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| FARES FOR DISTANCE . | |||||||
| 1st class. | 2nd class. | 3rd class. | |||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | ||
| Fares for distances . | For any distance not exceeding half a mile, including the distance from the stand, or place from whence the carriage shall be called, to the place where the fare shall be taken up. | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| For any distance not exceeding one mile | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| For every additional half mile, or any less distance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | |
| That a fare within one mile and a half of the limits of the Hastings Improvement Act, shall be charged according to distance; and beyond such distance, and within five miles of the Town Hall at Hastings, by time. And if the fare is set down beyond one mile and a half of the limits of the said act, half the fare in addition is to be paid for back carriage. | |||||||
| Carriage may be detained ten minutes, without any extra charge | 8.- That every carriage hired for a distance may be detained, to take up the fare, ten minutes, without any extra charge; but if kept beyond that time, the person hiring the same shall pay a proportion of the fare, as allowed for time, for so long as the same may be detained. | ||||||
| Carriage hired and sent away without fare. | 9. - That when any carriage shall be called, to proceed to the place to take up the fare, and shall be sent away without such fare, the driver, or person attending the same, shall be entitled to demand and receive one shilling. | ||||||
