THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 12, 1910.
APPENDIX A.
TEXT-BOOKS to be used in the examinations :-
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Text Book.
B/T Regula-
For Barometer, Thermometer and Hydrometer.-" A. Barometer Ibid.
Manual for the use of Seamen; with an appendix on the Appendix R. "Thermometer, Hygrometer, and Hydrometer," issued by tions. the authority of the Meteorological Council, and to be purchased, either directly or through any bookseller, from Eyre and Spottiswoode, East Harding Street, Fleet Street, E.C.; or Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh; or Edward Ponsonby, 116, Grafton Street, Dublin. Price Three-pence. For Prevailing Winds and Currents of the Globe.- -The
"Principal Winds and Currents of the Globe, &c., compiled from the various Admiralty Sailing Directions, Weather Charts, &c., by Captain Robert Jackson, R.N., and to be purchased, either directly or through any bookseller, from Simpkin, Marshall and Company, Paternoster Row, London; or Henry Lewis, 114, High Street, Portsmouth. Price One Shilling.
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For Trade Routes.--- Ocean Passages," compiled from the various Admiralty Sailing Directions by Captain Robert Jackson, R.N., and to be purchased, either directly or through any bookseller, from Simpkin, Marshall and Company, Paternoster Row, London; or Henry Lewis, 114, High Street, Portsmouth. Price One Shilling. For Tides." Tide Tables for the British and Irish Ports," published annually by the Admiralty, and to be purchased, either directly or through any bookseller, from J. D. Potter, 31, Poultry, E.C., and 11, King Street, Tower Hill, E.C. Price Two Shillings.
Intending Candidates are advised to procure a copy of these books to take to sea with them, so that they may study them during their leisure hours,
Instruments.--The Barometer (Kew pattern Marine Barometer), Thermometer, and Hydrometer used in the examinations, will be precisely similar to those supplied to shipmasters by the Meteorological Office for making observations on board ship.
APPENDIX B.
TABLE showing the REQUIREMENTS as to SEA SERVICE necessary to QUALIFY for EXAMINATION for CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY.
NOTE.
A Candidate for an Ordinary Certificate of any grade who has not Service in previously held an Ordinary Certificate of a lower grade, must prove square- ibat he has served twelve months in the foreign trade or eighteen rigged months in the home or coasting trade in a square-rigged sailing vessel. sailing
vessels.
Where Foreign-going Certificates are required to be held to qualify Nature of Candidates for examination, they may be either the Ordinary Certificates, Certificates, or those for fore and aft rigged vessels or for foreign-going steamships.
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