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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 23

Notice of the Laying-off of a Road through Block XV.,
Maungakaretu Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under
the authority of section 92 of “The Public Works Act,
1894,” that the road described in the Schedule hereto was,
in August, 1899, duly taken and laid off through the lands
specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the
Governor of the said colony, by warrant dated the 20th
March, 1899.

SCHEDULE.
MANGAPAPA ROAD.

As the said area is delineated upon the plan marked as
above mentioned, deposited in the District Office of the
Lands and Survey Department at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above
stated.
Dated this 18th day of March, 1900.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Regulations for Certificates of Engineers of Vessels propelled
by Oil, Gas, &c.

WHEREAS it is enacted by subsection (5) of section 3
of “The Shipping and Seamen’s Act Amendment
Act, 1899,” that the Minister may from time to time make
such regulations as he thinks fit for all or any of the matters
referred to in the said subsection :
And whereas it is desirable to make the following regulations relating to the engineers of vessels propelled by gas, oil,
fluid, electricity, or other mechanical power than steam :
Now, therefore, I, William Hall-Jones, the Minister
having Charge of the Marine Department, do hereby make
the following regulations relating to the engineers of such
vessels :—

REGULATIONS.

1. These regulations shall apply only to ships propelled
   by gas, oil, fluid, electricity, or other mechanical power than
   steam.

2. Every person who is not possessed of a valid certificate
   appropriate to his grade who suffers himself to be engaged or
   acts in contravention to the law, or who employs any person
   as engineer without ascertaining that he is at the time
   entitled to and possessed of a proper certificate, for each
   offence incurs a penalty not exceeding ten pounds: Provided that ships under 5 tons net register are exempted
   from carrying certificated engineers, and ships of between
   5 and 15 tons net register and plying within river limits are
   exempt from carrying certificated engineers if not more than
   twelve passengers are authorised to be carried.

3. The certificates of engineers for ships to which these
   regulations apply are of two descriptions—viz., certificates of
   competency and certificates of service; and of certificates
   of competency there are two grades for sea-going vessels—
   viz., first-class and second-class engineers’ certificates—and
   one grade for restricted limits. Of certificates of service
   there are two grades—viz., one for deep-water or home-trade
   limits and one for restricted limits.

4. Certificates of competency will be granted to those persons who pass the requisite examinations, and otherwise
   comply with the requisite conditions. For this purpose
   Examiners have been appointed, and arrangements have been
   made for holding the examinations at the following places
   and times, viz. :—
   At Auckland, during the first week in January, May,
   and September.
   At Wellington, during the first week in February, June,
   and October.
   At Christchurch, during the first week in March, July,
   and November.
   At Dunedin, during the first week in April, August, and
   December.
   The examination will commence on Monday in each case.
   Provided that, in case of emergency, the Examiners may
   examine candidates at other than the prescribed periods.

5. The application for examination is to be made on Form
   Exn. 3, which must be filled up and signed by the candidate.
   This form can be obtained at any Customhouse or office of
   an Inspector of Machinery.

6. The Form Exn. 3, properly filled in, and the candidate’s
   testimonials and discharges, must be forwarded to the
   Principal Examiner of Engineers, at the office of the Chief
   Inspector of Machinery, at Wellington, with an intimation of
   the place at which the candidate wishes to be examined.

7. When the application is filled up at a place other than
   Wellington, and it is a matter of urgency that the candidate
   should be examined before the Principal Examiner can
   notify the local Examiner, the candidate must present his
   application and other papers to the local Examiner, who, if
   they are correct, shall at once forward them to the Principal
   Examiner, and proceed with the examination of the candidate.

8. Applicants will be required to produce, in addition to
   the usual certificate of discharge, satisfactory testimonials as
   to sobriety, experience, ability, and general good conduct for
   at least the twelve months immediately preceding the date
   of application to be examined, and without producing them
   no person will be examined. If the service has been on
   shore, the testimonials must be signed by an employer; if at
   sea, by the master or chief engineer.

9. The testimonials of service of foreigners, which cannot
   be verified, must be confirmed either by the consul of the
   country to which the ship, workshop, or factory in which the
   candidate served belonged, or by some other recognised
   official authority of that country, or by the testimony of
   some credible person on the spot having personal knowledge
   of the facts required to be established. The production,
   however, of such proofs will not of necessity be deemed
   sufficient.
   Each case must be decided on its own merits; and if the
   sufficiency of proofs given appears to be at all doubtful, the
   point must be referred to the Principal Examiner.

10. Should any doubt exist as to the age of a candidate,
    he will be required to produce a certificate of birth or
    baptism.

11. Foreigners must prove to the satisfaction of Examiners
    that they can speak and write the English language sufficiently well to perform the duties required of them on board
    a British vessel.

12. Services which cannot be verified by proper entries in
    the articles of the ships in which the candidates have served
    cannot be counted.

Certificates of Service.

13. In no case shall a certificate of service be granted in
    respect of service performed after the 19th day of October,
    1899, nor unless the applicant has for at least twelve months
    previous to that date been in charge of the engine of a ship
    to which these regulations apply.
14. In the case of a service certificate for restricted limits,
    it shall be sufficient if the qualifying service has been performed within restricted limits.
15. In the case of a service certificate for other than restricted limits, the qualifying service must have been performed outside restricted limits.
16. In every case the qualifying service must be duly
    certified to by owners, giving dates, and must be accompanied with testimonials of sobriety and good conduct for
    at least twelve months prior to the date of application.

Qualifying Service required for Sea-going Engineers’
Competency Certificates.

17. For a second-class certificate of competency an applicant must have been employed as an apprentice at the
    making and repairing of engines for two years, or must
    have tended machinery for two years (not necessarily as an
    apprentice) in any factory or workshop, or been engaged at
    work of a similar nature, or been employed about the propelling machinery of a ship for two years, and if he obtains
    his certificate it will enable him to take charge of engines
    of which the collective horse-power does not exceed 60 brake
    horse-power.
18. An applicant for a first-class certificate must have not
    less than three years’ shop service at the making and repairing of engines, or at work of a similar nature, or have
    held a second-class competency certificate, and been employed on board a ship to which these regulations apply for
    one year, and have been in possession of a second-class certificate of competency for the whole of the time; and if he
    obtains his first-class certificate it will enable him to take
    charge of the engines of any ship to which these regulations
    apply.
19. An applicant for a certificate of competency within
    restricted limits shall not be required to show any qualifying
    service.
20. Service entered upon a ship’s articles as having been
    performed in the capacity of assistant engineer must be