered re-
    ferring to any book or paper, or copying from another, or
    affording any assistance or giving any information to mother,
    or communicating in any way with mother, 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 examina-
    tion-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 him-
    self 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 sea-
manship 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 1395a.

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.)