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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 6, 1912.

87. No truck, trolly, van, or cart shall, without a written permit from the Captain. Superintendent of Police, be driven between the hours of 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. in Ice House Street or in Queen's Road Central between Queen Victoria Street and Murray Road.

88. No wheeled vehicle shall at any time, without a written permit from the Captain Superintendent of Police be driven in Murray Battery or in Battery Path West of St. John's Cathedral.

89. No wheeled vehicle, except rickshas and bicycles and tricycles not propelled by mechanical power, shall at any time, without a written permit from the Director of Public Works, be driven in Kennedy Road or in Bowen Road. Such wheeled vehicles as may be driven in Kennedy Road or Bowen Road shall be driven in those roads with particular cau- tion, especially when rounding bends.

90. Not more than two chairs may go

abreast in any road.

91. When two chairs are abreast the chair on the right must give way on meeting, or on being overtaken by any person or vehicle.

92. In Battery Path, and in Plunkett Road between Chamberlain Road and the Peak Club, chairs are not allowed to go abreast at all. If two chairs are discovered going abreast the chair on the right shall be deemed to have committed a breach of this Regula- tion.

93. Any breach of Regulation 90, 91 or 92 in the case of an occupied private chair shall be deemed to have been committed by the occupant, and in any other case shall be deemed to have been committed by the drivers.

Public Vehicles.

94. The driver of a public vehicle shall not without reasonable cause refuse to accept hire when unemployed.

95. The driver of a public vehicle shall not demand more than the authorised fare. 96. The driver of a public vehicle shall travel with reasonable speed.

97. The driver of a public vehicle shall not refuse to complete his journey or leave or deposit the hirer before the completion of the engagement.

98. The driver of a public vehicle shall not use insulting language or behave rudely.

99. The driver of a public vehicle shall not persistently solicit passengers or obstruct the free transit of passengers in any way.

100. The driver of a public vehicle shall not at any time occupy any part of the vehicle except the driver seat, if any.

101. The driver of a public vehicle when plying for hire shall be properly dressed to the satisfaction of the Captain Superintendent of Police.

102. The driver of a public vehicle when plying for hire shall see that the vehicle is properly equipped against sun and rain to the satisfaction of the Captain Superintendent of Police.

103. The driver of a ricksha licensed for Quarry Bay shall not ply for hire west of the eastern boundary of the City of Victoria, and the driver of a ricksha licensed for the City of Victoria shall not ply for hire east of the eastern boundary of the City of Victoria, but this provision shall not be deemed to prohibit the driver of a Quarry Bay ricksha from taking a passenger on a return journey from westward of the eastern boundary of the City of Victoria or to prohibit the driver of a ricksha licensed for the City of Victoria from taking a passenger on a return journey from eastward of the eastern boundary of the City of Victoria.

104. The driver of a public vehicle shall carry a copy of the appropriate portion of Table A and shall produce it to any hirer or intended hirer on demand. The Captain Superintendent of Police may prescribe the form of the copy.

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