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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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count as service at sea for the purpose of obtaining
a certificate of competency for a sea-going ship, with
the exception stated in paragraph 27.

112. Candidates for examination, when making
     their application on form Exn. 3, will be required
     to pay the examination fees before any step is taken
     whether by inquiry into their service or testing their
     qualifications, &c. If the candidate is found not to
     be qualified, the fee will be returned to him less any
     expense that may have been incurred.

113. The fee for examination must be sent to the
     Chief Examiner, at the office of the Chief Inspector
     of Machinery, Wellington, along with the application
     and testimonials, and must be in money or postal
     notes. In any case in which a candidate offers
     money to any officer other than the proper fee to the
     Chief Examiner, the candidate will be regarded as
     having committed an act of misconduct, and will be
     rejected and not allowed to be examined for twelve
     months, either at the port where the offence was
     committed, or at any other port.

114. The fees are as follow:—

Restricted-limits engineer’s certificate .. 0 10 0
Second-class engineer’s certificate .. 0 10 0
First-class engineer’s certificate .. .. 1 0 0

Failure.

115. If the applicant for a first-class, second-
     class, or restricted-limits engineer’s certificate fails,
     he may not present himself for re-examination for
     three months.

Rules as to Examinations.

116. The general rules as to conduct of examina-
     tions (paragraphs 60 to 79 herein) shall also apply
     to these examinations.

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APPENDICES.

(Reprinted from Board of Trade Regulations.)

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APPENDIX A.

FORM TO BE FILLED UP BY ALL CANDIDATES AT THE
COMMENCEMENT OF THE EXAMINATION.

Form 15b.

Port : . Class for which examined :
Date : . Candidate’s name : .

A. Where, and how long, did you serve in works
at the making or repairing of engines and boilers?

B. How long, and in what capacity, did you
serve in works on shore other than at the making
or repairing of engines and boilers?

C. How long have you served in the engine-room
at sea, and in what capacities?

D. With what descriptions of engines have you
served at sea? What sizes were the engines?

E. With what descriptions of boilers have you
served at sea?

F. What engine defects or defects to auxiliary
machinery have come under your notice? What
caused these defects, and how were they remedied?
Give the names of the steamers for verification.

G. What boiler defects have come under your
notice? What caused these defects, and how were
they remedied? Give the names of the steamers
for verification.

APPENDIX B.

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ELEMENTARY QUESTIONS.

1. What parts of an engine are generally made
   of wrought iron?

2. What parts of an engine are generally made
   of cast iron?

3. For what parts of an engine is steel sometimes
   used?

4. What parts of an engine are generally made
   of brass or gun-metal?

5. Where is “white metal” sometimes used?
   On account of what property possessed by it is it
   adopted? What objection is there to its more
   general use?

6. For what parts is muntz-metal sometimes used?
   Is it malleable? For what properties is it valued?

7. What difference is there in the composition of
   cast iron, of wrought iron, and of steel?

8. How can cast iron, wrought iron, and steel be
   distinguished from each other?

9. What are the different properties of cast iron,
   of wrought iron, and of steel?

10. What is meant by the terms “breaking-
    stress,” “proof-stress,” “safe-working stress”?

11. What is the cohesive strength, or breaking-
    stress, of good ordinary wrought iron?

12. Tempering steel: how is it done, and in what
    order do the colours come?

13. What is case-hardening?

14. Which of the common metals or alloys can be
    forged, and which of them are brittle or “short”?

15. What is meant by “welding”? Which of
    the common metals can be welded?

16. The expansion of metals by heat: give ex-
    amples of this in the engine and in the boiler.

17. In the construction of steel cylindrical marine
    boilers, for what parts have the plates to be worked
    hot? What precautionary treatment of these plates
    is afterwards necessary?

18. In what parts of cylindrical marine boilers
    is the strongest riveting employed? In which of the
    shell-seams is it most necessary?

19. What is “caulking,” and how are seams pre-
    pared for caulking?

20. Describe the different ways of fastening the
    ends of the main stays of a boiler. What are the
    merits of or objections to the different plans?

21. What stress per square inch is allowed on
    boiler-stays?

22. Describe a riveted stay, and state where such
    stays are commonly used.

23. Where are thin plates to be looked for in a
    boiler as it wears, and how is the thinness to be
    detected?

24. How are boiler-tubes fixed? What are “stay-
    tubes,” and how are they secured?

25. Where is it generally that boiler-tubes leak?
    How is this defect repaired? What are the causes
    of this leaking?

26. What are the causes of cracked tube-plates?
    Where are the cracks situated? How are they
    repaired?

27. What is the difference between a “dry up-
    take” and a “wet uptake”? Which requires
    most repair? Why? Where have you seen a wet
    uptake?

28. What is a superheater? What is its con-
    struction? What valves are on it? There is some-
    times a gauge-glass on it: what is that for? Are
    superheaters in general use?