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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 5, 1937.

and management of the different valves, pipes and connec tions;

(e) to be able to state and describe defects arising from the working of the engines and to explain how he would proceed to remedy such defects; also to show that he under- stands the mechanism of the starting and reversing arrange- ments, and is competent to perform with skill the various operations;

(f) to be able to explain the principle, construction and arrangement of primary and secondary batteries and induction coils, so far as is necessary for the efficient management of an oil engine;

(g) to possess a good working knowledge of the construc- tion and management of auxiliary steam boilers and machinery;

(h) to be familiar with the nature and properties of the various oils, etc., generally used in internal combustion engines, and to understand what is meant by "flash" point; also to have a knowledge of the explosive properties of the gas or vapour given off by these oils, etc., when mixed with a definite quantity of air; and to be thoroughly conversant with the danger of exposing a naked light to such gas or vapour, or of allowing any leakage from the oil tanks, gas producers, pipes, vaporisers, etc., particularly into the vessel's bilges and other unventilated spaces.

31. First Class Engineer.---A candidate for a First Class Engineer's Certificate (Ordinary or Motor) must not be less than 22 years of age.

Sea Service.-The Candidate must

(a) have served at sea in foreign-going vessels for eighteen months, on regular watch on the main propelling machinery, as Senior Engineer in charge of the whole watch (see rule 39); or

(b) have served at sea in the home trade for 2 years and 3 months as First or Second Engineer; or 3 years as Third or Fourth Engineer, being Senior Engineer in charge of the whole watch on the main propelling machinery; or

(c) possess, or be entitled to, a First Class Certificate of service.

Subject to the provisions of rules 33 and 34, the whole of the required period of qualifying service must have been performed while in possession of a Second Class Certificate of the same description (Ordinary or Motor) as that for which the candidate wishes to be examined; and it must have been performed in steamships of not less than 99 nominal horsepower and/or motor ships of not less than 560 brake horsepower. least two-thirds of the required service must have been in ships of the type (steam or motor) to which the desired certificate relates; the remainder of the service may have been in either steam or motor ships.

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32. First Class Engineer: Syllabus of Examina- tion. The candidate is required:-

(a) to display a superior knowledge of all the subjects specified in paragraph (1) of rule 30 and in either paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) of that rule, as the case may be;