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HACKNEY COACH
REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED BY THE LORD PROVOST
AND MAGISTRATES OF THE CITV.
Fares by time For an airing into the country
and back, either by the same or a different road, at
the rate of Ss. Gd. an hour.
For time spent within the City or Suburbs for
any period not exceeding half an hour Is. and for
each subsequent quarter of an hour 6d. The Fares
to be charged either by distance or time, in the
option of the coachuian.
Half Fares. — For returning bj' the same coach,
when the charge is by distance, half fares only are
exigible. Tolls in addition. No king''s duty
chargeable.
Stands When a coach is brought from any
stand other than the nearest, the charge is 6d. extra.
For a list of the stands, see the foregoing table.
Night Fares From 11 to 12 at night, fare
and a quarter ; from 12 to 1 morning, fare and a
half; from 1 to 6 morn, double fare. No additional
fare at niglit or morning to and from the theatre.
Detention. — If a carriage be detained more
than 10 minutes at taking up or setting do\\Ti, a
charge for time in addition to distance to be made.
Regulations. — I. That no carriage shall ply
for hire within the City and Suburbs, or Port of
,Leith, without being approved of and licensed by a
jVIagistrate. , Each licence shall continue in force
for two years only.
2. That each licensed carriage shall have a num-
ber issued for it, which shall be affixed, together witli
the owner's name, in legible letters, of a colour dif-
ferent from the carriage, at least one inch in length,
on each door, immediately below the window-frame ;
HACKNEY COACHES.
and the number shall also be distinctly painted on
the centre of the back of the carriage, or on a piece
of tin fixed under the back window.
3. That each licensed carriage shall be always
provided with horses in good condition ; and the
carriage, including the cushions, steps, springs,
blinds, windows, and check-strings, as also the
harness of the horses, shall always be kept in good
order and repair. The coachman, when drii-ing,
shall always keep the check-string in his left hand.
4. That each coachman shall be cleanly in his
person, and conduct himself in a proper, civil, and
decorous manner on all occasions.
5. That the stances shall be South CoUege street,
Tron Church, Prince street, east and west ends,
George street between Hanover and Frederick
streets, Queen street, east and west ends, and Union
place, or at such other places as may from time to
time be appointed. While the carriages are at the
stances, the coachman shall either sit on the box,
or stand at the horses' heads.
6. That there shall not be fewer than 6 carriages
at each stance every week-day, at 9 o'clock morning ;
and on Sunday, one-fourth of the carriages licensed
shall attend at erich stance, from 10 morning to 10
at night, in rotation of numbers.
7. That when a carriage is at a stance, it shall
be held to be dis?ngaged. The coachman shall not
inquire where he is to go previouslj'^ to being engaged,
nor plead a pretended prior engagement, nor draw
off the stance on account thereof — the proof of a real
engagement lying with the coachman. He shall
wait, either at taking up or setting down a party, as
long as he shall be required. When a carriage is