The Schedule referred to in Clause III.—Table of Rates and Fares for Hackney Carriages or Cabs plying for hire within the town of Oamaru:

FARES BY TIME.

For a carriage having four wheels and two or more horses, and Hansom cabs.
£ s. d.
For the first hour ... 0 5 0
For the second hour ... 0 5 0
For the third hour ... 0 5 0
For every subsequent hour 0 4 0
(Half-hours and quarters at the same scale.)

For Hansom and other cab vehicles having 2 or more wheels and 1 horse.
£ s. d.
0 4 0
0 4 0
0 4 0
0 3 0

FARES BY DISTANCE.

For half-a-mile and any less distance ... 0 1 6
For a mile ... 0 2 0
For every mile or fractional part of a half mile ... 0 1 0

Any person calling or sending for any carriage or cab, and not further employing the same, exclusive of detention, charge ... 0 1 6
(Half fare allowed back if distance exceeds two miles, provided the fare is not by time.)

DETENTION.

For every fifteen minutes after the first five minutes ... 0 1 0
(No extra charge for luggage if under 50 lbs. weight.)

Every driver of a licensed vehicle shall drive the same at a reasonable speed, about six miles an hour, unless unavoidably delayed, or required by the hirer to drive at any slower pace.

The driver of every licensed vehicle to produce a copy of the above table of rates and fares on demand, and to have a copy of the same affixed conspicuously inside his carriage, on the front panel thereof, or in such other part thereof as the Council of the Town of Oamaru may direct.

II. A Bye-Law for the Licensing and Regulating Waggons and other vehicles, and the owners, drivers and conductors thereof; and for regulating the Sale and Exposure for Sale of Hay, Straw, Coals, Firewood and Water within the Town of Oamaru.

Whereas it is expedient to make provisions by Bye-Laws for licensing and regulating waggons, drays, carts, and other vehicles for the carrying of goods and merchandize, plying, kept, or let for hire, within the Town of Oamaru, or used in hawking water within the said town, and for licensing and registering the names of, and regulating the conduct of the owners, drivers and conductors thereof, and for regulating the sale, and exposure for sale, of hay, straw, coals, firewood and water within the town; Be it therefore ordered and directed by the Council of the Town of Oamaru, by virtue of the authority in them vested, that from and after the day on which this bye-law shall come into force, the following rules and regulations shall be in force:-

1. Every carter or other person who shall be desirous to ply with, keep or let for hire within the Town of Oamaru, a waggon, dray, cart or other vehicle, for the carrying of goods or merchandize, or for the purpose of hawking or selling water, shall on being approved by the Mayor or any Councillor of the Town of Oamaru, register his name and place of abode in the office of the Town Clerk of the said town, and shall thereupon receive a license, on which shall be written his name and place of abode and the number of the license, and for such license he shall pay to the Town Clerk the sum of ten shillings, and ten shillings annually for its renewal in every succeeding twelve calendar months. And if any person shall ply with a waggon, dray, cart or other vehicle for hire, or for the purpose of hawking or selling water within the said town without being so licensed he shall forfeit and pay for every such offence a sum not exceeding five pounds.

2. The Council of the said town shall from time to time appoint proper places within the said town to be used as stands on which the said licensed carters or other persons may ply with their waggons, carts, drays or other vehicles for hire, and also appoint proper places where such licensed carters or other persons may expose hay, straw, coals and firewood for sale, due notice of which shall be given in the Otago Provincial Government Gazette, and in one or more newspapers published in the said town; and every carter or other person who shall after such notice draw up or station his waggon, dray, cart or other vehicle, at any other place than the place or places named in such notice in order to ply for hire, or to sell or expose for sale any hay, straw, coals and firewood, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence a sum not exceeding two pounds; and until otherwise provided the following places shall be used as such stands respectively, viz:

For licensed carters to ply for hire—
East side Tyne Street, opposite the Bank of New Zealand
East side Thames Street, by Hassell’s Mill.

For exposing for sale hay, straw, coals and firewood—
Market Reserve, Severn Street, Oamaru.

3. The name of every licensed carter or other person, together with the number of his license, and the words "licensed waggon, dray, or cart," or other vehicle (as the case may be), shall be legibly painted in letters of not less than one inch in length upon the right or off side of the waggon, dray or cart, or other vehicle which he shall ply for hire, or on which he shall carry water for sale; and if any licensed carter or other person shall fail in this regulation, or having complied therewith shall neglect to keep his name, the number of his license, and the words "licensed waggon, dray, or cart," (as the case may be), at all times so legible and conspicuous, he shall forfeit and pay for every such offence a sum not exceeding two pounds; and if any person, not being duly licensed as aforesaid, shall ply with or carry any water for sale on any waggon, dray or cart, or other vehicle upon which there shall be painted the words "licensed waggon," dray or cart, or other vehicle (as the case may be), he shall forfeit and pay for every such offence a sum not exceeding five pounds.

4. It shall be lawful for the said Council, in the months of January and July in every year, to regulate and fix, by a table or tables to be by them for such purpose made, the several and respective rates to be charged by any licensed carter or other person for the conveyance of goods, merchandise, or other articles, and to fix and regulate the distance to which such licensed carters or other persons respectively should be liable to go; and the said rates to vary and alter from time to time, and other rates to fix and establish in lieu thereof; and such rates, when so regulated and fixed or altered, shall be notified at least once in one or more newspapers published in the said town, and shall be deemed to be the rates which from and after such notification it shall be lawful to be taken and demanded by such licensed carter or other person as aforesaid; and any such licensed carter or other person as aforesaid who shall take or demand any higher rate than shall be so regulated and fixed, or who shall refuse or neglect (the said person at the time being on the public stand), between the hours of sunrise and sunset, to carry a good and sufficient load, or to employ his horse, waggon, dray, or cart when thereunto required (unless he be then actually hired by some other person), shall forfeit and pay for every such offence a sum not exceeding two pounds; and until otherwise provided, the rates and fares specified in the Schedule hereto shall be the rates and fares which may be lawfully demanded by licensed carters.