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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 11, 1910.
Service in yachts,
Certificates of service.
Examina- tion of
Engine Room
Artificers.
Application by Naval Quicers.
Certificates,
Colonial Local
in vessels of at least 99 nominal horse-power, and have been in charge of a watch on the main engines or boilers. They must, in addition, have served in a qualifying capacity for at least six months in a foreign-going cargo or passenger steamship, or nine months in a home trade cargo or passenger steamship.
33. Service performed in steam yachts, either within or beyond home trade limits, may be accepted as equivalent to two-thirds of the time performed in foreign-going trading vessels, provided that the candidate's name is entered on the vessel's Articles, and that he can prove, to the satisfaction of the Harbour Master, that the time claimed was actually served at sea.
Candidates for Second Class Certificates may perform all their service in yachts, but the candidate must have been on regular watch on the main engines or boilers, and the vessels must be of not less than 66 nominal horse-power.
Candidates for First Class Certificates must have served on vessels of not less than 99 nominal horse-power, and must have been in regular charge of the main engines or boilers. In addition they must have served for at least three months in a qualifying capacity on board a foreign-going trading or passenger steamship. This additional service will, however, not be required in the case of a candidate who has served for 18 months as First Engineer, or for 2 years as Second Engi- neer, of a steam yacht of the requisite power.
34. An Officer who has attained the rank of Engineer Lieutenant or Engineer Sub-Lieutenant in His Majesty's Navy or the rank of Engineer or Assistant Engineer in the Indian Marine Service, is entitled without examination, if an Engineer Lieutenant or Engineer, to a Certificate of Service as First Class Engineer, and if an Engineer Sub-Lieutenant or Assistant Engineer, to a Certificate of Service as Second Class Engineer. These Officers may be examined for a Certificate of Competency on the same conditions as Engineers of the Mercantile Marine.
An Officer who has attained the rank of Chief Artificer Engineer in His Majesty's Navy is also entitled without examination to a Certificate of Service as Second Class Engineer.
35. Artificer Engineers, Chief Engine Room Artificers, and Engine Room Artificers in the Royal Navy, may be examined for Certificates of Competency on the same conditions as Engineers of the Mercantile Marine.
36. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have directed that applica- tions from Officers of the Navy for Certificates of Service or for permission to be examined for Certificates of Competency must, in the case of Officers on the active list, be made through the Commanding Officer to the Secretary to the Admiralty, and in the case of Öfficers on half pay or who have retired direct to the Secretary to the Admiralty, who in either case will forward the application to the Harbour Master.
37. The term "Certificate" in these Regulations means a Certificate issued by the Board of Trade, or by a British Possession under the provisions of the Mer- chant Shipping Act. A list of the Colonial Certificates so issued is given in Appendix D.
The holder of a Colonial Certificate of Competency not grauted under the Certifientes. Merchant Shipping Act, or of a Certificate of Competency granted after examina- tion on board one of His Majesty's Ships, who wishes to be examined for a Board of Trade Certificate of the same grade, must prove that he has performed the amount of service required by these Regulations for that grade, and complied with the conditions laid down as to testimonials. No fee will be demanded for the first attempt, but if the canditate fails the usual fee will be demanded on any subse- quent attempt.