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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 11, 1910.
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CHAPTER III.
CONDUCT OF THE EXAMINATIONS.
38. The examinations will commence early in the forenoon, and will be Commence. continued from day to day until all the candidates are examined.
ment and duration of examina-
tions.
39. Candidates are required to appear at the examination room punctually at Candidates the time appointed.
to be
punctual.
cleared.
40. Before commencing the examination, the tables and desks must be cleared Tables of all scraps of paper, or books that are not used in the examination, and care should be taken that the candidates do not bring into the examination-room any book or paper.
41. No persons will be allowed in the rooms during the examinations other Strangers than those whose duties require them to be present.
No Instructors will be allowed on the premises.
not ad- mitted.
paper.
42. A sheet of blotting paper will be issued to cach candidate with the first Blotting -examination paper, and it must be returned to the Examiner when the last paper is completed each day. The Examiner will be careful to see that the blotting paper has not been used by the candidate in solving his problems, or for conveying information to other candidates.
43. No candidate will be allowed to work out his problems on a slate or on All work to waste paper, or to write on the blotting paper supplied for his use in the examination. be shown. Violation of this rule will subject the candidate to all the penalties of a failure.
Additional sheets of paper will be supplied by the Examiner if required, but they must be attached to, and form part of, the examination papers.
strictly
44. All books necessary for the use of candidates under examination will be Books and provided by the Harbour Department, and candidates are prohibited from bringing paper. into the examination room books or papers of any kind whatever. The slightest forbidden. infringement of this regulation will subject the offender to all the penalties of a failure, and he will not be allowed to present himself for re-examination for a period of three months.
45. Candidates for First Class Certificates have to pass an examination in Drawing rough working drawing, which may, in the candidate's option, be either hand instruments, sketches clearly dimensioned and complete in the necessary views and sections, or drawings to a scale. Drawing boards and squares will be provided by the Harbour Department, but the applicants will have to bring with them any drawing instruments they may require.
46. Candidates should be so placed as to prevent one copying from_another, Candidates' and no communication whatever between the candidates should be allowed.
places.
47. In the event of any candidate being discovered referring to any book or Penalty for paper, or copying from another, or affording any assistance or giving any inforina- eying, &c. tion to another, or communicating in any way with another, during the time of examination, or copying any part of the problems for the purpose of taking them out of the examination rooms, he will subject himself to all the penalties of a failure, and will not be allowed to be examined for a period of six months.
room or
48. No candidate may leave the examination room without permission and Leaving without giving up the paper on which he is engaged. Under no circumstances building. will the same paper be returned to him, but the Examiner may substitute other data, or another question.
49. If a candidate defaces, blots, writes in, or otherwise injures any book or injury to form belonging to the Harbour Department, his paper will be retained until he has books, replaced the damaged book or document. He will not be allowed to remove the damaged book or document, and will be subjected to all the penalties of a failure.