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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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certificate, an only or first mate will be required to show a knowledge of the following subjects :—
(a.) Shifting large spars, rigging shears, and taking lower masts in and out.
(b.) How to moor and unmoor ship, keep a clear anchor, and to carry out an anchor.
(c.) Management of a steamship in stormy weather.
(d.) How to rig purchases for getting heavy weights, anchors, machinery, &c., in and out.
(e.) How to dispose various kinds of cargo and weights in a stiff and in a tender vessel.
(f.) Ventilation of holds and the stowage of explosives.
(g.) Stowage of grain cargoes.
(h.) The effects of the screw-race upon the rudder; and the effect produced on the direction of the head of the ship by going ahead [astern] with a right- [left-] handed screw when the rudder is ported [starboarded]; also, the effect of twin screws under the same conditions, and when going ahead with one and reversing the other, &c.
(i.) How to rig a sea-anchor, and what means to employ to keep a steamer, with her machinery disabled, out of the trough of the sea, and to lessen her lee drift.
(j.) How to turn a steamship short round.
(k.) How to get a cast of the deep-sea lead in heavy weather.
(l.) Any other questions appertaining to the duties of a first mate of a steamship which the Examiner may think necessary to put to him.

Master, Steamships.

50. Master, Steamships.—The qualifications as to age and service are the same as for a master’s ordinary certificate for a foreign-going ship (see para. 37), excepting that the whole service may have been performed in steamships, and that no service in square-rigged vessels is required. (See also para. 161.)

51. Examination in Navigation.—The examination in navigation for a master’s certificate for foreign-going steamships will be precisely the same as that prescribed for an ordinary master’s certificate. (See para. 38.)

52. Examination in Seamanship.—In addition to the qualifications required for the grades of second and first mate, a master will be required to show a knowledge of the following subjects :—
    (a.) Construction of rafts and jury-rudders suitable for screw-steamships.
    (b.) The preservation of the ship’s crew in the event of wreck.
    (c.) Management of steamships in heavy weather.
    (d.) Rescuing the crew of a disabled ship.
    (e.) Steps to be taken when a vessel is on her beam-ends or disabled and on a lee shore.
    (f.) How to use steam appliances in the event of fire.
    (g.) Economy in coal-consumption.
    (h.) The best arrangement for towing vessels under different circumstances.
    (i.) Placing ship in dry dock, directing repairs, and the mode of procedure when putting into port in distress with damage to cargo and ship.
    (j.) Any other questions appertaining to the management of a steamship which the Examiner may think it necessary to put to him.

STEAMSHIP CERTIFICATES: HOW CHANGED.

53. A candidate possessing a certificate for foreign-going steamships, and desiring to be examined for an ordinary certificate, must prove that he has served at sea at least one year in a square-rigged sailing-vessel, unless he has previously held an ordinary certificate of a lower grade.

CERTIFICATES FOR HOME-TRADE SHIPS.

Second Mate, Home Trade.

54. Second Mate, Home Trade.—A candidate for a home-trade second mate’s certificate must be not less than eighteen years of age, and must have served three years at sea or in extended river limits.