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121.	Considerations generales sur l'ocean Atlantique	Kerhallet, Charles Philippe de,1809-1863	Atlantic Ocean--Navigation	2nd edition. -- This work contains information on winds, currents, and navigation of the Atlantic Ocean. Each of these topics is discussed in its own chapter, and Newfoundland is mentioned in all three.

122.	Constitution bye-laws, rules and regulations of the Great War Veterans's Association of Newfoundland (Incorporated)	Great War Veterans' Association of Newfoundland	World War, 1914-1918--Veterans--Newfoundland and Labrador--Societies Great War Veterans' Association of Newfoundland--Constitution	This document outlines the purpose and goals of the Great War Veterans' Association of Newfoundland, the proper conduct expected of members, and the procedures to be followed in the operation of the society.

123.	Contemporary art of Canada and Newfoundland. Collection of the International Business Machines Corporation, shown by International Business Machines Co., Limited, at the Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario, August 23 to September 7, 1940.	International Business Machines Corporation	Art--Canada--Catalogs; Art--Exhibitions; Artists, Canadian	This catalogue is from an art exhibition featuring Canadian and Newfoundland paintings from the art collection of the International Business Machines Corporation, a company whose president recognized the "importance of the cooperation between business and art, and desired to make some contribution toward increasing the interest of artists in business, and businessman in art." (p. [1]). The catalogue also contains a short biography of each artist, and a brief history of art and artists from each of the nine provinces and the Dominion of Newfoundland.

124.	Contemporary legend : a folklore bibliography	Bennett, Gillian	Urban folklore--Bibliography; Legends--Bibliography	This book lists works on "almost all major legends circulating in the 1990s in the United States, England, Western Europe" (p. xi) and includes brief descriptions of each.

125.	Cook book : featuring favourite Newfoundland recipes	George Street United Church (St. John's, N.L.). Women's Association	Cooking, Canadian--Newfoundland and Labrador; Cooking, Canadian	Rev. ed. -- This collection of recipes contains many Newfoundland favorites, and even has a chapter containing recipes either traditionally used in Newfoundland kitchens or which were unique to the province, as well as a chapter with only partridgeberry recipes.

126.	Copies or extracts of any reports made by the Governors of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland, respectively, in consequence of the receipt of the letter of the Secretary of State of the 16th October 1839, upon the subject of the administration in future of the patronage of their several governments.	Campbell, Colin, 1776-1847; Harvey, J. R. (John Robert); Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878; New Brunswick. Governor (1837-1841 : Harvey); Nova Scotia. Governor (1834-1840 : Campbell); Great Britain. Colonial Office	Great Britain--Colonies--America--Administration; Nova Scotia--Politics and government--1784-1867; New Brunswick--Politics and government--1784-1867	Contains the replies of the Governors of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to the Secretary of State's letter. Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island are listed as headings under which is marked "Nil."

127.	Copsewood

128.	Copy of manuscript owned by A.H. Murray, being a report written in 1790 with reference to the Beothic Indians.		Indians of North America Newfoundland and Labrador.

129.	Cultivated Tree Species

130.	Dans les brumes du Grand Banc	Bernay, Henri	Adventure stories--Newfoundland and Labrador;Adventure stories--Saint Pierre and Miquelon; Newfoundland and Labrador--Juvenile fiction; Saint Pierre and Miquelon--Juvenile fiction; Smuggling--Juvenile fiction; Seafaring life--Juvenile fiction	Novel about the passengers of a ship which sinks after colliding with another boat in the fog on the Grand Banks, and their adventures after their rescue by a fishing boat from St. Pierre.

131.	De plantis Labradoricis libri tres	Meyer, Ernst Heinrich Friedrich, 1791-1858	Botany--Newfoundland and Labrador--Labrador	A detailed overview of Labrador botany.

132.	Delineations of American scenery and Character	Audubon, John James, 1785-1851	Frontier and pioneer life--United States; Labrador (N.L.)--Description and travel; Newfoundland and Labrador--Description and travel; North America--Description and travel	This book contains sketches, anecdotes, and essays describing the travels of Audubon from 1808 to 1834 on his quest to paint every North American bird in its natural habitat. There are several chapters on Labrador and Newfoundland, as Audubon spent a summer in Labrador and time in Newfoundland while on his journey.

133.	Destruction by fire of Knights of Columbus Hostel, St. John's, December 12th, 1942, with loss of 99 lives	Dunfield, Brian Edward S.,Sir,1888-1968	St. John's (N.L.) Fire, 1942	A report submitted by Justice Brian Dunfield of the public enquiry into the fire at the Knights of Columbus Hostel that resulted in the deaths of 80 military personnel and 19 civilians.

134.	Devine's folk lore of Newfoundland in old words, phrases and expressions : their origin and meaning	Devine, P. K. (Patrick Kevin), 1859-1950	English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador; Folklore--Newfoundland and Labrador--Dictionaries	This is a short dictionary of Newfoundland words and phrases collected by P. K. Devine. Includes Devine's explanationa of the origins of some of those words and phrases, as well as an explanation of why Newfoundland seemed to have developed a more extensive collection of local words and phrases than other new world colonies.

135.	Dictatorship in Newfoundland	Lodge, Thomas, 1882-	Newfoundland and Labrador--Politics and government; Newfoundland and Labrador--Economic policy; Newfoundland and Labrador--Economic conditions	Thomas Lodge was appointed by the British Government as Public Utilities Commissioner to Newfoundland's Commission of Government in 1934. In this book, Lodge explains the causes of Newfoundland's economic and social troubles that necessitated creating Commission of Government, and how the Commission worked. He also recommended remedies for the conditions in Newfoundland and ways in which the Commission itself could achieve better success as a government.

136.	Difficulties with Newfoundland	Longley, J. W. (James Wilberforce), 1849-1922	United States--Relations--Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland. Bait Act; Fishery law and legislation--Newfoundland and Labrador; Canada--Relations--Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland and Labrador--Politics and government--1855-1934; Newfoundland and Labrador--Relations--Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador--relations--United States	This excerpt from the transactions of the Royal Society of Canada which was read by Longley at the May 1917 meeting of the Society is a description of the difficulties that arose between Canada and Newfoundland in 1890 when the latter began to enforce the Bait Act of 1887, meaning licensing fees and fines would now be apply to all countries, including Canada. Exacerbating the situation was the fact Newfoundland began negotiating a reciprocity agreement with the United States, which would have given the US concessions on bait in return for concessions on goods both entering and leaving Newfoundland. Talks between Newfoundland and Canada were initiated with the Bait Act as one topic amongst many, with no real resolutions agreed upon; tensions, however, were eased when Canada and Newfoundland agreed to return to the status quo of 1889, effectively negating the Bait Act altogether.

137.	Digest of the laws of Newfoundland. Comprehending the Judicature act and Royal charter, and various acts of the local legislature in amendment of the same: with notes and comments, illustrative and explanatory of the practice and decisions of the courts thereon; with an appendix containing the rules and orders of the Supreme and Central Circuit Courts, and abstract of all the acts of the local legislature now in force; with tables of the act disallowed, repealed, executed, and expired.	Archibald, Edward Mortimer, 1810-1884	Law reports, digests, etc.--Newfoundland and Labrador	This book contains the laws, judicative acts (both in force and inactive), and the Royal Charter by which Newfoundland was governed. The author felt that republishing the information was warranted, as not only was there a lack of regular publication for these regulations, many copies that had indeed been in print had been lost in several fires in Newfoundland communities, not the least of which was the St. John's fire of 1846.

138.	Directionality Fractals and Chaos in Wind-Shaped Forests

139.	Directions for navigating on part of the south coast of Newfoundland, with a chart thereof, including the Islands of St. Peter's and Miquelon	Cook, James, 1728-1779	Navigation--Newfoundland and Labrador--South Coast; Pilot guides--Newfoundland and Labrador--South Coast	A pilot guide to the south coast of Newfoundland, including Saint Pierre and Miquelon. "From an actual Survey, taken by Order of Commodore Pallisser, Governor of Newfoundland, Labradore, &c." (title page).

140.	Directions for navigating the west-coast of Newfoundland, with a chart thereof, and a particular account of the bays, harbours, rocks, sands, depths of water, latitudes, bearings and distances from place to place, the flowing of the tides, etc.	Cook, James, 1728-1779	Pilot guides--Newfoundland and Labrador--West Coast; Navigation--Newfoundland and Labrador--West Coast	A pilot guide to the west coast of Newfoundland. "From an actual Survey, taken by Order of Commodore Pallisser, Governor of Newfoundland, Labradore, &c." (title page).

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