'The Gazette of the Ministry of Commonteations, ove Nov 350, of Apri' 10d, consign the text of Examination Yuan on March prescribing the examinations to bs passed by navigating officers in order to qualify for admi to the several evades of the service The flowing are pote et special interest:—
No one may sere as o us ing oticer {in te merchant ser Unk he us obtained a certieste that he tus passed the. preserved examination, "all Chine etizens Dousessing note than two Sears, Experience afloat ye eligible for Examinations are prescribed for the several grades of masters and fate, ta ree, main "groups vessels, Officers on foreign-going 2. Officers' on home coasting vessels, 3, Officers on home rivers and inland waters.
There are graduated tests for all rades in these three groups, covering a wide range of technical sub-Jeets (mathematics, chart-reading, Signals, tides, ete., ete.; and for the higher ran me law, interna.
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