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FARES FOR CHAIRS AND OTHER VEHICLES.
LEGALISED TARIFF OF FARES FOR CHAIRS, CHAIR BEARERS, AND BOATS IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG.
Half hour.. Hour
Chairs and Ordinary Pullaway Boats.
10 cents. Three hours 20 cents. Six hours..
50 cents.
Day (from 6 to 6)..
Chair Hire to Out Districts. *
Beyond Victoria and back..
To Stanley and back..........
70 cents. One Dollar.
50 cents per man. 60 cents per man.
Victoria lies below the level of Robinson Road, and includes all the town between the Mint and the Western Slaughter House, with the Race-course.
To Victoria Peak.
Single Trip.
Return (direct or by Pok-foo-lum).
Four Coolies.......
Three Coolies
$1.00. 0.85.
Four Coolies..........
$1.50.
Two Coolies...
0.70.
Three Coolies... Two Coolies..
1.20.
1.00.
To Victoria Gap (to level of Umbrella Seat).
Single Trip.
Return (direct or by Pok-foo-lum).
Four Coolies.. Three Coolies.
$0.60.
Four Coolies....
$1.00.
0.50.
Three Coolies..
0.85.
Two Coolies.
0.40.
Two Coolies.
0.70.
The Return Fare embraces a trip of not more than three hours.
For every hour or part of an hour above 3 hours, each Coolie will be entitled to
an additional payment of 5 cents.
Day Trip (12 hours) { Peak...
75 cents each Coolie.
60 cents each Coolie.
Licensed Bearers (each).
Hour
Half-day
Day...
10 cents.
35 cents.
50 cents.
Boats.
1st Class Cargo Boat of 800 or 900 piculs, per day. 1st Class Cargo Boat of 800 or 900 piculs, per load. 2nd Class Cargo Boat of 600 piculs, per day. 2nd Class Cargo Boat of 600 piculs, per load.
3rd Class Cargo Boat, or Ha-kau Boat of 300 piculs, per day. 3rd Class Cargo Boat, or Ha-kau Boat of 300 piculs, per load. 3rd Class Cargo Boat, or Ha-kau Boat of 300 piculs, half-day
Or Pullaway Boat, per day
Or Pullaway Boat, one hour
Or Pullaway Boat, half-an-hour
After 6 P.M.
Nothing in this Scale prevents private agreements.
One day
$3.00.
2.00.
2.50.
1.75.
1.50.
1.00.
50.
Sampans.
$1.00.
20.
10.
10 cents extra.
Scale of Hire for Street Coolies.
33 cents.
20 cents.
Half-day
Three hours.
One hour.
10 cents.
5 cents.
Half-hour.
Nothing in the above Scale is to affect private agreements.
3 cents.
* Persons who make short excursions out of the town should understand that they are quite at liberty to pay by the hour if they prefer to do so.