66 GENERAL REMARKS. 



island: cape Ray; St. Paul island; Belle isle; Chateau bay; and 

 Amour point. 



Information as to the weather, wind, and the movement and condi- 

 tion of the ice in the gulf of St. Lawrence is specially supplied to the 

 signal stations at cape Race, Galantry head, and cape Ray, during 

 April and May, for the guidance of any vessel asking for it. 



Buoyage'. — The buoyage of the waters of Newfoundland is the 

 same as that for the waters of the Dominion of Canada. 



Approaching from seaward, all buoys on the starboard side of 

 the channel are painted red and, if numbered, marked with even 

 numbers, and must be left on the starboard hand. 



Approaching from seaward, all buoys on the port side of the 

 channel are painted black and, if numbered, marked with odd num- 

 bers, and must be left on the port hand. 



Numbers when used are in consecutive order from seaward. 



Buoys painted red and black in horizontal bands mark middle- 

 grounds and are left on either hand. 



Buoys painted white and black in vertical stripes mark mid-chan- 

 nel or the fairway and may be passed on either hand. These buoys 

 are not often used. 



Pillar, light, bell, and Avhistling buoys mark special positions, a 

 detailed description of which is given when the mark is first estab- 

 lished. 



Conical buoys, when used, are always on the starboard side of the 

 channel; conical top marks on starboard-hand buoys and cylindrical 

 top marks on port-hand buoys, otherwise the shapes of buoys have 

 no special significance at j^resent. 



The rule for coloring buoys applies also to beacons and other 

 day-marks, so far as it is practicable to carry it out. 



Wrecks. — Buoys, and the top sides of vessels used for marking 

 wrecks, are painted green with a white inscription and moored 

 when possible near the side of the wreck next to mid-channel. 



Wreck-marking vessels exhibit: 



By day : Three balls from a yard, 20 feet above the sea ; two placed 

 vertically on the side that shipping may safely pass, and one on the 

 other side. 



By night : Three fixed white lights similarly arranged ; the ordi- 

 nary riding light is not shown. 



Mariners must pass on that side of a wreck-marking vessel on 

 which the two balls or the two lights are shown. 



It is sometimes necessary to temj^orarily withdraw the buoys in the 

 harbors of Newfoundland on account of ice. 



Signal stations. — There are signal and telegraph stations at 

 cape Race, cape Ray, St. Paul island, southern end of Belle isle. Cha- 

 teau bay, and Amour point. The station at cape Race belongs to 



