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APPENDIX. 57
LICENSED PORTERS' TABLE OF RATES AND FARES.
Enacted by the Magistrates of Greenock, March, i8gi.
CHARGES BY DISTANCE.
S. D.
For carrying any message or any letter, parcel, box, bag, or case
of any kind, not exceeding in weight 14 lbs., any distance not
exceeding one half-mile, . . . . . . .04
And for each additional half-mile or part of same, . . .02
For any burden exceeding 14 lbs. but not exceeding 56 lbs., for
any distance not exceeding one half-mile, . . . .06
And for each additional half-mile or part of same, . . .04
For any burden exceeding 56 lbs. but not exceeding 112 lbs., for
any distance not exceeding one half-mile, . . . .08
And for each additional half-mile or part of same, . . .04
For any load on a barrow or other vehicle exceeding 1 cwt. but
not exceeding 3 cwt. , for any distance not exceeding one half-
mile, when it is not necessary to ascend with such load any
steep street or road, . . . . . . . . o 10
And for each additional half-mile or part of same, subject always
to the above mentioned condition, . . . . .06
For any load, within the limits as to weight last above mentioned,
in the conveyance of which the porter requires to ascend a
steep street or road, the total charge for the first half-mile or
part of a half-mile shall not exceed 16
And for each additional half-mile, or part of a half-mile, any part
of which is steep, 09
Note. — Between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. a porter may charge fare and
half- fare.
CHARGES BY TIME.
S. D.
A porter employed by time, whether in removing furniture or in
carrying or conveying either samples or patterns or goods or
articles for commercial travellers, or luggage for other travel-
lers, in weight not exceeding 3 cwt., or in assisting to load,
unload, or weigh goods, or in beating carpets or the like at any
time between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., shall be entitled to charge
for the first hour, or part of an hour when employed less than
an hour, ..........10
And for each additional half-hour or part of same, . . .04
A porter employed by time in conveying samples or patterns or
goods or articles for commercial travellers, or luggage or goods
for other persons, shall, when any such load exceeds 3 cwt., be
entitled to charge for the first hour, or part of an hour if
employed less than an hour, . . . . . . .14
And for each additional half-hour or part of same, . . .06
A porter shall be entitled to charge by time for all loads which
exceed in weight 3 cwt.
For these rates or fares Porters are bound, when required, to put the
luggage on board the steam vessels, or place it on the platform of the
railway, or take the same out of the steam vessel, or down from the
railway platform, or to or from a house or other place or building.