JUNE 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1879

of this regulation will subject the offender to all the penalties of a failure, and he will not be allowed to present himself for re-examination for a period of three months.

Drawing-boards and T squares are, but instruments are not, provided.

63. Candidates for first-class certificates have to pass an examination in rough working-drawing, which may, in the candidate’s option, be either hand-sketches clearly dimensioned, and complete in the necessary views and sections, or drawings to a scale. Drawing-boards and T squares will be provided by the Examiners, but the applicants will have to bring with them any drawing-instruments they may require.

Candidates’ places.

64. Candidates should be so placed as to prevent one copying from another, and no communication whatever between the candidates should be allowed.

Penalty for copying.

65. In the event of any candidate being discovered referring to any book or paper or copying from another, or affording any assistance or giving any information to another, or communicating in any way with another during the time of examination, or copying any part of the problems for the purpose of taking them out of the examination-rooms, he will subject himself to all the penalties of a failure, and will not be allowed to be examined for a period of six months.

Leaving examination-room.

66. No candidate may leave the examination-room without permission, and without giving up the paper (if any) on which he is engaged. Under no circumstances will the same paper be returned to him, but the Examiner may substitute other data or another question.

Injury to books.

67. If a candidate defaces, blots, writes in, or otherwise injures any book or form belonging to the Marine Department, his papers will be retained until he has replaced the damaged book or document. He will not be allowed to remove the damaged book or document, and will be subjected to all the penalties of a failure.

Silence.

68. Perfect silence is to be preserved in the examination-room.

Penalty for breach of rules.

69. Any candidate violating any of the regulations, or being guilty of insolence to the Examiner, or of disorderly or improper conduct in or about the room, will render himself liable to the postponement of his examination, or, in the event of his having passed, to the detention of his certificate, for such period as the Marine Department may direct.

Order of examinations.

70. The examination of candidates for second-class certificates consists of three parts — arithmetic, elementary questions, and viva voce; and that of candidates for first-class certificates of four parts—arithmetic, drawing, elementary questions, and viva voce (see paragraphs 44 and 46).

Examination-papers.

71. The arithmetical questions for each examination will be sent from the office of the Chief Examiner of Engineers at Wellington to the different

Examiners. Envelopes containing examination-papers are on no account to be opened by any other person than the Examiner, and by him only at the commencement of the examination.

Arithmetic.

72. When the number of marks obtained in arithmetic amounts to 28—that is, two-thirds of the maximum—the candidate passes in arithmetic. If the marks obtained amount to 21 but not to 28, and if the applicant has had long sea experience, his testimonials should be taken into account, and his examination continued, if deemed advisable by the Examiner, and he may be passed or failed, having due regard to his practical knowledge and to whether he is being examined for third class, second class, or first class.

Drawing.

73. With regard to a candidate’s drawing, when the word “consider” is telegraphed instead of either of the words “fail” or “pass,” it must be understood to mean that the examination may be proceeded with so far as the candidate’s drawing is concerned, if his sea experience is considerably beyond what the regulations demand and his testimonials are exceptionally good.

Elementary questions.

74. All engineer applicants presenting themselves for examination will be required to give written answers to ten questions selected from “Elementary Questions,” shown in Appendix B. These questions are intended to furnish a record to some extent of the candidate’s knowledge at the time of his examination, and also to induce the candidates to pay more attention to their handwriting and spelling. Examiners will require all candidates to fill up a form Exn. 15B, and they will forward it to the Chief Examiner of Engineers with the report of the examination. The questions for first and second classes of engineers will be taken from the same series of elementary questions; and candidates for first-class certificates are expected to show their superiority by giving answers more complete than those of the other candidates.

Viva voce.

75. Having regard to the fact that when the verbal examination is held, the candidate has already passed in arithmetic and (if a first-class candidate) in drawing, and has also (in the first and second classes) written answers to the elementary questions, the Examiners will deal with practical rather than theoretical questions in this division of the examination; and no candidate should be failed without having been well cross-questioned on the points for which failure takes place.

Moreover, in cases where the Examiner approves of the elementary paper, but fails the candidate for lack of practical knowledge or for elementary, a written account of the points failed in must be forwarded to the Chief Examiner of Engineers with the elementary papers and the report (Exn. 15).

The elementary questions to be answered on form Exn. 15B are good starting-points in viva voce examinations. With the candidates’ written answers before the Examiner, the same question can be put in a way requiring an answer in another form. Each question may be developed into several, according to the circumstances of the case, e.g. :

(1.) What is made of? Of what parts does it consist?