BERGEN'S GUIDE BOOK TO THE LOCAL MARINE BOARD EXAMINATIONS CONTAINING THE NEW QUESTIONS REQUIRED BY THE BOARD OF TRADE, ON AND AFTER THE 1st OF AUGUST, 1881. BY WILLIAM CULLEY BERGEN, MASTER IN THE MERCANTILE MARINE, AUTHOR OF BERGEN'S "MARINE ENGINEER," BERGEN'S (Entered at Stationers' Hall.) BIBLIOTHECA NOW 1881 BODLEIANA NORTH SHIELDS: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY W. J. POTTS & CO. ATLAS WORKS. LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL & CO., STATIONERS' HALL COURT ; GLASGOW: D. McGREGOR & CO., CLYDE PLACE, ALSO SOUTH CASTLE LIVERPOOL: PHILIP, SON & NEPHEW, SOUTH CASTLE STREET. SUNDERLAND: WM. C. BERGEN, LAWRENCE STREET. 1881. PRICE FOUR SHILLINGS. 281. e. 7.3 PREFACE. The following work is adapted to the requirements of the Board of Trade after the 1st of August, 1881; a few Tables required for the solution of the questions are given, so that those persons who use Bergen's Navigation will not need any other work The author is indebted to Capt. Wm. B. Duncan, Teacher of Navigation, South Shields, for his valuable help and useful suggestions, while the work was passing through the press. WM. C. BERGEN. HINTS TO CANDIDATES. 1. Before presenting themselves at the Examination Rooms, candidates should see that their applications are properly filled up, and that their papers and testimonials are in regular order; any mistake or omission in regard to these will cause delay and disappointment. (a) Second Mates should show on their applications the whole of their service since they first went to sea. (b) Only Mates, First Mates and Masters should show on their applications the whole of their service since the date of their last certificate. (c) All Grades must show 12 months service in a square rigged vessel, as seaman, mate, or master; otherwise they can only obtain certificates for steamers. (d) All Grades must produce good testimonials for their last 12 months service, from the date of the examination. (e) The time upon the application must be in consecutive order. All service, whether as Apprentice, Boy, O.S., A.B., Cook, Steward or Carpenter, must be shewn; and if a candidate has been on shore for more than two months at a time, he must state on his application what he has been doing during the interval. 2. Second Mates' service in the coasting trade does not count to entitle them to pass as First Mate or Master; but such service must appear upon the applications. 8. Pens and ink are provided in the Board Room, and Candidates must not on any account take books or papers of any kind into the Board Room, except their applications, testimonials, and discharges. This rule does not |