1494
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 43

Officer's Service in Merchant Vessels.

ORDINARY CERTIFICATES FOR “FOREIGN-GOING” SHIPS—continued.

Master—continued

And in addition, unless the above service was performed with a first mate’s foreign-going certificate, he will also be required to prove one of the following services prescribed for that grade:

1 Third or fourth mate in foreign trade in charge of watch

Or

1½ Only mate in home or coasting trade

Or

1 Pilot with first-class pilot’s certificate

Or HE MUST HAVE SERVED Second mate in foreign trade

Provided that if this service as second mate was performed under an additional or auxiliary first mate, it will only be accepted if a third and fourth mate were also carried

And in addition

1¼ Third or fourth mate in foreign trade in charge of watch

Or HE MUST HAVE SERVED Master in home or coasting trade

Or

1 Master in home or coasting trade

And in addition

3 Mate in home or coasting trade

Extra master ... ... ... Same as master

CERTIFICATES FOR “FOREIGN” FORE-AND-AFT-RIGGED VESSELS.

Second mate
Only mate...
First mate...
Master ...

Same as for ordinary certificates; except that no service in square-rigged sailing vessels is required

CERTIFICATES FOR “FOREIGN-GOING” STEAMSHIPS.

Second mate
Only mate...
First mate...
Master ...
Extra master

Same as for foreign-going ships; except that the service as officer must have been performed in a steamship, and that no service in square-rigged sailing vessels is required.

CERTIFICATES FOR HOME-TRADE SHIPS.

Mate ... 19 4 ... No officer’s services required None.
Master ... 20 5 1 Only mate ... ... Mate (home trade), or second mate (foreign-going).

Or

2½ Second mate in charge of watch

Mate (home trade), or second mate (foreign-going).

Or

1 As pilot with first-class pilot’s certificate None.

*If all the service was in home or coasting trade.

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RIVER STEAMER CERTIFICATE.

Master ... 21 1 Deck hand None.

RESTRICTED-LIMITS SAILING-VESSEL UP TO 25 TONS.

Master ... 21 4 Deck hand None.

One year of which in a somewhat similar class of sailing-vessel.

FISHING-BOAT OR CARGO-VESSEL UP TO 25 TONS REGISTER.

Master ... 21 4 Deck hand. None.

One year in same class of vessel.

APPENDIX P.

LIST OF MARKS OBTAINABLE IN THE EXTRA EXAMINATIONS.

(a.) MARKS will be awarded according to the degree of precision with which a candidate does his work, no marks being given for any problem or work in which the candidate is wrong in principle.

(b.) An incorrect figure or incorrect formula will involve the loss of one-third of the marks allotted for the problem in question.

(c.) Marks, at the discretion of the Examiner, but not in any case to exceed fifty, will be given for orderly working and general method, &c.

(d.) Marks, at the discretion of the Examiner, but not in any case to exceed fifty, will be given for supplementary viva voce test on problems and written answers.

(e.) Thirty marks are allotted to each of the following “ordinary” problems. Only four will be set:—

Multiplication by logarithms.
Division by logarithms.
Day’s work.
Latitude by meridian altitude of sun.
Parallel sailing.
Mercator’s sailing.
Time of high water.
Amplitude by sun.
Longitude by chronometer and altitude azimuth by sun.
Time azimuth by sun.
Finding meridian passage of star.
Tables for finding stars’ meridian passage.
Meridian passage and altitude of planets.
Where meridian passage of planets can be found.
Finding name of stars near the meridian.
Maps, &c., for finding stars.
Computing approximate meridian altitude of star.
Latitude by meridian altitude of star.
Longitude by chronometer by a star.
Time azimuth by a star
Latitude by ex-meridian altitude of sun or star.
Sumner problem by sun.
Latitude by altitude of Polar Star.
Latitude by meridian altitude of moon.
Chart-paper Exn. 9c.
Chart-paper Exn. 9d.

(f.) The numbers opposite the following problems represent the full marks obtainable:—

Lunar problem by sun, star, or planet .. 50
Latitude by double altitudes, sun or star .. 30
Finding position, &c., by simultaneous altitudes of two stars .. .. .. 40
Error of chronometer with artificial horizon, &c. .. .. .. 25
Explanation in writing re great circle sailing 20
Showing great circle track, &c., by globe .. 40
Problem in great circle sailing .. .. 50
Drawing figure and giving trigonometrical ratios .. .. .. 25
Right-angled plane trigonometry (problem) .. 20
Oblique-angled plane trigonometry (problem) 25
Napier’s rules for circular parts .. .. 20
Right-angled spherical trigonometry (15 marks for each problem) .. .. 30
Compass syllabus (5 marks for each written answer, and 10 for each problem) .. 235
Constructing a Mercator’s chart .. .. 30
Law of storms .. .. .. 20
Orderly working and general method, &c. .. 50
Supplementary viva voce test on problems and written answers .. .. .. 50