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CONVEYANCE DIRECTORY.
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HACKNEY CARRIAGES IN EDINBURGH.
FAKES BY DISTANCE.
1. The distance to wbich any liacknej' carriage
may be driven under these Bye-laws, shall be seven
miles from the Cross of Edinburgh.
2. When a party not exceeding two grown-up
persons, and without any luggage other than a car-
pet-bag or the like, enters a carriage at a stance, or
when driving along disengaged, they shall be driven
half a mile for 6d. ; and if they return they shall pay
the same fare. The driver shall draw up to either
side of the pavement when called ; and if detained
more than live minutes before starting, he shall be
entitled to 6d. for waiting.
X.B. — This rule shall nut apply to fares from
railway stations.
3. Excepting the Sixpenny Fare, the fares by dis-
tance shall be shown in the annexed Table of Fares.
The charges in the table shall include going from
the stance or stable to the hirer's residence, and
waiting ten minutes. But if the carriage bo de-
tained, before starting, more than ten minutes, a
charge of waiting at the rate of 6d. for each quarter
of an hour, or part thereof, after the expiry of the
ten minutes, shall be allowed ; and if the place
where the hirer is to be taken up be beyond half a
mile from the stance or stable whence the carriage
is taken, there shall be a charge of 6d. for such
distance.
4. When any place is not mentioned in the
table, the fare shall be the same as that to any
place mentioned which may be in the immediate
vicinity.
5. When the fare of any particular place not men-
tioned cannot be ascertained by reference to a place
in the immediate vicinity, the fare shall be Is. fur a
distance from the stance not exceeding a mile and
a half, and sixpence for every additional half-mile or
part thereof.
G. Half fare returning with the party, excepting
the half-mile drive.
7. When parties return (which they shall have
the option of doing), and the fare going is Is., the
carriage shall wait ten minutes without any charge
forwaiting; when Is. 6d., fifteen minutes; when2s.
and upwards, twenty minutes. If the carriage be
detained longer, a charge shall be allowed for wait-
ing, at the rate of 6d. for every twenty minutes, or
part thereof, commencing at the periods when the
free waiting expires.
8. When a carriage is called but not used, a
charge of 6d. shall be allowed, if the place to which
it is called be under half a mile from the stance
or stable, and Is. if beyond that. — Waiting as in
Section 7.
FAEES BY TIME.
It shall be in the option of the hirer to employ a
carriage within the municipal bounds by time, for
bona fide shopping, making calus, and the like,
where the driving is not continuous. The charge
in such cases shall be Is. for the first half-hour, and
6d. for every additional quarter of an hour.
For an airtng into the countiy within seven miles
from the Cross of Edinburgh, and returning either
by the same or a different road, the rate shall be Cd.
for every ten minutes, or 3s. per hour. A drive
round the Queen's Drive shall be considered an air-
ing. Unless the hirer wishes a slower pace, the rate
of driving when out an airing shall be at least
six miles an hour ; and in the event of the driving
being at a slower pace than six miles an hour,
contrary to the wish of the hirer, it shall be optional
for the hirer to pay the fare in the proportion of os.
for every six miles so travelled.
WHETKEE THE FARES ARE BY DISTANCE
OR BY TIME.
1. The hirer pays toUs.
2. If there be more than four grown-up persons
driven, a charge of 6d. extra shall be made for each
additional grown-up person, or for each two children
above six years of age, and under twelve. No addi-
tional charge for one child above six to twelve, or
children under six j'ears.
3. From twelve at night till seven morning —
double fare.
4. The above fares are for one-horse carriages,
and there shall be no additional charge when two
horses are used.
5. Owners or drivers may agree to drive at lower
fares than those fixed. In that case, should they
demand more than the fare agreed on, they shall be
liable as for an overcharge.
LUGGAGE.
For luggage, exceeding 100 lbs. in weight, there
shall be a charge of 6d. extra. But there shall be
no charge for luggage under that weight. The
driver shall assist in loading and unloading in all
cases when required.
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