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EDINBURGH AND LEITH
Funeral and Undertaking
Establishment.
ESTABLISHED 1861.
PETER MOIR, Proprietor,
10, 11, & 14 ST. JAMES' PLACE (off Elder St.); 70 NICOLSON STEEET ; and
HER MAJESTY'S HORSE REPOSITORY, NOTTINGHAM PLACE.
PM., in tendering his best thanks to the Nobility, Gentry, and Public for the
# liberal patronage bestowed on him, and in soliciting its continuance, begs to
intimate that his Establishment has every requisite necessary for conducting Funerals,
and that he has spared neither labour nor capital to render his equipages superior in
every respect to any in town ; and those entrusting him with their entire orders will
find every attention paid to strict economy. By perusing the various Tables of Rates,
the Public will have no difficulty in selecting that which may be most suitable to their
wishes.
LIST OF CHARGES FOR HEARSES AND MOURNING C0A0HE3,
REDUCED
TWENTY
t. d.
PER CENT.
Plainest One Horse Hearse, . 6
Common One Horse Hearse, . . 7
One Horse Hearse, with Feathers, . 10
Best One Horse Hearse, ... 9
Best One Horse Hearse, with Feathers, 12
Plain Two Horse Hearse, . . .16
Second Best Two Horse Hearse, . . 21
Best Two Horse Hearse, . . .25
Best Two Horse Hearse, with Feathers, 30
Plain Four Horse Hearse, . . .35
Best Four Horse Hearse, . . .42
Best Four Horse Hearse, with Feathers, 50
e. d.
Best Hearse, with Feathers, Four
Horses, and Postilions .
Best Hearse, with Feathers, Six Horses,
and Postilions, charged in proportion.
One Horse Coaches to carry Four
Persons, 10
Two Horse Coaches, first class, to
carry Six Persons, ....
Mourning Coaches, with large front
Boot, made expressly for Children's
Funerals, and constructed to carry
Six Persons inside, . . . . 15
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COFFINS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, ON THE MOST APPROVED STYLES, ALWAYS
ON HAND TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF ALL CLASSES.
EXPERIENCED UNDERTAKERS ALWAYS IN ATTENDANCE,
And Orders executed at the Shortest Notice.