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Birmingham Guide.
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street[1]; Nelson, High-street, Coach, Family, and Commercial; Pump, Commercial; Royal, Temple-row, Family Hotel; New Royal, New-street, Family Hotel; Saracen's Head, Bull-street, Coach, Family, and Commercial; St. George's Tavern, High-street, Coach, Family, and Commercial; Swan, High-street and New-street, Family and Commercial; Stork, Old-square, Family and Commercial; Union, Union-street, Commercial; Vauxhall Hotel; White Hart, Digbeth, Commercial; Wool Pack, Moor-street, Commercial.

The Grand Junction Railway Office

is at present at Vauxhall. For Regulations, Time of Starting, &c. see page 11.

The London and Birmingham Railway Office,

for the present, is in Waterloo-street.

Hackney Coaches.
  coach, 2 horses. do. 1 horse.
Not exceeding half a mile 1s. 0d. 1s. 0d.
Not exceeding a mile 1s.   6d.   1s.   0d.  
Not exceeding a mile and a half 2s.   0d.   1s.   6d.  
Not exceeding two miles 2s.   6d.   2s.   0d.  
Not exceeding three miles 3s.   6d.   3s.   0d.  
Not exceeding four miles 5s.   0d.   4s.   0d.  

Returning with the same fare, half the above. The Coach-man at liberty to charge by time or distance: 20 minutes, 6d.; 40 minutes, 1s.; and from between 12 at night and 6 in the morning, double fares.

Canal and Waggon Carriage is so seldom wanted by stranger, that it is here omitted.

  1. We mention it for the singular fact, that a substantial dinner is set out for 1s. per head. Short Stages start from this Tavern.