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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6тп OCTOBER, 1905.
Second Mate
Steamship.
42. SECOND MATE.-The qualifications as to age and service are the Ibid. Sec. 13. same as for an Ordinary Second Mate's Certificate (see para. 27),
except that no service in square-rigged sailing vessels is required.
Navigation.
43. EXAMINATION IN NAVIGATION.-The examination in navigation Ibid, Sec. 44. for a Second Mate's Certificate for foreign-going steamships will be precisely the same as that prescribed for an Ordinary Second Mate's Certificate.
Seamanship.
44. EXAMINATION IN SEAMANSHIP. --The Candidate must understand Ibid. Sec. 45. and be able to give satisfactory answers on the following subjects :-
(a.) The standing and running rigging of steamships.
Only Mate Steamships.
First Mate.
Navigation.
(b) Bending, unbending, setting, reefing, taking in and fur-
ling sail.
(c.) Sending masts and yards up and down.
(d) Seeing everything in readiness and clear for getting under way, and the precautions to be then observed with regard to engines, propeller, &e.
(e.) Management of a steamship when under canvas,
(f.) Management of ships' boats in heavy weather.
(.) Dunnaging and stowing cargo.
(4.) The Rule of the Road as regards both steamers and sail- ing vessels, their regulation lights, and fog and sound signals.
(i) Signals of distress, and signals to be made by ships wanting a pilot, and the liabilities and penalties incurred by the misuse of these signals.
(j.) The marking and use of the lead and log lines.
(k.) The construction, use, and action of the sluices, and of
the water-ballast tanks.
(L) Engine-room telegraph, &c.
(m.) Use and management of the rocket apparatus in the
event of a vessel being stranded.
(n.) Any other questions of a like nature appertaining to the duties of the Second Mate of a steamship which the examiner may think it necessary to ask.
45. ONLY MATE.-The qualifications as to age and service are the same as for an Only Mate's Ordinary Certificate, (see para. 30), excepting that the service required as Officer must have been in steam- ships, and that no service in square-rigged vessels is required.
same
46. FIRST MATE.-The qualifications as to age and service are the as for a First Mate's Ordinary Certificate, (see para. 31), excepting that the service required as Officer must have been in steam- ships, and that no service in square-rigged vessels is required.
47. EXAMINATION IN NAVIGATION.--The examination in navigation Ibid. Sec. 48. for an Only or First Mato's Certificate for foreign-going steamships will be precisely the same as that prescribed for an Ordinary First Mate's Certificate (see para. 32).
Seam unship. Ibid. Scc. 49.
48. EXAMINATION IN SEAMANSHIP, In addition to the qualifications required for a Second Mate's Certificate, an Only or First Mate will be required to show a knowledge of the following subjects
(a.) Shifting large spars; rigging sheers; and taking lower
masts in and out.
(b.) How to moor and unmoor ship; keep a clear anchor;
and to carry out an anchor.
(c.) Management of a steamship in stormy weather.
(d.) How to rig purchases for getting heavy weights, anchors,
machinery, &c., in and out.
(e.) How to dispose various kinds of cargo and weights in a
stiff, and in a tender vessel.
(f) Ventilation of holds, and the stowage of explosives.
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