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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH OCTOBER, 1905.
APPENDIX B.
TABLE showing the REQUIREMENTS as to SEA SERVICE necessary to QUALIFY for EXAMINATION for CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY.
NOTE.
A Candidate for an Ordinary Certificate of any grade who has not Service in previously held an Ordinary Certificate of a lower grade, must prove square-rigged that he has served twelve months in the foreign trade or eighteen vessels. sailing months in the home or coasting trade in a square-rigged sailing vessel.
Where Foreign-going Certificates are required to be held to qualify Nature of Candidates for examination, they may be either the Ordinary Certificates, Certificates. or those for fore and aft rigged vessels or for foreign-going steamships.
Officer's Service in Merchant Vessels.
Rank.
Minimum Age,
Total Sea Service
(Years). Years.
Lowest Capacity.
Lowest certificate required.
2nd Mate,
17
ORDINARY CERTIFICATES FOR FOREIGN-GOING SHIPS.
4
None.
No Officer's service required.
Only Mate,.
19
-
No Officer's service required.
None.
Ist Mate.
19
5
1
3rd or 4th Mate in foreign trade in
charge of watch.
2nd Mate
foreign- going.
Or
Only Mate in home or consting trade. 2nd Mate
foreign. going,
Or
or home
trade Mate.
1
Pilot with 1st Class pilot's certificate.
None.
Master,
21
1
Only Mate in foreign trade.
Only Mate
foreign-
going.
14
Or
Only Mate in home or coasting trade. Only Mate
foreign.
going.
And in addition, unless the above service was performed with a First Mate's Foreign-going certificate, he will also be required to prove one of the following service 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-
Or
going,
or home trade Mate.
None.
1
D*
3
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Pilot with 1st class pilot's certificate.
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 · unly be accepted if a 3rd and 4th Mate were also carried).
And in addition
1st Mate
foreign- going.
3rd or 4th Mate in foreign trade in 2ud Mate
charge of watch.
OR HE MUST HAVE SERVED
Master in home or coasting trade.
Or
* If all the service was in home or coasting trade.
foreign.
going,
2nd Mate
foreign- going or Master home trade
for one year of
such service.