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retired from the Royal Navy or who are on half-pay must be made to the Secretary of the Admiralty, who in either case will forward the application to the Marine Department.

AMBULANCE CERTIFICATES AND GOVERNMENT AWARDS.

104. Endorsement on Certificates.—An officer in the mercantile marine who holds a certificate of proficiency in first aid to the injured from the St. John or St. Andrew’s Ambulance Association, or some equivalent certificate, can have the fact endorsed on his certificate of competency, provided the latter was issued before the 1st January, 1909, if the two certificates are forwarded to the Secretary, Marine Department, either directly or through the Superintendent of a Mercantile Marine office.

Recipients of Government awards can also have the fact stamped on their certificates of competency if they submit evidence of the award, together with their certificate, in a similar manner.

RULES FOR ESTIMATING SEA SERVICE.

105. Sea Service.—In these regulations sea service is reckoned from the commencement to the termination of the voyage. The certificate of discharge will generally be accepted as proof of sea service. Superintendents and Examiners will be careful to see that these discharges have not in any way been tampered with, and will report any suspicious cases to the Marine Department.

For all certificates of competency as master or mate in the mercantile marine the qualifying-service usually required is service performed in ordinary trading-vessels. While the regulations provide for the acceptance in part of certain kinds of non-trading service (e.g., that performed in fishing-boats, yachts, pilot-vessels, &c.), non-trading service not specially provided for in the regulations cannot be accepted as qualifying-service unless it has been submitted to and sanctioned by the Marine Department.

106. Sea Service for Foreign-going Certificates.—For foreign-going certificates the term “sea service” means, unless otherwise stated, service performed in foreign-going vessels.

107. Officers’ Service, Home Trade.—Service in a lower grade than first mate in the home or coasting trade will not be recognized as officers’ service towards qualifying a candidate for examination for a foreign-going certificate.

108. Service in Home Trade.—For home-trade certificates service in the home or coasting trade or in extended river limits is regarded as equivalent to service in the foreign trade; but for foreign-going certificates service in the home or coasting trade is regarded as only equivalent to two-thirds of the time served in the foreign trade.

109. Certificates, Meaning of.—By the word “certificate” is meant a certificate of competency granted by the Board of Trade under the Merchant Shipping Act, or by the Government of a British self-governing dominion, colony, or possession under an Order in Council issued in pursuance of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, and under the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908.

110. Colonial Local Certificates.—The holder of a colonial local certificate for foreign-going ships not granted under the Merchant Shipping Acts who desires to be examined for an Imperial certificate of the same grade must prove that he has performed the amount of service required by these regulations to entitle him to hold such a certificate. Also, he must produce satisfactory testimonials as to character for at least the last twelve months of sea service preceding his application to be examined. (See para. 9.)

111. Foreign-going Certificates.—Where a foreign-going certificate is required in order to qualify a candidate for examination the certificate may be either an ordinary certificate, or a certificate for fore-and-aft-rigged vessels, or a certificate for foreign-going steamships.

112. “Pilot” defined.—The term “pilot” in these regulations (see paras. 34 and 60) means a pilot who is employed in general pilotage, and holds a first-class pilot’s certificate from some competent authority authorizing him to pilot vessels outside harbour and partially smooth-water limits.

113. Officers’ Service.—Officers’ services, to be recognized as qualifying for purposes of examination, must be performed with the requisite certificate. Officers’ service performed by men who have been duly promoted during the course of a voyage (see para. 117),

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