[1] The directory has become a valuable source for the study of genealogy and early settlers of Newfoundland.
[1] The directory also included a listing of current newspapers and periodicals as well as railroad and steamship routes.
[2] Each settlement was given a brief description which was followed by the names and principle occupation of heads of houses using the 1869 census population counts.
The work is cited in much of the community history of Joey Smallwood's Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador.
The directory was republished by the Genealogical Research Library of London, Ontario in 1984 with the addition of a community index.