CHAPTER XIII. 



POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, CONSTABULARY. 



LIGHT HOUSES, BANKS, NEWSPAPER 



PRESS. 



POST OFFICE DEPAKT3IENT. 



Postal communication between St. .Jolin's, the United King- 

 dom and Eurojiean countries, the United States and Canada, i» 

 maintained by the Allan Line of steamers ; the Canadian and 

 Newfoundland Line, whose steamers " Barcelona," " Monica " and 

 "Ulunda" touch at St. John's in their outward and homeward 

 trips ; by the steamers of The Bed, Cross Line, plying between 

 New York and St. John's via Halifax ; also by tlie steamer " St. 

 Pierre," plying between Placentia and other western ports in 

 Newfoundland and Halifax ria St. Pierre, and by the steamer 

 " Harlaw " plying fortnightly bet^\'een Halifax and the west 

 coast of Newfoundland, calling at ports in Cape Breton. 



Full information as to the sailings of these steamers will be 

 found in a subsecjuent chapter containing directions for tourists. 

 By all these lines of steamers mail communication with the out- 

 side world is regular and frecpient during the summer months. 

 During three winter months the Allan .steamers do not call at 

 St. John's, but go direct to Halifax. A fortnightly steamer dur- 

 ing those months runs between St. John's and Halifax carrying 

 mails and passengers ; but the steamers of the Canadian and 

 Newfoundland Line call at St. John's, on both their outward 

 and homeward voyages, throughout the winter moutlis. The 

 "St. Pierre" makes fortnightly trips between Halifax and Pla- 

 centia during winter months. 



Local postal communication between St. John's and the vari- 

 ous towns, villages and settlements, is maintained by railways^ 

 coastal steamers and steam-launches, vehicles and couriers. 



