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BANKS. 89
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND.
President, William Gilmonr ; Vice-President, Hugh Rankin, 62 Queen Street;
Treasurer, James Gourlay ; Secretary, William Tolmie, Accountant, 8 Princes'
Square; Surgeon, Alexander King, M.D., 37 Bath Street; Actuary, Alexander
Borland.
Directors. — David Paterson, Henry Smart, Wm. Crichton, John Gow, John
Elder, Thos. M'Nie, A. R. Macdiarmid, Thos. Simpson, R. K. Masson, R. Webster,
jun., Wm. Hillhouse, Robert Whyte.
SCOTTISH TEMPERANCE LEAGUE.
Office, 30 St. Enoch Square,
President, Robert Smith, merchant, 34 London Street, Glasgow.
Vice-Presidents— Rev. William Reid, Edinburgh ; Rev. Thomas C. Wilson, Dnn-
keld ; Rev. J. Brown, D. D., Dalkeith ; Rev. Alex. Hannay, Dundee ; William
Menzies, M.D., and Thomas Knox, Edinburgh ; John M'Gavin, Glasgow, and Wm.
Service, sen., Culcreuch.
Treasurer — William Service, jun. Secretary — -Robert Rae.
BANKING COMPANIES.
Hours of Business from 10 till 3, and on Saturdays from 10 till 12.
Bank of Scotland— 66 Ingram Street. — Managers, Charles Campbell and An-
drew Nielson. Draw on Coutts & Co., and Smith, Payne, & Co., London ; on the
Bank of England and Branches ; on the Liverpool and Manchester District Bank and
their branches ; Carlisle City and District Bank ; Provincial Bank of Ireland and
their various branches; and Bank of Ireland and Branches ; or Samuel Smith & Co.,
Nottingham ; Harris & Co., Bradford ; Preston Banking Company, Preston and
Lancaster and Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield. Bills negotiated on
all towns in Great Britain and Ireland where there is the branch of a bank.
British Linen Company Bank, Queen Street. — Agent, Patrick Brodie. First
Accountant, Andrew L. Fowler. Second Accountant, John Gunn. Tellers, George
Hunter, David C. Nicol, and J. Ross. Draw and issue letters of credit on Smith,
Payne, & Smiths, London; Bank of England and branches; S. Smith & Co., Notting-
ham ; Bank of Ireland ; Messrs. James G. King & Sons, New York ; Bank of Mon-
treal and agencies ; Bank of Upper Canada, Toronto, and agencies ; and on Paris,
Rotterdam, Hamburg, Berlin, Dresden, Frankfort, Vienna, Geneva, Trieste, Florence,
Rome, Naples, &c. Bills negotiated on all towns in Great Britain and Ireland, and
abroad, where there is a bank.
City of Glasgow Bank, 24 Virginia Street. — Manager, Robert Salmond. Se-
cretary, John Low. Accountant, Alex. Stronach. Tellers, John Cruickshank, James
P. Fraser, and A. G. Brown. Clerks, John Turnbull, P. Rcbertson, R. S. Stronach,
R. T. Turnbull, Robert Grav, John Eisten, Donald Fraser, W. R. Crombie, James
Barlas, W. S. M'Cubbin, William MAslan, T. Duncan, T. B. Shirlaw, W. L. Craig,
and Thomas Finlator. Porters, Kenneth M'Kenzie and Peter M'Lean. Branch
Offices in Glasgow: Trongate, William Robertson, Agent; James Thomson, Teller; D.
Aitken, Robert Murdoch, Daniel Reid, Thomas Scott, and John Watt, Clerks. Calton,
Wm. Snedden, Agent ; W. S. Harvey, Accountant ; John Thomson, Clerk. West
End (174 Argyle Street), William Brown, Teller; John Phillips, assistant Teller.
Matthew Wilson, F. G. Robertson, George Smith, and T. H. Lusk, Cleiks. Draw
on Smith, Payne, and Smiths, and the Union Bank of London. Negotiate bills
generally on all places throughout the United Kingdom.