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POST-OFFICE DIRECTORY ADVERTISER.
ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION.
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PAID-UP CAPITAL, £1,500,000.
COURT OF DIRECTORS.
Chairman— Sir "WILLIAM JOHN WALTER BAYNES, Bart.
Depuiy Chairman— 3 OB.'N YOUNG, Esq.
GEOEGE AEBUTHNOT, Esq. HUGH DAVID SANDEMAN, Esq.
ALEXAXDEK FOBKESTER BEOWN, Esq. ANDREW EICHARD SCOBLE, Esq,
JAMES ERASER, Esq. ROBERT STEWART, Esq.
ARTHUR CRAIGIE OLIPHANT, Esq. WILLIAM WALKINSHAW, Esq.
Chief J/anaoe?-— ALEXANDER WILLIAM ANDERSON, Esq.
Sub-iManager—JORt^ STURROCK SCRYMGEOUR, Esq.
BANKERS.
In Lonrhn.—'BA-HK OF ENGLAND; UNION BANK OP LONDON LIMITED; BANK OP
SCOTLAND.
In /;-efe«d— PROVINCIAL BANK OP IRELAND LIMITED ; THE NATIONAL BANK.
In Scol!and.—BAl>lK OF SCOTLAND; BRITISH LINEN COMPANY BANK; COMMERCIAL
BANK OF SCOTLAND LIMITED; NATIONAL BANK OF SCOTLAND
LIMITED.
AGENTS AND CORRESPONDENTS IN SCOTLAND.
DAVID F. OCHTERLONY, Esq., Agent, Oriental Bank Corporation, 23 St. Andrew Square,
Edinburgh.
Messes. DAVIDSON & GARDEN, Advocates, 7 Uaion Terrace, Aberdeen.
Messrs. HENDRY & POLLOCK, Solicitors, 32 Bank Street, Dundee.
Messes. J. & J. MILLER, Solicitors, Blackfriars Street, Perth.
Head Office : THREADNEEDLE STREET, LONDON, E.G.
BANKS, BRANCH BANKS, AND AGENCIES.
Bombay.
Calcutta.
Colombo (with Agencies at
several Inland Towns).
HOXG-KONG.
Madras. | Shanghai.
Mauritius. ! Singapore.
Melbourne {voitli Agencies Sydney {with Agencies at
at several Inland Towns) . several Inland T'owns).
Point De Galle. i YoviOYi.A.Tii,\.{AgencyatKohe).
THE Corporcation grant Drafts, and negotiate or collect Bills, payable at the above places,
on terms which may be ascertained at their Office ; they also issue Circular Notes and
Letters of Credit negotiable in most parts of the World.
They tmdertake the Agency of Persons connected with India and the Colonies, make
investments in the Public Funds, and other British and Foreign Securities, and receive Pay,
Pension, Dividends, and Interest for Constituents.
They also receive Deposits for fixed periods, repayable in one sura, on terms which can
be ascertained at their Office.
Applications for the sanction of the Directors to Credits established by Fii-ms here in
favour of parties abroad should be sent in not less than three days before despatch of the Mail,
otherwise they might be deferred until the Mail foUowmg. Bills for Collection in India and
the Colonies, and other transactions involving correspondence by Outward Mails, also applica-
tion for Drafts, should be sent in one clear day before the day of despatch.
The Corporation undertake the custody of Indian and Colonial Government Paper,
Bank Shares, and other Stocks, and draw Interest and Dividends on the same as they fall
due.
They also make the necessary Registry of Indian Government Loan Notes, so as to
obtain payment of the Interest in England.
The Corporation have Correspondents in Western Australia, South Australia,
QuJiENSLAND, TASMANIA, NeW ZeALAND, CALIFORNIA, CANADA, THE UNITED STATES OF
America, South America, South Africa, and in the principal Cities of the Continent of
Europe.
N.B. — Printed Powers of Attorney and other Forms are supplied at their Office.
Office Hours., 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. ; Saturdays, 10 to 12.
Edinburgh, April 1883.