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  Furness Abbey Hotel
FURNESS ABBEY HOTEL,


THOMAS SLANEY, PROPRIETOR,

BEGS to state that the above Hotel has been considerably increased in accommodation and furnished in a style that will insure to Families and Tourists patronizing it the comfort of a private house with the independence of an Hotel. First Class Coffee and Billiard Rooms.
SCALE OF CHARGES ON MOST REASONABLE TERMS.
FIRST CLASS.
Breakfast,- plain ... 1s. 6d.
,, with meat ... 1 9
,, ditto ... 2 0
Dinners,- Soup or Fish with Joint or Cutlets, &c. ... 2 6
Extras charged as per Bill of Fare.
Luncheon or Suppers,- Cold Meat ... 1 6
Teas,- plain ... 1 6
SECOND CLASS.
Breakfast,- plain ... 1s. 3d.
,, with meat ... 1 6
Dinner ... 2 0
Single plate of Meat and Bread ... 0 6
Large plate, with Vegetables, &c ... 1 0
Teas ... 1 3
PORT AND SHERRY.
Dinner Wines 4s., 4s. 6d., 5s.- First Quality 5s. 6d., 6s. Champagne, Hocks, Mosselles, Sauternes, Clarets, Madeiras.
Private Sitting Rooms 2s. 6d., 3s. 6d., 5s. Beds 1s. 6d., 2s., 2s. 6d.
Attendance will be charged in the Bill.
Special accommodation will be provided for Excursionists by Cheap Trains at a very reasonable rate.
These magnificent ruins are undergoing extensive additional excavations, which will greatly enhance their interests. Considerable improvement has already been effected; the removal of enormous accumulations of debris, &c., having brought to view many additional basements of buildings in a good state of preservation, and which previously were not supposed to exist.
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