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(5) the Rule of the Road at Sea and the contents and application of the Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea;

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(6) the uniform system of buoyage and marking, and the wreck marking

system;

(7) signals of distress and use of rockets and flares, and the penalties for their misuse:

(8) the use of Line Throwing Rocket Apparatus in the event of stranding, taking in bow or being lowed;

(9) the correct action to be taken in case of a man overboard and the we and care of life-saving appliances;

(10) how to improvise and use a sca anchor;

(11) how to rig and use a jury rudder;

(12) the bandling of a single-screw small vessel in bad weather, in beaving- to, etc.;

(13) emergency action in regard to steering gear defects, engine breakdown, fire on board, underwater damage or leaks, etc.)

(14) elementary questions on manoeuvring, getting under way, coming to an anchor or buoy, elaj

(15) general knowledge of the requirements of the Merchant Shipping Acu and the Hong Kong Merchant Shipping Ordinance, relating to strandings, colli- sjons or other shipping casualties, reports to be made in cases of death or injury to persons, return of crew lists and agreements and certificates of discharge;

(16) the correct action to be taken and reports to be made in the event of the trawl fouling an underwater cable and the avoidance of areas where deep sea cables are known to be laid;

(17) any other practica) question relating to the duties of a person in charge of a trawler which the Examiners may think appropriate,

PART IV. Signalling,

A candidate must be able to---

(1) send and receive morse at the rate of 4 words per minule,

(2) recognize the lags of the International Code and koow the meanings of the following single fag urgent and important signals—

A. D, E, K. L., O. R. U. V.

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PART II. Practical Navigation (3 hours-Marks 200).

Candidates will be required to show a high degree of knowledge in the rubjects specified in Part 1 of the First Schedule and in addition thereto an adequate knowledge in the following subjects-

(1) how to find the error, and thence the deviation of a compass by means of tables only or by means of time azimuth of the sun;

(2) how to determine the position line and position through which it passes by means of an altitude of the sun observed out of the meridian at a given Greenwich Mean Time by chronometer or deck watch;

(3) how to check a chronometer or deck watch by radio or visual time ៥៧.

PART III. Oral Examination in Seamanship.

Candidates will be required to show a high degree of knowledge in the subjects specified in Part II of the First Schedule and in addition thereto a knowledge in the following subjects-

(1) meteorology-sufficient to understand the meaning of weather bulletins and typhoon warnings broadcast for the use of Mariners in the China Seas:

(2) the maintenance and care necessary to keep a trawler in a seaworthy condition at all times and closing appliances to below deck spaces:

(3) an elementary knowledge of the effects on the stability of a trawler of black tanks (either water or fuch), loading on deck or overloading, and seas shipped on or below deck;

(4) methods of reffoating after grounding;

(9) assisting a vessel in distress or aircraft on the water, rescuing the crew

of a disabled vessel or aircraft and the use of oil in heavy weather.

PART IV. Signalling.

A candidate must be able to-

(1) send and receive more at the rate of 4 words per minute:

(2) recognize the flags of the International Code and know the meanings of

the following single Bag urgent and important signals-

A, D, F, K, L, O. R. UL, V.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Syllabur for examination for Certificate of Competency as Trawling Master.

PART 1. Phorage (24 hours-Marks 2001,

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Candidates will be required to show a high degree of knowledge in the subject specified in Part I of the First Schedule and in addition thercio an adequate knowledge in the following subjects-

(1) the use of the tide tables for the Standard Port of Hong Kong:

(2) the use of vertical danger angles taken by the sextant, and the distance of a lighthouse or point of land of known height from the point of observation

(3) the method of fixing a ship's position by means of the bearing of a chore. object crossed with a celestial position line.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

FORM I.

Front of Green Cover

LIMITED CERTIFICATE

OF COMPETENCY.

TRAWLING MASTER.

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