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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 8, 1939.
this Scheme if he were on that date a mariner employed or engaged in a Home Trade Cargo Ship of a tonnage equal to the tonnage of the pilot boat of the crew of which he is a member, in the grade, or in the grade and circumstances, in which he is employed or engaged as a member of the crew of that pilot boat.
THIRD SCHEDULE,
PROVISION FOR DETERMINING THE EQUIVALENT NAVAL RANK OF MEMBERS OF THE LIGHT VESSEL SERVICES.
1. A member of the light vessel services who is, on the material date, employed or engaged in the service of Trinity House on  lightship in a grado specified in the first column of Table I contained in this Schedule, shall be treated as holding on that date such equivalent naval rank as is specified in that Table in relation to that grade.
2. A member of the light vessel services, who is, on the material date, employed or engaged in the service of Trinity House on a lighthouse tender or lightship tender in a grade, or in a grade and circumstances, specified in the first column of Table II contained in this Schedule, shall be treated as holding on that date such equivalent maval rank as is specified in that Table in relation to that grade, or to that grade and those circumstances.
3. A member of the light vessel services, who is, on the material date, employed or engaged in the service of any local or general lighthouse authority within the meaning of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (other than Trinity House) on a lightship, a lighthouse tender, or a lightship tender, in a grade, or in a grade and circumstances, which, in the opinion of the Minister, is equivalent to a grade, or a grade or circumstances, specified in the first column of whichever of the Tables contained in this Schedule is appropriate to that member, shall be treated as holding on that date such equivalent naval rank as is specified in the appropriate Table in relation to the equivalent grade or the equivalent grade and circumstances.
4. Certificated when used with reference to any grade specified in the first column of Table II contained in this Schedule shall mean in relation to a member of the light vessel services who is employed or engaged on a lighthouse tender or a lightship tender in that grade, the holding by that member of a valid certificate of competency under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894.
TABLE 1.
LIGHTSHIPS.
Grade.
Equivalent Naval Rank.
Senior Master
Chief Petty Officer.
Junior Master
Chief Petty Officer.
Lamplighter
Leading Rating.
Senior Light and Fog Signal
Driver.
Leading Rating.
Junior Light and Fog Signal
Driver.
A.B.
Fog Signal Driver
A.B.
Seaman
A.B.