June 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1675

146. Penalty for Copying, &c.—In the event of any candidate being discovered referring to any book or paper, or copying from another, or affording any assistance or giving any information to another, or communicating in any way with another during the time of examination, or copying any part of the problems for the purpose of taking them out of the examination-room, he will subject himself to all the penalties of a failure, and will not be allowed to be examined for a period of six months. A candidate guilty of a second offence will not be allowed to be examined until twelve months have elapsed.

147. Injury to Instruments, Books, &c.—If a candidate defaces, blots, writes in, or otherwise injures any book, form, or instrument, &c., belonging to the Marine Department his papers will be retained until he has made restitution for the damage. He will not be allowed to remove the damaged book, document, or instrument, and will be subjected to all the penalties of a failure.

148. Silence.—Perfect silence is to be preserved in the examination-room.

149. Penalty for Breach of Rules.—Any candidate violating any of the regulations, or being guilty of insolence to the Examiner, or of disorderly or improper conduct in or about the room, will render himself liable to the postponement of his examination, or, if he has passed, to the detention of his certificate for such period as the Marine Department may direct.

150. Examination-papers: How to be dealt with.—The envelopes containing the examination-papers when received from Wellington must on no account be opened by any officer other than the Examiner, and by him only at the commencement of the examination. Should the envelope containing the examination-papers appear to have been opened or in any way tampered with on its arrival from Wellington the Examiner should, if he thinks it necessary, defer the examination until the following day, and telegraph immediately to the Principal Examiner in Wellington for a fresh set of papers. In the event of any case of this kind occurring a full report of the circumstances, and of the steps taken in the matter, should immediately be forwarded to the Principal Examiner. After the envelopes have been opened, and until the examination-papers are again sealed up and despatched to Wellington, the Examiner must take special precautions to preclude the possibility of any person having access to them. The responsibility of ensuring that this is effectively done will rest with the Examiner. The examination-papers of candidates must in all cases be sent to the Principal Examiner in Wellington for his approval, together with the report of the examination on the Forms Exn. 14 and Exn. 34. The envelopes in which the examination-papers are returned to the Principal Examiner must be carefully sealed with the official seal at both the top and bottom, and this must be done under the eye of the Examiner.

151. Examination in Navigation.—The whole of the written portion of the examination will be taken on the marks system. The candidate will be furnished with sheets of the blank ruled paper (Exn. 30) which is supplied for the purpose, with instructions that he is to work or write only on one side of the paper, and to answer in a clear and legible hand each of the questions on the paper, and to commence each answer by writing down the number of the question to which it relates in the margin. Marks will be allotted for each question, and candidates will be required to obtain 75 per cent. of the total marks in order to pass for an ordinary certificate, and 85 per cent. for an extra certificate. Papers will not be handed back to candidates for correction.

152. Compass-deviation.—In answering questions on the tentative method of compass-adjustment the candidate will be tested by Beall’s compass deviascope.

153. Barometer, Tides, &c.—The examination on the barometer, thermometer, and hydrometer, prevailing winds and currents of the globe, trade routes, and tides, will be conducted orally; and the questions asked by the Examiner, which will be constantly varied, will be confined to and based on the information given in the text-books mentioned in Appendix K. Candidates will be required to have a fair and intelligent knowledge of the contents of those books.

154. Sextant.—Particular attention should be paid to the sextant, the examination in which will be conducted orally and practically. Every candidate will be required to measure both vertical and horizontal angles, and will be examined practically as to his knowledge