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Hackney- Chairs.
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REGULATIONS
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HACKNEY-CHAIRMEN.
TABLE OF FARES.
NINEPENNY FARES.
From Theatre Royal — To Albany street —
Forth street — Gayfield squ. — Netl)erliow — north
College street — Pdrliament squ Princes street
at Frederick street — Queen street at Hanover
street — lletjeiit terrace at centre — Windsor street.
From Assemhli/ i?oows — To Abercromby place
at Nelson street — Alt>yn place — Cliarlotte .street
east — east side of Charlotte square — Clyde street
— Duke street — Dundas street — Northumberland
street — Howe street at Jamaica street — Heriot
row at India street — Mound place — Princes street
at Charlotte street — York place at Elder street.
ONE SHILLING FAUES.
From Tlteatre Royol — To Assembly Rooms —
Abercromby place at Nelson street — Argylesquare
— Broughton street — Drummond place south side
— Hanover street — Hillside crescent — New street
— and Princes sfreet at Frederick street,
Fro7n Assembly Booms — To Abercromby place
— Albany street at lane — Charlotte square, north,
south, and west sides — Darnaway street — Dublin
street at lane — Forres street — Glenfinlas street —
James square — Northumberland street — Princes
street at Hope street — St Colme street — Theatre
Royal — and York place,
FIFTEENPENCE FARES.
Fiom Theatre Royal — To Alison square — Bo-
tanic Gardens, Leith walk — Bristo port — Canon-
gate Church — Castle gate — Dundas st. at North-
umberland street — Drummond place — Frederick
street — Nicolson street at Richmond street
Northumberland street — London street — Princes
street to centre of division west of Castle street
— Regent terrace — Royal terrace — St John street.
From Assembly Rooms — To Castlefiill — Dublin
street — Drummond place, south side — Forth st. —
Gloucester place, Great King street — Greenside
place — India street — Maitland street at Stafford
street — Melville street at Stafford street Moray
place, south-east side — Picardy place — Royal Cir-
cus — and Rojal Exchange.
EIGHTEENPENNY FARES.
From Theatre Royal — To Bellevue crescent —
Canongate at Bold's close — Castle street — Chapel
of Ease — George street, west end— Great King
street, east division — Hope street, east side
Howe street, south division — Mansfield place —
Park place and street — Royal crescent — St Pa-
trick's square, north side— Scotland street — Teviot
row.
From Assembly Rooms— To Athole crescent —
Baxter's place — Broughton place — Bridewell —
Coates crescent — Doune terrace — Feltes row —
London street — Lynedoch place — Melville street
— Moray place — Netherbow — Stockbridge at the
bridge — South Bridge arch — Walker street.
ONE SHILLING AND NINEPENNY FARES.
From Theatre Royal — To Archers' Hall —
Charlotte square — Claremont street — Fettes row
— Fyfe place — George square — Great King street
— Hoiyrood house — Heriot row — Laurieston at
head of Vennel — Maitland street at Stafford
street--Q,ueen street west end.
From Assembly Rooms — To Argyle square —
Brandon street — Brown square — Bellevue cres-
cent — Canal basin — College street north — Clare-
mont street — Stockbridge — Dean terrace — Gay-
field square — Henderson row — Leopold place —
Maitland street, west end — Raeburn place — Saxe-
Coburg place — Windsor street.
TWO SHILLING FARES.
From Theatre Royal— To Abbeyhill at Junctioi
of Easter road — Athole crescent — Canonmilh
bridge — Claremont crescent — Coates crescent —
Gloucester place — Hope-park end — Lauriestor
street — Melville street at Stafford street — S
Leonard's street — St Colme street to Glenfinlas
street.
From Assembly Rooms — To Ann street — George
square — Laurieston street — Leith walk toll —
and I\Iary place, Stockbridge,
Where places are not named, the like distancf
to be taken as the rule of charge ; farther dis-
tances to be charged at the rate of Two Shilling!
per mile.
RATE OF CHARGE BY TIME,
Hire from 10 a. u. to 4< r, m.i Four Shilling!
and Sixpence.
For each lift from 1 1 p, M. to 1 a. m., Sixpencr
in addition to the hire ; and after I A. M., doubh
hire to be charged.
For every half-hour's waiting after the hour or-
dered. Sixpence shall be charged.
For every lift with two grown persons, doubli
fare shall be charged. Two children, or a growi
person with one child under ten years of age, shal
be charged single.
W^hen a chair is called to a lodging and no
used, Ninepence shall be charged.