JUNE 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1653

He will be examined orally in the following subjects :—
(l.) Morse and British movable semaphore alphabets, the International Code of Signals, and the Allied Signal Manual.
He will be required to attain a minimum speed of ten words a minute in semaphore, and six words a minute in Morse flashing and five words a minute in flag-waving.
(See Appendix D, page 58.)
(m.) Use and adjustments of the sextant, read off and on the arc, and the mode of finding the index error by both horizon and sun.
(n.) Construction, use, and principle of the barometer, thermometer, and hydrometer; also the use and care of a chronometer.
(o.) Weights and measures.
(p.) Markings, signs, and abbreviations on the Admiralty charts or plans.
(q.) General Notices published in the Board of Trade Summary of Notices to Mariners.
(r.) Elementary questions on the main parts of a ship's construction.

32. Examination in Seamanship.—He must understand and give satisfactory answers on the following subjects :—
    (a.) Standing and running rigging of ships.
    (b.) Bending, unbending, setting, reefing, taking in, and furling sail.
    (c.) Sending masts and yards up and down, &c
    (d.) Management of a ship when under canvas.
    (e.) Management of ship's boats in heavy weather.
    (f.) Dunnaging and stowing cargo, &c.
    (g.) Rule of the road as regards both steamers and sailing-vessels, their regulation lights, and fog and sound signals.
    (h.) Signals of distress, and the signals to be made by ships wanting a pilot, and the liabilities and penalties incurred by the misuse of these signals.
    (i.) Marking and the use of the lead and log lines, also care and use of sounding-machines and mechanical logs.
    (j.) Use and management of the rocket apparatus in the event of a vessel being stranded.
    (k.) Any questions appertaining to the duties of a second mate that the Examiner may think necessary to ask.
    (l.) Also questions on the additional subjects which are specified in the rules of examination for second mates' certificates of competency for foreign-going steamships. (See para. 45.)

Mate, Ordinary.

33. Only Mate, Ordinary.—A candidate must be not less than nineteen years of age, and have served five years at sea.

34. First Mate, Ordinary.—A candidate must be not less than nineteen years of age, and have served five years at sea, of which—
    (a.) One year must have been in a capacity not lower than fourth mate of a foreign-going vessel whilst holding a second mate's certificate for foreign-going vessels. If his service was as third or fourth mate proof will be required that he had during the whole year charge of a watch. (See para. 115.)
    (b.) Or, one year and a half must have been in a capacity not lower than only mate in a home-trade or coasting vessel whilst holding a second mate's certificate for foreign-going vessels or a mate's certificate for home-trade ships.
    (c.) Or, one year must have been as pilot, with a first-class pilot's certificate. (See para. 112.)

35. Mate, Ordinary : Examination in Navigation.—In addition to the work for the second mate's certificate, a candidate for the only or first mate's certificate will be required—
    (a.) To answer questions on right-angled spherical trigonometry.
    (b.) To compute the time at which a given star will be on the observer's meridian (occasionally by inspection).
    (c.) To determine what bright stars will be within a certain hour-angle from the observer's meridian, above the pole and above the horizon, at any given time ; also the hour-angle, east or west, of each of the stars, and whether they are to the north or south of the observer's zenith when passing the meridian.

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