Mr. FOOTasked the President of the Board of Trade how many persons have, during the past 12 months, sat for the examination for the second mate's certificate for the mercantile marine and how many have passed the examination; and what are the respective figures for the several examination centres throughout the country?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONThe following table shows the number of examinations for certificates of competency as second mate at the various ports during the year ended 30th June, 1922, and the number of successes at each port.
1911W
Port. Number of examinations. Number of successes. Aberdeen 37 23 Belfast 19 6 Cardiff 133 46 Dublin 21 14 Dundee 27 16 Glasgow 132 40 Greenock 86 31 W. Hartlepool 23 13 Hull 92 29 Leith 45 22 Liverpool 395 203 London 559 224 Newport 44 16 Plymouth 58 22 South Shields 147 56 Southampton 48 25 Sunderland 71 28 Swansea 37 15 Total 1,974 829