APRIL 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 713

(c) Examinations for other Certificates of Competency.

Place. Days.
Auckland .. Third Monday in January, March, May,
July, September, and November.
Hamilton .. First Monday in January, May, and
September.
Napier .. First Monday in February, June, and
October.
Wanganui .. First Monday in February, June, and
October.
New Plymouth .. First Monday in February, May, August,
and November.
Palmerston North .. First Monday in February, June, and
October.
Wellington .. First Monday in February, April, June,
August, October, and December.
Nelson .. First Monday in February, June, and
October.
Greymouth .. First Monday in February, June, and
October.
Christchurch .. First Monday in January, March, May,
July, September, and November.
Dunedin .. First Monday in February, April, June,
August, October, and December.
Invercargill .. First Monday in April, August, and
December.

At the following places on the first working-day (except Saturday) :—

Place. Days.
Gisborne .. After the 14th February and the 14th
August.
Timaru .. After the 14th May and the 14th October.
Whangarei .. After the 4th January and the 4th June.

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.

VERIFICATION OF SEA SERVICE.

9. 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.

SERVICE OF CANDIDATES WHO ARE BRITISH SUBJECTS BY NATURALIZATION, AND OF BRITISH ENGINEERS SERVING IN FOREIGN VESSELS.

10. 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.