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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 21, 1913.
A Candidate guilty of a second offence will not be allowed to be examined until 12 months have elapsed.
books.
129. If a Candidate defaces, blots, writes in, or otherwise Injury to injures any book or form belonging to the Board, his papers will be retained until he has 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.
room.
130. Perfect silence is to be preserved in the examination Silence.
breach of
131. Any Candidate violating any of the regulations. or being Penalty for guilty of insolence to the examiner, or of disorderly or improper rules. conduct in or about the room, will render himself liable to the postponement of his examination, or, if he has passed, to the detention of his Certificate for such period as the Governor may direct.
issued singly.
132. The examination papers should be issued to the Papers to be Candidates in half sheets only and one at a time. This will prevent a Candidate from spreading out the sheets on the table so as to enable his neighbour to look over the problems. It will also enable the examiner to look over and report upon the work on one half sheet, while the Candidate is at work upon another. When the errors are not too numerous, the incorrect problems may be returned to the Candidate for correction, but in no case should the errors be pointed out by the examiner, neither should any marks be made which would indicate how far or to what extent the work is incorrect. The incorrect problems are not to be returned to the Candidate for correction a second time, and should more than one of the problems or two if the errors are only slight-be still incorrect, this would involve a failure. It must be understood, however, that the day's work, latitude by meridian and ex-meridian altitude of sun and star, chronometer problem by sun and star, and the Sumner problem, must always be correct.
certain cases.
133. If, from the large number of Candidates, it may some- Extra hour times be found impossible to look over the work on the day allowed in of examination during the office hours, an hour in the morning of the following day may be allotted for the purpose of correcting the problems, but in no case should a Candidate have his problem returned to him for correction after he has made the second attempt.
134. The examination will commence with not less than Dictation. a quarter of an hour's dictation to test handwriting and spelling. This, however, is only to be given to those Candidates who present themselves for examination for their first Foreign-going Certificate. The spelling must be reasonably and fairly good, and the writing clear and legible. The spelling and writing of all Candidates must be satisfactory, and in cases where there is any doubt about the ability of a Candidate to spell correctly he will be specially tested by dictation.
135. The paper of définitions is only for those Candidates who Definitions. present themselves for examination for their first Foreign-going Certificate. In using this paper, the examiner will place a mark against the questions which he wishes to be answered, not less than ten questions being so selected. The Candidate will then write against the questions so marked his definition of the terms in a clear and legible hand, so as to prevent the possibility of any letter being mistaken and also draw a sketch or diagram opposite to each
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