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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

he may, under the same conditions as above, proceed with the examination for an extra certificate for steamships.

22. Candidates for examination, in making their application on Form Exn. 2, will be required to pay the examination-fee before any step is taken in the way of inquiring into their services or testing their qualifications. If the candidate is found not to be qualified the fee will either be returned to him, or placed to his credit until he is qualified.

23. The fee for examination must be paid to the Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Office. If a candidate offers a gratuity to any officer of the department, he will be regarded as having committed an act of misconduct, and will be rejected, and not allowed to be again examined for twelve months either at the port where the offence was committed or at any other port.

24. If a candidate fails to pass the examination half the fee will be returned to him.

25. The fees are as follow:—

For Foreign-going Ships.

£ s. d.
Second mate .. .. 1 0 0
First or only mate—
If previously possessing an inferior certificate, either granted by the Board of Trade, or by the Government of a British possession under Order in Council .. 0 10 0
If not .. 1 0 0
Master .. 2 0 0
Where a candidate is in possession of a certificate for fore-and-aft-rigged vessels, and requires an ordinary or a steamship certificate of the same grade; or where a candidate is in possession of a steamship certificate, and requires an ordinary certificate of the same grade .. Half the usual fee.
Master extra, if possessing an ordinary master’s certificate; or master extra for steamships, if possessing a master’s certificate for steamships; first attempt Nil.
Master extra, or master extra for steamships, for every subsequent attempt .. 1 0 0*
Where a candidate is in possession of a colonial certificate for foreign-going ships not granted under Order in Council, or of a provisional certificate of qualification, obtained after examination on board one of Her Majesty’s ships, for an Imperial certificate of same grade, for first attempt .. No fee.
Every subsequent attempt .. Usual fee.

For Home-trade Passenger-ships.

Mate .. 0 10 0
Master .. 1 0 0
Master of steamship in restricted limits.. 1 0 0

Voluntary Examination in Steam.

Any master or mate holding a certificate of any grade, whether for the foreign or home trade, or as master of his own pleasure yacht .. 1 0 0

Voluntary Examination in Compass Deviation.

Any master or mate holding a certificate of any grade, whether for the foreign or home trade, or as master of his own pleasure yacht .. 1 0 0

For Yachts.

Master .. 2 0 0
Master extra, if possessing a master’s certificate, first attempt .. Nil.
For every subsequent attempt .. 1 0 0

NOTE.—No abatement will be made in the fee charged to a candidate for a certificate for foreign-going ships in consequence of his possessing a master’s or mate’s certificate for home-trade passenger-ships.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THE VARIOUS GRADES.

Certificates for Foreign-going Ships, or Ordinary Certificates.

26. A candidate for an ordinary certificate of any grade who has not previously held an ordinary certificate of a lower grade must prove that he has served twelve months in the foreign trade, or eighteen months in the home or coasting trade, in a square-rigged sailing-vessel.

27. Ordinary certificates will entitle the holders to go to sea as mates or masters of any vessel, sailing or steam.

28. SECOND MATE.—A candidate must be not less than seventeen years of age, and must have served four years at sea.

29. Examination in Navigation.—A candidate for a second mate’s certificate will be required:—

(a.) To write a legible hand and spell correctly. This will be tested by a quarter of an hour’s dictation.

(b.) To write a short definition of various astronomical and other terms, and to draw a rough sketch or diagram to illustrate their meaning.

(c.) To show a competent knowledge of the first five rules of arithmetic and the use of logarithms.

(d.) To work a day’s work complete, correcting the courses for leeway, deviation, and variation.

(e.) To find the latitude by the meridian altitude of the sun.

(f.) To work any practical problem in parallel sailing.

(g.) To find the true course and distance from one given position to another by Mercator’s method; also the compass course, the variation and deviation being given.

(h.) To find the time of high water at a given port.

(i.) To find the true amplitude of the sun, and the error of the compass therefrom; also the deviation, the variation being given.

(j.) To find the longitude by chronometer from altitude of the sun by the usual methods, computing the daily rate of chronometer from errors observed when required; also, to find the true azimuth of the sun, and the error of the compass; and the deviation, the variation being given.

(k.) To find the true azimuth of the sun by the “time azimuth” tables; the error of the compass; also the deviation, the variation being given.

(l.) To find on either a “true” or “magnetic” chart* the course to steer, and the distance, from one given position to another; to find the ship’s position on the chart from cross-bearings of two objects—from two bearings of the same object, the course and distance run between taking the bearings being given, also the distance of the ship from the object at the time of taking the second bearing.

He will be required to answer vivâ voce questions on the following subjects:—

(m.) The use and adjustments of the sextant, read off and on the arc, and the mode of finding the index error by both horizon and sun.

(n.) The International Code of Signals.

(o.) The construction, use, and principle of the barometer, thermometer, and hydrometer.

(p.) Weights and measures.

30. Examination in Seamanship.—He must understand and give satisfactory answers on the following subjects:—

(a.) The standing and running rigging of ships.

(b.) Bending, unbending, setting, reefing, taking in, and furling sail.

(c.) Sending masts and yards up and down, &c.

(d.) Management of a ship when under canvas.

(e.) Management of ships’ boats in heavy weather.

(f.) Dunnaging and stowing cargo, &c.

(g.) The rule of the road as regards both steamers and sailing-vessels, their regulation lights, and fog- and sound-signals.

(h.) The signals of distress, and the signals to be made by ships wanting a pilot, and the liabilities and penalties incurred by the misuse of these signals.

(i.) The marking and use of the lead- and log-lines.

(j.) The use and management of the rocket apparatus in the event of a vessel being stranded.

(k.) Any questions of a like nature appertaining to the duties of a second mate that the Examiner may think necessary to ask.

(l.) Also questions on the additional subjects which are specified in the rules of examination for second mates’ certificates of competency for foreign-going steamships. (See par. 45.)

31. ONLY MATE.—A candidate must be not less than nineteen years of age, and have served five years at sea.

32. FIRST MATE.—A candidate must be not less than nineteen years of age, and have served five years at sea, of which—

(a.) One year must have been in a capacity not lower than fourth mate of a foreign-going vessel whilst holding a second mate’s certificate for foreign-going vessels;

*If the examination for the extra master’s certificate takes place at the same time as the examination for the ordinary master’s certificate the usual fee for the ordinary master’s certificate must be paid, though no fee will be charged for the extra master’s examination on the first attempt. On all subsequent attempts the fee of £1 will be charged for the extra master’s examination, in addition to any charge which may have been incurred through failure to pass the ordinary master’s examination. This rule as to fees also applies to the extra examinations for steamships and yachts.

• The terms “true” and “magnetic” are used throughout the regulations to indicate charts which have compasses engraved upon them showing the true or magnetic points of the compass respectively.