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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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(given dimensions, and the stress per
square inch on crank- and tunnel-shafts
when the necessary data are furnished.
(h.) He must understand the construction of
steering-engines, evaporators, feed-filters, and feed-heaters.
(i.) He must understand the construction of
centrifugal, bucket, and plunger pumps,
and the principles on which they act.
(j.) He must be able to state how a temporary
or permanent repair could be effected
in case of derangement of a part of the
machinery or a total breakdown.
(k.) He must write a legible hand, and have a
good knowledge of arithmetic up to and
including vulgar and decimal fractions
and square and cube root, and their
application to questions about safety-valves, consumption of stores, and full
capacities of tanks, bunkers, &c.
(l.) He must be able to pass a creditable examination as to the various constructions of paddle and screw engines in
general use, as to the details of the
different working-parts, external and
internal, and the use of each part.
(m.) He must possess a creditable knowledge
of the prominent facts relating to combustion, heat, and steam.

Qualification of candidate for first-class engineer's certificate.

31. First-class Engineer.—A candidate for a first-class engineer's certificate must be twenty-two
    years of age.

32. In addition to the qualification required for a
    second-class engineer—

(a.) He must either possess or be entitled to
a first-class engineer's certificate of service; or, in the event of his not being
so possessed or entitled, he must have
served at sea for twelve months with a
second-class certificate of competency or
service, as senior engineer in charge of
a watch on the main engines or boilers
of a foreign-going steamship; or have
served at sea for eighteen months with
a second-class-certificate of competency
or service as first engineer of a home-trade steamer which requires a second-class certificated engineer, or two years
as second engineer of a home-trade
steamer with a second-class certificate
of competency or service, or two years
with a second-class certificate of competency or service as engineer in charge
of a watch on the main engines or
boilers of a home-trade steamer.

The Examiner should therefore be
satisfied that an applicant for a first-class engineer's certificate has not only
been in possession of a second-class
certificate for the period above stated,
but that he has actually served for such
periods in the engine-room at sea with
a second-class certificate in the capacities referred to, and that his name has
been entered in the articles of agreement accordingly.

(b.) He will be required to make an intelligible
hand-sketch, or a working-drawing of
some one or more of the principal parts
of a steam-engine; and to mark in,
without a copy, all the necessary dimensions in figures, so that the sketch
or drawing could be worked from.

(c.) He must also be able to take off and calculate indicator diagrams.
(d.) He must be able to calculate safety-valve
pressures, and the strength of the boiler
shell, stays, and riveting.
(e.) He must be able to state the general proportions borne by the principal parts of
the machinery to each other, and to
calculate the direct stress, the torsional
stress, and the bending stress in round
bars, and the direct stress and the
bending stress in rectangular bars, with
given loads.
(f.) He must be able to explain the method of
testing and altering the setting of the
slide-valves, and to sketch about what
difference any alteration in the slide-valve will make in the indicator diagram, and also the method of testing
the fairness of shafts, and of adjusting
them.
(g.) He must be conversant with surface condensation, superheating, and the working of steam expansively.
(h.) His knowledge of arithmetic must include
the mensuration of superficies and solids
and the extraction of the square root,
and the application of these rules to
questions relating to the power, duty,
and economy of engines and boilers,
and to the stresses in rods, shafts, and
levers of the engine.
(i.) He must understand the construction of,
and be able to maintain in working condition, the auxiliary machinery which is
placed under his charge—viz., refrigerating machinery, electric-light engines and
dynamos, electric motors fitted to ships’
boats, hydraulic machinery, and the
various descriptions of steering-engines, &c.

FEES.

Fees to be paid by applicants for examination. S. 133.

33. Candidates for examination, in making their
    application on Form Exn. 3, will be required to
    pay the examination-fees before any step is taken,
    whether by inquiring into their services or testing
    their qualifications, &c. If the candidate is found
    not to be qualified for examination, the fee will be
    returned to him, less any expenses that have been
    incurred.

34. The fee for examination must be sent to the
    Principal Examiner along with the application, and
    must be in money or postal notes. In any case in
    which the candidate offers money to any officer
    other than the proper fee to the Principal Examiner,
    the candidate so offering money will be deemed to
    have committed an act of misconduct, and will be
    rejected, and not allowed to be examined for twelve
    months, either at the port where the offence was
    committed or at any other port.

35. The fees are as follows:—

Third-class engineer's certificate ... £ s. d.
Second-class engineer's certificate ... 1 0 0
First-class engineer's certificate ... 2 0 0
First-class engineer's certificate, if already in possession of a second-class certificate of competency, either granted by the Board of Trade or by the Government of a British possession, and recognised by the Board of Trade as valid in the United Kingdom 1 0 0