SEPT. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2995

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 M.

Candidates will be required to have a fair and intelligent know-
ledge of the contents of those books.

162. Sextant.—Particular attention will 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 hori-
zontal angles, and will be examined practically as to his knowledge
of the adjustments and the use of the various screws; he must be
able to read correctly on and off the arc, and he must also be able
to find the index error both by the horizon and by the sun.

163. Tables, Corrections by.—The corrections by inspection of
tables given in some of the works on navigation will not be allowed.
Every correction must appear on the papers of the candidates.

164. Degree of Precision.—Degree of precision required in the
solution of the problems :

a. Candidates are expected to work their problems to the nearest
half-minute of arc and to the nearest second in time.

b. In interpolating for the correct deviation to be applied in
solving the chart questions it will usually be sufficient if
the candidate works throughout with the nearest degree
of deviation taken from the deviation-card; and, even in
cases where the deviations may vary but little, the nearest
half-degree used throughout will be sufficiently precise.

It is not necessary that the candidate should waste his
time in solving the course to odd minutes, as is sometimes
done.

c. In calculating the correction to apply to soundings the candi-
date is not required to work to the exact inch, as is some-
times done. It will be sufficient if he brings his answer
within half a foot or so of a precise result.

165. Candidates may use Own Method.—Except where a par-
ticular method is specified in the question, candidates will be allowed
to work out the various problems according to any method they have
been accustomed to use, provided such method is correct in principle.

166. Supplementary viva voce.—Candidates will be examined
orally as to their knowledge of all their written and worked papers.

167. No Candidate to be examined twice in a Week.—A candi-
date will not be allowed to undergo examination for the same grade of
certificate twice in the same week, unless, under very special and
urgent circumstances, the Examiner should see fit to relax this rule.
In such case a special set of examination-papers must be applied for
from Wellington.

168. Breach of Rules, Penalty for.—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 examination-rooms,
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.

APPENDICES.

APPENDIX A.

EXAMINATION DAYS.

169. Certificates of Competency, all Classes and Grades :—
Auckland—First Tuesday in March, June, September, and
December.
Lyttelton—First Tuesday in January, April, July, and October.
Wellington—First Monday in each month.