438 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 21, 1913.
Failure for spelling, etc.
Failure in Seamanship.
Fee always paid first.
Where to pay fees.
Fees not returned on failure.
Fees.
further formal application or payment of fee, but he will be required to complete the whole of the work prescribed for such lower grade, that portion (if any) already done standing good.
No part, however, of the fee he has paid will be returned to him, and on presenting himself, when qualified, for re-examination for the higher Certificate, he will be required to pay a further full fee.
16. If a Candidate fails for bad spelling or writing, he will not be re-examined until after a lapse of at least three months. If he fails for ignorance of the English language, he will not be re-examined until after the lapse of six months.
17. If a Candidate fails in Seamanship so far as regards the management of square rigged sailing vessels, in his examination for an Ordinary Certificate, he may, if qualified as to service, without further formal application or further payment of fee, proceed with the examination for a Certificate of Competency for, Foreign-going Steamships, or for fore and aft rigged vessels.
18. Candidates for examination, in making their application on form Exn. 2 will be required to pay the examination fee before any step is taken in the way of inquiring into their services or testing their qualifications. If the Candidate is found not to be eligible the fee will be returned.
19. The fee for examination must be paid to the Officer deputed for that purpose by the Harbour Master, in the Harbour Office. If a Candidate offers a gratuity to any Officer of the Department, he will be regarded as having committed an act of misconduct, and will be rejected, and not allowed to be again examined for twelve months, either at the Port where the offence was committed, or at any other Port.
20. If a Candidate fails to pass the examination, no part of the fee will be returned to him.
21. The fees are as follows:-
For Foreign-going Ships.
Second Mate,
First or Only Mate,
Master,
$15.00
15.00
20.00.
For River Steamers.
Mate, Master,
$15.00 20.00
First aid to the injured.
$10.
Voluntary examination in Semaphore and Morse Signalling,
Note 1.-No abatement will be made to the fee charged to a Candidate in consequence of his possessing a Certificate of a lower grade.
Note 2.-The same fee will be charged, after failure, on each occasion a Candidate presents himself for re-examination.
(1.) Every Candidate for a Certificate of Competency of any grade will be required to produce a Certificate from the St. John Ambulance Association, the St. Andrew's Ambulance As- sociation or the London County Council to the effect that he has passed an examination in First Aid to the Injured.