THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH OCTOBER, 1905.
Ibid. Sec. 19.
15. If a Candidate fails for bad spelling or writing, he will not be Failure for re-examined until after a lapse of at least three months.
If he fails for Spelling, &c. ignorance of the English language, he will not be re-examined until after the lapse of six months.
Ibid. Sec. 20.
16. If a Candidate fails in Seamanship so far as regards the manage- Failure in ment of square rigged sailing vessels, in his examination for an Ordinary Seamanship. Certificate, he may, if qualified as to service, without further formal abridged. 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.
17. Candidates for examination, in making their application on form Fee always Exn. 2 will be required to pay the examination fee before any step is paid first. taken in the way of inquiring into their services or testing their quali- Ibid. Sec. 21 fications. If the Candidate is found not to be qualified the fee will be returned.
18. The fee for examination must be paid to the Officer deputed for Where to that purpose by the Harbour Master, in the Harbour Office,
If a Can- pay fees.
Ibid. Sec. 22. didate offers a gratuity to any Officer of the Department, he will be regarded as having committed an act of misconduct, and will be reject- ed, and not allowed to be again examined for twelve months, either at the Port where the offence was committed, or at any other Port.
19. If a Candidate fails to pass the examination, no part of the fee Fees not will be returned to him.
20. The fees are as follows:-
returned on failure. Ibid. Sec. 23.
Fees.
For Foreign-going Ships.
Second Mate,.
$15.00
First or Only Mate,
15.00
Master,
20.00
For River Steamers.
Mate, Master,
$15.00 20.00
Note.--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.
Sight Tests.
21. Every Candidate for a Certificate of Competency of any grade Sight Tests. must pass the three sight tests before he can proceed to the examination Ibid. Sec. 25. in Navigation and Seamanship.
(1.) The sight tests are open to all persons serving or intending to serve in the Mercantile Marine, and all such persons are recommended to take the earliest opportunity of ascertaining by means of these tests whether their vision is such as to qualify them for service in that pro- fession.
(2.) The three tests are:-
L.
(a.) Form vision test.
(b) Colour vision test.
(c.) Colour ignorance test.
No Candidate will be examined in the colour vision test until he has passed the form vision test, or in the colour ignorance test until he has passed the colour vision test.
This rule must be observed whether the Candidate has or has not on any previous occasion passed the sight tests.
(3.) Any person serving or intending to serve in the Mercantile Ma- rine, if desirous of undergoing the form vision, colour vision, and colour ignorance tests only, must make application to the Harbour Master, and pay a fee of Fifty Cents.
This fee will be payable on each occasion upon which a Candidate is examined in form vision and colour tests only.
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