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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 37

25. It is provided by section 19 of “The Inspection of Machinery Amendment Act, 1908,” that every applicant for examination shall be a British subject, and shall satisfy the Board that he can speak and write the English language sufficiently to be able to perform the duties he is required to perform as the holder of an extra first-class engineer’s certificate.

26. An applicant for examination as an extra first-class engineer for taking charge of stationary engines must—
    (1.) Be at least twenty-one years of age.
    (2.) Be the holder of a first-class stationary-engine driver’s certificate.
    (3.) Produce satisfactory proof of having worked as an apprentice engineer for at least five years in a workshop or workshops where engines are manufactured or repaired, or where work of a similar character is performed.
    (4.) Send with his application form and employers’ testimonials, with copy of same, a certificate of sobriety and good conduct for a period of at least twelve months immediately preceding the date of application, and forward fee of £1 by postal note, money-order, or cash (not by stamps or cheques) to the Chief Inspector of Machinery, Wellington.

In case where an applicant is unable, from any sufficient cause, to produce employers’ testimonials, a statutory declaration verifying the facts may be accepted by the Board of Examiners.

(5.) Be proficient in the measurement of superficies and solids, and the extraction of square and cube roots.
(6.) Give a correct description of any class of stationary engine, including turbines, and of all classes of stationary boilers used on land, and be able to calculate the strength of any part of such engine and boiler, and understand their construction.
(7.) Describe and be conversant with the construction of electric motors, dynamos, freezing machinery, economizers, feed-filters, feed-heaters, evaporators, also forced and induced draught as applied to boilers.
(8.) Show clearly how defects in engines and boilers, either from natural decay or corrosion, should be remedied.
(9.) Possess a creditable knowledge of the prominent facts relating to combustion, heat, and temperature problems.
(10.) Be able to calculate indicator cards, and draw proper conclusions from cards to be given to him by the Examiner, and answer questions relative to the adjustment of slide-valves and eccentrics.
(11.) Work out lever, dead-weight, spring balance, and direct spring safety-valves, and calculate the size of steel, &c., in the latter case.
(12.) Work out questions relative to strength of copper, cast-iron, or steel pipes, strength of shafting, and questions generally that may arise regarding strength of parts of machinery that he might be called upon to take charge of in the event of his becoming an extra first-class engineer.
(13.) Be able to make a hand-sketch or a working-drawing, without a copy, of any part of an engine or boiler, and to mark in, without a copy, all the necessary dimensions in figures so that the sketch or drawing could be worked from.

27. Examinations will be held on the first week-day (or following days if necessary to complete examination) of February, May, August, and November, in the Inspector of Machinery’s offices at Auckland, Hamilton, Wanganui, Napier, Palmerston North, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Timaru, Dunedin, and Invercargill, or such other times and places as may be necessary; and all applications must be lodged with the Chief Inspector of Machinery, Wellington, twenty-one days before the date of examination.

FIRST-CLASS ENGINE-DRIVER. (COMPETENCY.)

28. This certificate entitles the holder to drive and have charge of any steam stationary engine and boiler, except a winding-engine.

29. It is provided by section 19 of “The Inspection of Machinery Amendment Act, 1908,” that every applicant for examination shall be a British subject, and shall satisfy the Board that he can speak and write the English language sufficiently to be able to perform the