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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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the use of auxiliary appliances used with modern engines, such as condensers, different kinds of pumps, &c.; be able to explain and calculate indicator diagrams, and to correct and set slide-valves.

(12.) Be able to make an intelligible hand-sketch, or a working-drawing of some one or more of the principal parts 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.

31. 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.

SECOND-CLASS ENGINE-DRIVER. (COMPETENCY.)

32. This certificate entitles the holder to drive and have charge of any steam stationary engine (except a winding-engine) the area of cylinder or combined area of cylinders of which does not exceed 200 circular inches, and of its boilers, and of any steam-boiler to which no machinery is attached.

33. 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 a second-class engine-driver’s certificate.

34. An applicant for examination as a second-class engine-driver for taking charge of stationary engines must—

(1.) Be at least nineteen years of age.

(2.) Except where otherwise specially provided, send with his application form and fee testimonials signed by his employers (with copies of same), and such documents must state clearly and distinctly the class of engines and boilers the applicants have been in charge of, and the dates of beginning and ending of each particular service. The diameter of the cylinder or cylinders of the engines, and the horse-power of boilers, must also be clearly stated in such testimonials. When any 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.

(3.) Send with his application form and employers’ testimonials a certificate (with copy of same) 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 cheque) to the Chief Inspector of Machinery, Wellington.

(4.) Be able to read and write the English language.

(5.) Produce satisfactory proof of having assisted to drive an engine, or assisted in attending to a steam-boiler, in either case for at least six months, or having worked in a workshop or workshops where engines are made or repaired as an engineer apprentice or journeyman mechanic at similar work for at least two years.

(6.) Pass an oral examination, and be conversant with engines and boilers, the different parts and uses of same, including the feeding of a boiler and the running of an engine, the keeping of a boiler clean, and explain how he would overcome simple defects that might arise in the management of boilers and engines.

35. 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