Aug. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3079

No instructors will be allowed on the premises.

152. Candidates are prohibited from bringing into the examination-room books or papers of any kind whatever. The slightest infringement 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.

153. No candidate will be allowed to work out his problems on a slate or on waste-paper, or to write on the blotting-paper supplied for his use in the examination. Violation of this rule will subject the candidate to all the penalties of a failure.

A sheet of blotting-paper should be issued to each candidate with the first examination-paper, and it must be returned to the Examiner when the last paper is completed each day. The Examiner will be careful to see that the blotting-paper has not been used by the candidate in solving his problems, or for conveying information to other candidates.

154. All instruments necessary for use in the examinations are supplied by the Marine Department.

155. No candidate may leave the examination-room without permission, and without giving up the paper on which he is engaged. Under no circumstances will a candidate be allowed to leave the building while the examination is proceeding. Violation of this rule will subject the candidate to all the penalties of a failure.

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

157. 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.

158. 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.

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

160. 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, if he has passed, to the detention of his certificate for such period as the Marine Department may direct.

161. The envelopes containing the examination-papers when received from Wellington must on no account be opened by any other officer than the Examiner, and by him only at the commencement of the examination. Should the envelope containing the examination-papers appear to have been opened or in any way tampered with on its arrival from Wellington, the Examiner should, if he thinks it necessary, defer the examination until the following day, and telegraph immediately to the Principal Examiner in Wellington for a fresh set of papers. In the event of any case of this kind occurring, a full report of the circumstances, and of the steps taken in the matter, should be immediately forwarded to the Principal Examiner. After the envelopes have been opened, and until the examination-papers are again sealed up and despatched to Wellington, the Examiner is expected to take special precautions to preclude the possibility of any person having access to them. The responsibility of insuring that this is effectually done will rest with the Examiner. The

examination-papers of candidates must in all cases be sent to the Principal Examiner in Wellington for his approval, together with the report of the examination on the Form Exn. 14. The envelopes in which the examination-papers are returned to the Principal Examiner must be carefully sealed with the official seal at both the top and bottom, and this must be done under the eye of the Examiner.

162. The examination-papers should be issued to the candidates in half-sheets only, and one at a time. This will prevent a candidate from spreading out the sheets on the table so as to enable his neighbour to look over the problems. It will also enable the Examiner to look over and report upon the work on one half-sheet while the candidate is at work upon another. When the errors are not too numerous the incorrect problems may be returned to the candidate for correction, but in no case should the errors be pointed out by the Examiner, neither should any marks be made which would indicate how far or to what extent the work is incorrect. The incorrect problems are not to be returned to the candidate for correction a second time, and should more than one of the problems—or two, if the errors are only slight—be still incorrect, this would involve a failure. It must be understood, however, that the day’s work, latitude by meridian and ex-meridian altitude of sun and star, chronometer problem by sun and star, and the Sumner problem, must always be correct.

163. At those ports where, from the large number of candidates, it may sometimes be found impossible to look over the work on the day of examination during the office-hours, an hour in the morning of the following day may be allotted for the purpose of correcting the problems, but in no case should a candidate have his problem returned to him for correction after he has made the second attempt.

164. In the examination for extra certificates for foreign-going ships and for steamships the candidate will be required to complete the whole of his problems and other papers, which must not be returned to the candidate for correction, but will then be dealt with by the Examiner on the mark system. If the candidate does not obtain 85 per cent. of the total number of marks allotted for the papers he will be declared to have failed.

165. The examination will commence with not less than a quarter of an hour’s dictation to test handwriting and spelling. This, however, is only to be given to those candidates who present themselves for examination for the first time for a foreign-going certificate. The spelling must be reasonably and fairly good, and the writing clear and legible. The spelling and writing of all candidates must be satisfactory, and, in cases where there is any doubt about the ability of a candidate to spell correctly, he will be specially tested by dictation.

166. The paper of definitions is only for those candidates who present themselves for examination for the first time for a foreign-going certificate. In using this paper the Examiner will place a mark against the questions which he wishes to be answered, not less than ten questions being so selected. The candidate will then write against the questions so marked his definition of the terms in a clear and legible hand, so as to prevent the possibility of any letter being mistaken, and also draw a rough sketch or diagram opposite to each of the questions to which he has given written answers, in further illustration of its meaning. Viva voce questions will be asked on the answers given. (See par. 176.)

167. In the questions on the deviations of the compass, the Examiner will mark at least twelve of the questions, including the problems. The selected questions will be varied frequently, and no two candidates will have precisely the same questions. The candidate will be furnished with sheets of the blank ruled paper which is supplied for the purpose, with instructions that he is to