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ORDINANCE No. 17 OF 1860 . 485


Mercantile Marine- Examination Board.


becoming masters or mates in the Mercantile Marine : Be it, therefore, enacted and
ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legisla
tive Council thereof, as follows :--
:

1. There shall be constituted a Board of Examiners, to be called "The Mercantile Constitution of
Board .
Marine Examination Board , " and such Board shall sit whensoever the same shall be
summoned in manner hereinafter in that respect provided, at the Harbour Master's
ffice, for the purpose of examining candidates for the post of master or mate in the
Mercantile Marine . And such Board shall consist of the following members , to be
appointed from time to time by His Excellency the Governor ; namely : -the Harbour
Master, a Master in the Royal Navy, a Government Marine Surveyor, and two masters
of the Mercantile Marine duly qualified under the provisions of the " Merchant Ship
ping Act 1854, " three of whom shall form a quorum .

2. Whenever any person shall be desirous of obtaining a certificate of competency Summoning of
Board.
as master or mate, he shall give notice in writing to that effect to the Harbour Master ,
who shall forthwith transmit such notice to the Colonial Secretary ; and, on receipt
from him of the names of persons appointed to act as examiners , shall summon the
other members of the said Board to attend at the Harbour Master's Office for the pur
pose of examining such applicant upon some day to be named in the summons (such
day not to be more than seven days later than the day of the date of such summons ; )
and shall also notify the applicant for examination to attend accordingly.

3. Every applicant for examination for a certificate of competency as master Fees to be paid
by applicants.
shall upon lodging his application pay to the Harbour Master a fee of twenty current
dollars. And every applicant for a certificate of competency as mate shall in like
manner pay a fee of ten dollars ; and the Harbour Master shall pay over all monies
received on account of such fees to the Colonial Treasurer for the purposes of the
general revenue of the Colony.

4. To each examiner, except the Harbour Master, there shall be paid a fee of Fees to meml ers
of Board.
five dollars for each applicant examined, and such fee shall be paid by the Colonial
Treasurer out of the general revenue of the Colony.

5. To every applicant who shall have passed a satisfactory examination and shall Certificates to be
given to appli
have given satisfactory evidence of his sobriety , experience, and general good conduct cants who shall
have passed
their examina
on board ship, a certificate of competency signed by the members of the Board who tion.
shall have acted as examiners shall be given to the effect, that he is competent to act as
master, or as first, second, or only mate.

6. Upon the occasion of every such examination as aforesaid the result thereof Reports of exa
minations to be
shall be reported to the Board of Trade by the Harbour Master. made to the
Board of Trade.



[ Repealed by Ordinance No. 8 of 1879.]