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*. d.
If delivered to the Porter after eight o'clock at night, 1
For running an express with a letter, or small parcel, for
every English mile outwards in day time, - 6
If in the night time, that is, after eight o'clock at night, 6
Carrying a back load, not exceeding eight English stone,
from any ware-room in Glasgow, to any other ware-room or
calender, where the distance does not exceed 500 yards, 4
Do. where the distance exceeds 500 yards, - 6
Carrying a back load, not exceeding 8 stone weight, from
the Cross to the Eroomielaw, Calton or Gorbals, or the like
distance, - - - - 6
Carrying any load not exceeding 2-§ hundred weight, on a
wheel barrow, for the same distance, - - 9
For weighing a ton of goods, such as iron, &c. for the first
ton, - - - - - - 10
For every other ton, - - - - 10
For weighing each bag of cotton - - O If
For carrying each bag of cotton out of a cellar, snd putting
It on a cart, - - - 3
For taking each bag of cotton off a cart, and putting-the
same into a cellar, - - 8
N.B. Two-thirds of the foregoing rates to be paid for pockets
and bags of cotton, not exceeding one and a half hundred
weight.
For a day's work at articles not specified as above, to consist
of ten working hours, - - -50
For a week's work, - ' - 20 O
For the first hour's work, when not employed a whole day, 8
For each subsequent hour's work, when not employed a
whole day, - - - 6
For carrying a load of two bolls of meal, for each stair, 2
For carrying a load of two bolls of meal into a closs, O 2
For each night's watching - - 4
REGULATIONS FOR COAL PORTERS,
As fixed by the Magistrates, \5ih January, 1807-
s. d,
For carrying a cart of coals up stairs, where the distance
from the stair to where the coals lie is not more than 60 feet,
for the first stair, - - - OS
For every x>ther stair, - - - l£
For carrying a waggon of coals up stairs, the same dis-
tance as above, for the first stair, - - 6
For every other stair, - *"- *• O 3
*. d.
If delivered to the Porter after eight o'clock at night, 1
For running an express with a letter, or small parcel, for
every English mile outwards in day time, - 6
If in the night time, that is, after eight o'clock at night, 6
Carrying a back load, not exceeding eight English stone,
from any ware-room in Glasgow, to any other ware-room or
calender, where the distance does not exceed 500 yards, 4
Do. where the distance exceeds 500 yards, - 6
Carrying a back load, not exceeding 8 stone weight, from
the Cross to the Eroomielaw, Calton or Gorbals, or the like
distance, - - - - 6
Carrying any load not exceeding 2-§ hundred weight, on a
wheel barrow, for the same distance, - - 9
For weighing a ton of goods, such as iron, &c. for the first
ton, - - - - - - 10
For every other ton, - - - - 10
For weighing each bag of cotton - - O If
For carrying each bag of cotton out of a cellar, snd putting
It on a cart, - - - 3
For taking each bag of cotton off a cart, and putting-the
same into a cellar, - - 8
N.B. Two-thirds of the foregoing rates to be paid for pockets
and bags of cotton, not exceeding one and a half hundred
weight.
For a day's work at articles not specified as above, to consist
of ten working hours, - - -50
For a week's work, - ' - 20 O
For the first hour's work, when not employed a whole day, 8
For each subsequent hour's work, when not employed a
whole day, - - - 6
For carrying a load of two bolls of meal, for each stair, 2
For carrying a load of two bolls of meal into a closs, O 2
For each night's watching - - 4
REGULATIONS FOR COAL PORTERS,
As fixed by the Magistrates, \5ih January, 1807-
s. d,
For carrying a cart of coals up stairs, where the distance
from the stair to where the coals lie is not more than 60 feet,
for the first stair, - - - OS
For every x>ther stair, - - - l£
For carrying a waggon of coals up stairs, the same dis-
tance as above, for the first stair, - - 6
For every other stair, - *"- *• O 3
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