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MAGISTRATES of the BURGH of ANDERSTON.
Thomas Hoplcirk, youn<Ter of Dalbeth, Esq. Provost.
Robert Miller, Esq. T
John Miller, Esq. C Bailies.
Angus M'Alpin, Esq. J
James Taylor, Treasurer.
Henry Houldsworth.
William Kidston.
Andrew Drysdale.
Alexander Anderson
COUNSELLORS.
Arch. Geddes.
Rob. Folheringham.
Joseph Taylor.
John Horn.
William Aitchison, Clerk.
John Borrowman, Fiscal.
Archibald Arthur.
James Govan.
James Fleming.
BANKING HOUSES IN GLASGOW.
Ship Bank — 9, Glassford-street; open from 10 to 3
o'clock, (shuts at 12 on Saturday.) Bills for dis-
count given in on Monday and Thursday, before 1,
and called for on Tuesday and Friday, from 10 to
12 o'clock. M. Rowand,- cashier, John Buchanan,
accompt. ; James Brown, Eben. Wallace, Joseph
Alison, tellers; James Taylor, John Cowan, Wm.
Duncan, Chas. Campbell, and Thomas Brown, clerks;
George Lockhart, porter. Draw on Smith, Payne &
Co. London, and Sir William Forbes & Co. Edinburgh.
Thistle Bank — 26, Virginia-street; open from 10 to 3
o'clock, (shuts at 12 on Saturday) Drafts on Lon-
don or Edinburgh given on these hours; Bills for
discount given in on Monday before 12 o'clock, and
called for on Tuesday between 1 1 and 2 o'clock,
and on Friday from 10 to 11, and called for after
12 o'clock. Richard Duncan and Robert Scot,
cashiers; A. Davidson, accomptant; Robert M'Nair
and Walter Miller, tellers; John Steel, James
Davidson, and Robert Holmes, clerks; James Rowan,
porter. Draw on Snuih, Payne & Co. London, and
Kinnear & Sons, Edinburgh.
Royal Bank — 103 and 1 13, Queen-street, open from 10
to 3 o'clock, (sluits at 1 2 on Saturday.) Bills for dis-
count given in between 10 and 12, Monday morning,
and called for on Tuesday between 1 1 and 12. John
Thomson, cashier; Robert Bell, acco\nptant; Alex.
Peterkin, Edward Fairley, George Richmond, and
William Fraser, tellers; Alexander Donaldson, Wil-