Dec. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3787

14. Issue of Certificate.—If the candidate passes he will receive
    a form (Exn. 16) authorizing the Superintendent of the Mercantile
    Marine Office to whom it is addressed to issue the certificate. It is,
    therefore, important that the port at which the certificate is to be
    issued should be the same on both the form Exn. 16 and the form
    Exn. 2. If circumstances should make any alteration necessary,
    the Examiner should see that it is made in both forms, otherwise
    delay in the issue of the certificate may be caused. If the candidate
    passes in part of the examination only, he will receive from the
    Examiner a record of his passing in the form Exn. 16B. The candidate must retain this form and produce it to the Examiner when
    he next presents himself for examination.

15. Service found to be insufficient, &c.—If during the progress
    of or after the candidate has passed the examination it is discovered
    on further investigation that a discrepancy exists in any of his credentials, or that his services are insufficient to entitle him to receive
    a certificate for the grade for which he has passed, the certificate
    will not be granted; but, if the Marine Department is satisfied that
    the discrepancy or the error in calculating the candidate’s service
    did not occur through any fault or wilful misrepresentation on his
    part, he may either have the fee returned to him or have it placed
    to his credit. Should his services entitle him to a certificate of a
    lower grade it may be granted to him, and the difference, if any, between
    the fee paid by him for the superior certificate and the fee payable
    for the inferior certificate will be returned to him or placed to his credit.
    The superior certificate will not be granted until the candidate has
    performed the amount of service in which he was deficient, and has
    been re-examined in all the subjects prescribed for such superior
    certificate, unless the Marine Department sees fit to dispense with
    the re-examination.

If, however, the discrepancy or the error in calculation has been
caused by the candidate’s wilful fault or wilful misrepresentation
on his part the certificate for which he has passed will not be
granted.

16. Certificates of Service.—A person who has attained the rank
    of Lieutenant in His Majesty’s Navy, or in His Majesty’s Indian
    Marine Service, is entitled to apply for a certificate of service as
    Master of a foreign-going ship without examination.

Applications for certificates of service must be made on the proper
printed form, to be obtained free of charge from the Superintendent
of any Mercantile Marine Office.

Applications for certificates of service by officers of the Royal Navy
on the active list must be made through their commanding officers,
and applications from officers who have 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 Board of Trade.

17. Examination of Officers in Royal Navy.—Officers of the
    Royal Navy may be examined for certificates of competency on the
    same conditions as officers in the Mercantile Marine, but the Lords
    Commissioners of the Admiralty have directed that the applications
    of officers wishing to be so examined should be made, if on the active
    list, through their commanding officers, and, if on half-pay, direct
    to the Secretary of the Admiralty, who, in either case, will forward
    the application to the Board of Trade.

18. Failure in the Written or the Oral Part of the Examination.—
    Candidates for any grade of certificate will proceed to the oral
    examination irrespective of whether they have passed or failed in
    their written work.

Where a candidate passes in the written portion of the examination
and fails in the oral, or vice versa, his pass in that portion in which
he has satisfied the examiners will hold good for a period of six months
from the date of the examination. If he does not pass the remainder
of the examination within this period he will again be required to be
examined both in the written and in the oral portions. The Marine
Department may in exceptional circumstances decide to extend this
period up to a limit of one year.

19. Penalties for Failure.—In the case of a second failure or
    any subsequent failure in the written or the oral portion of the
    examination, or in both, an interval of two months must elapse from
    the date of the last failure before a candidate can be re-examined,
    excepting certain circumstances under which he may be re-examined
    after a period of seven weeks. No further penalty will be imposed
    save in those cases where the Examiner considers further sea service
    necessary. Such sea service will not exceed six months.