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certificate for foreign-going vessels the candidate will be
required to prove also 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 be accepted only if
a third and fourth mate also were 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 seven and a half years at sea, two
years of which must have been in a capacity not lower than
third mate of a foreign-going vessel whilst holding a first
mate’s certificate for foreign-going vessels (he must prove
that he had only two officers over him besides the master),
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
(see para. 6).

(e.) 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 first 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.

38. Examination in Navigation. — A candidate for an ordinary
    master’s certificate will, in addition to the work prescribed for the
    grades of second and first mate that may be given to him by the
    Examiner, be required—

(a.) To write an essay on some technical subject.

(b.) To find the latitude by the altitude of the Polar Star at any
time.

(c.) To find the latitude by the meridian altitude of the moon.

(NOTE.—The candidate will be required to give a figure and ex-
planation for each problem worked, and give a written explanation
of any of the terms used in navigation or nautical astronomy that may
be asked.)

(d.) To find the magnetic bearing of any fixed object when at sea
or at anchor from bearings of the object taken with the ship’s
head on equidistant compass-points, and to compute the
deviation therefrom; to construct a deviation-curve upon
a Napier’s diagram which will be furnished by the Examiner,
and show that he understands its practical application;
to give satisfactory written and oral answers to certain
practical questions as to the effect of the ship’s iron upon
compasses, and the method of determining the deviation,
and to show how to compensate the deviation by magnets
and soft iron by the aid of Beall’s compass deviascope.

(e.) Questions on ship-construction and naval architecture, and a
few elementary questions on stability.

He will be required to answer viva voce questions on the following
subjects:—

(f.) Law as to the engagement, discharge, and management of the
crew, and the entries to be made in the official log-book.

(g.) How to prevent and check an outbreak of scurvy on board
ship.

(h.) Law as to load-line marks, and the entries and reports to
be made respecting them.

(i.) Invoices, charter-party, bills of lading, Lloyd’s agent, nature
of bottomry, bills of exchange, surveys, averages, &c.

(j.) Prevailing winds and currents of the globe.

(k.) Trade routes.

(l.) Tides.

39. Examination in Seamanship. — In addition to the qualifica-
    tions required for the grades of second and first mate, an ordinary
    master will be required to show a knowledge of the following subjects:—

(a.) Construction of jury-rudders for both wooden and iron vessels,
also rafts.

(b.) Preservation of the ship’s crew in the event of wreck.