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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 74

(e.) Management of ship’s boats in heavy weather.
(f.) Dunnaging and stowing cargo, &c.
(g.) The rule of the road as regards both steamers and sailing-vessels, their regulation lights, and fog and sound signals.
(h.) The signals of distress, and the signals to be made by ships wanting a pilot, and the liabilities and penalties incurred by the misuse of these signals.
(i.) The marking and the use of the lead and log lines.
(j.) The use and management of the rocket apparatus in the event of a vessel being stranded.
(k.) Any questions of a like nature appertaining to the duties of a second mate that the Examiner may think necessary to ask.
(l.) Also questions on the additional subjects which are specified in the rules of examination for second mates’ certificates of competency for foreign-going steamships. (See par. 45.)

35. ONLY MATE.—A candidate must be not less than nineteen years of age, and have served five years at sea.

36. FIRST MATE.—A candidate must be not less than nineteen years of age, and have served five years at sea, of which—
    (a.) One year must have been in a capacity not lower than fourth mate of a foreign-going vessel whilst holding a second mate’s certificate for foreign-going vessels;
    If his service was as third or fourth mate, proof will be required that he had during the whole year charge of a watch. (See par. 128.)
    (b.) Or, one year and a half must have been in a capacity not lower than only mate in a home-trade or coasting vessel whilst holding a second mate’s certificate for foreign-going vessels, or a mate’s certificate for home-trade ships;
    (c.) Or, one year must have been as pilot, with a first-class pilot’s certificate. (See par. 124.)

37. Examination in Navigation.—A candidate for an only or first mate’s certificate will be required:—
    (a.) To work out any three of the nautical problems prescribed for the second mate’s examination which may be given him by the Examiner, in addition to the chart paper (l) and the oral subjects (m, n, o, p) prescribed for that grade.
    (b.) To compute the time at which a given star will be on the observer’s meridian. [Occasionally by inspection.]
    (c.) To describe where tables giving the names of the principal stars passing the meridian may be found.
    (d.) To describe where the meridian passage of the principal planets may be found.
    (e.) To determine what bright stars will be within an hour, or more, of the observer’s meridian, above the pole and above the horizon, at any given time; also the hour, angle, east or west, of each of the stars, and whether to the north or south of the observer’s zenith when passing the meridian.
    (f.) To describe any maps or diagrams which the candidate knows and prefers for further facilitating the recognition of the stars and planets.
    (g.) To compute the approximate meridian altitude of one of the stars just found for setting the sextant.
    (h.) To find the latitude from the meridian altitude of the same star.
    (i.) To find the longitude by chronometer by altitude of a star.
    (j.) To find the true azimuth of a star by the “time azimuth” tables, and get the deviation therefrom.
    (k.) To find the latitude by ex-meridian altitude of the sun or a star.

(l.) To find the line of position and the true bearing of the sun, and the ship’s position, by Sumner’s method by projection.
(m.) To answer certain questions relative to cyclones, or revolving storms. (See Appendix H.)
(n.) To find on a chart or plan the course to steer by compass in order to counteract the effect of a given current, and find the distance the ship will make good towards a given point in a given time; to fix a ship’s position on a chart or plan by horizontal sextant angles, using a station pointer; and to work out practically the correction to apply to soundings taken at a given time and place to compare with the depth marked on the chart. (See Appendix G.)

He will be examined orally in the following subjects:—
(o.) How to keep a ship’s log-book.
(p.) How to calculate the capacity of a given bunker or hold.
(q.) How to calculate a freight and its commissions.
(r.) The measurement and equipment of ship’s life-boats, and number of persons allowed to be carried in each class of boat.
(s.) Testing of life-buoys and life-belts.
(t.) The screening of ship’s side lights.

38. Examination in Seamanship.—In addition to the qualifications required for a second mate’s certificate, an only or first mate will be required to show a knowledge of the following subjects:—
    (a.) Shifting large spars, rigging shears, taking lower masts in and out.
    (b.) How to moor and unmoor ship; to keep a clear anchor; and to carry out an anchor.
    (c.) How to manage a ship in stormy weather, and to cast a ship on a lee shore.
    (d.) How to secure the masts in the event of accident to the bowsprit.
    (e.) How to rig purchases for getting heavy weights, anchors, machinery, &c., in or out.
    (f.) How to dispose various kinds of cargo and weights in a stiff and in a tender vessel.
    (g.) The ventilation of holds, and the stowage of explosives.
    (h.) The stowage of grain cargoes.
    (i.) How to rig a sea-anchor, and what means to employ to keep a vessel, disabled or unmanageable, out of the trough of the sea, and lessen her lee drift.
    (j.) How to get a cast of the deep-sea lead in heavy weather.
    (k.) Accidents, and how to deal with them.
    (l.) Any other questions appertaining to the duties of an only or first mate which the Examiner may think necessary to ask.
    (m.) Also questions on the additional subjects which are specified in the rules of examination for only and first mate’s certificates of competency for foreign-going steamships. (See par. 54.)

39. MASTER.—A candidate must be not less than twenty-one years of age, and—
    (a.) He must have served six years at sea, of which one year must have been in a capacity not lower than only mate* of a foreign-going

• In every case where a candidate for a master’s certificate of competency claims service as second mate he should be requested to make a declaration in Division G of Exn. 2 to the effect that during his service as second mate he had only one officer over him, or, if more than one, that a third and fourth mate were also carried. If the service claimed is as auxiliary second mate the candidate should be required to state the number of officers serving in a junior capacity. Also, a candidate with first mate’s service should make a declaration that he was the senior officer under the master, or, if not, he must comply with par. 128, as it has been found that in some cases the second mate has been signed on the articles as first mate, the proper first mate being called “chief officer” simply for examination purposes.