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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 21, 1913.
59. EXAMINATION IN NAVIGATION, &c.--He must write a legible hand and spell correctly, and understand the first five rules of arithmetic, both simple and compound.
He must be able to take a bearing by compass, and be conver- sant with the use of Mercator's Chart, and be able to find, on either a "true" or magnetic chart, the course to steer, 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 numerals found on a chart indicate, and give a method of finding approximately the time of high water at any given place without the aid of the Admiralty or other Tide Tables. He must also know both the Morse and British Movable Semaphore Alphabets, and have a good working knowledge of the International Code of Signals and British Signal Manual.
60. EXAMINATION IN SEAMANSHIP.-He must possess a thorough knowledge of the Rule of the Road as regards both steamers and sailing vessels, their regulation lights, and fog and sound signals. He must be able to describe the signals of distress, and the signais to be made by ships wanting a pilot, and the liabilities and penalties incurred by the misuse of these signals; also the use and management of the rocket apparatus in the event of his vessel being stranded. He must be able to mark and use the lead and log lines, to moor and unmoor a vessel, and to manage a ship's boat in heavy weather, &c., &c. He must also understand the construction, use, and action of the bulkhead sluices, the engine-room telegraph, &c., and to answer any other questions of a like nature appertaining to the duties of the Mate of a River Steamer which the examiner may think proper to put to him.
61. MASTER.t-A Candidate must be not less than twenty years of age and have served five years at sea, of which
(a.) one year must have been in a capacity not lower than that of Mate in a River Steamer, or of Only Mate of a home trade or coasting vessel, while holding a Mate's Certificate for home trade passenger ships, or a Second Mate's Certificate for foreign-going vessels;
(b.) or, two and a half years must have been in a capacity not lower than Second Mate of a home trade, vessel in charge of a watch, whilst holding a Mate's Certificate for home trade passenger ships, or a Second Mate's Certificate for foreign-going vessel (see para. 97).
(c.) or, one year must have been as Pilot with a First
Class Pilot's Certificate (see para. 94).
62. EXAMINATION IN NAVIGATION.-In addition to the qualifica- tions required of a Mate of a River Steamer a Master will be required to find on a chart the course to steer by compass in order to counteract the effect of a given current and to find the distance the ship will make good towards a given point in a certain time, and to work out practically the correction to apply to soundings taken at a given time and place, to compare with the depth marked on the chart; also, to fix the ship's position by horizontal sextant angles, using the station pointer for plotting it on the chart
For convenience of calculation the service required is stated in tabular form in Appendix B.