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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 21, 1913. 469
Rank.
Minimum Age.
Total Sea Service (Years)
Years.
Officer's Service in Merchant Vessels.
Lowest Capacity.
ORDINARY CERTIFICATES FOR FOREIGN-GOING SHIPS.
Lowest certificate required.
2nd Mate, ...
17
4
No officer's service required
None.
Only Mate,...
19
5
No officer's service required.
None.
1st Mate, ....
19
5
1
3rd or 4th Mate in foreign trade in
charge of watch.
2nd Mate
foreign- going.
Or
13
Only Mate in home or coasting trade.
2nd Mate foreign- going, or home
trade Mate.
Or
1
Pilot with 1st Class pilot's certificate.
None.
Master,
21
6
1'
Only Mate in foreign trade.
Only Mate
foreign-
going.
Or
14
Only Mate in home or coasting trade.
Only Mate
foreign- going.
1
And in addition, unless the above ser- vice was performed with a First Mate's foreign-going certificate, he will also be required to prove one of the following services prescribed for that grade :-
3rd or 4th Mate in foreign trade in
charge of watch.
Or
Only Mate in home or coasting trade.
2nd Mate foreign- going.
2nd Mate
foreign- going,
1.
Or
Filot with 1st Class pilot's certificate.
or home trade Mate.
None.
61
1
OR HE MUST HAVE SERVED
2nd Mate in foreign trade.
(Provided that if this service as 2nd Mate was performed under an Addi- tional or Auxiliary 1st Mate it will only be accepted if a 3rd and 4th Mate were also carried.)
1st Mate foreign- going.
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