SYLLABUSES.

WE give here the Ministry of Transport Examination Syllabuses for all
grades and have inserted Roman Numerals against the paragraphs
to indicate the chapters in this hook where reference is made to
the subjects named, with the exception of "Engineering Knowledge,"
which has not been referred to.

The Syllabuses of the Merchant Navy Training Board which, in
effect is similar to that of the Ministry of Shipping for Second
Mate Certificates, is also given for each year of apprenticeship,
but re-arranged to meet the order of presentation adopted in
this text-book, together with the pagings of the various items
for convenience of reference to facilitate the work of instructors
and of students at sea.

Specimen examination papers are given at the end of the book.

SECOND MATE (FOREIGN-GOING).

35. General.— Candidates should demonstrate their understanding of
their work by means of sketches and figures drawn with reasonable accuracy
but not to scale.

The "Knowledge of Principles" paper is intended to test the candidate's
grasp of fundamental technical ideas and processes required in his work at
sea. Mathematical proofs of formulae are not required, but a candidate
should be able to demonstrate the truth of a formula by means of a figure,
whexe possible.

36. Papei* L Knowledge of Principles, {3 hours*)

(a) The reading of simple graphical diagrams, t,g.> stability curves, weather
statistics, etc. (XVHI.) Also Chapter DDL, Volume L, Nicholas's

(c) Areas and perimeters of rectangle, triangle, circle, volumes, and surfeu*
areas 'of box-shaped bodies, cylinders and wedges* Practical applications,
e.gr weight of general cargo of varied shapes; capacities of holds and bunkers;
weight of contents of bunkers. (XIV,} Also C&apter IV,, Volume L,

, ty Tr%onbme1aical ^tk>*rHsine, cosine, tangent, cosecant, seeing
co-iangent, haversine.