ESTIMATE No. VI.
For those who wish for a Carriage merely as a matter of occasional Parade, rather than of continual Convenience, and hardly require it perhaps Two days in a Week, the cheapest plan is to purchase a Carriage, and keep it at a Stable Yard, where, as often as they wish, they can hire a pair of Horses: but a good Carriage must not stand in a Public Yard, unless it is put into a private Coach-house, where it can be carefully locked up:—if you pay a little extra for this, it is money well spent.
| £. | s. | d. | |
| The Expense then will be, the Interest of the Money paid for the purchase of the Carriage and Harness, (which we will suppose may be bought second hand for about £200), and keeping it in Repair, which, as it is but seldom used, may be set down together at (not less than,) per annum | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Standing of it, at 3s. per week, per annum | 7 | 16 | 0 |
| For Oil and Grease, and to the Hostler for cleaning the Carriage, from 1s. to 1s. 6d. per week, per annum | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Tax | 6 | 0 | 0 |
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| 47 | 16 | 0 | |
And £1. 1s. per Day for Hire of Horses, and 5s. the Coachman. See Estimate No. 7.
Thus, it appears, To keep a Carriage, and to use it once in a Year, costs £48. 2 s.!!!
The Hackneyman’s Charge for a Pair of Horses for three or four hours in the middle of the Day, say from One till Five o’clock, is about 15s.
From Four till Twelve at Night, that is, to take you to the Theatre or out to Dinner, and to bring you Home after, is 12s.
The Coachman’s fee for these Short Jobs, is about 2s. 6d.
Many people do not require a Carriage more than twice in a Week; nor then, more than for Three or Four hours: to such, the Saving will be very great.
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| Standing charges of the Carriage, &c. as per Estimate above | 47 | 16 | 0 |
| Horses and Coachman, for Four Hours, Twice a Week, at 17s. 6d. each time | 91 | 0 | 0 |
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| Per Annum | 138 | 16 | 0 |
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