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THE steady diminution in the supply of officers for the mercantile marine, which has been going on for the past few years, is becoming a serious problem to shipowners. The average number of certificates as second mate granted annually by the Board of Trade has fallen from 1132 to 746, or 34 percent., during the last fifteen years, and as a considerable wastage in the number of candidates takes place during the compulsory period of qualifying sea service between the granting of this initial certificate and that of master, it follows that there is a corresponding reduction in the number of officers qualified to fill the higher ratings on board ship.
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Navigation at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow . Nature 90, 684–685 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/090684a0
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