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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 21, 1913.

Only Mate Ordinary.

First Mate Ordinary.

Mate

Ordinary

Navigation.

(k.) Any questions of a like nature appertaining to the duties of a Second Mate that the examiners may think necessary to ask.

(1.) Also questions on the additional subjects which are specified in the rules of examination for Second Mates' Certificates of Competency for foreign-going steamships.

34. ONLY MATE.*.

A candidate must be not less than 19 years

of age, and have served five years at sea.

35. FIRST MATE.-A Candidate must be not less than 19 years of age, and have served five years at sea, of which--

(a.) one year must have been in a capacity not lower than Fourth Mate of a foreign-going vessel whilst hold- ing a Second Mate's Certificate for foreign-going vessels. If his service was as Third or Fourth Mate, proof will be required that he had, during the whole year, charge of a watch (para. 97);

(b.) or one year and a half must have been in a capacity not lower than Only Mate in a home trade or coasting vessel while holding a Second Mate's Certificate for foreign-going vessels, or a Master's Certificate for home trade passenger ships;

(c.) or one year must have been as Pilot with a First Class

Pilot's Certificate (para. 94).

36. EXAMINATION IN NAVIGATION.- -A Candidate for an Only or First Mate's Certificate will be required :---

(a.) To work out any three of the nautical problems pre-

scribed for the Second Mate's examination which may be given him by the examiner, in addition to the chart paper (1) and the oral subjects (m), (n), (o), (p), prescribed for that grade.

(b.) To compute the time at which a given star will be on the observer's meridian.. (Occasionally by inspec- tion.)

(c.) To describe where tables giving the names of the principal stars passing the meridian may be found. (d.) To describe where the time of meridian passage of

the principal planets may be found.

(e.) To determine what bright stars will be within a cer- tain hour angle from the observer's meridian, above the pole and above the horizon, at any given time; also the hour angle, east or west, of each of the stars, and whether to the north or south of the observer's zenith when passing the meridian. (f.) To describe any maps or diagrams which the Candi- date knows and prefers for further facilitating the recognition of the stars and planets.

(g.) To compute the approximate meridian altitude of one

of the stars just found, for setting the sextant. (h.) To find the latitude from the meridian altitude of the

same star.

(i.) To find the longitude by chronometer by altitude of a

star.

* For convenience of calculation the service required is stated in tabular form in Appendix B.

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