31005-1913-Regulations-relating-to-the-Examinations-of-Masters-and-Mates-in-the-Mercantile-Marine — Page 27

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 21, 1913.

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114. Service performed in the sea-going steam vessels of the Lighthouse Trinity House, of the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses, or the Commissioners of Irish Lights, or in Irish or Scotch Fishery Cruisers will be accepted as sea service for the purpose of qualifying a Candidate for examination for a River Certificate; but for Foreign- going Certificates Candidates must show in addition to this service calculated in accordance with para. 90 at least 12 months in an ordinary trading vessel. In order to qualify a Candidate for an Ordinary Certificate, this 12 months must have been performed in a square-rigged vessel.

115. Officers of the Royal Navy are at liberty to apply for Service in Certificates of Service and to be examined for Certificates of Royal Navy. Competency in the Mercantile Marine, but the Lords Commis- sioners of the Admiralty have directed that the applications of Officers on the Active List should be made through their Com- manding Officers, and that the applications of Officers on half-p

-pay should be made to the Secretary of the Admiralty who, in either case will forward the application to the Board of Trade.

The conditions on which Certificates of Service are issued are stated in paragraphs 82 to 81. ·

116. Officers of the Royal Navy or of the Royal Indian Marine Qualifications who wish to be examined for Certificates of Competency in the Mer

required of Naval and cantile Marine will be required to prove the following service; and Ludian if an Officer wishes to obtain the Ordinary Certificate for foreign- Officers. going ships he must prove that at least twelve months of this required period was served under sail alone:

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(i.) For Second Mate.-The Officer must prove 4 years' service at sea or that he has attained the rank of Acting Sub-lieutenant.

(i.) For Only Mate.-Five years' service at sea.

(iii.) For First Mate or Master-The Officer must prove that he has attained the rank of Sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy, or of Lieutenant in the Royal Indian Marine.

Marine

117. Lieutenants, Sub-lieutenants, and Acting Sub-lieutenants Service in of the Royal Naval Reserve who perform sea service on board His Royal Naval

Reserve. Majesty's ships will, if accompanied by a good report, be allowed to count such service as if it had been performed in foreign-going mer-.. chant ships, and the service will rank according to the Certificate of Competency held by the Candidate at the time.

Midshipmen of the Royal Naval Reserve, possessing a First Mate's Certificate, and temporarily granted the rank of Acting Sub-lieutenant whilst undergoing twelve months' training afloat in the Royal Navy, will, if accompanied by a good report, be allowed to count such service as if it had been performed in the capacity of Second Mate of a foreign-going merchant ship with a First Mate's Certificate.

drill and

118. The time spent in drill in the Royal Naval Reserve on Service in board sea-going vessels of the Royal Navy, if accompanied by a harbour good report, will be accepted in full; but if the drill bas been ships. performed in Harbour ships of the Royal or Colonial Navies, only half such time will be accepted as sea service and no such service must amount to more than one-fourth of the time required for the particular grade of Certificate applied for.

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