[janwhin]

Noticed today that Ancestry have launched a new set of records. These are the certificates for Masters and Mates covering the period 1850 to 1927. I've looked at one of my ancestors and there are 2 certificates, for mate (1864) and then master (1867), together with certificates of competence signed off at Amble, by a Wm? Arkless, superintendant. The examination was passed at Dundee.