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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 133

(n.) The measurement and equipment of a ship’s lifeboats, and
number of persons allowed to be carried in each class of boat.
(o.) Testing of lifebuoys and lifebelts.
(p.) The screening of ship’s sidelights.
(q.) More advanced questions on the main part of a ship’s construction and general use.

36. First Mate, Ordinary: 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 para. 49.)

Master, Ordinary.

37. Master, Ordinary.—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 vessel, whilst holding a certificate not lower
    than an only mate’s certificate for foreign-going vessels:
    Provided that if this service as officer was not performed
    whilst holding a first mate’s certificate for foreign-going
    vessels the candidate will also be required to prove the
    officer’s service prescribed for that grade (para. 34).
    (b.) Or, he must have served six years at sea, of which one year
    and a half must have been in a capacity not lower than only
    mate of a home-trade or coasting vessel whilst holding a
    certificate not lower than an only mate’s certificate for
    foreign-going vessels: Provided that if this service as
    officer was not performed whilst holding a first mate’s
    certificate for foreign-going vessels the candidate will also
    be required to prove the officer’s service prescribed for that
    grade (para. 34).
    (c.) Or, he must have served six and a half years at sea, one year
    of which must have been in a capacity not lower than
    second mate of a foreign-going vessel whilst holding a first
    mate’s certificate for foreign-going vessels—provided that
    if this service as second mate was performed under an
    additional or auxiliary first mate it will only be accepted if
    a third and fourth mate were also carried; and one year
    and a half not lower than third or fourth mate of a foreign-going vessel in charge of a watch whilst holding a second
    mate’s certificate for foreign-going vessels (para. 6).
    (d.) Or, he must have served nine years at sea in the home or
    coasting trade, of which three years must have been as master,
    or one year as master and three years in a capacity not
    lower than that of mate: Provided that in either case he
    has served in such capacity for not less than one year with
    a second mate’s certificate for foreign-going vessels or a
    master’s certificate for home-trade ships,