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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 16

48. SERVICE IN LAKE OR RIVER VESSELS.

Service as watch-keeping engineer on a lake or river vessel of horse-power not less than that required by these rules may be accepted for either an ordinary or a motor certificate under the following conditions:—

(a) Such service will be accepted as equivalent to one-half of the same period of time served in foreign-going vessels.

(b) Applicants for second-class certificates must, in addition to lake or river service, have performed at least three months’ qualifying sea service in foreign-going ships of the requisite horse-power (see section 34), or four and a half months’ similar service in home-trade ships.

(c) Applicants for first-class certificates must have performed in addition to qualifying lake or river service, not less than six months’ qualifying service at sea while in possession of a second-class certificate, in foreign-going vessels of horse-power not less than that specified in section 38, or nine months’ similar service in the home trade.

49. SERVICE IN CABLE SHIPS.

A candidate who has performed a part of the requisite qualifying service in cable ships will be required to produce, in addition to the usual service certificates, a statement or certificate from the owners of the vessel showing the amount of time actually spent at sea. Should the time so spent amount to or exceed two-thirds of the total time on articles, the latter period may be accepted in full as qualifying service; but in the event of the actual sea service falling short of this proportion, the deficiency must be made up by additional service at sea before the total time on articles can be accepted in full as qualifying service.

50. SERVICE IN AUXILIARY SCREW SHIPS.

Service as engineer performed by a candidate for a second-class certificate on board auxiliary-screw whalers and other vessels with auxiliary power not less than that specified in section 34 may be accepted as qualifying service for a second-class certificate to the extent of one-half the time the vessel is actually at sea. If a candidate who has performed such service is able to prove that the main engines were running for longer than this, the whole of such extended service may be accepted as qualifying.

51. SERVICE IN DREDGERS, FISHING-BOATS, TUG-BOATS, OR PILOT-VESSELS.

Service in sea-going dredgers, fishing-boats, or tug-boats, and in pilot-vessels when on their station or when proceeding to or returning from the same, may be accepted as equivalent to foreign-going sea service in the ratio of two months’ service in such vessels to one month’s qualifying service in a foreign-going vessel.

Candidates for second-class certificates may perform the whole of their sea service in sea-going dredgers, fishing-boats, tug-boats, or pilot-vessels of horse-power not less than that specified in section 34, but they must have been on regular watch on the main propelling machinery.

Candidates for first-class certificates must have served, while in possession of a second-class certificate, in vessels of horse-power not less than that specified in section 38, and have been in charge of the whole of a watch on the main machinery.

First-class candidates must, in addition to service in such vessels, have performed not less than six months’ qualifying service in the foreign trade, or nine months’ similar service in the home trade.

Service performed by engineers in fishing or other vessels which is not similar to that usually performed by engineers in the mercantile marine cannot be accepted as qualifying; and the examiner should in all cases satisfy himself that service performed in such vessels, when claimed as qualifying for a certificate of competency as engineer, is of the requisite quality.

52. SERVICE IN YACHTS.

Service performed in yachts, either within or beyond home-trade limits, may be accepted as equivalent to two-thirds of the same period of time served in foreign-going vessels, provided that the applicant’s name is entered on the vessel’s articles, and that he can prove that the service claimed was actually performed at sea.