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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 21, 1913.

(2.) The Certificate must be an adult Certificate, i.e., obtained by the Candidate when sixteen years of age or more, and the examination for it must have been passed not more than three years before the date of the examination for the Certificate of Competency.

(3.) If a Candidate does not possess such a Certificate of proficiency in First Aid he should apply some time before he wishes to sit for examination for a Certificate as Master or Mate to the local secretary of the St. John or St. Andrew's Ambulance Associa- tion, who will inform him of the available facilities for the instruction and examination of Candidates in First Aid.

(4.) Besides the courses of instruction which are provided on shore at the ports in the United Kingdom, at which examinations for Certificates as Master and Mate are held, courses of instruction given by qualified surgeons on board merchant vessels will be accepted by the St. John Ambulance Association as qualifying the Candidate for examination for their Certificate of proficiency in First Aid, provided the surgeon certifies that he has followed the syllabus of instruction laid down by the Association.

(5.) The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association will also accept instruction by a ship's surgeon on board ship as qualifying a Candidate for examination for their Certificate of proficiency in First Aid, provided their syllabus is followed. In this case the Candidate must previously have enrolled and obtained an attend- ance card by applying to the local secretary of the Association, or to the head office at 176, West Regent Street, Glasgow.

(6.) It will not be necessary for the Candidate for a Certificate as Master or Mate in all cases to produce the formal Certificate of proficiency in First Aid issued by the Associations. In order to prevent delay in proceeding with the examination for the Certificate as Master or Mate and in the issue of the Certificate to successful Candidates, the special Mercantile Marine linen Certificate issued by the St. John Ambulance Association and duly signed by the Lecturer, the Surgeon Examiner and the Association's local representative, or, in Scotland, a certificate signed by the Local Examiner of the St. Andrew's Ambulance Association, to the effect that the Candidate has passed the examination for a Certificate of proficiency, may be accepted as showing that the Candidate possesses the required knowledge of First Aid.

Sight Tests.

23. Every candidate for a certificate of competency must pass Sight Tests.

B/T Reg. the prescribed sight tests before a certificate can be issued to him.

1913. If circumstances render it necessary for him to proceed with the examination in navigation and seamanship before undergoing the sight tests, he should be informed that the examination in navigation and seamanship will be cancelled in the event of his failure to pass either of the sight tests.

(1.) FORM VISION TEST.-Every candidate for a certificate must pass the form vision test. If he presents himself for examination before January 1st, 1914, he will only be required to possess half normal vision using both eyes together. A candidate who has obtained a certificate before that date will be allowed to obtain his higher certificates on the same standard of vision.

Any candidate may, and every candidate presenting himself for examination for his first certificate on or after January 1st, 1914, must pass a higher standard, viz., normal vision using both eyes or either eye separately.

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