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"Tremont Hotel," 293 Water Street, lias 19 rooms, i.* cen- 

 trally situated and very comfortably fitted \ip. Tra\ellers will 

 find excellent accommodation here, every attention lieing paid to 

 their comforts. Charges, from f 1 to $2 per day acccording to the 

 room occupied. (See advertisement.) 



"The (JENTR.u, Hotel," Water Street, Avas destroyed in the 

 great fire of 1892. The jjroprietor, Mr. Crosbie, secured tempo- 

 rary premises in George's Street, wliich though unpretentious in 

 apjiearance are always well tilled with guests— a proof of his at- 

 tentions to their comforts. He is now erecting a large new hotel 

 to be opened in November next, in Duckworth Street, a little 

 west of Prescott St. The site is excellent. (Sec advertisement.) 



" The Atlantic Hotel," a large and very fine building, was 

 Ijurned in the fire of 1892. It has heen rebuilt on a smaller scale, 

 but is not as yet opened. 



"The Globe Hotel," 454 Water Street West, has 18 rooms,- 

 and is well conducted. Fare, from -$1 to ^2 ]ier day. 



Those who prefer private lodgings and board can readily 

 obtain such. 



CONSULS IN ST. JOHN'S. 



German Empire — Eol)ert H. Prowse ; Italy — Gonsul-General 

 for Newfoundland and Canada — W. J. Fisher ; United States — 

 T. N. Molloy; Brazil— A. 0. Hayward ; Portugal— T. R. Smith ; 

 Spain — Don Antonio Singala ; Sweden and Norway — Robert H. 

 Prowse ; Belgium — H. E. Hayward. 



CURRENCY. 



An Act of the Legislature passed in 1887 renders it imperative 

 that all accounts be kept and all moneys paid and received in 

 dollars and cents ; and provides that silver shall be a legal tender 

 up to ^10. It legalizes as current coin of the Colony, British and 

 foreign coins, viz. : the British Sovereign and all its nudtii)les, 

 which shall pass current ibr ^4.80 ; the (jold Eagle of the United 

 States and all its multiples, which shall pass current for 5'9.8r) ;■ 

 British silver coins after the rate lixed for British gold coins. 



