202 HIGHWAYS AND HORSES. 



expiration of the said period of three months, deliver the property to 

 such driver or conductor, instead of awarding to him a sum of money. 



35. If the property which shall have been so brought to a police- 

 station, be claimed before tlie expiration of the said period of three 

 months, and the claimant prove to the satisfaction of the Commis- 

 sioner that he is entitled thereto, the same shall be delivered to him 

 on payment by him of all expenses incurred, and of a remunera- 

 tion to the driver or conductor. The amount of such remuneration 

 shall be determined by the Commissioner, with reference to the 

 character and value of the property, in accordance with the foregoing 

 section. 



In Kelly's " Post Office Directory " of London will be found a list 

 of crossing points, being the places where the four-mile circle, de- 

 scribed from King Charles's statue at Charing Cross, as determined by 

 the police authorities, intersects the several roads mentioned ; these 

 generally coincide with the same points as shown by the map prefixed 

 to the Directory, but where any variations exist, this list may be taken 

 as correct rather than the map. 



The measurements have been very carefully made, 

 and it is strange to remark what places form the outer 

 limit of the four-mile circle. Sometimes a tree indi- 

 cates the spot ; at other times a letter-box let into a 

 wall, sometimes a lamp-post, and frequently the front 

 door or entrance to a house or shop. The fares for 

 hackney-carriages in London and other large towns 

 throughout England are very much the same. Even 

 in country towns the fare is generally one shilling a 

 mile, but if taken any distance outside the town, the 

 driver generally expects something for himself. In 

 some towns the fare exceeds a shilling a mile ; but, in 

 my opinion, it should not do so. In London when the 

 fares were sixpence a mile, cabs were frequently taken 

 a mile, upon the completion of which the cabman was 

 paid sixpence ; but, of course, this was utterly ridiculous, 

 and no generous-minded person would have paid such 

 a fare, and yet it was authorised by Government. 

 Most Londoners are acquainted with Mrs. Prodgers, 

 an old lady whose name used to figure in the Police 



