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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 24, 1930.
46. Oral Portion.
1-(e) Shifting large spars and rigging sheers.
(b) The handling of heavy weights with special reference to strength of gear used.
(c) Use and maintenance of all deck and above deck ap- pliances and fittings-winches, capstans, windlasses, emer- gency steering gear, and fittings used between anchor and cable locker. Hoisting in boats.
(d) Bending, setting and taking in fore and aft sails. Management and equipment of ships' lifeboats and number of persons who may be carried in each class of boat.
2. Anchors--different kinds; advantages and disadvan- tages of each. How to rig a sea anchor and what means to employ to keep a vessel, disabled or unmanageable, out of the trough of the sea and lessen her lee drift. Cables and their care. Preparations for anchoring. Operation of an- choring with single anchor and use of second anchor. Clear- ing a foul anchor. Mooring. Clearing a foul hawse. An- choring in a tideway and in a confined space. Dragging anchor. Anchor watch. Slipping a cable. To carry out an anchor with boats. Getting under way.
3) Effect of propellers on the steering of a ship. Stopping, going astern and manoeuvring. Turning circles. Effects of current, wind, sea, shallows, draft.
(b) Coming alongside a wharf, ete. Turning a steam- ship short round, manoeuvring in rivers and harbours Emergency manoeuvres, Man overboard.
(c) Management of steamships in stormy weather.
(d) To get a cast of the deep sea lead.
4) Testing lifebuoys and life jackets; other lifesav- ing gear.
(b) Accidents, e... collision, running aground, accidents to hatches, leaks, fires and their treatment. Running repairs Handling a disabled ship.
(e) A practical knowledge of the screening of ships' navigation lights.
(d) Preparation for dry-docking. Use of shores, bilge blocks and bilge shores.
5. Regulations for prevention of collision at sea--as par. 38, Section 5 (Oral) Second Mate.
6. Signals. As rule 37. Section 6 (Oral) Second Mate.
7. The Examiner may ask the candidate questions aris- ing out of the written work, if he deems it necessary on account of weakness shown by the candidate.
MASTER (FOREIGN-GOING).
47. Qualifications.* candidate must not be less than twenty three years of age, and must have served seven years at sen in foreign-going ships or the equivalent, ten and
* For convenience of calculation the service required is stated in a tabular form in Appendix C.
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