seldom used, may be set down together at (not less than,) per annum..... Standing of it, at 3s. per week, per annum.... For Oil and Grease, and to the Hostler for cleaning the Carriage, from 1s. to 1s. 6d. per week, per annum Tax £. s. d. 30 0 0 7 16 0 4 0 0 600 47 16 0 And £1. 1s. per Day for Hire of Horses, and 5s. the Coachman. See ESTIMATE No. 7. Thus, it appears, To keep a Carriage, and to use it once in a Year, costs £48. 2s.!!! The Hackneyman's Charge for a Pair of Horses for three or four hours in the middle of the Day, say from One till, Five o'clock, is about 15s. From Four till Twelve at Night, that is, to take you to the Theatre or out to Dinner, and to bring you Home after, is 12s. The Coachman's fee for these Short Jobs, is about 2s. 6d. Many people do not require a Carriage more than twice in a Week; nor then, more than for Three or four hours: to such, the Saving will be very great. Standing charges of the Carriage, &c. as per Horses and Coachman, for Four Hours, Twice a Week, at 17s. 6d. each time Per Annum ESTIMATE No. VII. HIRING FOR A SHORTER PERIOD THAN A YEAR. If a Carriage be hired for a Day, a Week, or a Month, or for any time less than a Year, the person who let it out pays the Duty. The customary charge for those common Carriages, whether of Two or Four Wheels, which are let out, is about 5s. per Day, or £5. per Month (28 Days). Open Carriages are charged higher, as the whole Year's Duty is paid upon them, though they are only used for a few Months. When Coaches or Chariots are let by the Day or Week, the Harness is not included in the charge for them. Harness for a Pair of Horses is charged 1s. per Day, or 5s. per Week. Hired Carriages are expected to be turned out clean, greased, and fit for immediate use:examine them well before you take them; for if any part breaks while in your use, you will be expected to pay for the Repair thereof, unless you make a previous Agreement that it shall be done by the person letting it. Tell the person you hire of, how long you want the Carriage, and how far you are going to travel: he has then no excuse for not giving you a sufficient Carriage. The price of a Job during the dear Months, when the Town is full, i. e. in April, May, and June, for a Chariot or Coach, a Pair of Horses and Coachman, his Wages and Board Wages, the standing at the Hackneyman's, &c., and all charges included, is, (a little more or less, according to the quality of the Horses and the Carriage), per Month, (reckoning 28 Days), about £26. The usual sum for the Hire of a Coach or Chariot and Harness, is, according to the condition thereof, from £5. to £7. per Month :—if you hire them of a Coachmaker, you will have more choice, and may get a better Carriage. A Glass Coach, or Chariot and Horses, not to travel beyond eight miles from Town, may be hired, per Day, for from £1. 1s. to £1. 5s. The Coachman's Fee is 5s. If he is employed all Day, especially if you go into the Country, it is usual to give the Driver his Dinner. For a distance exceeding eight miles from the place of letting, the charge is 1s. 6d. per Mile out, and half that sum in returning. For Three or Four Hours in the middle of the Day, 18s. The Coachman will expect about Half-aCrown. From Four till Twelve in the Evening, to take you out to Dinner, and to bring you Home, 15s.-Coachman, 2s. 6d. In either of the above cases, if you find the Carriage, the charge will be from 3s. to 5s. less. We subjoin a List of the charges for these things in Ireland. MEETING OF THE COACH PROPRIETORS AND The Job Coach Proprietors and Post-Masters respectfully beg leave to inform the Nobility, Gentry, their Friends, and the Public, that at a Meeting of their Trade, held on Tuesday, the 25th of July, 1826, it was |