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than that aforesaid then the owner shall
forthwith return to such driver or conductor
the license belonging to him.

Licenses may be revoked cancelled or suspended.

14. The license of any 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 &c.

15. No driver or conductor of a licensed
    carriage shall lend or part with his license
    except as directed in clause 12 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 as the driver or
    conductor of any hackney carriage without
    the consent of the owner thereof.

Carriage, &c., may be inspected.

16. The said Council shall as often as it
    may deem necessary cause an inspection to
    be made of all licensed 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 be found insufficient or unfit for public use the said Council may cause notice in writing in the form
    or to the effect contained in the schedule
    hereto annexed marked E to be given to the
    owner of such carriage 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 suffer the
    same to be used or let until the same or the
    harness or horse or horses used in drawing
    the same as the case may require shall in the
    opinion of the said Council or their officer
    appointed for that purpose be in a fit condition for public use.

Number to be painted on carriage.

17. The number of the license granted for
    every such carriage in figures not less than
    two inches in height and of proportionate
    breadth white upon a ground of black shall
    be painted outside on the panel of each door
    of such carriage or on such other part or
    parts of the said carriage or on a plate or
    plates affixed thereon or in such other manner as the said Council may direct and such
    number shall be kept conspicuous legible
    and undefaced during all the time such carriage shall ply or be used for hire and shall
    apply to and shall be painted or fixed upon
    no other carriage 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 the said Council as hereinbefore provided for and during the period of
    such permission and no longer.

Number to be printed on carriage.

18. The said Council may when it thinks
    fit order that the number of the license of
    every licensed carriage on a card or plate six
    inches by three inches 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 fixed at the
    upper part of the front panel or in such
    other place as the said Council may direct
    inside of such carriage and such card or
    plate shall be kept so affixed conspicuous
    and undefaced during all the time the
    carriage shall ply or be used for hire.

The authorised number of passengers must not be exceeded.

19. The number of passengers to be conveyed in each licensed carriage of whatever
    description the same may be shall be determined by the said Council upon the report
    of their appointed officer and no greater
    number of passengers than the number so
    determined on shall at any one and the same
    time be carried in such carriage on any pretence whatever provided always that each
    passenger shall be entitled to a width on the
    seat of not less than sixteen inches with full
    and sufficient space in front of each seat.

Children how counted.

20. No child under seven years of age
    shall be counted as a passenger unless there
    shall be more than one such child in which
    case two of such children shall be considered
    as one passenger and so on in respect of
    every two such children provided that
    infants in arms shall not be counted as passengers in any case.

Maximum rates and fares.

21. The maximum fares chargeable for the
    conveyance of passengers by the owners
    drivers or conductors of any hackney carriage shall be as set forth in schedule F
    hereof annexed and it shall be lawful for
    the said Council to amend vary and alter
    such rates and fares from time to time and
    to fix and establish in lieu thereof such other
    rates and fares as it may deem expedient
    and such amended rates and fares shall be
    notified in one or more newspaper published
    in the said City of Christchurch and shall be
    deemed the rates and fares which from and
    after such notification may be lawfully demanded by any hackney carriage owner
    driver or conductor such rates and fares to
    be inclusive of all charges for luggage not
    exceeding fourteen pounds weight.

Computation of distance.

22. The distance for which any charge
    shall be made shall be computed from the
    stand or from the place where the carriage
    was hired but back fares to be charged only
    to the boundary of the city.

Distinction of vehicles as regards fares.

23. For the purpose of regulating the
    rates and fares under this by-law any