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only such as has been performed at sea or in extended river limits for home-trade certificates.

123. Candidates whose service has been performed in capacities other than apprentice, midshipman, cadet, ordinary seaman, or able seaman -e.g., men who have served as carpenter, or sailmaker, or as cook in small vessels where cooking is only a part of a man’s duty—will be required to satisfy the Examiner or the Marine Department that they have during the whole time claimed performed deck-duties in addition to their own particular work, and that they have a good knowledge of seamanship. These facts may possibly be proved by the production of satisfactory certificates from the masters with whom the applicant has served; but such service will only be accepted as equivalent to two-thirds of the time served as ordinary deckhand. Failing satisfactory evidence, the applicant will be required to perform additional service in the capacity of seaman. Service as cook (under other conditions than the above), or as steward, or as purser will not be accepted..

124. Service performed exclusively in trawlers and other deep-sea fishing-vessels or in pilot-vessels will not qualify a candidate for examination. He must, in addition, prove the following service:-

(1.) For a foreign-going certificate, service for at least eighteen months in an ordinary trading-vessel in the foreign trade, or the equivalent period, twenty-seven months, in the home or coasting trade.

(2.) For a home-trade certificate service for at least twelve months in an ordinary trading-vessel in the foreign, home, or coasting trade.

125. Service in pleasure yachts will be accepted as qualifying service under the following conditions :—

(a.) It must in all cases be verified by satisfactory proofs, which must set forth clearly and in detail the nature and duration of the service claimed ; and it must be distinctly understood that only actual sea-service will be accepted, and that service in harbour or port is inadmissible.

(b.) Service in foreign-going yachts will be accepted in full ; and service performed within home-trade limits in sailing-yachts of not less than 50 tons net register, or in steam-yachts of not less than 80 tons gross register, will be accepted in the proportion stated in paragraph 95 ; but candidates must also show—(1) For a foreign-going certificate, service for at least eighteen months in an ordinary trading-vessel in the foreign trade, or for the equivalent period, twenty-seven months in an ordinary trading-vessel in the home or coasting trade; (2) for a home-trade certificate, service for at least twelve months in an ordinary trading-vessel in the foreign, home, or coasting trade.

(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 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.

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

127. Service in steam hopper-barges may, subject to the provisions of par. 129, be allowed to count towards qualifying a candidate for a second mate’s or mate’s certificate of competency for home-trade 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.

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

129. Service performed on rivers, no matter of what size, and service performed within restricted limits, will not be accepted, with the exception mentioned in note of par. 65.

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.

130. 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.

131. The whole of the time claimed under indentures of apprenticeship will be accepted as actual sea-service to qualify under par. 28 for second mate’s certificate, 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 had 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 the required