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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 74

(d.) How to rig purchases for getting heavy weights,
anchors, machinery, &c., in or out.
(e.) Any other questions appertaining to the duties
of a mate of a home-trade vessel which the
Examiner may think necessary to ask.

65. MASTER.*—A candidate must not be less than
    twenty years of age, and have served five years at sea,
    or extended river limits, of which—
    (a.) One year must have been in a capacity not lower
    than that of only mate of a home-going or
    coasting vessel whilst holding a mate’s certifi-
    cate for home-trade ships or a second mate’s
    certificate for foreign-going vessels;
    (b.) Or, two years and a half must have been in a
    capacity not lower than second mate of a home-
    trade or coasting vessel in charge of a watch
    whilst holding a mate’s certificate for home-
    trade ships, or a second mate’s certificate for
    foreign-going vessels (see par. 128);
    (c.) Or, one year must have been as pilot with a
    first-class pilot’s certificate (see par. 124);
    (d.) Or, one year and a half must, whilst holding the
    requisite certificate, have been in a capacity not
    lower than that of second mate of a home-trade
    or coasting vessel which is required by law to
    carry a certified second mate;
    (e.) Or, one year must have been as master of a cargo-
    vessel plying in the home trade or extended
    river limits whilst holding a certificate of com-
    petency as master of a fishing-boat or cargo-
    vessel under 25 tons register;
    (f.) Or, one year must have been as master of a
    vessel of 50 tons register or upwards plying in
    the home trade or extended river limits whilst
    holding a certificate of service as master of a
    vessel of 50 tons register or upwards;
    (g.) Or, one year and a half must have been as master
    of a vessel plying in the home trade or extended
    river limits whilst holding a certificate of ser-
    vice as master of a vessel under 50 tons register.

66. Examination in Navigation.—In addition to the
    qualifications required of a mate of a home-trade ship,
    a master will also be required to work the following
    problems:—
    (a.) To find on a chart the course to steer by compass
    in order to counteract the effect of a given
    current, and to find the distance the ship will
    make good towards a given point in a certain
    time.
    (b.) 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, &c.
    (c.) To find by means of Table H, on page 85 of the
    “New Zealand Nautical Almanac” of 1910,
    or by same table on page 81 of the A, B, and
    C Azimuth Tables, the distance from an object
    when abeam by the distance run between the
    beam-bearing and any other bearing before or
    abaft the beam.
    (d.) To set the course when at a known distance from
    an object to pass any required distance from
    it by aid of the traverse table. (See example
    on page 86 of “New Zealand Nautical Al-
    manac,” 1910, or on page 81 of the A, B, and
    C Azimuth Tables.)
    (e.) To find the true bearing of the sun and deviation
    of the compass by time-azimuth tables.†
    (f.) To find the latitude by a meridian altitude of the
    sun.

• For convenience of calculation the service required is stated in
  a tabulated form in Appendix O.
  † The candidate will be allowed to use any tables that will solve
  the problem within half of a degree, the altitude of the heavenly
  body not being given,

(g.) To give written answers to certain practical
questions on the subject of the deviation of the
compass.
(h.) He will also be required to understand the use
of the sextant, to be able to observe with it, to
read off and on the arc, and to find the index
error by the horizon. (See also supplementary
viva voce test, paragraph 176.)

67. Examination in Seamanship.—In addition to the
    qualifications required for the grade of mate, a master
    will be required to show a knowledge of the following
    subjects:—
    (a.) How to act in the event of a fire breaking out in
    the ship.
    (b.) Rescuing the crew of a disabled ship.
    (c.) Management of steamships in heavy weather.
    (d.) Construction of rafts and jury-rudders suitable
    for screw-steamships.
    (e.) The preservation of the ship’s crew and passengers
    in the event of wreck.
    (f.) The best arrangement for towing vessels under
    different circumstances.
    (g.) The law as to the engagement, discharge, and
    management of the crew, and the entries to be
    made in the official log-book.
    (h.) Any other questions of a like nature appertaining
    to the duties of a master of a home-trade vessel
    which the Examiner may think necessary to
    ask.

Rules for the Examination of Masters, River-steamers.

68. General.—Candidates for examination must make
    a proper application, on a form which will be supplied
    on application at any mercantile marine office. This
    application, accompanied with the necessary testi-
    monials, must be lodged at the mercantile marine
    office for delivery to the Examiners. Certificates pro-
    cured on false information will be cancelled.

69. All candidates for certificates must pass the three
    sight tests previously mentioned.

70. Master.—A master of a river-steamer must be
    twenty-one years of age, and must have served at least
    one year at sea, or on board of a vessel plying within
    river or extended river limits. He must produce satis-
    factory testimonials of good conduct and sobriety. He
    must be able to read and write, and understand the
    five rules of arithmetic. He must understand the rules
    of the road as regards both steamers and sailing-vessels,
    their regulation lights, and fog and sound signals, In-
    ternational Code of Signals, Harbour Regulations, and
    the colonial bar and tidal signals.

NOTE.—Time served in steamers plying within river
and extended river limits does not count as service at
sea for the purpose of obtaining a certificate for a
sea-going ship, with the exception that service in the
extended river limits will count as qualifying for home-
trade and other New Zealand local certificates.

Rules for Examination for Certificate as Master of
Restricted-limits Sailing-ships over 5 Tons and up
to 25 Tons Register, carrying Passengers.

71. The general rules as to the conduct of examina-
    tions and for the examination of sight-tests contained
    in the foregoing regulations shall apply to these ex-
    aminations.

72. A candidate must be not less than twenty-one
    years of age, and have served four years at sea or in
    extended river limits, one year of which must have been
    served in a somewhat similar class of sailing-vessel.

73. Examination in Navigation.—He must be able to
    read and to write a legible hand, and understand the
    first five rules of arithmetic. He must be able to take
    a bearing by compass, be conversant with the use of
    Mercator’s chart, and be able to find, on a magnetic