Edward Island is telegraphically connected with the mainland by the cable of the Anglo-American (Western Union) Telegraph Company. It is said that this cable under Northumberland Strait was the first to be laid in American waters, and the second to be laid anywhere in the world.
The minimum rate for telegrams within the Dominion is 25 cents per 10 words; to the United States 40 cents for 10 words. "Night letters": 50 words for the day 10-word rate.
Cable to Newfoundland from the Maritime Provinces, 85 cents for 10 words, minimum rate. To Great Britain, 25 cents per word.
The Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company gives connection to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick towns. Long distance communication with points in the United States is also made.
Prince Edward Island has a well-established telephone system.
Language.
Among the Acadians of the Pubnico and Clare Districts of lower Nova Scotia, in some northern settlements of New Brunswick, in the territory north of the Margaree River (on the west coast of Cape Breton) and at Arichat on the Isle Madame, one's French will be exercised in converse with the inhabitants, though the young people usually have command of some English.
The Acadian tongue is to-day much the same as
