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PUBLIC OFFICES.
Barony Parish Session Clerk's
Office, 52 West Nile Street.— David
Macbrayne, Clerk.
Billet Master's Office, 5 Great
Hamilton Street. — Duncan M'Alpine,
Billet Master. Attendance from 11 till
2 o'clock.
Bill-of-Entry Office in the Cus-
tom-House, 69 Great Clyde Street-
George Plank, jun.
Cess Office for the City, and for
the Counties of Lanark and Dum-
barton, 43 Virginia Street. — Thomas P.
Sharpe, Collector.
Chambeklain's Office, City Cham-
bers. — John Strang, LL.D., Chamberlain;
Daniel MacCallum, Accountant.
City Clerk's Chambers, City Build-
ings, "Wilson Street. — Wm. Davie, LL.D.,
Angus Turner, and Arthur Forbes, City
Clerks.
City Poor-Rate Office, 70 Bell St.
— John Miller, Collector ; A. M'D. Hous-
ton and James Donaldson, Surveyors.
City and Suburban Gas Company's
Office, 42 Miller Street. — Works, Dal-
marnock. William Fleming, Secretary ;
Hugh Bartholomew, Engineer.
Clyde Trustees' Chambers, 16 Ro-
bertson Street.
Commissary Clerk's Office, 41
Virginia Street.— C. D. Donald, Clerk.
Custom- House, 69 Great Clyde Street.
— Ambrose Foote, Collector ; A. F. Gray,
Comptroller ; Andrew Scott, John Scott,
Allan Ross, Henry Brown, Thomas J.
Graham, George Wigmore, John Ross,
James Kellar, James E. Cobban, William
Dick, Andrew H. Crawford, Charles Bur-
ridge, James Whyte, Robert Dundas,
Robert Park, Frederick A. Mackillop,
Thomas Christie, William Sharpe, and
Henry Cuthbertson, Clerks ; James Baird,
Paterson Bamber, and Spelman James
Smyth, Landing Surveyors ; John W.
Foubister, Andrew A. Thomson, William
Watt, John Hoggan, William J. Mathews,
Colin M. Spalding, Thomas Laidlaw,
William T. Nimmo, John K. Bruce, George
Ord, Currie Elles, Robert H. Leishman,
Andrew G. Anderson, Andrew Scott, Jun.,
and Patrick Hall, Searchers and Landing
Waiters ; Thomas Gordon, John Lyall,
and Martin Castelloe, Tide Surveyors ;
Alexander Donald, Principal Coast Officer
at Renfrew ; William Campbell, Do. at
Bowling Bay ; Hugh Kelly, Messenger
and House-keeper ; James Paul, 1st, and
John Forsyth, 2d Superintendent of Lock-
ers and Appointer of Weighers ; 1 7 Lock-
ers, 20 Weighers, 34 Tidewaiters, and 6
Boatmen. — Hours of attendance for the
Despatch of Public Business : In-door
Department, from 10 till 4 ; Out-door and
Warehouse Department, from 1st April to
30th September, from 6 to 9 a.m., and
from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. ; during February,
March, October, and November, from 9
till 4 p.m. ; and during January and
December, from 9 a.m. till 3 p.m. The
following Holidays are observed : Christ-
mas-day, Good Friday, and the Anniver-
sary of the Birthday of her Majesty.
Dean of Guild Court. — Arthur
Forbes, Assessor ; John Carrick, Super-
intendent of Streets and Buildings ; John
Macdairmid, Officer. — Court sits every
second Thursday', at 11 o'clock. The
Court is presided over by Robert Baird,
Esq , and the Brethren in Council consist
of eight members, appointed by the Mer-
chants' House and Trades' House.
Electric; Telegraph Company's Of-
fice, Royal Exchange Buildings.
Excise Office, 52 Great Clyde Street.
— George M'Gallum, Collector ; Mark
Wenley, Henry Spry, and John Russell,
Clerks ; Joseph Townshend, Thomas Dob-
son, Robert William Russell, William
Swain, William Buchanan, and William
Ridley, Supervisors. Export Officer :
William Robinson. Packing Officers :
James Dockeray, John Geddes, and James
Kay. Warehousekeepers: Thos. Johnson,
Patrick Read, James Spencer, Edward
Hoar, and John Kenny'. Messenger: Ellis-
Read. Housekeeper: Margaret Minnie.
Permit Writer : Duncan MacDonald.
Extractor's Office, City Chambers.
— Thomas Simpson, Extractor.
Fa'culty of Physicians' Library,
17 St. Enoch's Square.
Faculty of Procurators' Library,
13 John Street.
Glasgow Gas-Light Company's
Office, 42 Virginia Street. — James
Ritchie, Engineer and Manager ; Charles
Liddell, Surve3'or ; John Purves, Ac-
countant ; William Kay, Collector.
Glasgow Water Company's Office,
23 Miller Street.— Wm. Guthrie, Secre-
tary and Treasurer; D. M'Kain, Manager
and Engineer ; James Smith, Accountant ;
William Cochran, Collector.
Gorbals Gravitation Water Com-
pany's Office, 90 South Portland Street.
— George Hodges, Manager and Secre-
tary.
Govan Poor's Office, 224 Eglinton
Street. — James D. Kirkyvood, Inspector of
Poor.
Govan Parish Poor-Rates Office,
23 St. Enoch's Square. — David Dreghorn,
Collector.
Harbour-Master's Office. — 16
Robertson Street.