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No. 14. —Return of Engineers who were examined and passed for Certificates of Competency— continued.

Total number of applicants, 247. Amount of fees, £227. Failures to pass examination : For first-class engineer, 7 ; second-class engineer, 14 ; third-class engineer, 5 ; river engineer, 8 ; marine engine-driver, 2 ; first-class engineer (powered vessels other than steam), 1 ; second-class engineer (powered vessels other than steam), 1 ; restricted limits engineer (powered vessels other than steam), 5. In addition to examinations for the above certificates, two master mariners sat for " master in steam," one being examined at Auckland and the other at Wellington. In each case the candidate was unsuccessful.

No. 15.—Return of Steamers and Oil-engine Vessels surveyed during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1909, with Particulars of Tonnage, &c.

Name of Person. Rank. Class for which examined. Date of Examinatioon. Henry Herbert Marshall Engineer (powered vessels other than steam) Ditto River trade .. 4 May, 1908. Charles Edwin Nicholson .. Thomas Thorne Seccombe .. Henry O'Brien Geoffrey Rogers Alfred Meredith Cosslett .. Richard Edgar Neale George Simpson Hackett Fred Garnet Asher Richard Blundell Bertram Hunter Lionel Innes Stephenson Charles Henry Lane George William Holland Samson Johanns Salamonsen Charles Young )} * . > ■ ;> • • • • 5j . . . . 5j • • • • s> . • >> J? • • )) • • )) • • 7 May, 1 June, ,, 17 June, ,, 4 August, ,, 1 September, ,, 1 October, ,, 18 November, „ 8 December, ,, 4 January, 1909. 4 January, ,, 4 January, ,, 4 January, ,, 4 January, „ 1 February, ,, 5 February, „ j> >> • • j) )j • • )) • • J) . . . . a J) • • • • >> • • ,, >>

Name of Vessel. Tonsl mi [eaeure- ■ J IT _ m O O 03 P.O is =11! a a a • .283 Description of Machinery. Screw. Paddle. i 1 I Admiral Advance (Auckland) .. Advance (Kaipara) .. Ahuriri Akaroa Albany .. ... Albatross (Auckland) .. 121 18 47 6 85 76 82 12 36 31 29 28 8 30 B.H.P. 17 28 8 37 Compound S. oondensing High pressure Oil-engine Compound S. condensing Single.. 84-6 217-8 111 High pressure Compound S. oondensing Single at each end Single.. Albatross (Auckland) .. Alert Alexander (2) Alice Anna Antelope Antrim 50-2 42-5 25 B.H.P. n 72 3J 10 B.H.P. 2J B.H.P. 30 16J 33 27J 145 2J B.H.P. 329 55 62 30 24 10 14 15 9 2J B.H.P. 40 2J B.H.P. 250 Oil-engine Compound S. condensing Aorere Aotea Apanui Arahura Ariel Atua Aupouri Awaroa Baden Powell Baroona Beatrice Bell Bird Ben Lomond Blanche Bonnie Jean Britannia (Auckland).. Britannia (Bluff) Canopus 377 28 18-8 60 72 263 243 1,596 17-2 3,443 463 344 175-29 136 20 88 46 26 7-6 196-5 23-4 1,337 184 3 21 14 35 49 157 134 771-2 12-9 1,894-7 220 210 72 78-7 8 52 33 17-56 5-7 108-4 17-5 834 298-4 65-9 203-9 1,696 2,820 416-5 High pressure Oil-engine Compound S. condensing Triple-ex. S. condensing Oil-engine Triple-ex. S. condensing Twin .. Single.. Single.. Twin .. Single.. Twin .. Paddle'. 191 -9 Single.. Compound S. condensing Triple-ex. S. condensing Compound S. condensing High pressure Oil-engine High pressure Oil-engine Triple-ex. S. condensing Paddle. 1,091-3 Single.. Note.—The flgi ire (2) aft< jr the name of vessel sho . r s vessel to have been twice surveyed.