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PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS.
COMMISSIONERS OF NORTHERN
LIGHTHOUSES.
84 George Street.
Hours, 10 to 4; Sat. 10 to 1.
The Lord Advocate; Solicitor-General; the Lord
Provosts and Senior Bailies of Edinburgh and
Glasgow ; the Lord Provosts of Aberdeen and
Dundee; the Provosts of Inverness, Campbeltown,
Greenock, and Leith; the Sheriffs of the Lothians;
Lanark; Kenfrew and Bute ; Argyll; Inverness,
Elgin, and Nairn ; Ross. Cromarty, and Suther-
land ; Caithness, Orkney, and Shetland ; Aber-
deen, Kincardine, and Banff; Ayr; Fife and
Kinross; Forfar; Dumfries and Galloway; Rox-
burgh, Berwick, and Selkirk.
Secretary^ James Murdoch.
Engineer., David Alan Stevenson, B.Sc, F.R.S.E.,
M. Inst. O.E.
Accountant and Cashier, William Coats; Examiner
of Accounts, Hugh Innes; First Clerk, David
Ross; Second Clerk, T. R. Tait; Third Clerk,
George K. Maclagan ; Superintendent, Robert
Muirhead ; Assistant-Superintendent, A. Arthur
Dick; District Superintendents, William Munro,
Ernest Graham, and John Smibert; House
Officer and Housekeeper, George and Mrs Arnott.
EDINBURGH MUSEUM of SCIENCE and ART.
Chambers Street.
Open Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, 10 to 4,
Admission 6d. ; AVednesday, 10 to 4, Friday, 10
to 4 and 6 to 10, Saturdaj', 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Free.
Director, Major-Genei-al Sir R. Murdoch Smith,
K.C.M.G.
Keeper of Natural History Collections, R. H. Tra-
quair,M.D.; C^ir-aior, D.J. Vallance; Assistants,
Art Department, W. Clark, C. N. B. Muston, and
T. W. Nash ; Assist., Natural History Department,
W. E. Clarke and P. H. Grimshaw ; Clerks, A. B.
Steele and W. Bell ; Head Attendant, W. Hay.
Senior Clerk and Registrar of Criminals, L. A..
Vanden Bergh.
Second Division Clerks, H. E. Hicks, G. S. R. Mon-i
crieff. Higher Grade; David Crombie, Jn. Fulton
Assistant Clerks (^Abstractors), Peter Kirkcaldj:
and Alexander Calder.
Second-Class Clerk, W. B. Absolon.
Assistant Surveyor, R. G. Alford, M.I. O.E.
Clerks of Works, J. Mackintosh and A. Selkirk.
Messenger, Douglas Livingstone.
GENERAL BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS IN
LUNACY.
51 Queen Street.
Hours, 9.30 to 4.30 ; Sat. 9.30 to 12.30.
Commissioners, The Hon. The Master of Polwarth,
Chairman; Sir John Cheyne, Q.C., Sheriff of
Renfrew and Bute ; John Cowan, W.S.'; John
Eraser, M.B. ; and John Macpherson, M.D.
Deputy Commissioners, J. F. Sutherland, M.D., and
G. Macpherson, M.D. ; Secretary, T. W. L.
Spence; Clerk to the Board, W. Denton ; Clerks,
D. Forbes, G. W. Wight, J. W. Muskett, J. 0.
Strath, and a Boy Clerk; Messenger, Wm. Sime.
SCOTCH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
Accountant's Office for Scotland, 33 York Place.
Hours, 10 to 4 ; Sat. 10 to 1.
Accountant, Sir David F. Ochterlony, Bart.
Assistant, Robert Gentle.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SCOTLAND.
OJice, Sheriff Court Buildings.
Hours, 10 to 4.
Director- General of the Geological Surveys of the
United Kingdom, Sir A. Geikie, LL.D., F.R.S.
Director, H. H. Howell.
District Surveyor, B. N. Peach.
Geologists, R. G. Symes, S. B. Wilkinson, J. Home
W. Gunn, 0. T. Clough, G. Barrow.
Assistant Geologists, J. S. Grant Wilson, L. W
Hinxman, H. Kynaston, A. Harker, E. H. Cun
niugham Craig, T. I. Pocock.
Curator of the Survey Collections, J. G. Goodchild
Assistant Curator, A. Macconochie.
Fossil Collectors, A. Maconochie, D. Tait.
Assistant (Resident), Robert Lunn.
Map Depot, J. Menzies & Co., 12 Hanover Street.
H.M. OFFICE OF WORKS.
3 Parliament Square.
Hours, 10 to 4; Sat. 10 to 1.
Surveyor for Scotland, W. W. Robertson.
Assistant Swveyors, J. Rutherford, W. Harris.
W. Gilruth.
Clerk, G. W. Jupp.
Junior Clerk, R. J. Webster.
Clerk of Works, G. L. Davis.
Draughtsmen, W. H. A. Ross, W. Steell, T. Smith,
G. Murray Wilson, H. S. Miller.
Solicitor, T. Carmichael, S.S.C, 7 Nelson Street,
PRISON COMMISSIONERS FOR SCOTLAND,
AND DEPARTMENT OF JUDICIAL
STATISTICS.
11 Rutland Square.
Hours, 10 to 5 ; Sat. 9 to 1.
Commissioners appointed by the Crown, Lieutenant-
Colonel A. B. M'Hardy, R.E. (Eetd.), Chair-
man; Robert Mure M'Kerrell.
Commissioners ex officio. The Sheriff of Perth-
shire; the Crown Agent for Scotland.
Secretary, Superintendent of Department of Judicial
Statistics, and Accountant, William Donaldson.
Inspector of Prisons. Major W. W. G. B. Willis.
Medical Adviser, Professor Thomas R. Fraser,
M.D., LL.D.
Chief Clerk, Williara Harvey.
Superintendent of Stores, James Moncur.
ROYAL OBSERVATORY.
Blackford Hill, Blackford Avenue.
Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Ralph Copeland
Ph.D., F.R.S.E., Prof, of Astronomy, University
Edinburgh. First Assistant Astronomers, Thomas
Heath, B. A., Trinity College, Dublin, and Dr J
Halm. Second Assistant Astronomer, Georgi
Clark, M.A. Caretaker, J. B. McPherson.
CITY OBSERVATORY.
Calton HiU.
Astronomer, William Peck, P.R.A.S., F.R.S. E.
First Assistant Astronomer, Wm. Ritchie, F.R.A.S
Second Assistant Astronomer, John M'Douga
Field.
H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE.
GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS AND OKDNANCE
MAPS.
Agency for Scotland, John Menzies & Co., 1'
Hanover Street.
j ORDNANCE SURVEY.
\ Agents for Scotland, John Menzies & Co., 1:
Hanover Street.