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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 24, 1930.
65. Service in ships trading abroad.-Service in ships trading entirely abroad will be accepted as equivalent to service in foreign-going ships provided that the distance between the extreme ports visited during the course of the voyage is at least 500 miles. If the distance is less than 500 miles, the service will only be accepted as equivalent to service in the home trade,
66. Nature of service determined by actual posi- tion on board ship.-Sea service, in whatever trade it may be performed, cannot be regarded as qualifying for examina- tion for certificates of competency unless it can be verified by reference to the articles of the ship in which it was per- formed, e.g., service claimed by testimonial or otherwise to have been as mate when the actual rating as shown by the articles was only that of boatswain or other petty officer will not be accepted where officer's service is required.
67. Officer's Service. For the purposes of these Regulations service as First Mate means service as the officer next in seniority to the Master. Service as junior or auxiliary First Mate, or as First Mate under a "Chief Officer," will count as equivalent to service as the second of three watch- keeping officers for qualifying purposes. The facts in each case must be clearly established by the candidate's certificates of watchkeeping service.
For the definition of "watch-keeping service,” see
rule 68.
68. Watch-keeping service.
(a) For First Mate. When service in charge of a watch is specified in these Rules, candidates for certificates of competency as First Mate must be able to prove that out of the 18 months' service required at least 15 months have been spend in effective charge of a watch for not less than eight hours out of each 24 hours' service at sea. The remain- ing three months may be service as Junior of two watch- keeping officers but such time will count only as half its duration for qualifying purposes. The exact nature of a candidate's service must be clearly established by a certificate signed by the Master in the form indicated in Appendix D
(b) For Master.--During the whole of the qualifying service between First Mate's and Master's certificates that is specified by these Rules, candidates for a Master's certi- ficate will be required to have served in full charge of a watch for eight hours out of every 24 hours' service at sea. candidate must produce references* from the Master stating clearly that he has had sole charge of a watch for eight hours in each 24 hours' service at sea.
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No service performed under the system of double watches, except as the senior officer, will be accepted as qualifying service for a certificate of this grade.
69. Service in possession of certificate.--Officer's scrvice, to be recognised as qualifying for purposes of exam- ination, must be performed with the requisite certificate as specified in Appendix C. The officer's service performed by a candidate who has been duly promoted during the course of a voyage (see rule 70) or who, in consequence of serving in vessels plying between ports abroad, has been unable to obtain the necessary certificates, may, however, be recog- nised, provided that it is in other respects satisfactory.
* See Appendix D.
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