At Hamilton on the first Monday in January, May, and
September.
At Napier on the first Monday in February, June, and October.
At Wanganui on the first Monday in February, June, and
October.
At New Plymouth on the first Monday in February, May,
August, and November.
At Palmerston North on the first Monday in February, June,
and October.
At Wellington on the first Monday in February, April, June,
August, October, and December.
At Nelson on the first Monday in February, June, and October.
At Greymouth on the first Monday in February, June, and
October.
At Christchurch on the first Monday in January, March, May,
July, September, and November.
At Timaru on the first Monday in March, July, and November.
At Dunedin on the first Monday in February, April, June,
August, October, and December.
At Invercargill on the first Monday in April, August, and
December.
The examination days herein specified are liable to occasional
alteration.
Where any one of the days herein specified is a public holiday the
examination will commence on the first working-day thereafter.

9. CANDIDATES FROM OVERSEAS.
   Each British subject from overseas who has performed the requisite
   sea service and who may desire to present himself for examination in
   New Zealand for a second-class engineer's certificate of competency
   must, before being allowed up for examination for a certificate of this
   grade, obtain a certificate of the third class issued by the Marine
   Department.
   The candidate must also have complied with the requirements of
   the Marine Department, or with those of the Board of Trade of the
   United Kingdom, in respect of workshop service.

10. VERIFICATION OF SEA SERVICE.
    Sea service which cannot be verified by proper entries in the articles
    of agreement of the ships in which a candidate has served, or by other
    satisfactory evidence in the absence of such articles, will not be
    accepted.
    As discharge certificates and testimonials may have to be verified,
    they should be forwarded, together with the form of application and
    examination fee, to the Chief Examiner of Marine Engineers, Marine
    Department, Wellington, at least ten days previous to the date of
    the examination at which the applicant desires to attend.
    Statements as to services in ships of 25 tons register and over, in
    regard to which agreements have been entered into in New Zealand,
    can be verified by the Superintendent of any Dominion Mercantile
    Marine Office if the articles expired before the 7th April, 1905, and may
    be obtained on application at such offices. A small fee, the amount
    of which is dependent upon the extent of the services requiring
    verification, is payable for this service.
    If the articles expired after this date, the necessary verification of
    services may be obtained on applying to the Registrar of Seamen,
    Marine Department, Wellington.

11. SERVICE OF CANDIDATES WHO ARE BRITISH SUBJECTS BY
    NATURALIZATION, AND OF BRITISH ENGINEERS SERVING IN FOREIGN
    VESSELS.
    Service testimonials and certificates of candidates who are British
    subjects by naturalization, and of British engineers serving in foreign
    vessels, which cannot be otherwise verified, must be confirmed by the
    Consul of the country in which the service was performed, or to which
    the vessels belong; or by some other recognized official authority of
    that country; or by the testimony of some trustworthy person on the
    spot, having personal knowledge of the particulars required to be
    verified.
    Such proofs will not necessarily be deemed conclusive; and all
    such cases will be considered by the Chief Examiner on their merits.