June 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1451

Voluntary Examination in Steam. £ s. d.
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

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, mate’s, or second mate’s certificate for home-trade ships.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THE VARIOUS GRADES.

[NOTE.—These are shown in a tabular form in Appendix O.]

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 not less than 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. (See Appendix C and paragraph 166.)

(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 positions on the chart from cross-bearings of two objects, and from two bearings of the same or different objects, 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. (See Appendix G.)

He will be required to answer viva 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.) Dunning 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 the 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 steam-ships. (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-

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