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Hackney Chairs.
REGULATIONS
HACKNEY-CHAIRMEK
TABLE OF FARES.
NINEFENNY FARES.
From Theatre Royal— To Albany street— Fortli
street Gayfield square — Netherbow — north College
street Parliament square — Princes street at Fre-
derick street — Queen street at Hanover street — Re-
gent terrace at centre — Windsor street.
From Assembly Rooms— To Abercromby place at
Nelson street— Albyn place— Charlotte street east-
east side of Charlotte square— Clyde street — Duke
street Dundas street at 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 FARES.
From Theatre Royal— To Assembly Rooms— Aber-
cromby place at Nelson street — Argyle square —
Broughton street — Drummond place south side — Ha-
nover street — Hillside crescent— New street — and
Princes street at Frederick street.
From Assembly Rooms— 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.
From Theatre Royal— To Alison square— Botanic
Gardens, Leith walk— Bristo port— Canongate Church
Castle gate— Dundas street at Northumberland 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 Astembly Rooms— To Castlehill — Dublin
street — Drummond place south side — Forth street —
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 Circus— and Rojal
Exchange.
EIGHTEENPENNY FARES.
From Theatre Royal— To Bellevue crescent— Ca-
nongate 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 Patrick's square north
side— Scotland street— Teviot row.
From Assembly Rooms — To Atholl crescent — Bax-
ter's place — Broughton place — Bridewell — Coates
crescent — Doune terrace — Fettes row — London street
Lyndoch place — Melville street — Moray place — Ne-
ther bow — Stockbridge at the bridge — South Bridge
arch — Walker street.
ONE SHILLING AND NINEPENNY FARES.
From Theatre Royal— To Archer's Hall— Char-
lotte square — Claremont street — Fettes row — Fyfe
place — George square — Great King street — Holyrood
house — Heriot row — Lauriston at head of Vennel —
Maitland street at Stafford street— Queen street west
end.
From Assembly Rooms — To Argyle square — Bran-
don street — Brown square — Bellevue crescent — Canal
basin — College street north — Claremont street — Stock-
bridge — Dean terrace — Gayfield square — Henderson
row — Leopold place — Maitland street west end — Rae-
burn place — Saxe-Coburg place — Windsor street.
TWO SHILLING FARES.
From Theatre Royal— To Abbeyhill at Junction of
Easter road — Atholl crescent — Canonmills bridge —
Claremont crescent — Coates crescent — Gloucester
place — Hopepark-end — Laurieston street — Melville
street at Stafford street — St Leonard's street— St
Colme street to Glenfinlas street.
From Assembly Rooms — To Ann street — George
square — Laurieston street — Leith walk toll — and
Mary place, Stockbridge.
Where places are not named, the like distance to
be taken as the rule of charge ; farther distances to
be charged at the rate of Two Shillings per mile.
RATE OF CHARGE BY TIME.
Hire from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. Four Shillings and
Sixpence.
For each lift from 11 p. m. to 1 a. m. Sixpence in
addition to the hire ; and after 1 a. m. double hire to
be charged.
For every half-hour's waiting after the hour order-
ed, Sixpence shall be charged.
For every lift with two grown persons, double fare
shall be charged. Two children, or a grown person,
with one child under ten years of age, shall be charged
single.
When a chair is called to a lodging and not used,
Ninepence shall be charged.