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EDINBURGH AND LEITH
SCOTTISH AMERICAN
INVESTMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.
Incorporated 29th March 1873, U7ider the Companies'' Acts, 1862 and 1867.
Subscribed Capital, £600,000.
DIRECTORS.
Sir George Warrender of Lochend, Bart. J. Dick Peddie, Esq., R.S.A., Architect.
John Cowan, Esq., Beeslack. . A. R. Duncan, Esq., Advocate.
Alexander Hamilton, Esq., LL.B., W.S. Thomas Nelson, Esq., Publisher.
Edward L. I. Blyth, Esq., C.E. |
William John Menzies, Esq., W.S., Managing Director.
NEW YORK ADVISING BOARD.
John A. Stewart, Esq., President United States Trust Co., New York.
William Butler Duncan, Esq., Banker, 1 John S. Kennedy, Esq., Banker, New York.
New York. |
AGENTS IN NEW YORK.
Messrs. J. S. Kennedy & Co., 41 Cedar Street.
Secretary — Charles D. Menzies.
OrFIOE— 22 HILL STEEET, EDDTBTJEaH.
THIS Company has been formed for the purpose of affording the opportunity of investing
money upon reliable Secuiities in America. It transacts the following business : —
1. Coupons due in America are bought or collected on commission.
2. United States 5/20 called bonds collected, and these or other United States Govern-
ment bonds exchanged at cm-rent prices for first-class Railroad Mortgages.
3. The Company undertakes the purchase or sale in America of all kinds of Stocks or
Securities, and has always on hand for sale the Mortgages of the older and dividend-paying
Railroads.
4. The Company are prepared to issue their own Debentures for such periods as may
be arranged. These are a first charge upon the whole property of the Company, as well a.s
upon the unpaid calls of a wealthy and influential proprietary, resident, with few exceptions,
in Scotland, amounting to nearly £500,000.
The borrowing power of the Company is limited to the amount of Capital uncalled for
the time being. The rate of interest allowed upon Debentures at present is 4i per cent, for
three years, and 5 per cent, for five years.
Particulars of Railroad Mortgages on hand for sale or exchange, and any other infor-
mation desired, may be had at the ofiice of the Company.
Money intended for the Company may be paid to any Branch of the Royal Bank of
Scotland, the British Linen Company, or the National Bank of Scotland, for the credit of
the account in Edinburgh.
Wm. JOHN MENZIES, Managing Director.
SCOTTISH AMERICAN
INVESTMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.
Incorporated 29th March 1873, U7ider the Companies'' Acts, 1862 and 1867.
Subscribed Capital, £600,000.
DIRECTORS.
Sir George Warrender of Lochend, Bart. J. Dick Peddie, Esq., R.S.A., Architect.
John Cowan, Esq., Beeslack. . A. R. Duncan, Esq., Advocate.
Alexander Hamilton, Esq., LL.B., W.S. Thomas Nelson, Esq., Publisher.
Edward L. I. Blyth, Esq., C.E. |
William John Menzies, Esq., W.S., Managing Director.
NEW YORK ADVISING BOARD.
John A. Stewart, Esq., President United States Trust Co., New York.
William Butler Duncan, Esq., Banker, 1 John S. Kennedy, Esq., Banker, New York.
New York. |
AGENTS IN NEW YORK.
Messrs. J. S. Kennedy & Co., 41 Cedar Street.
Secretary — Charles D. Menzies.
OrFIOE— 22 HILL STEEET, EDDTBTJEaH.
THIS Company has been formed for the purpose of affording the opportunity of investing
money upon reliable Secuiities in America. It transacts the following business : —
1. Coupons due in America are bought or collected on commission.
2. United States 5/20 called bonds collected, and these or other United States Govern-
ment bonds exchanged at cm-rent prices for first-class Railroad Mortgages.
3. The Company undertakes the purchase or sale in America of all kinds of Stocks or
Securities, and has always on hand for sale the Mortgages of the older and dividend-paying
Railroads.
4. The Company are prepared to issue their own Debentures for such periods as may
be arranged. These are a first charge upon the whole property of the Company, as well a.s
upon the unpaid calls of a wealthy and influential proprietary, resident, with few exceptions,
in Scotland, amounting to nearly £500,000.
The borrowing power of the Company is limited to the amount of Capital uncalled for
the time being. The rate of interest allowed upon Debentures at present is 4i per cent, for
three years, and 5 per cent, for five years.
Particulars of Railroad Mortgages on hand for sale or exchange, and any other infor-
mation desired, may be had at the ofiice of the Company.
Money intended for the Company may be paid to any Branch of the Royal Bank of
Scotland, the British Linen Company, or the National Bank of Scotland, for the credit of
the account in Edinburgh.
Wm. JOHN MENZIES, Managing Director.
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| Description | Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith directory 1874-75 |
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| Description | Edinburgh : Postmaster General, [1846-1975]. Preceded by: Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory Limited. |
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| Description | Directories of individual Scottish towns and their suburbs. |
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| Description | Around 700 Scottish directories published annually by the Post Office or private publishers between 1773 and 1911. Most of Scotland covered, with a focus on Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen. Most volumes include a general directory (A-Z by surname), street directory (A-Z by street) and trade directory (A-Z by trade). |
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