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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 12, 1910
Master.
Steamships.
when the helm is ported (starboarded); also, the effect of twin screws under the same conditions, and when going ahead with one and astern with the other, &c.,
&e.
(i) How to rig a sea anchor, and what means to employ to keep a steamer, with her egines di-abled, out of the trough of the sea, and lessen her lee drift.
(j) How to turn a steamship short round.
(k.) How to get a cast of the deep sea lead in heavy weather. (1) Any other questions of a like mature appertaining to the duties of a First Mate of a steamship which the examiner may think necessary to put to him.
64. MASTER. The qualifications as to age and service are the same as for a Master's Ordinary Certificate for a foreign-going ship (see para. Bid. 54. Sec. 38), excepting that the service required as Officer must have been performed in steamships, and that no service in square-rigged vessels is required.
Navigation.
55. EXAMINATION IS NAVIGATION.---The examination in navigation Ibid. Sec. 55. for a Master's Certificate for foreign-going steamships will be precisely the same as that prescribed for an Ordinary Master's Certificate (see para. 39.)
Seamanship. Ibid. Bec. 56
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56. EXAMINATION IN SEAMANSHIP. In addition to the qualifications required for the grades of Second and First Mate, a Master will be required to show a knowledge of the following subjects
(a.) Construction of rafts and jury rudders suitable for screw
steamships.
(5.) The preservation of the ship's crew in the event of wreek, (c.) Management of steamships in heavy weather.
(d.) Rescuing the crew of a disabled ship.
(e) Step to be taken when a ship is on her beam ends, or
disabled and on a lee shore.
(7.) How to use steam appliances in the event of fire.
() Economy in coal consumption.
(.) The best arrangement for towing vessels under different
circumstances.
(4) Placing ship in dry dock; directing repairs; and the mode of procedure when putting into port in distress with damage to cargo and ship.
7. Any other questions of a like nature, appertaining to the management of a steamship which the examiner may think it necessary to put to him.
57. A Candidate possessing a Certificate for foreign-going steam- Certificates ships, and desiring to be examined for an Ordinary Certificate, must how
that he has served at sea at least one year in a square-rigged sail- prove changel. thid, Sec. 57. ing vessel, unless he has previously held an Ordinary Certificate of a
lower grade.
Ibid, sec. 58.
Ibid. Sec. 59,
Certificate of Competency for River Steamers.
58. MATE.—A Candidate must be not less than nineteen years age, and have served four year- at sea.
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59. EXAMINATION IN NAVIGATIOs, &c.-He must write a legible hand and spell correctly, and understand the first five rules of arithmetic, both simple and compound.
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He must be able to take a bearing by compass, and be conversant with the use of Mercator's Chart, and be able to find, on either a "true" Or magnetic" chart, the course to steet, and the distance from one given position to another; to find the ship's position on the chart from cross bearings of two objects; from two bearings of the same object, the course and distance run between taking the bearings being given; and the distance of the ship from the object at the time of taking the second bearing; and to state what the small numbers and Roman nume- rals found on à chart indicate, and give a method of finding approxi- mately the time of high water at any given place without the aid of the Admiralty or other Tide Tables, see Appendix R, BT Regulations. He must also know both the Morse mid British Movable Somaphore Alphabets, and have a good working knowledge of the International Code of Signals and British Signal Manual,