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Steam Boats and Coaches. 64
STEAM VESSELS FROM AND TO GLASGOW.
Belfast. — Lyra, Thetis, Aurora, and Tartar. — G. & J. Burns, 9 Buchanan Street,
Thomson & Mac,Connell, 15 Jamaica Street, Agents.
Bristol via Dublin. — Every Tuesday to Bristol, and returns to Dublin on Fridays.
— A. Laird & Sons, 101 Union Street, Agents.
Campbelton. — Duke of Cornwall and St. Kiaran. — Tuesday, Thursday, and Satur-
day, to and from Campbelton. — John M'Michael, 22 Anderston Quay, Agent,
CoEK. — Every Tuesday to Cork. — A. Laird & Sons, 101 Union Street, and Lewis
Potter, 28 St Enoch's Square, Agents.
DuBUN. — Every Tuesday and Friday, to Dublin; leaves Dublin for Glasgow every
Tuesday and Friday. — A. Laird & Sons, 101 Union Street, and Lewis Potter,
28 St. Enoch's Square, Agents.
Inverary. — Castle Steamers. — Early in June, daily to Inverary, at half-past 6 a.m.,
and in winter months, every Monday and Thursday. — G. ifc J. Burns, 9 Buchanan
Street, and 83 Jamaica Street, Agents.
Inverness, (&c. — Dolphin, Culloden, Helen M'Gregor, and Rob Roy. — OflSce, 83
Jamaica Street.
IsLAY. — By Tarbert, twice each week, and every Monday from Glasgow, at 1 p.m.
Liverpool. — Orion, Admiral, Princess Royal, and Commodore. — Q. & 3. Burns,
9 Buchanan Street; Thomson and MacConnell, 15 Jamaica Street, and M. Lang-
lands, 32 St. Enoch's Square, Agents.
Londonderry and Port Rush. — Shamrock, Londonderry, Rover, and St. Columb,
3 times a week. — J. Cameron & Co., 75 Jamaica Street, Agents.
Oban, Skye, <fcc. — Dolphin, Culloden, Helen M'Gregor, Rob Roy, Toward Castle,
.and Shandon. — G. & J. Burns, 9 Buchanan Street; Thomson & MacConnell, 15
Jamaica Street, Agents.
Rothesay Castle Steamers, &c. — Half-past 6 a.m., 10 a.m., half-past 11 a.m., 1
p.m., and 4 p.m. — G. & J. Burns, 9 Buchanan Street, and 83 Jamaica St., Agents.
Stranraer. — Albion, every Thursday, and returns every Tuesday.— -A. Laird it
Sons, 101 Union Street, Agents.
Sligo. — Shamrock and Rover, once a fortnight. — J. Cameron & Co., Y5 Jamaica
Street, Agents.
Kyles of Bute, Tarbert, and Ardrisbaig. — Every day at half-past 6 a.m. — G. <fc J.
Burns, 9 Buchanan Street, and 83 Jamaica Street, Agents.
EXCERPT FROM THE BY-LAWS AND FARES FOR HACKNEY-
COACHES AND OTHER CARRIAGES.
At Glasgow, the twenty-ninth day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-five. — ■
The Magistrates of Glasgow being convened, did, and do hereby, in virtue of the
191st Section of the Act for Regulating the Police of the said City, enact and or-
dain the following By-Laws for Better Regulating Hackney-Coaches and other
Carriages plying for hire within the limits of the said Act : —
1 . Public Stands appointed, and Number of Carriages allowed to be on Stands at
one time. — In addition to the respective coach-houses or stable-yards of the Owners'
of such Carriages, the following places are hereby appointed Public Stands ; and no
more than the following number of Carriages shall be allowed to be placed on any
of the Stands at one time, unless by authority of the Magistrates ; that is to say.
No. of
Carriages,
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Kent Street — North End — East Side, ....
London Street — West End — South Side, ....
Trongate — North Side — opposite Tontine, ....
Wilson Street — between Glassford Street and Hutcheson Street,
Glassford Street— South End— West Side, ....
Great Clyde Street, near the Old Bridge, ....
St. Enoch Square — North Side, ......
Union Street— South End— West Side, ....
Broomielaw — Opposite Upper Wharf, ....
Do. do. Lower Wharf, .....
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