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passed in the same year ; the old duties were repealed 

 and lower duties imposed ; the license for every hack- 

 ney-carriage was made two pounds, and the duty six or 

 seven shillings, according as the carriage was worked 

 six or seven clays in the week. Every license was for 

 one year only, and was to be renewed annually. This 

 Act was 16 and 17 \^ict., c. 127, and it raised the fare 

 from sixpence to a shilling a mile. 



On the loth of March, 1S71, a further order was 

 made with regard to hackney-carriages plying for hire 

 within the metropolitan area or circle, or four-mile 

 radius from Charino- Cross. It was as follows, and still 

 remains in force : 



Abstract of the Acts for Regulating Hackney-Carriages. 

 Extract frotn Order made in pursuance thereof, 10th of March, 187 1. 



7. A number-plate is to be fixed in a four-wheel cab on the back 

 panel, in a two-wheel cab on the back under the driver's seat. 



8. The Inspectors shall at the same time cause to be affixed to the 

 cab a fare plate, which, in a four-wheel cab, shall be in the inside under- 

 neath the front windows, and in a two-wheel cab on the inside of the 

 splash-board. 



12. A license for hackney or stage-carriages shall continue in 

 force for one year, and such license shall be subject to revocation or 

 suspension for any period as may be willed by the Commissioners. 



19. If a cab carry a greater number of persons than the number 

 it is licensed to carry, the driver and also the proprietor, if he be 

 cognisant of the fact, shall be deemed to have committed a breach 

 of this order. For the purpose of this regulation, two children under 

 ten years of age shall count as one person. 



20. The hiring shall be by distance or by time, as the hirer may 

 express at the commencement of the hiring, but unless so expressed 

 it shall be taken as by distance. 



21. The fare for the hiring of a cab which is both hired and dis- 

 charged within the four-mile circle shall be regulated as follows : 



(i.) Where the hiring is by distance then whether the cab is four- 

 wheel or two-wheel, the fare shall be : 



{a.) If the distance does not exceed two miles — s. d. 



For the whole distance ... ... ... ... ... i o 



(b.) If the distance exceeds two miles — 



For each mile of the whole distance ... ... .. o 6 



For any part of a mile over and above any number of 



miles completed ... ... ... ... ... o 6 



