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Lloyd's, and the other stations are inchided in Lloyd's system. Or- 

 ders forwarded to Lloyd's can be notified to vessels by means of these 

 stations, and vessels signaling to the stations are reported to Lloyd's 

 for insertion in Lloyd's list, etc. 



There is also a signal and telegraph station on Galantry head, St. 

 Pierre island. 



All inward-bound vessels making their official nmnbers to any of 

 these stations are reported immediately, and all reports are promptly 

 posted on the bulletin board of the Great Northwestern Telegraph 

 Company's office, Quebec, and on that of the Board of Trade, Mon- 

 treal. These reports are repeated to the pilot station at Father point, 

 so that pilots may be aware of the locality of inward-bound vessels. 



The international code of signals is used for communicating with 

 these stations. 



Certain lighthouse stations are also supplied with the international 

 code of signals. (See body of book.) 



Marconi wireless telegraph stations. — (See p. 42.) 



Telegraph cables. (See p. 41.) 



Coal. — Cape Breton coal can be obtained in considerable quantities 

 at St. Johns and port aux Basques in amounts of about 350 to 500 

 tons at St. Pierre and Bonne bay ; and usually in amounts of 50 tons 

 at Twillingate (Toulinguet) and Fogo. Very limited quantities 

 (some 20 tons, and even this suppl}^ uncertain) can easily be obtained 

 at Placentia, Burnt islands. Tilt cove. Little bay, Pilley island harbor, 

 Harbor Grace and Belle isle in Conception bay. Trinity in Trinity 

 bay, and at Greens pond and Bonavista in Bonavista bay; also at 

 Salmon river, Blanc Sablon, Battle harbor, and Gready, in Labrador. 

 The only Welsh coal to be got in Newfoundland is at St. Johns; its 

 price is about $10 a ton, and that of Cape Breton coal $6 to $7.50 a ton. 



Coal can be sent to any of the above ports from St. Johns, and is 

 sometimes sent to places along the coast between cape Race and St. 

 Johns. 



Docks. — There is a dry dock and a floating dock at St. Johns, 

 and there are marine railways at Harbor Grace and St. Pierre. 



Repairs to hull and machinery can be executed at St. Johns. (See 

 p. G08.) 



Shipwrecks on coasts of Newfoundland. — A wreck chart and 

 pamphlet, published in 1904, show that between the years 1811 and 

 11)00, 524 vessels were wrecked on the coasts of Newfoundland. Of 

 these wrecks, 2 occurred from 1811 to 1820 ; 1 from 1821 to 1830 ; 6 

 from 1831 to 1840; 18 from 1841 to 1850; 40 from 1851 to 1860; 49 

 from 1861 to 1870; 76 from 1871 to 1880; 123 from 1881 to 1890; and 

 116 from 1891 to 1900. There were in addition 93 wrecks which are 

 not classed under any particular years. 



