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g.) How to proceed when placing a ship in dry dock and directing repairs, and when putting into port in distress with damage to cargo and ship.

(h.) Any other question of a like nature appertaining to the management of a ship which the Examiner may think it necessary to ask.

(i.) Also questions on the additional subjects which are specified in the rules of examination for masters’ certificates of competency for foreign-going steamships.

Certificates for Foreign-going Fore-and-aft-rigged Vessels.

38. Certificates for the grades of master, first mate, only mate, and second mate of fore-and-aft-rigged vessels will be issued to candidates who have not complied with the regulation which requires them to have served at least one year in square-rigged sailing-vessels, or who prove in course of examination that they are ignorant of the management of square-rigged ships. In other respects the qualifications for examination for such certificates are the same as for ordinary certificates.

39. The examinations for the grades of second mate, only mate, first mate, and master of fore-and-aft-rigged vessels will be precisely the same as for the ordinary certificates, excepting that in seamanship a knowledge of the management of square-rigged vessels is not required.

40. A certificate for fore-and-aft-rigged vessels will not entitle the possessor to act in any case in which a certificate for square-rigged vessels is required. Amongst square-rigged vessels are classed full-rigged ships, barques, brigs, barquentines, brigantines, and steamships carrying square sails.

41. A candidate possessing a certificate for fore-and-aft-rigged vessels, and desiring to be examined for an ordinary certificate, must prove that he has served at sea at least one year in a square-rigged sailing-vessel, unless he has previously held an ordinary certificate of a lower grade.

Certificates for Foreign-going Steamships.

42. Certificates applying only to steamships are issued to candidates who are either unable to comply with the regulation which requires them to have passed one year in square-rigged sailing-vessels, or who prove in course of examination that they are ignorant of the management of square-rigged sailing-vessels. All the qualifying officers’ service prescribed for these certificates must have been performed in steamships.

These certificates will entitle the holders to go to sea as masters or mates of foreign-going steamships, but will not entitle them to go to sea as masters or mates of foreign-going sailing-ships.

There will be no distinction in these certificates between fore-and-aft-rigged steamships and square-rigged steamships.

43. SECOND MATE.—The qualifications as to age and service are the same as for an ordinary second mate’s certificate (see par. 28), excepting that no service in square-rigged sailing-vessels is required.

44. Examination in Navigation.—The examination in navigation for a second mate’s certificate for foreign-going steamships will be precisely the same as that prescribed for an ordinary second mate’s certificate.

45. Examination in Seamanship.—The candidate must understand and be able to give satisfactory answers on the following subjects:—

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

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

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

(d.) Seeing everything in readiness and clear for getting under way, and the precautions to be then observed with regard to engines, propeller, &c.

(e.) Management of a steamship when under canvas.

(f.) Management of a ship’s boat in heavy weather.

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

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

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

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

(k.) The construction, use, and action of the sluices, and of the water-ballast tanks.

(l.) Engine-room telegraph, &c.

(m.) Use and management of the rocket apparatus in the event of a vessel being stranded.

(n.) Any other questions of a like nature appertaining to the duties of the second mate of a steamship which the Examiner may think necessary to ask.

46. ONLY MATE.—The qualifications as to age and service are the same as for an only mate’s ordinary certificate (see par. 31), excepting that no service in square-rigged vessels is required.

47. FIRST MATE.—The qualifications as to age and service are the same as for a first mate’s ordinary certificate (see par. 32), excepting that the service required as officer must have been in steamships, and that no service in square-rigged vessels is required.

48. Examination in Navigation.—The examination in navigation for an only or first mate’s certificate for foreign-going steamships will be precisely the same as that prescribed for an ordinary first mate’s certificate. (See par. 33.)

49. Examination in Seamanship.—In addition to the qualifications required for a second mate’s certificate, an only or first mate will be required to show a knowledge of the following subjects:—

(a.) Shifting large spars; rigging shears; and taking lower masts in and out.

(b.) How to moor and unmoor ship; keep a clear anchor; and to carry out an anchor.

(c.) Management of a steamship in stormy weather.

(d.) How to rig purchases for getting heavy weights, anchors, machinery, &c., in and out.

(e.) How to dispose various kinds of cargo and weights, in a stiff and in a tender vessel.

(f.) Ventilation of holds, and the stowage of explosives.

(g.) The effects of the screw-race upon the rudder; and the effect produced on the direction of the head of the ship by going [ahead] [astern] with a [right] [left] handed screw when the rudder is [ported] [starboarded]; also, the effect of twin-screws under the same conditions, and when going ahead with one and reversing the other, &c., &c.

(h.) How to rig a sea-anchor, and what means to employ to keep a steamer, with her machinery disabled, out of the trough of the sea, and to lessen her lee drift.

(i.) How to turn a steamship short round.

(j.) How to get a cast of the deep-sea lead in heavy weather.

(k.) Any other questions of a like nature appertaining to the duties of a first mate of a steamship which the Examiner may think necessary to put to him.

50. MASTER.—The qualifications as to age and service are the same as for a master’s ordinary certificate for a foreign-going ship (see par. 35), excepting that the service required as officer must have been performed in steamships, and that no service in square-rigged vessels is required.

51. Examination in Navigation.—The examination in navigation for a master’s certificate for foreign-going steamships will be precisely the same as that prescribed for an ordinary master’s certificate. (See par. 36.)

52. Examination in Seamanship.—In addition to the qualifications required for the grades of second and first mate, a master will be required to show a knowledge of the following subjects:—

(a.) Construction of rafts and jury-rudders suitable for screw steamships.

(b.) The preservation of the ship’s crew in the event of wreck.

(c.) Management of steamships in heavy weather.

(d.) Rescuing the crew of a disabled ship.

(e.) Steps to be taken when a vessel is on her beam-ends, or disabled and on a lee shore.

(f.) How to use steam-appliances in the event of fire.

(g.) The best arrangement for towing vessels under different circumstances.

(h.) Placing ship in dry-dock; directing repairs; and the mode of procedure when putting into port in distress with damage to cargo and ship.

(i.) Any other questions of a like nature, appertaining to the management of a steamship, which the Examiner may think it necessary to put to him.

53. A candidate possessing a certificate for foreign-going steamships, and desiring to be examined for an ordinary certificate, must prove that he has served at sea at least one year in a square-rigged sailing-vessel, unless he has previously held an ordinary certificate of a lower grade.

Certificates for Home-trade Passenger-ships.

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

55. Examination in Navigation.—He must write a legible hand, and spell correctly, and understand the first five rules of arithmetic, both simple and compound. He must be able to take a bearing by compass, be conversant with the use of Mercator’s chart, and be able 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, and 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 must also pass an examination in the International Code of Signals.