Abbreviations used
Date August 13 1874
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph
The language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate.
Another examination for granting certificates of competency to masters and mates by Board of Examiners, Capt. P.A. Scott, R.N., chairman which commenced Tuesday morn. was concluded Wednesday eve., when the following gentlemen, instructed by McNally & Seaton were declared to have passed examination: James CAIN, Master, Yarmouth, N.S., Louis HALIBURTON, Master, Annapolis; Lindsay KIRKPATRICK, master, Aylesford; Henry J. CUTTING, master, St. John, N.B.; William Percival PARKER, master, St. John; James A. COWAN, master, Digby; Thomas GLENDENNING, 1st mate, Yarmouth; At Halifax, 16th inst., by same firm: Mathew GEDSON, master, Lunenburg; Robert ROBERTS, master, Liverpool, N.S.; William H. COALFLEET, master, Hantsport; Harry MITCHERSON, 1st mate, Hantsport; William Jacob FORBES, 1st mate, Liverpool; Donald McNUTT, 1st mate, Maitland; Charles A. COX, 1st mate, Maitland; H. MITCHENEN, 1st mate, Hantsport; John ELLIS, 1st mate, Economy, N.S.