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in most common use, so that students who have accustomed themselves to either one or other of these books, may avoid the disadvantage of having to unlearn that which they may have already acquired, or of having to alter the text so that it may coincide with their Tables.

The section upon Seamanship appears for the first time in this edition, much care has been expended upon it, and it is hoped it will be found useful not only to the applicant for a Certificate of Competency, but also to the Master in actual command of his ship and the Officer in charge of the deck. It is with the greatest pleasure that I have to acknowledge the assistance which I have received in this particular from Capt. H. J. R. Langdon (in charge of the Government Marine School at Halifax, N. S.) for I have felt that his thorough knowledge of every thing appertaining to a seaman and his long experience in his profession, made all suggestions emanating from him, of the greatest practical value.

The leading lights have been corrected as far as possible to the time of publication, and the Definitions and answers to the questions in the various Examination papers have been made as concise as clearness would allow.

With the revision that the whole of the original work has undergone, together with the many additions made to it, I trust the result will be so far satisfactory that its shortcomings may be overlooked, in the good service it has been my endeavour to make this little Manual capable of performing.

Quebec, August 1875.

WILLIAM C. SEATON,

COPY OF HER MAJESTY'S ORDER

IN COUNCIL,

GIVING EFFECT TO CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY ISSUED IN CANADA, AND COPY OF RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES AND OF CERTIFICATES OF

COMPETENCY AND SERVICE.

At the Court at Balmoral, the 19th day of August, 1871.

PRESENT,

The QUEEN'S Most Excellent Majesty in Council.

WHEREAS by The Merchant Shipping (Colonial) Act, 1869,» it is (among other things) enacted that where the Legislature of any British Possession provides for the examination of, and grant of certificates of competency to, persons intending to act as masters, mates, or engineers on board British ships, and the Board of Trade reports to Her Majesty that they are satisfied that the examinations are so conducted as to be equally efficient as the examinations for the same purpose in the United Kingdom under the Acts relating to Merchant Shipping, and that the Certificates are granted on such principles as to show the like qualifications and competency as those granted under the said Acts, and are

liable to be forfeited for the like reasons and in the like manner, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by Order in Council:

1. To declare that the said certificates shall be of the same force as if they had been granted under the said Acts: 2. To declare that all or any of the provisions of the said Acts which relate to certificates of competency granted under those Acts shall apply to the certificates referred to in the said Order:

3. To impose such conditions, and to make such regulations with respect to the said certificates, and to the use, issue, delivery, cancellation, and suspension thereof, as to Her Majesty may seem fit, and to impose penalties not exceeding fifty pounds for the breach of such conditions and regulations:

And that upon the publication in the London Gazette of any such order in Council as last aforesaid, the provisions therein. contained shall from a date to be mentioned for the purpose in such Order, take effect as if they had been contained in the Act; and that it shall be lawful for Her Majesty in Council to revoke any order made under this section:

And whereas the Legislature of the British possession of Canada has provided for the examination of and grant by the Minister of Marine and Fisheries in the said possession of certificates of competency for sea-going ships to persons intending to act as master or mates on board British seagoing ships, which Certificates are hereinafter denominated Colonial Certificates of Competency, and the Board of Trade have reported to Her Majesty that they are satisfied that the said examinations are so conducted as to be equally efficient as the examinations for the same purpose in the United Kingdon, under the Acts relating to Merchant Shipping, and that the certificates are granted on such principles as to show the like qualifications and competency as those granted under the said Acts, and are liable to be forfeited, for the like reasons and in the like manner :

Now therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the power vested in Her by the said recited Act, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased,

(1) To declare that the said Colonial Certificates of Competency granted by the Minister of Marine and Fisheries in the said possession of Canada shall be of the same force as if they had been granted under the said Acts, that is to say, the said Colonial Certificates of Competency as Masters of such sea-going ships shall be of the same force as if they were Certificates of Competency as Masters of foreign-going ships, granted under the said Acts, and the said Colonial Certificates of Competency as Mates of such sea-going ships shall be of the same force as if they were Certificates of Competency as First Mates of foreign-going ships granted under the said Acts.

(2) To declare that all the provisions of the said Acts which relate to Certificates of Competency for the foreign trade granted under those Acts, except the 139th section of «The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, and so much of the 3rd paragraph of the 23rd section of «The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862,» as requires at the conclusion of a case relating to the cancelling or suspending of a Certificate, such Certificate, if cancelled, or suspended, to be forwarded to the Board of Trade. And the whole of the fourth paragraph of the same section shall apply to such Colonial Certificates of Competency.

(3) To impose and make the conditions and regulations following, numbered 1 to 10 respectively with respect to the said Colonial Certificates of Competency, and to the use, issue, delivery, cancellation, and suspension thereof, and to impose for the breach of such conditions and regulations the penalties therein mentioned.

Form of Certificate.

1. Every such Colonial Certificate of Competency shall be on parchment, and as nearly as possible similar in shape and form to the corresponding Certificate of Competency for the foreign trade, granted by the Board of Trade under the Acts relating to Merchant Shipping.

Name of Possession to be inserted.

2. Every such Colonial Certificate of Competency shall have the name of the said Possession of Canada inserted prominently on its face and back.

Certificates to be numbered consecutively.

3 Such Colonial Certificates of Competency shall be numbered in consecutive order.

Lists of Certificates granted, cancelled, &c., to be sent to RegistrarGeneral of Seamen.

4. The Government of the said Possession shall furnish the Registrar-General of Seamen in London from time to time with accurate lists of all such Colonial Certificates of Competency as may be granted as aforesaid by the said Minister of Marine and Fisheries, or as may for any cause whatsoever, be cancelled, suspended, renewed, or re-issued.

Three years Domicile or Service necessary.

5. Such Colonial Certificates of Competency shall be granted

only to persons who have been domiciled in the said Possession, or who have served in ships registered therein for a period of, or for periods amounting to, at least three years immediately preceding their application for such Colonial Certificates.

Certificates of Competency granted contrary to this regulation shall be regarded as improperly granted.

Certificates not to be granted when former are Cancelled.

6. Such Colonial Certificates of Competency shall not be granted to any person who may have had a Certificate, whether granted by the Board of Trade or by the Government of a British Possession, cancelled or suspended under the provisions of the said Acts, or of any Act for the time being in force in any part of Her Majesty's Dominions unless the period of suspension has expired, or unless intimation has been received from the Board of Trade, or the Government by whom the cancelled or suspended Certificate was originally granted, to the effect that no objection to the grant of such Colonial Certificate is known to exist, or unless a new Certificate has been granted to him by such Board or Government, and in the last named event no such Colonial Certificate of Competency shall be for a higher grade than the Certificate so last granted as aforesaid. Colonial Certificates of Competency granted contrary to this regulation shall be regarded as improperly granted.

Certificates improperly granted may be cancelled without formal

investigation.

7. Any such Colonial Certificate of Competency which appears from information subsequently acquired or otherwise, to have been improperly granted, whether in the above or in any other respect, may be cancelled by the Government of the said Possession or by the Board of Trade in the United Kingdom, without any formal investigation under «The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, and the holder of such Certificate shall thereupon deliver it to the Board of Trade or the Government of the said Possession, or as they or either of them may direct, and in default thereof shall incur a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds which shall be recoverable in the same manner as penalities imposed by the Acts relating to Merchant Shipping are thereby made recoverable.

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Cancellation, &c., of a Certificate shall involve Cancellation of all the other Certificates possessed by its owner.

8. Every decision with respect to the cancellation or suspension of a certificate pronounced by any Board, Court or Tribunal under the provisions of the said Acts shall extend equally to all the

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