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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22nd NOVEMBER, 1862.

(5.) Every Person who, having been engaged to serve in any of the above Capa- cities in any such Steam Ship as aforesaid, gocs to Sea in that Capacity without being at the Time entitled to and possessed of such Certificate as is required by this Section, and every Person who employs any Person in any of the above Capacities in such Ship without ascertaining that he is at the Time entitled to and possessed of such Certificate as is required by this Section, shall for each such Offence incur a Penalty not exceed- ing Fifty Pounds.

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6. The Board of Trade shall from Time to Time cause Examinations to be held Examinations for

Engineer'sCertificates of Persons who may be desirous of obtaining Certificates of Competency as Engineers: of Competency. For the Purpose of such Examinations the Board of Trade shall from Time to Time appoint and remove Examiners, and award the Remuneration to be paid to them; lay down Rules as to the Qualification of Applicants, and as to the Times and Places of Examination; and generally do all such Acts as it thinks expedient in order to carry into effect the Examination of such Engineers as aforesaid.

nation.

7. All Applicants for Examination shall pay such Fees, not exceeding the Sums Fees to be paid by specified in the Table marked (B.) in the Schedule hereto, as the Board of Trade Applicants for Exami- directs; and such Fees shall be paid to such Persons as the said Board appoints for that Purpose, and shall be carried to the Account of the Mercantile Marine Fund.

Certificates of Com-

to those who pass.

8. The Board of Trade shall deliver to every Applicant who is duly reported to have passed the Examination satisfactorily, and to have given satisfactory Evidence of petency to be granted his Sobriety, Experience, and Ability, a Certificate of Competency, as First-class En- gineer or as Second-class Engineer, as the Case may be.

9. Certificate of Service for Engineers, differing in Form from Certificates of Engineer's Certifi- Competency, shall be granted as follows; that is to say,

(1.) Every Person who before the First Day of April One thousand eight hun- dred and sixty-two has served as First Engineer in any Foreign-going Steam Ship of One hundred nominal Horse Power or upwards, or who has attained or attains the Rank of Engineer in the Service of Her Ma- jesty or of the East India Company, shall be entitled to a "First-class Engineer's Certificate" of Service:

(2.) Every Person who before the First Day of April One thousand eight hun- dred and sixty-two has served as Second Engineer in any Forein-going Steam Ship of One hundred nominal Horse Power or upwards, or as First or only Engineer in any other Steam Ship, or who has attained or attains the Rank of First-class Assistant Engineer in the Service of Her Majesty, shall be entitled to a "Second-class Engineer's Certificate" of Service:

Each of such Certificates of Service shall contain Particulars of the Name, Place, and Time of Birth, and the Length and Nature of the previous Service of the Person to whom the same is delivered; and the Board of Trade shall deliver such Certificates of Service to the various Persons so respectively entitled thereto, upon their proving themselves to have attained such Rank or to have served as aforesaid, and upon their giving a full and satisfactory Account of the Particulars aforesaid.

cates of Service to be delivered on Froof of certain Service.

Certain Provisions of Merchant Shipping

10. The Provisions of the Principal Act, with respect to the Certificates of Com- petency of Service of Masters and Mates, contained in the 138th, 139th, 140th, 161st, Act to apply to Engi- and 162nd Sections of the said Act, shall apply to Certificates of Competency or Service neer's Certificates. granted under this Act in the same Manner as if Certificates of Competency and Service to be granted to Engineers under this Act were specially mentioned and included in the said Sections.

Trade and Local Ma-

tificated Engineers.

11. The Power by the 241st Section of the Principal Act given to the Board of Power of Board of Trade or to any Local Marine Board of instituting Investigations into the Conduct of rine Board to investi- any Master or Mate whoin it has reason to believe to be from Incompetency or Mis- gate Conduct of Cer- conduct unfit to discharge his Duties, shall extend to any Certificated Engineer whom the Board of Trade or any Local Marine Board has reason to believe to be from In- competency or Misconduct unfit to discharge his Duties, in the same Manner as if in the said Section the Words "Certificated Engineer" had been inserted after "Master" wherever "Master" occurs in such Section.

Declaration of Eu-

12. The Declaration required to be given by the Engineer Surveyor under Section gineer Surveyor to 309 of the Principal Act shall, in the Case of a Ship by this Act required to have a contain Statement Certificated Engineer, contain, in addition to the Statements in the said Section men-Certificate.

concerning Engineer's