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(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.) 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 necessary to put to him.

STEAMSHIP CERTIFICATES: HOW CHANGED.

53. Steamship Certificates may be changed.—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 for 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.

55. Examination in Navigation.—A candidate for a second mate’s certificate will be required—
    (a.) To be able to read, to write a legible hand from dictation, and to spell correctly.
    (b.) To understand the first five rules of arithmetic, both simple and compound.
    (c.) To be able to take a bearing by compass, and to find the distance from a point or light by the methods shown in the “New Zealand Nautical Almanac” of 1918, on pages 173 to 176, or on pages 135 to 138 of Tables for Azimuth, Great-circle Sailing, &c., published by the Marine Department.
    (d.) 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 Morse flag-waving, and to have a good working knowledge of the International Code of Signals and the Allied Signal Manual.
    (e.) To possess a knowledge of the general tide, bar, harbour, and storm signals as used at all New Zealand ports, as given in the “New Zealand Nautical Almanac.”

56. Examination in Seamanship.—He must understand and give satisfactory answers on the following subjects:—
    (a.) Standing and running rigging of steamships.
    (b.) Bending, unbending, setting, reefing, taking in, and furling sail.
    (c.) Management of ship’s boats in heavy weather.
    (d.) Dunnaging and stowing cargo, &c.
    (e.) Rule of the road as regards both steamers and sailing-vessels, their regulation lights, and fog and sound signals.
    (f.) 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.
    (g.) Marking and use of the lead and log lines.
    (h.) Use and management of the rocket apparatus in the event of his vessel being stranded, and to have a knowledge of the ports in New Zealand where rocket apparatus for saving life is maintained.
    (i.) Construction, use, and action of the sluices, and of the water-ballast tanks.
    (j.) Engine-room telegraph, &c.
    (k.) Any other questions appertaining to the duties of the second mate of a home-trade vessel which the Examiner may think necessary to ask.