WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5495, 6 November 1878, Page 1 (Supplement)

WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL.

BY-LAWS to wake other and better jirovision fox - Licensing and Regulating Hackney Carriages and the owners, drivcis, and conductors thereof plying for hire within the City of Wellington and on the Queen’s Wharf, in accordance with the terms ot Subsection 10 of Clause 319 of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 18TG.” llvpeal Clause. 1 From and after the date of these By-laws coming into operation, all By-laws heretofore in force for licensing and regulatin" hackney carriages, and the owners and drivers thereof, shall, except as regards any licenses issued thereunder be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Interpretation Clause. 2 For the purposes of these By-Laws the following expressions shall, where used therein, have the meanings next hereinafter attached to them—that is to say :—The words HacluieyCai-i-ia-e ” shall mean any carriage licensed under these By-Laws. m,“ . vort i «'lnspector" shall mean The Inspector of Hackney Carriages appointed for the purposes of these By-Laws. _ The word “ Owner” shall include all persons having any beneficial interest otherwise than'as a mortgagee in any licensed carnage or horses Thoword “Conductor” shall include every person, other than the driver attending upon and accompanying any licensed carriage; and whenever in these By-Laws, with reference to any person animal, matter, or thing, any word or words, is or arc, used iumortin" the singular number or the masculine gender only, yet such word or words shall bo understood to include several persons or animals as well as one person or animal, females as well as males, bodies corporate or politic as well as individuals, and several matters or things as well as one matter and thing, unless it be otherwise specially provided, or there he something m the subject or context repugnant thereto. Wo Carriage must Pig Without License. 3 Ho cavria"o of any description whatsoever drawn or impelled bv horses or other animals shall carry passengers for hire within the City of Wellington, or on the Queen’s Wharf, until and unless the same bo dnlv licensed as hereinafter mentioned, and no person shall lot, to lure or employ, any carriage as a hackney carri‘t"e or act as the driver or conductor thereof within the limits°aforesaid, unless he shall hare a license so to do, granted and in force under the provisions ot these By-Laws. On a Class of Licenses only, 4 One class of licenses only shall bo issued for hackney carrla"es which may ply in any direction within or without the bunts of the city, or on .the Queen’s Wharf. Unlicensed Carriages.. 3 Nothin" in these By-laws contained shall apply or be held to apply to carriages which shall be let to hire only when previously ordered or bespoken at the stables or residences of their owners •md which shall never he permitted to ply for hire on any street or place off the premises of their respective owners, or to the owners or drivers of such cunlages. acquisition to tie made for License. G Before any license for a hackney carriage shall he granted, a vermisition for the same shall bo made at the office of the Town Clerk by the owner, or, if there be more than one owner, by each of the owners of the carriage, and signed by him, or them, in the form contained in tho Schedule hereto annexed, marked A, or to the like effect. Driver s or Conductors License. 7 Before any license shall bo granted to any person as a backnev carriage driver, or conductor, a requisition for the same made at the office of the Town Clerk m the form contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, marked C or to the like effect, and shall bo signed by the applicant who shall further produce satisfactory cortilicatos of good conuuct and, if a driver, of ability to drive. No Improper Person or Unfit Carriage to be Licensed. 8 Ho license shall he granted to any person, either as owner of a carriage, or as a driver, or conductor, unless he shall satisfy the said Council that he is a fit person to be entrusted with the same, and is o£ good fame ami character; nor in respect of any ca.nda"o which, in the opinion of tho Inspector, shall be unsafe or in bad repair, or otherwise unfit for the accommodation and conveyance of passengers therein; nor until .and unless thenumber of such carriage be painted thereon, on tne outside of the boot of such carriage, or in such other place or places, and in sue i manner, as the Inspector may direct. License in Form as per Schedule JB. 9 Licenses for hackney carnages shall be in the form contained in the Schedule hereto annexed marked B, or to the like effect, and shall be in force from the date of each such license until the 31st day of March ensuing and no longer, and no such license shall include more than one carriage. Carriages under Repair. 10 When any licensed carriage shall be under repair, or for any other reasonable cause, if the owner shall so desire, he may be permitted to substitute another carriage _ for a period to be specified by endorsement in the license and signed by the Town Clerk • every such substituted carnage to bear the plate and number of the original licensed carnage, and to be certified bj the Inspector as fit for the purposes of the said license. License Fees. 11. For every hackney carriage license there shall he paid to the City Treasurer the following license fees':— 20s. per annum; 2s. per' mouth up to 31st day of March next ensuing. - . Form of License and Fees. 12 Tho licenses of owners, drivers, and conductors of hackney auxiages shall be in the form contained m the Schedule hereto imiexed marked I), or to the like effect.; and shall _ remain n force only until the 31st day of March after the issue theioof. Licenses , how Signed and Numbei ed. 13, All licenses granted under these By-laws shall be signed by die Town Clerk and numbered in such maimer and order as may ie determined by the said Council. aenemil, when to he Applied For. 14. Any person desirous of renewing any license must make ip plication in writing at the Town Clerk’s office on or before t ic vrevious fifteenth day of March. 1 Owner must not part with License or Carriage without Permission of Council. 15. Ho owner shall part with oy lend his license, or _ part vith anv his licensed carriage, or with the license appertaining hereto, without the knowledge and approval of the said Council o any person, until the registry of the name of the purhaaer in the book’s of tho Town Clerk and in the license granted or such carriage. And any owner who shall part with any icensed carriage without such approval and registry, shall still ie deemed tho owner of such carriage, and subject as such to all he provision* of these By-laws as fully as if no change ot ownerlip had taken place, and the purchaser of such carnage, who hall allow the same to lie used, or to ply for hire without such .pproval and registry, shall be subject to the same penalty as is reposed by these By-laws upon a person plying without a license. ' Owner to give Notice of Change of Residence. IG. Whenever anv person named as tho owner or one of the iwners of a licensed carriage shall change his place of abode, he shall vithiu two days after next any such change, give notice thereof n \vritiii" signed by him to tho Town Clerk, specifying his new ikeo of abode, and shall, at the same time, produce his license to he Town Clerk, who shall endorse thereon and sign a momoranlum specifying the particulars of such change. Owner to Hold and Produce Driver's and Conductor's License. 17. Whenever the owner of any licensed carriage shall employ ir permit any licensed person to act as driver or conductor thereof, nch owner shall require to ho delivered to him, and shall retain n his possession, tho license of such driver, or conductor, during nch time as lie shall act or be employed as such; and in all cases ,f complaint affecting such licensed driver or the rwner may he summoned to attend before a Justice of the Peace jid be lawfully required to produce the license of such driver or onductor ; and if any driver or conductor complained of shall be dunked guilty of the offence alleged against him, it shall he awful for the Justice to make an endorsement upon the license ol

such driver or conductor, statingthe nature of the offence and the 1 amount of penalty inflicted, and he shall forthwith cause intimation of such endorsement to be conveyed to the Town Clerk. * License to be Returned. 18. When any driver or conductor shall leave the service of any proprietor by whom ho is then employed, for any misconduct in such service, punishable under these By-laws, such owner shall j forthwith deliver to the Town Clerk tho license of such driver or conductor; hut if such driver or conductor shall leave such service for any other cause than that aforesaid, then the owner shall forthwith return to such driver or conductor the license belonging to him. License mag be Eevolced, Cancelled, or Suspended. 19. The license of any owner, driver, or conductor, or that of any hackney carriage may be revoked, cancelled, or suspended by the said Council as they shall deem right, after notice given to such owner, driver, or conductor, to show cause why the same should not be revoked, cancelled, or suspended, and opportunity thereupon given to him to show such cause. Driver or Conductor must not lend or part with License. Owner must not allow unlicensed person to act, Sfc. 20. Ho driver or conductor of a hackuoy carriage shall lend or parfc with his license, nor shall the owner of any such carriage employ or permit any unlicensed person to act as the driver or conductor thereof, and no person (whether licensed or not) shall act aa,the driver or conductor of any hackuoy carriage without the consent of the owner thereof. Carriage, Sfc., mag be Inspected. 21. The Inspector shall, as often as he may deem it necessary, cause an inspection to be made of all hackney carriages, and of the harness, and horse or horses used in drawing the same ; and if any such carriage or horse or harness shall at any time in the opinion of the Inspector be insufficient or unfit for public use, lie shall report the same to the Council, who may thereupon cause notice in writing in the form or to the effect contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, marked E, to'be given to tho owner of such carriage, harness, or horse or horses respectively; and after service of such notice upon the owner, driver, or conductor of such carriage, no such owner shall use or let to hire such carriage, or use such harness or horse or horses, or suffer the same to be used or let, until the same shall, in the opinion of tho Inspector, be in a fit condition for public use. Number to be Painted on Carriage. 22. The number of the license granted for evcryhackuey carriage, in figures not less than two inches in height and of proportionate breadth, white upon n ground of black, shall be painted on the outside of the boot of such carriage; and such number shall bo kept conspicuous, legible, and undefaced during the time such carriage shall ply or be used for hire, and shall apply to and shall be painted or fixed upon no other caixiage than the one for which the license to which it corresponds shall have been granted : Provided that it shall be lawful to transfer such number to a carriage substituted for such licensed carriage by permission of tho Council as hereinbefore px - ovidcd for and during the period of such permission, and no longer. Card with Number, and Table of Fares, must be put up inside, the Carriage. 23. The number of the license of every hackney carriage, on a card or plate, printed or painted in clear legible figures, together with the number of passengers which such carriage is licensed to carry, and the table of fares fixed by the said Council, shall be affixed at the upper part of the front panel or in such other place as the Council may direct inside of such carriage, and such card or plate shall he kept so affixed, conspicuous, legible, and undefaced during all the time tho carriage shall ply or-bo used for hire. Children, how Counted. 24. Children under seven years of age accompanying any other passenger shall not be counted as passengers unless there shall be niox'e than one such child, in which case two, and any multiple of two, of such children shall he considered as one passenger: Provided that cliildreu at tho breast shall not bo counted in any case. . Number of Passengers, how to be determined. 25. The Council shall, as often as they may deem necessary, cause the Inspector to measure and examine every hackney carriage, and to fix and appoint the number of passengers which each such carriage is constructed and calculated to carry; and the number so fixed and appointed shall be the greatest number which it shall bo lawful for such carriage to receive or convoy at any one and the same time; and the owner of every such carriage shall be and is hereby required, within seven days after notice to that effect served upon him or upon the driver or conductor of the said carriage, to cause the number so fixed and appointed to be carried, to be in some conspicuous place on the outside of such carriage, as may be directed by the Inspector distinctly and legibly painted in words at length in the following form, that is to say ;—“ Licensed to caxxy ” [hero insert the number fixed] “ inside, and” \liero insert the number fixed] “outside” (tho letters composing the said words to be at least one inch in length and of proportionate breadth.) And if the driver or conductor of any such carriage shall cause or suffer to be conveyed at any one and the same time by any such carriage, or in the inside or on the outside, or in any compartment thereof, a number of passengers greater than the number so fixed and appointed as aforesaid, such driver or conductor shall for each passenger so conveyed over and above the said number be deemed guilty of a separate and distinct offence against the provisions of these By-Laws : Provided that any such orVnor who shall feel himself injured or aggrieved by reason of the number of passengers which shall bo so appointed to be carried, may, within throe days after service of such notice as aforesaid, appeal'against the same to the said Council by notice in writing delivered to the Town Clerk at Iris office, and such owner shall thereupon attend with the said carriage at the office aforesaid, at such time as shall be appointed for tho decision of such appeal, which appeal shall he decided upon by the Council, whose decision shall bo final. Number of Horses by which Carriages must be drawn. 20. No hfffckney carriage shall ply for hire or cany passengers unless at the time of such plying or carrying such carriage he drawn by horses, and the number of such horses shall be proportioned to the number of passengers which such carriage shall have been licensed to carry, as follows, that is to say — „ If licensed to carry six or any less number of persons—One horse. If licensed to carry more than six and not more than fourteen persons —Two horses. If licensed to carry more than fourteen and not more than twenty-six persons-—Three horses. If licensed to carry more than twenty-six and not more than thirty-eight persons—Four horses. Carriages to walk past Church during Service. 27. The driver of every hackney carriage driving the same by any place of public worship during the hours of Divine sendee therein on any Sunday, Christmas Day, or Good Friday, shall drive such carriage whilst passing such place of public worship at a walking pace. Males and Fares—Schedule F. 28. The Rates and Fares for the conveyance of passengers by hackney carriages shall be those which are mentioned in the Hchcdulc hereto marked F, and the said rates or fares shall bo the greatest amounts which it shall be lawful for any owner, driver, or conductor, plying with any hackney carriage for hive within the limits aforesaid, to charge, demand, receive, and take. Owner or Driver must Keep Engagement. 29. Ho owner or driver of any hackney carriage, having agreed to take any fare at any time or from any place, shall delay, neglect or refuse to fulfil such agreement. Hirer must Pug Fare. 30. Any person having hired or used a hackney carriage, and at tho termination of the journey not paying the legal fare when demanded, shall he guilty of an offence against these By-Laws. Computation of Distances. 31. The distance for which any charge shall be made shall be computed from the Stand, or place where the carriage was hired. Stands for Carriages. 32. Such places as the Council shall from time to time appoint shall he the public stands for hackney carriages plying for hire ; Provided that the said Council may from time to time, as they shall see fit, alter the situations and number of tho said stands so appointed, and of the carriages on each stand; and notice of such appointment and of such alteration shall bo given hy advertisement in one or more of the newspapers published within the said City. (See Schedule G.)

Space to be left for passing. 33. Behind every fourth carriage on each stand there shall bo loft a space of at least eight feet for passengers to pass through. Order on stand. 34. Carriages shall take their stations on the stand hr the order of their arrival; and.when any carriage shall be called or driven off any stand, the carriage immediately behind shall draw up to the place vacated, and any other carriage behind in the like order. Owner ar driver must hire. 35. Every driver of a hackney carriage standing or plying for hire at any public stand appointed by the Council shall, unless previously engaged (the proof of which engagement shall be on such driver), be bound to take immediately any fare not exceeding the number of persons which his carriage is licensed to carry, and no driver of any hackney carriage shall refuse to carry thereby a reasonable quantity of luggage free of charge, not exceeding 251bs. weight, for each person hiring or desiring to hire such carriage, nor shall refuse to drive the same to any place within the limits aforesaid, or for any time not exceeding ten hours, if so required by any person hiring or intending to hire such carriage, nor shall fail to drive the same at a reasonable speed, not less than six miles an hour, unless unavoidably delayed or required by the hirer to drive at any slower pace. t Carriages must not stand across the streets. 3G. Ho drive! - of any hackney carriage shall suffer the same to stand for hire across any street, or alongside of any other hackney carriage, nor obstruct the driver of any other carriage in taking up or setting down any person, nor wilfully prevent or endeavour to prevent the driver of any other hackney carriage from taking a fare. No damage must be done to other vehicles or to persons. 37. Ho driver or conductor shall at any time whilst loading, unloading, or attending any hackney carriage, wilfully or negligently do, or cause or suffer to be done, any damage to the person or - property of any one, or be guilty of any breach of tho peace, misconduct, or misbehaviour whereby a breach of tho peace may bo occasioned in any respect in such employment. Carriages to bo on left or near side of the Itoad. 38. Every person having the care or conduct of any hackney carriage shall keep the same on the left or near side of the road, except hr case of absolute necessity or other sufficient reason for deviation and shall not interrupt or interfere with any person or carriage passing or attempting to pass his carriage. Carriage must not stand longer than necessary in Street. 39. Ho owner or driver of any hackney carriage shall permit his carriage, with or without horses, to stand in any street, lane, thoroughfare, or public place longer than may he necessary forloading or unloading, or taking up or putting down passengers ; except while standing for hire in some lawful place for that purpose, or waiting for the hirer. Carriage, Setting Down or Taking up Passengers. 40. Every licensed driver whilst engaged in taking up or setting down any passenger shall, during such taking up or setting down, place his carriage as near as conveniently may be to that side of the street at which tho taking up or setting down is required. Furious Driving, Pad Language, etc. 41. Ho owner, driver, or conductor of any hackney carriage shall, while having the care of or being attendant thereon, drive the same furiously, wantonly, or carelessly, or be drunk, or use any obscene or blasphemous language or any threatening, abusive, or rusulting words or gestures. ' Persons must be Carried. 43.. Ho owner, driver, or conductor of any hackney carriage shall refuse or delay to admit and carry in and by Iris carriage the number of persons painted or - marked thereon, or specified in the license granted in respect thereof. Objectionablo Persons■ only to be Carried to the Police Office. 43. Ho licensed driver or conductor shall cany or knowingly permit to be carried in any hackney carriage, except to some police office or watchhonso, any person so violently or noisily conducting himself or otherwise so misbehaving as to occasion any public annoyance or disturb the public peace. Carriage, etc., to be in Good Condition. 44. The owner of every hackney carriage shall at all times, when plying or employing such carriage for hire have tho same in good order, with the harness sufficient, perfect, and in good condition, and tho glasses and frames of such carriage whole, and the leathers attached to the frames of sufficient length, .and the inside clean and in good repair, and the whole ready and sufficient for duty, with the driver and horse or horses competent to perform any drive or distance that may reasonably be required. Driver or Conductor not to Smoke. 45. Ho licensed driver or conductor shall smoke any pipe or cigar while driving or attending upon any hackney carriage when plying for hire, nor shall any passenger smoke inside any hackney carriage without the permission of the driver. Driver must fie in Attendance on Carriage. 46. The driver and conductor (if any) of every hackney carriage shall bo constantly attendant on the same when plying on any public stand or otherwise, or engaged for hire. Carriage must be Provided with Lights at Night. 47. Every hackney carriage plying for hire, or engaged aftersunset and before sunrise, shall bo provided with proper carriage lights, and the driver shall keep the same lighted while so plying or engaged for hire. • Vicious Horses must be Huxsled. 48. The driver of every hackney carriage shall place a muzzle upon the head of any vicious horse employed by him, and keep the same thereon wlrilst on the stand waiting for hire. Forage Mag and Winkers to be used. 49. Every driver who shall feed any horse whilst on tho stand waiting for hire shall use a nose bag to contain the forage, and shall not remove such horse’s winkers during tho time of feeding. No Person to Side on Box without Permission of Hirer. 50. Ho driver of any hackney carriage, other than a borough stage carriage, shall allow any person to ride on tho box, or in or upon any part of such carriage, without tho permission of the person hiring the same. - Properly Left in Licensed Carriages. 51. The owner, driver, or conductor of every hackney carriage wherein any property whatever shall bo left by any person hiring or iisiu" such carriage, shall within eighteen hours next after the same shall have been so left, restore such property in the state in which tho same shall have been found, to the owner thereof; or, if the owner cannot ho traced, shall deposit such properly in the Town Clerk’s office ; and if any such owner, driver, or conductor, shall make any default herein, he shall be guilty ot an offence against these By-laws; and when any such property shall be deposited as aforesaid, tho officer receiving the same shall give an’ acknowledgment to the depositor, and make an entry and record thereof, and the property so deposited shall bo returned to the person who shall prove ownership to the satisfaction of tho Council, such person previously paying all expenses incurred. And if any property so found and deposited shall not bo claimed hy the owner thereof within ono year after the date of deposit, the property having been advertised in such manner as tire said Council may direct, such property may be sold hy public auction, and the proceeds thereof paid over to the City Treasurer in aid of the Borough Fund, after deducting such sum as tho Council may award to tho person wlio shall have been actually driving the carria"c, or shall have boon employed in or about it, and having fomuMhc property shall deposit the same as herein directed. Copy of By-Law to be given to Owner, Driver, and Gonductor. 52. Every licensed owner, driver, or conductor shall at the time of obtaining his license have delivered to him, without any charge, a printed copy of those By-Laws, certified by tho signature of the Town Clerk, and having the name of the owner, driver, or conductor to whom the same is so delivered, and the number of the license, written distinctly thereupon; and every such owner, driver, or conductor respectively shall at all times have such copy or some other copy of this By-Law ready to produce, and shall upon request produce the same for perusal to any person using or hiring such carriage ; and every driver and conductor shall at all times when plying for hire have with him a duplicate of his license, and shall upon demand produce the same to any such person, or to the Inspector or to any Justice of tho Peace, or to any constable or officer of police requiring to inspect the same. Inspector of Hackney Carriages. 53. Such person or persons as may from time to time he in that

behalf appointed by the said Council shall be the Inspector or Inspectors, during the pleasure of the said Council, of all hackney carriages plying for hire within the limits aforesaid; and such Inspector or Inspectors shall from time to time examine all such carriages, and shall at all times see that as far as possible this By-Law is duly observed, and shall have and possess all powers necessary for the execution of their duties. Inspector must not be Obstructed. .54 Ho owner,driver, or conductor of any such hackney carriage, or any other person, shall obstruct any such Inspector in the execution of his said duties. Penalties. 55. Every breach, non-observance, and non-fulfilment of any of the provisions of the By-laws shall be an offence punishable as hereinafter mentioned—that is to say : For every such offence the offender shall upon conviction he liable to and shall pay a penalty not exceeding five pounds, to be recovered in a summary way before any Justice as by law is or shall be provided : Provided that where by this By-Law any penalty is imposed upon the owner and driver or driver - and conductor of any licensed carriage for one and the same offence, only one prosecution shall be had or maintained for the recovery of such penalty against such owner, driver, or conductor, at the option of the person prosecuting for the same. J. DRANSFIELD, ” Mayor. Passed by the Council of the City of Wellington, on the day of IS CHARLES C. GRAHAM, Town Clerk. SCHEDULES. SCHEDULES REFERRED TO IN THE FOREGOIHG BY-LAWS. SCHEDULE A.—(SECTION 8.) Wellington City Council. A Requisition for a Hackney Carriage License. To tho Worshipful the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Wellington. I, residing in , in the City of Wellington, do hereby request that a License may be granted to me to keep, use, employ, and let a to ply for hire within the said city and on the Queen’s Wharf as a hackney carriage. Dated tho day of 18 . Description of Carriage, Build . Colour SGHEDULE B.—(SECTION 11.) Wellington City Council. Ho. Hackney Carriage License. City of Wellington, to wit. Whereas of has made a requisition for a license for a hackney carriage intended to ply for hire within the city of Wellington and its vicinity pursuant to the provisions of By-laws of the Council of the said city, intituled —“ By-Laws to make other and better provision for licensing and regulating hackney carriages, and the owners, drivers, and conductors thereof plying for hire within the City of Wellington, and on the Queen’s Wharf, in accordance 'with the terms of subsection IG, of clause 349 of ‘The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876.’” And whereas the issue of the said license has been duly authorised by the Committee of the said Council, specially appointed for that purpose : Now, therefore, I, the Town Clerk of the said City, in the name and on behalf of the said Council, do hereby license the said carriage of which you, the said are owner, and which is numbered as a hackney carriage, to ply for hire within the said City, and on the Queen’s Wharf, under and subject to the provisions of the said By-laws, and to such orders, rules, regulations, and By-laws as may from time to time be in force until the the thirty-first day of March, which will bo in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and and no longer. Given under my hand at tho City Council Offices, Wellington, this day of in the year IS . Town Clerk. SCHEDULE C.—(SECTION 9.) ■Wellington City Council. A Requisition for License as a Hackney Carriage Driver or Conductor, as the Case may be. To the Worshipful the Mayor and Councillors of the City of AYellington. j of do hereby request that a license may he granted me as . _ _' of a hackney carriage to ply for hire within the said City, and on the Queen’s Wharf. Dated 18 SCHEDULE D.—(SECTION 14.) Wellington City Council. Ho, Hackney Carriage Owner’s License. Whereas of has made a requisition for a license as the owner of a hackney carriage, intended to ply for hire within the City of Wellington and its vicinity, pursuant to the provisions of By-laws of the Council of of the said City, intituled, “ By-Laws to make other and botter provision for Licensing and Regulating Hackney Carriages, and the owners and drivers thereof plying for hire within the City of Welllington and on the Queen’s Wharf;” and whereas the issue of the said license has been duly authorised by the Committee of the said Council, specially appointed for that purpose: How, therefore, I, the Town Clerk of the said City, in the name and on behalf of the said Council, do hereby license yon, the said to ply for hire within the said City, and on tho Queen’s Wharf, with tho Ho. , of which you are the owner, and which is duly licensed as a under and subject to the provisions of the said By-laws, and to such other orders, rules, regulations, and By-laws as may from time to time be in force' until the 31st day of March, which will be in the year of our Lord, ono thousand eight hundred and and no longer. Given under my hand at the City Council Offices, Wellington, this day of in the year IS . Town Clerk. (Form of Driver's or Conductor’s License.) City of 'Wellington. Original License. [To he delivered to and retained by tho owner of the carriage during such time as the driver or conductor shall be employed by him.] [Or, duplicate license, to bo kept by the driver or conductor and produced, when required, to any person hiring or using the carriage, to tho Inspector of Hackney Callages, itc., and to any constable.] Ho. City of Wellington to wit. Whereas ■ of has made a requisition for a license as the _ of a hackuoy carriage, licensed to ply for hire within the City of Wellington and its vicinity, pursuant to the provisions of By-laws of the Council of the said City, intituled and better provision for Licensing and Regulating Hackney Carriages, and tiro owners and drivers thereof, plying for hire •withiu° the City of Wellington, and on the Queen’s AVharf;” and whereas the issue of the said license has been duly authorised hy the Committee of the said Council, specially appointed for that purpose: Now, therefore. I, the Town Clerk of the said City, iu the name and on behalf of the said Council, do licie yy license you, the said ■ . aot . lls of any hackney carriage plyrng tor lure within the said City, and on tho Queen’s AVharf, between the said city and any place or places witlun the distance of eight miles from the corporate limits thereof, under and subject to the provisions of the said By-laws, and to such orders, rides, regulations and by-laws as may from time to tune be in force, until the thirty-first day of March, which will ho in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and and no longer. Given under my hand at the City Council Offices, Wellington, this day of in the year 18 . Town Clerk.

SCHEDULE R—(SECTION 23.) Wellington City Council. Whereas the City Council of Wellington, in accordance with the powers in them vested, and in pursuance of the provisions of By-Laws of the Council of the said City, intituled—“ By-Laws to make other and better provisions for Licensing and Regulating Hackney Carnages, and the owners and drivers thereof, plying for hire within the City of Wellington, and on the Queen’s Wharf,” did cause the carriage, No. , now used and let to hire, and by the following marks or description (here state marks or known description by which the carriage may be identified), to be inspected, and find the said carriage (or harness, or horse, oxhorses, as the case may be) not to be in a fit and proper condition for public xise : Now, I, the Town Clerk of the said City, in the name and on behalf of the said Council, do hereby suspend the license granted for and in respect of the said carriage, from the date of these presents, until the said carriage, with the horse or horses and all the appurtenances thereof, shall, upon further .r inspection by the said Council, or by their Inspector of Hackney Carriages, be found and deemed to bo in all respects sufficient and fit for public use. • Town Clerk. SCHEDULE P.—Table of Rates and Fares. I.—To be Charged for any Hackney Carriage Plying for Hire at any Place within the City of Wellington, and on the Queen’s Wharf.

SCHEDULE G. Stands for Hackney Carriages. 1, Junction of Murphy and Molesworth streets, centre ox i unction, 10 feet away from the Princess Hotel, extending northwards for four (4) licensed hackney carriages plying within or without the limits of the city : horses’ heads, while on this stand, to be placed southward. . . . 2. Pipitea-street, 10 feet away from its junction with Moles-wor'th-street (in centre of street), extending eastward, for six (0) licensed hackney carriages plying within or without the limits of the city; horses’ heads, while on this stand, to be placed westward, 3 Tinakori-road, on west side, from Shepherds’ Arms Hotel, extendin'* southwards, for four (4) licensed hackney carriages plyin" for hire within or without the limits of the city; horses’ heads? while on this stand, to be placed northward. 4. Thorndoii-qnay, on opposite side of road to Railway-station, commencin'* at a line with the central entrance to the Railwaystation, extending northwards, for eight (8) licensed hackney earria"cs plying for hire nithin or without the limits of the city; horses’ heads, while on this stand, to be placed southward. 5. Thomdon-quay, opposite side of road to Barrett's, commencin'* at a line 10 feet to the northward of the east side of Charlotte street extending northwards, for six (6) licensed hackney carriages idyin" for hire within or without the limits of the city; horses’ heads! while on this stand, to be placed southward. G Lambton-quay, east stde, at a hue 10 .feet away to southward of johnston-street, extending southward, for four (4) licensed hackney carriages plying for hire within or without the limits of the city ■ horses’ heads, while on this stand, to be placed southward. 7. Custom House quay, on opposite side of road to H. M. Customs, commencing at 10 feet away from water-trough, on north tide of the weigh-bridge, and extending northwards, for emht (S) licensed hackney carriages plying for hire within or without the limits of the city; horses’ heads, while on this stand, . to he placed southward. . .. ... S AVillis-street 10 feet away to southward from, junction with Boulcott-street, in front of Albert Hotel, continuing southwards, for four (4) licensed hackney carriages plying for lure within or without the limits of the city ; horses’ heads, while on this stand, to be placed northward. 9 Upper Willis-streat, 10 feet to the northward of its junction witli Vbel Smith-street, in centre of street,' extending northward, for four (4) licensed hackney carriages plying for hire within or without the limits of the city; horses’ heads, while on this stand, to he placed northward. 10 Abel Smitli - street, commencing from opposite central entrance to Victoria Hotel, in centre of street, extending eastward for ei"ht (8) licensed hackney carriages plying for hire within or without the limits of the city; homes’ heads, while on this stand, to be placed westward. . . , 11. Lmestre-street, 10 feet away from its junction with Cuhastreet in a westerly direction (in centre of street), continuing westward, for four (4) licensed hackney carriages plying for hire within or without the limits of the city; horses’ heads, while on this stand, to be placed eastward. 13. Manners-street, 10 feet away from its junction with east, side of Cuba street, in centre of street, extending eastward, for six (G) licensed hackney carriages plying for hire within or without the limits of the city ; horses’ heads, while on this stand to be placed westward. 13. Majoribank - street, commencing 10 feet away from us junction with Kent-terrace, extending in an easterly direction (in the centre of the street), for four (4) licensed hackney carriages plvin" for hire within or without the limits of the city; horses heads! while on this stand, to be placed westward. 14. Tory-street (in centre of street), commencing 10 foot to the northward of its junction with Viviau-street, extending northward, for four (4)liicensed hackney carriages plying for lure within or without the limits of the city; horses’ heads, while on this stand, to be placed northward. . 15. Sussex-square, commencing at gate of Basin Reson e, on west side, and extending southward, in centre of street, for ten (10) licensed hackney carriages plying for lure within or without the limits of the city; horses’ heads, while on this stand, to be placed IG. Adelaide-read, commencing just beyond Tiamy ay Terminus, in centre of street, extending southward, for six (G) licensed hack - noy carriages plying for hire within or without the limits of the city • horses’ heads, while on this stand, to be placed northward. _ 17 Riddiford-street, commencing 10 feet to the southward of its junction with Constahle-strcet, in front of Newtown Hotel, in centre of street, continuing southward, for four (4) licensed hackney carriages plying for hire within or without the limits of the city • horses’ heads, while on this stand, to bo placed northward.

Fares by Tim Drawn by 2 Horses. Drawn by 1 Horse. £ s. d. £ d. By the Bay, £.c., for any teu consecutive hours hetweceu 6 a.m. and 10 p.w. 2 10 0 1 10 0 By the Hour — For the first hour 0 5 0 0 i 0 For every subsequent quarter Lour 0 1 3 0 1 0 Fakes by Distance. To any point within the district bounded on one side by the sea, and on the other by a line running from Tipitea Point along Davis Street, Moturoa Street, Pipitea Street, Murphy Street, Molosworth Street, Charlotte Street, Lambton Quay, Willis Street, Abel Smith Street, Taranaki Street, Vivian Street, and Kent Terrace to the sea ... 0 0 G 0 0 6 Extra for going on the Queen’s Wharf, per passenger .. ... Outside the above district, the following additional fares :— 0 1 0 0 1 0 For any distance within and not exceeding one mile 0 1 0 0 0 (J For every additional mile or fractional part of half-a-milo ... 0 0 G 0 0 For every additional passenger irrespective of distance 0 1 0 0 0 0 Any person calling or sending for any cab, and not further employing the same, shall pay, exclusive of detention 0 1 C 0 1 0 Detention for every fifteen minutes after the first five minutes u 0 e 0 0 b’ Double the above fares to be charged for any fare performed between the hours of 7 p.m. and 8 a.m. The hirer, at his option, to pay either hy distance or time. 3.— Fakes to de Chakgkd yor Night Work when Carriage is specially Ordered for the Jon, Betwixt the hours of 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. ... ... ... •, 0 10 0 0 7 G Betwixt the hours of 7 p.m. and I a,m. ... 0 12 G 0 10 0 Betwixt the hours of 7 p.m. and 3 a.m, ... 0 15 0 0 12 C After S a,m ..., » « 1 0 0 0 15 0