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The traveller's oracle; or, maxims for locomotion, part 2 (of 2)

Chapter 25: DUTIES
By John Jervis
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A practical manual offering detailed guidance on selecting, maintaining, and budgeting for horses, carriages, and driving staff. It supplies cost estimates for ownership and hire, descriptions of carriage construction and components (axle-trees, wheels, harness), and advice on purchasing, repairing, and evaluating new and second-hand vehicles. Chapters cover stable management, horse health and feeding, seasonal care, emergency handling, and the duties and management of coachmen, with rules for punctuality and hiring. An accessible method for calculating hackney-coach fares and a glossary of technical coachmaking terms complete the hands-on reference for owners and hirers.

DUTIES

PAYABLE ON MALE SERVANTS.

Per Servant. Total per Year.
No. 1. £1 4 0 £1 4 0
2. 1 11 0 3 2 0
3. 1 18 0 5 14 0
4. 2 3 6 8 14 0

DUTIES ON HORSES.

Per Horse. Total per Year.
No. 1. £1 8 0 £ 1 8 0
2. 2 7 3 4 14 6
3. 2 12 3 7 16 9
4. 2 15 0 11 0 0

DUTY ON CARRIAGES.

With Two Wheels £ 3 5 0
With Four Ditto 6 0 0

The Duties on Servants, Carriages, and Horses, are collected by the same Officers that collect the House and Window Taxes; and are reckoned from one fifth of April to another; and if you keep a Horse or Carriage for a Single week, you must pay the Tax thereon for a whole Year.