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CAPE BONAVTSTA TO CAPE RACE. 



Avithin the narrows Avhen in con^e(iiience of hea\'v weather there 

 Avould be danger to any boat going to sea. 



Pilots. — The established number of pilots for the port of Si. Johns 

 is twelve. The pilot boats are painted black, with a yellow band 

 under the upper streak. The number of the boat is shoAvn in white 

 on each boAv. and the same number in black in the upper part of the 

 foresail. Pilot boats also carry a burgee. 



Pilots can be obtained by making- the pilot signal to the signal 

 station on Signal hill, or to cape Spear lighthouse. 



Tiihlc of rates of irilotuf/c of rr.s'.s-r/.s- in and out of St. .lohns. 

 [New measurement.] 



Rates Cy. 



On vessels under SO tons $5. 3.5 



On vessels from 80 to 100 tons_ 6. 70 



On vessels from 100 to 120 tous_ 7. .35 



On vessels from 120 to 160 tons_ 8. 00 



On vessels from 160 to 200 tous_ 8. 70 



On vessels from 200 to 240 tous_ 9. 3.5 



On vessels from 240 to 280 tons_ 10. 00 



On vessels from 280 to 300 tons_ 10. 70 



On vessels from 300 to 350 tons_ 13. 35 



Rates Cij 

 On vessels from 3.50 to 400 tons_ $16. 00 

 On vessels from 400 to 500 tons_ 18. 75 

 On vessels from 500 to 600 tons_ 21. 35 

 On vessels from 600 to 700 tons. 24. 00 

 On vessels from 700 to 800 tons_ 26. 76 

 Over that size — for every 100 



tons additional 1.35 



And on no sailins: vessel is the 



pilotage to exceed 32.00 



Steamers shall ])ay ]Mlotage on their net tonnage, as in the case of 

 sailing vessels. 



Steamers employed in the fisheries of the colony sh«ll be exempt, 

 except when on foreign voyage. 



Coastal steamers shall also be exempt. 



Subsidized mail steamers, in connection with the colony, shall pay 

 on the horsepower, at the rate of 8 cents for each horsepower. 



All coasting vessels which may take pilots, to pay one-half of the 

 above rates of pilotage in proportion to their tonnage. 



The above scale of pilotage shall be payable on the register ton- 

 nage of all such vessels, as ascertained before going out of the harbor. 



Sounding's. — The soundings in the approach to St. Johns harbor 

 are generally regular until within the HO-fathom line, when the bot- 

 tom becomes uneven. 



Cordelia deeps, with depths of 90 to 97 fathoms, extend north- 

 w^ard from abreast North head of Motion bay, and may be useful in 

 making St. Johns harbor during thick or foggy w-eather. They 

 are about If miles wide off North head of Motion bay, and gradually 

 widen to 3^ miles abreast Sugarloaf head, and to .5 miles off Torbay 

 point, where soundings of 100 fathoms are obtained on the inshore 

 side of the deeps. Northw^ard of this the Cordelia deeps widen ont 

 to the deep water off Conception bay. 



The Riband, a narroAv bank about Itir miles in length, northward 

 and soutluvard, and with depths of 20 to BO fathoms, lies about a 

 mile off Robin Hood bav. 



