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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 11, 1910.

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make up the deficiency or to complete this period of four years by service as Engineer at sea on regular watch on the main engines or boilers (1) of a foreign-going steamer of not less than 66 nominal horse-power, or (2) of a home trade steamer of not less than 66 nominal horse-power, such service to be counted as equivalent in the case of (1) to two-thirds, and in the case of (2) to four-ninths, of service as apprentice Engineer or as Journey-

man.

If the candidate has not served at all as apprentice Engineer or as Journeyman, he will be required to have served at sea, in lieu thereof, as Engineer on regular watch on the main engines or boilers, six years in a foreign-going steamer of not less than 66 nominal horse-power, or nine years in a home trade steamer of not less than 66 nominal horse-power.

(b.) In addition to the apprenticeship as above described, or the alter- native sea service, the applicant must have served one year at sea as Engineer on regular watch on the main engines or boilers of a foreign-going steamer of not less than 66 nominal horse-power ; or eighteen months in a home trade steamer of not less than 66 nominal horse-power.

(e.) He must be able to give a satisfactory description of boilers, and the methods of staying them, together with the use and management of the different valves, cocks, pipes, and connections.

(.) He must understand how to correct defects from accident, decay,

&c., and the means of repairing such defects.

(e.) He must understand the use of the water gange, pressure gauge, barometer, thermometer, and salinometer, and the principles on which they are constructed.

(f) He must state the causes, effects, and usual remedies for incrusta-

tion and corrosion.

(g.) He must be able to explain the method of testing and altering the setting of the slide valves, and method of testing the fairness of shafts and adjusting them.

(1.) He must be able to calculate the suitable working pressure for a steam boiler of given dimensions, and the stress per square inch on crank and tunnel shafts when the necessary data are furnished. (i) He must understand the construction of steering engines, evapor-

ntors, feed filters, and feed heaters.

(j.) He must understand the construction of centrifugal, bucket, and

plunger pumps, and the principle on which they act.

(7.) He must be able to state how a temporary or permanent repair could be effected in case of derangement of a part of the machinery, or total breakdown.

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(7.) He must write a legible hand, and have a good knowledge of arith-

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up to and including vulgar and decimal fractions and square İle must also understand the application of these rules to questions about safety valves, conl consumption, consumption of stores, capacities of tanks, bunkers, &c.

(m.) He must be able to pass a creditable examination as to the various constructions of paddle and screw engines in general use; as to the details of the different working parts, external and internal, and the use of each part.

(.) He must possess a creditable knowledge of the prominent facts

relating to combustion, heat and steam.

20. FIRST CLASS ENGINEER.A candidate for a First Class Engineer's Cer- First Class. tificate must be not less than 22 years of age.

In addition to the qualification required for a Second Class Engineer,

(4.) he must :---

(1) have served at sea for 12 months, with a Second Class Certi- ficate of Competency or service, as Senior Engineer in charge