And this chiefly is where the trouble, if such it can be called, arises as to the inclusion of Chiness the Association, There is no objection raised either by ghe authorities, for the Association is government-controlled, or by the pilots,! but it is impossible for a Chinese pilot to qualify for an examination of the kind mentioned because there is no sech thing asin Master Mariner's certificate issued. by the Governments of China, The authorities have, therefore! decided* that they will be satisfied if the would-be entrant can prove that he has a thorough knowledge of navigation and has had a given number of years experience at sea but here again difficulty arises. A certificate of service may be had from the Nanking Government now used to be from the Peking! Government,—but there are no Chinese in responsible positions on! vessels of any size, for at present all the larger Chinese-owned chips fare captained by foreigners. But gradually Chinese-owned shins of fair size are coming to be staffed entirely by Chinese and When internal strife has coosed in Chin: and a set of shipping laws is drawn, there will be no difficulty about. Chinese pilots.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.