1654
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 52

(d.) To compute the approximate meridian altitude of a star for
setting the sextant.
(e.) To find the latitude from the meridian altitude of a star.
(f.) To find the longitude by chronometer by altitude of a star.
(g.) To find the true azimuth of a star by Time Azimuth Tables,
and get the deviation therefrom.
(h.) To find the latitude by ex-meridian altitude of the sun or a star.
(i.) To find the line of position and the true bearing of the sun,
and the ship’s position, by Sumner’s method of projection.
(NOTE.—The candidate will be required to give a figure and ex-
planation for each problem worked, and to give a written explanation
of any of the terms used in navigation or nautical astronomy that
may be asked.)
(j.) To answer certain questions on meteorology.
He will be examined orally in the following subjects :—
(k.) How to keep a ship’s log-book.
(l.) How to calculate the capacity of a given bunker or hold.
(m.) How to calculate a freight and its commissions.
(n.) Measurement and equipment of ship’s lifeboats, and the numbe
of persons allowed to be carried in each class of boat.
(o.) Testing of lifebuoys and lifebelts.
(p.) Screening of ship’s sidelights.
(q.) More advanced questions on the main part of a ship’s construc-
tion 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 bow-
    sprit.
    (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.) Ventilation of holds and the stowage of explosives.
    (h.) 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 cer-
    tificates 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 be required to prove also 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

• See para. 161.