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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 12, 1910.

Provisional

First Mate.

bil. Sec. 83.

66. PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATES AS FIRST MATE.Provisional Cer- Certificates, tificates as First Mate are granted to candidates who can prove that they have served five years at sea, and that during one year of this period they have served in a capacity not lower than Fourth Mate while holding a Second Mate's Certificate. They must pass the usual examina- tion for First Mate and pay the usual fee. The provisional certificate is exchangeable for the full certificate as First Mate, without further payment or examination, on production to the Registrar-General of Seamen of satisfactory proofs that the holder has served at sea not less than 12 months in a foreign-going vessel in a capacity not lower than Fourth Mate, and that daring the whole of that period he has been in regular charge of a watch and in possession of a certificate of competency as Second Mate.

Provisional Certificates, Master.

67. PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATES AS MASTER.-Provisional Cer- tificates as Master are granted to candidates who can prove not less than Ibid. Sec. 84. six and a half years' service at sea, and who pass the usual examination for Master and pay the usual fee. Of this service two and a half years must have been served in a capacity not lower than Fourth Mate of an ocean-going steamship, during the last 12 months of which the candidate must have been in possession of a full certificate as First Mate. These certificates will be exchanged for the full certificate as Master without further payment or examination, on production to the Registrar-General of Seamen of satisfactory proofs that the holder has served at sea not less than two and a half years in a foreign-going vessel in charge of a watch in a capacity not lower than Fourth Mate, and that during 12 months of this period he has served as Second Mate while in possession of a full certificate of competency as First Mate.

Compass deviation. Eid. See. 85.

Voluntary Examination in Compass Deviation.

68. Any person holding a certificate of any grade in the foreign or home trade or as Master of his own Pleasure Yacht, who wishes to pass a voluntary examination in compass deviation, can at any time be examined upon filling up the usual form of application, and paying to the Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Oflice the fee of ten dollars. If the candidate passes the examination a note to that effect will be made upon his Certificate.

Ca

Persous

Qualified.

Ibid. rec. 100.

Form of

Certificates of Service.

69. A person who has attained the rank of Lieutenant, Sub- lieutenant, Navigating Lieutenant, or Navigating Sub-lieutenant in His Majesty's Navy, or of Lieutenant in His Majesty's Indian Marine Service, is entitled to a Certificate of Service as Master of a foreign- going ship without examination. This Certificate will not entitle the holder to go to sea as Master of a home trade passenger ship.

70. Applications for Certificates of Service must be made on a application. printed form, Exn. 18, to be obtained free of charge from the Registrar- General of Seamen, Tower Hill, London, E., or from the Superintend- ent of any Mercantile Marine Office.

Ibid. Sec. 101.

How to apply.

Ibid. Sec. 102.

71. Applications for Certificates of Service by Officers of the Royal Navy on the Active List must be made through their Commanding Officers, and applications from Officers who have retired from the Royal Navy or who are on half-pay must be made to the Secretary of the Admiralty, who in either case will forward the application to the Board of Trade.

Sea service. Ibid. Sec. 104.

CHAPTER III.

Rules for Estimating Sea Service.

72. In these Regulations sea service is reckoned from the com- mencement to the termination of the voyage. The certificates of discharge for service in the foreign trade will generally be accepted as proof of sea service, but certificates of discharge for service in the home or coasting trade will require additional verification. Superintendents and examiners will be careful to see that these discharges have not been in any way tampered with, and will report any suspicious cases to the Registrar-General of Seamen.

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