Aug. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2037

(b) During the whole of the qualifying service between First Mate’s and Master’s Certificates that is specified by the regulations, candidates for the Master’s Certificate will be required to have served in full charge of a watch for eight out of each twenty-four hours’ service claimed.

(c) In cases where watches have been doubled, the time so spent may count as half its duration for qualifying purposes: Provided that the examiner is satisfied that such double watches have been only occasional and not continuous.

(d) The Department reserve the right to consider special cases on their merits and without prejudice to these regulations, provided satisfactory evidence of service is forthcoming.

(e) Rule 116 of the hereinbefore-recited regulations is hereby revoked.

5. Signalling.—The examination in signalling may be taken under the following conditions:—

(a) A candidate for any grade of certificate for which signalling is required may take this part of the examination at any time within the six months immediately before or after he presents himself for examination in navigation and seamanship.

(b) A candidate who fails in signalling but passes in every other subject may, at any time within the six months following his first attempt, be re-examined in signalling only, and if he then passes, will receive his Certificate of Competency.

6. Rule of the Road.—In the examination on Rule of the Road the examiner’s duty will be to test the candidate’s knowledge of the sense and intention of the Articles of the Collision Regulations. Mere ability to repeat the articles word for word will not suffice to ensure the candidate passing, nor will the lack of it necessarily entail failure, provided the examiner is satisfied that the candidate grasps the full significance, content, and practical application of the articles. Examiners will ask for the content of the articles not by their number, but by the subject with which they deal, and they will discourage the use by candidates of verses as aids to memorizing the articles. Examiners will not place a candidate for a steamship certificate in the position of handling a sailing ship, but will lay stress on the candidate’s ability to recognize a sailing ship’s lights and on his knowledge of a sailing ship’s possible manœuvres according to the direction of the wind.

SCHEDULE.

Specimen form of Certificates from the Master.

CERTIFICATE OF WATCH-KEEPING SERVICE FOR A FIRST MATE’S CERTIFICATE.

THIS is to certify that Mr. has served on the s.s. from to in the capacity of* (1), (2), (3) watch-keeping officer. During this time Mr. was an officer in effective charge of a watch for eight hours of every twenty-four hours at sea. Watches were not doubled at any time during the voyage.†

Watches were doubled between the following dates , and during this time Mr. served as the* [senior] [junior] of two bridge-keeping officers.‡

Signature of Master :

• Delete the words that do not apply.

† Delete this paragraph if watches were doubled at any time during the voyage.

‡ Delete this paragraph if watches were not doubled at any time during the voyage.

CERTIFICATE OF WATCH-KEEPING SERVICE FOR A MASTER’S CERTIFICATE.

THIS is to certify that Mr. has served on the s.s. from to in the capacity of* (1), (2), (3) watch-keeping officer. During this time Mr. was an officer in sole charge of a watch for eight hours out of every twenty-four hours at sea. Watches were not doubled at any time during the voyage.† On all occasions on which watches were doubled during the voyage Mr. served as the senior of two bridge-keeping officers.‡

Signature of Master :

• Delete the words that do not apply.

† Delete this paragraph if watches were doubled at any time during the voyage.

‡ Delete this paragraph if watches were not doubled at any time during the voyage.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Marine.