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44 PUBLIC CONVEYANCES.
TAY FERRIES — Managed by Dundee Harbour Trustees under
" Dundee Harbour and Tay Ferries Act, 1873."— John Methven, Superintendent.
-James Stewart, Collector. Station — Craig pier, South Union street.
A Steamboat sails from Dundee at 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 a.m., 12 noon, 1, 2, 3.5,
4.5, 5.10, 6, 7.15, 8.30, 9.15, 10.15 p.m. ; and from Newport every intermediate
half-hour from 6.30 a.m. till 10.30 p.m.
On Sundays, the Steamboat sails from Dundee at 9 and 10 a.m., 1.15, 4.15,
5. 6, and 8.15 p.m. ; and from Newport at 9.30 and 10.25 a.m., 1.30, 4.30, 5.30,
-&30, and 8.30 p.m
From 1st November to 14th March, the 12 o'clock Boat from Dundee, and
the 12.30 p.m. Boat from Newport, are discontinued.
HACKNEY CARRIAGES.— Abstract of Bye-Laws enacted by
the Commissioners of Police for regulating Hackney Carriages. Stands: —
1. On the High street, in front of the Town House.
■2. On the Nethergate street, betwixt Tally street and South Lindsay street.
3. On Nethergate street, in front of St Paul's Free Church.
4. On Meadowside, opposite the Old Burying Ground.
5 On West side of South Union street.
6. On the South side of East Dock street, at the West end of the Railway
Station.
7. On Victoria Dock Quay, at the East end of the Custom House.
8. On the North side of Cowgate, immediately to the East of its junction with
King street.
9. In the area in front of the Sheriff-Court Buildings.
Fares : — The following and no higher fares shall be charged:
For any distance betwixt the High street stance, or the Meadowside stance,
and any place within the area embraced within the Lilybank tollbar and Tay-
bank gate on the east, Blackness and Logie tollbars on the west, and Dudhope
terrace, Somerville place, head of Bonnethill, and Stobswell (at crossing of
Forfar and Murroes road, Lunatic Asylum), on the north,— One Shilling: And
should any Hackney Carriage be engaged at an} 7 stance or place other than
either of the two before mentioned, the fare shall be only One Shilling for any
distance traversed within the said area, if not more than from either of said
stances. The fare shall also be One Shilling within the following circuit where-
soever within such circuit the carriage may be engaged : — namely, within a
circuit commencing at the foot of Shepherd's loan (Magdalen yard), and pass-
ing by Shepherd's loan to the junction of Hawkhill and Perth road, and thence
by Hawkhill and Annfield road, Chenyfield and Scouringburn, to the junction
of Milnbank road and Polepark road, and thence to Dudhope Free Church at the
junction of Lochee road and Polepark road, and proceeding by Dudhope house,
Dudhope terrace, Somerville place, Constitution street, Rosebank street, Ann
street, Cotton road, Laing street, and Dura street to Brown Constable street, and
thence by Lyon street, Raglan street, and Lower Lilybank to Broughty Ferry
road, and terminating on said Ferry road at Springhill or Carolina port.
In cases to which neither of the rules prescribed in the immediately preced-
ing article may be appliable, the following shall apply, — viz : From any place
to any other place within five miles from the General Post Office of the burgh,
if not more than a mile, One Shilling; and for each additional half-mile, and
also for any part of a half mile, Sixpence additional.