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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

(c.) Service within home-trade limits in sailing-yachts of 20 tons net register, or in steam-yachts of 40 tons gross register, will be accepted towards qualifying a candidate for a foreign-going certificate as equivalent to half the same time served in the foreign trade; but no amount of such service shall count as more than two years’ service in the foreign trade, and no such service shall count as officers’ service to qualify candidates for foreign-going certificates.

(d.) Service within home-trade limits in sailing-yachts of not less than 20 tons net register, or in steam-yachts of not less than 40 tons gross register, will be accepted at the ordinary rate as qualifying service for home-trade passenger-ship certificates; but candidates must prove that they have in addition served for at least twelve months in an ordinary trading-vessel in the foreign, home, or coasting trade.

(e.) Service within home-trade limits in sailing-yachts of less than 20 tons net register, or in steam-yachts of less than 40 tons gross register, will not be accepted as qualifying service for any class of certificate.

111. Service performed in tugs employed outside partially smooth-water limits may be accepted as sea-service for the purpose of qualifying a candidate for a mate’s or master’s certificate for home-trade passenger-ships.

112. Service in steam hopper-barges may, subject to the provisions of par. 114, be allowed to count towards qualifying a candidate for a mate’s certificate of competency for home-trade passenger-ships, provided the candidate can prove at least two years’ service in an ordinary trading-vessel in either the home, coasting, or foreign trade. Service in these steam-hoppers will not be accepted as officer’s service towards qualifying a candidate for a master’s certificate.

113. Service in lightships or in an engine-room will not be accepted as sea-service.

114. Service performed on rivers, no matter of what size, and service performed within restricted limits, will not be accepted.

Where any doubt whatever exists on this point, the candidate will be required to produce a certificate from the master or owner of the vessel in which the service was performed, before the service can be accepted.

115. Half the time served on board a training-ship will be allowed to count as service at sea up to a limit of one year (i.e., no length of service will be allowed to count as more than one year at sea), provided that the candidate can produce a certificate from the committee that he has conducted himself creditably, and passed a good examination in seamanship, so far as it is practised in the training-ship, as well as in other matters down to the time of his leaving the ship; but this service will not be regarded as equivalent to service in square-rigged vessels.

116. The whole of the time claimed under indentures of apprenticeship will be accepted as actual sea-service, provided—(a) that the indentures have not been cancelled through some fault of the candidate, but are indorsed by the owner or master to whom he was bound to the effect that he has performed his service faithfully during the time he remained as apprentice; and (b) that the candidate has served at sea four-fifths of the time claimed—that is to say, has not spent more than one-fifth of the time in home ports.

In cases where an apprentice is qualified for examination before the expiration of his indentures—e.g., where he has had training-ship or other sea-service prior to being bound, which, together with his actual time as apprentice, makes up four years, or where his indentures are for a period of more than four years—a letter from the owner or master will be accepted in place of the indorsement referred to above.

In the event of the candidate being short of the required four-fifths of the time claimed as apprentice he will be required to show sufficient additional sea-service, either as seaman or junior officer, to make up the four-fifths of the time claimed.

117. The whole of the time served as midshipman or cadet will also be accepted as actual sea-service, though the candidate may not have been bound by indentures, provided the service has been continuous, and that four-fifths of the time claimed as midshipman or cadet has been served.

SERVICE IN THE ROYAL NAVY, AND SERVICE IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE.

118. Officers of the Royal navy who wish to be examined for certificates of competency in the mercantile marine will be required to prove the following service; and if an officer wishes to obtain the ordinary certificate for foreign-going ships he must prove that at least twelve months of this required period was served under sail alone:—

(i.) For second mate: The officer must prove four years’ service at sea, or that he has attained the rank of acting sub-lieutenant.

(ii.) For only mate: Five years’ service at sea.

(iii.) For first mate or master: The officer must prove that he has attained the rank of sub-lieutenant.

119. Officers of the Royal Naval Reserve who perform sea-service on board Her Majesty’s ships in the capacity of lieutenant or sub-lieutenant will be allowed to count such service as if it had been performed on foreign-going merchant ships, and the service will rank according to the certificate of competency held by the candidate at the time.

120. If accompanied by a good report, half the time spent in drill in the Royal Naval Reserve, and in harbour ships of the Royal or colonial navies, will be allowed to count as sea-service, subject to the limit that no such service must amount to more than one-fourth of the time required for the particular grade of certificate applied for.

CONDUCT OF THE EXAMINATIONS.

121. The examinations will commence early in the forenoon, and will be continued from day to day until all the candidates whose names appear upon the list are examined.

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

123. Before commencing the examination, the tables or desks must be cleared of all scraps of paper or books that are not used in the examination, and care should be taken that the candidates do not bring into the examination-room any book or paper.

124. No person will be allowed in the room during the examination other than those whose duties require them to be present.

No instructors will be allowed on the premises.

125. 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.

126. 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.

A sheet of blotting-paper should be issued to each candidate with the first examination-paper, and it must be returned to the Examiner when the last paper is completed each day. The Examiner will be careful to see that the blotting-paper has not been used by the candidate in solving his problems, or for conveying information to other candidates.

127. All instruments necessary for use in the examinations are supplied by the Marine Department.

128. No candidate may leave the examination-room without permission, and without giving up the paper on which he is engaged. Under no circumstances will a candidate be allowed to leave the building while the examination is proceeding. Violation of this rule will subject the candidate to all the penalties of a failure.

129. Candidates should be so placed as to prevent one copying from the other, and no communication whatever between the candidates should be allowed.

130. 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.

131. If a candidate defaces, blots, writes in, or otherwise injures any book or form belonging to the Marine Department, his papers will be retained until he has replaced the damaged book or document. He will not be allowed to remove the damaged book or document, and will be subjected to all the penalties of a failure.

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

133. 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.

134. The envelopes containing the examination-papers when received from Wellington must on no account be opened by any other officer than the Examiner, and by him only at the commencement of the examination. Should the envelope containing the examination-papers appear to have been opened or in any way tampered with on its arrival from Wellington, the Examiner should, if he thinks it necessary, defer the examination until the following day, and telegraph immediately to the Principal Examiner in Wellington for a