1656
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
{No. 52

(c.) Management of ship in heavy weather.
(d.) Rescuing the crew of a disabled vessel.
(e.) Steps to be taken when a ship is on her beam-ends, or in any danger or difficulty, or disabled or unmanageable and on a lee shore.
(f.) Heaving a keel out.
(g.) How to proceed when placing a ship in dry dock and directing repairs, and when putting into port in distress with damage to cargo and ship.
(h.) Any other question appertaining to the management of a ship which the Examiner may think it necessary to ask.
(i.) Also questions on the additional subjects which are specified in the rules of examination for masters’ certificates of competency for foreign-going steamships. (See para. 52.)

SPECIAL REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE EXAMINATION OF MASTERS AND MATES, TO APPLY ONLY WHERE THE CANDIDATE HAS SERVED AN APPRENTICESHIP IN AN APPROVED SEAGOING TRAINING-SHIP WITH A VIEW TO PROMOTION IN THE SERVICE OF THE COMPANY TO WHICH THE TRAINING-SHIP IS ATTACHED.

40. (1.) Recognition of Service on the Training-ship as qualifying for Examination for a Certificate as Second Mate.—The training-ship must be a seagoing, cargo-carrying, square-rigged sailing-vessel, and the course of study and practical training which the cadet receives must be approved by the Board of Trade or the Marine Department.

At the end of four years’ service in the training-ship the cadet will be qualified for examination for a certificate as second mate, provided (i) he can produce a testimonial to the effect that both his conduct and his ability have given satisfaction during the whole period, and (ii) that he has served at sea for not less than four-fifths of the time—that is to say, has not spent more than one-fifth of the time in home ports.

If the cadet has served previously for two years in either the “Conway,” “Worcester,” or “Amokura” training-ships, this time will be allowed to count as one year’s qualifying-service (cf. para. 128), and he will be required to serve for three years only in the company’s training-ship before he can be allowed up for examination for a certificate as second mate (ordinary).

(2.) Recognition of Service as Junior Officer as qualifying for Examination for a Certificate as First Mate.—A candidate who has served for four (or three) years on the training-ship may be allowed up for examination for a certificate as first mate (ordinary) when he has served, whilst holding a certificate as second mate, for two years as junior bridge-keeping officer of the watch upon vessels of the company satisfying certain requirements. (See subpara. (4).)

The words “junior bridge-keeping officer” must be interpreted as meaning the junior of two bridge-keeping officers. Where three officers are on the bridge together the service of the third does not fall within the scope of the special regulations, and his service cannot be accepted as qualifying. All cases where cadets to whom these special regulations apply subsequently present themselves for examination for first mate or master must be referred to the Secretary of the Marine Department, so that their real position on board vessels of the company satisfying the requirements of this paragraph may be verified by reference to the official logs before they are accepted as eligible for examination.

(3.) A candidate who has obtained a certificate as first mate in the above way may be allowed up for examination for a certificate as master (ordinary) when he has served for eighteen months, whilst holding the certificate as first mate, as a senior watch-keeping officer upon vessels of the company satisfying the same requirements. (See subpara. (4).)

Recognition of Service (a) as Senior Officer, and (b) as Senior of the Junior Officers, as qualifying for Examination for a Certificate as Master.—If the candidate has served for eighteen months as senior of the junior officers—i.e., the officer next below the junior of the officers in full charge of the watch—whilst holding the certificate as first mate, he may be allowed up for examination for a certificate as master (ordinary) on the understanding that the certificate as master would not be issued to him until he had completed twelve months’ service as a senior watch-keeping officer, the service in both cases to be performed on vessels satisfying the same requirements. (See subpara. (4).)