450 FARES FOR CHAIRS, JINRICKSHAS IN HONGKONG-TYPHOON SIGNALS
RICSHAWS
I.-In Victoria and beyond Victoria, if engaged in Victoria :
Ten minutes
Quarter hour
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Half hour...
Hour
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部
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1st, class ō cents
2nd class
5 cents
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30
5
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15
10
11
20
15
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20
10
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Every subsequent hour
First class jinrickshas have white washable covers and rubber tyres.
NOTE.-Victoria extends from Mount Davis to Causeway Bay and up to the level of Robinson Road. If the vehicle is discharged beyond these limits half fare extra is to be allowed for the return Journey. Extra bearers, drawers, or drivers, and extra hours to be paid proportionate sums. II.—In Kowloon.-Quarter hour, 5 cents; Half hour, 15 cents; Hour, 20 cents; Every subsequent hour,
10 cents. Extra bearers, drawers or drivers and extra hours to be paid proportionate sums. III.-On the New Tai Po Road beyond New Kowloon.-Twenty cents shall be added for each extra hour
or part of an hour, if the hirer causes the journey to take longer than To 4th mile
Beyond 4th to 6th mile
600
Beyond 6th to 9th mile
Beyond 9th to 11th mile...
single, return,
44
75 cents,...
$1.00
single,
...$1.20
return,
$1.50
single,
...$1.75
return,
$2.00
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single,
return,
...$2.00 $2.50
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1 hour 2 hours.
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7
25
3
Fares for journeys beyond the 11th mile to be a matter of previous arrangement in each case. The fares here set out to apply to one jinricksha with three coolies from Tsim Sha Tsui.
CARGO BOATS
1st Class Cargo Boat of 800 piculs and upwards... 2nd Class Cargo Boat under 800 and not less than 500 piculs
do. 500 do. do.
3rd
do. 100 piculs
4th
...
do. do.
100 piculs...
Passenger Rowing Boats
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per day. $10.00
per load
5.00
5.00
3.00
3.00
2.00
1.50
1.00
1st Class Boats upwards of 40 feet in length, per day of 12 hours (ClassA) 2nd Class Boats from 30 to 40 feet in length, per day of 12 hours ( All other Boats, per day of 12 hours
1st Class Boat, per hour with two passengers 2nd Class Boat, per half hour with two passengers
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.$3.00
2.00
1.50
...
0.40
0.20
For each extra passenger 10 cents in a first-class boat, and 5 cents in a second-class boat for half-an- hour. Between sunset and sunrise, 10 cents extra per passenger.
Only first-class boats are permitted to land or take on board passengers at any point of the Praya between Ship Street on the East and New Harbour Office Pier on the West.
FIRE SIGNALS ON SHORE, HONGKONG
1st.-Quick alarm Bell for 5 minutes. 1 Stroke for Eastern District, East of Murray Barracks. 2 Strokes, Central District from Murray Barracks to the Harbour Office. 3 Strokes, Western District.
HONGKONG TYPHOON SIGNALS
A Cone point upwards indicates a typhoon to the north of the Colony.
A Cone point upwards and Drum below indicates a typhoon to the north-east of the Colony.
A Drum indicates a typhoon to the east of the Colony.
A Cone point downwards and Drum below indicates a typhoon to the south-east of the Colony. A Cone point downwards indicates a typhoon to the south of the Colony.
A Cone point downwards and Ball below indicates a typhoon to the south-west of the Colony. A Ball indicates a typhoon to the west of the Colony.
A Cone point upwards and Ball below indicates a typhoon to the north-west of the Colony. Red Signals indicate that the centre is believed to be more than 300 miles away from the Colony. Black Signals indicate that the centre is believed to be less than 300 miles away from the Colony. The above signals will as heretofore be hoisted only when typhoons exist in such positions, or are moving in such directions that information regarding them is considered to be of importance to the Colony or to shipping leaving the harbour.
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