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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 12, 1910.
Recognition of service as junior officer
(2.) A candidate who has served for four (or three) years on the training ship may be allowed up for examination for a certificate as as qualifying First Mate (ordinary) when be has served, whilst holding a certificate as for examina- 2nd Mate, for two years as junior bridge-keeping officer of the watch upon vessels of the Company satisfying certain requirements (see First Mate. paragraph 4).
tion for a
certificate as
Recognition of service
(3.) A candidate who has obtained a certificate as First Mate in the above way may be allowed up for examination for a certificate as () as semer Master (ordinary) when he has served for eighteen months, whilst (b) is sento holding the certificate as First Mate, as a senior watch-keeping officer of the juutor upon vessels of the Company satisfying the same requirements (see
paragraph 4).
officer and
officers as
qualifying
for examina-
tion for a
certificate us Muster.
Limits of
application of para-
If the candidate has served for eighteen months as senior of the junior officers, ie, the officer next below the junior of the officers in full charge of the watch, whilst holding the certificate as First Mate he may be allowed up for examination for a certificate as Master (ordinary) on the understanding that the certificate as Master would not be issued to him until he had completed twelve months service as senior watch-keeping officer, the service in both cases to be performed on vessels satisfying the same requirements (sce paragraph 4).
(4.) The special regulations (paragraphs 2 and 3) in regard to the acceptance of service as qualifying for the examinations for certificates graphs 2 and as First Mate and Master shall apply only when the service is performed in the specified capacities upon ocean-going steamers of not less than 8.000 tons gross, making an average speed of 16 knots or upwards and carrying a crew of not less than 130 men including at least six deck officers beside the Mastor.
3.
Fore & Aft
Ibid. Sec. 42.
Certificates for Foreign-going Fore and Aft Rigged Vessels.
42. Certificates for the grades of Master. First Mate, Only Mate, Certificates and Second Mate of fore and aft rigged vessels will be issued to Candidates who have not complied with the regulation which requires them to have served at least one year in square-rigged sailing vessels, or who prove in course of examination that they are ignorant of the management of square-rigged ships. In other respects the qualifications for examination for such Certificates are the same as for Ordinary Certificates.
Character of examin- ations.
Did. Sec. 43.
Value of Certificates,
43. The examinations for the grades of Second Mate, Only Mate, First Mate, and Master, of fore and aft rigged vessels will be precisely the same as for the Ordinary Certificates, excepting that in seamanship a knowledge of the management of square-rigged vessels is not required.
44. A Certificate for fore and aft rigged vessels will not entitle the possessor to act in any case in which a Certificate for square-rigged Ibid. Sec. 44. vessels is required. Amongst square-rigged vessels are classed full- rigged ships, barques, brigs, barquentines, brigantines, and steamships carrying square sails.
Service for Ordinary Certificate.
45. A Candidate possessing a Certificate for fore and aft rigged vessels, and desiring to be examined for an Ordinary Certificate, must Ibat. Sec. 45, prove that he has served at sea at least one year in a square-rigged sailing vessel, unless he has previously held an Ordinary Certificate of a lower grade.
Steamship
Certificates for Foreign-going Steamships.
46. Certificates applying only to steamships are issued to Candi- Certificates, dates who are either unable to comply with the regulation which requires Bid. Sec. 46. them to have passed one year in square-rigged sailing vessels or who prove in course of examination that they are ignorant of the management of square-rigged vessels. All the qualifying Officers' service prescribed for these Certificates must have been performed in steamships.
These Certificates will entitle the holder to go to sea as Masters or Mates of foreign-going steamships but will not entitle them to go to sea as Masters or Mates of foreign-going sailing ships.
There will be no distinction in these Certificates between fore and aft rigged steamships and square-rigged steamships.
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