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BANKS.
101
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 Andrew
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 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., Brad-
ford ; 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 s
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., Nottingham ; Carlisle and
Cumberland Bank ; Bank of Ireland :
Messrs. James G. King's Sons, New York ;
Bank of Montreal and agencies ; Bank of
Upper Canada, Toronto, and agencies ;
on the English, Scottish, and Australian
Chartered Bank in Australia ; and on
Paris, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Berlin, Dres-
den, Frankfort, Vienna, Geneva, Trieste,
Florence, Rome, Naples, &c. Bills nego-
tiated on all towns in Great Britain and
Ireland, and abroad, where there is a
bank.
City of Glasgow Bank, 24 Virginia
Street. — Manager, Pobert Salmond. Se-
cretary, John Low. Accountant, John
Turnbull. Inspector of Branches, R S.
Stronach. Tellers, A. G. Brown, Charles
Phillips, Robert Gray. Branch Offices in
Glasgow: Trongate, William Robertson,
William ttrown, Agent ; Calton, William
Snedden, Agent ; Cowcaddens, J. P.
Fraser, Agent. Draw on Smith, Payne,
& Smiths, and the Union Bank of Lon-
don ; National Provincial Bank of Eng-
land and branches ; Northumberland and
Durham District Bank and brandies ;
Manchester and Liverpool District Bank
and branches ; Manchester and Salford
Bank ; Beckett & Co., Leeds ; Stourbridge
and Kidderminster Bank and branches ;
York Union Bank and branches ; Carlisle
City and District Bank and branches ;
Samuel Smith & Co., Derby ; Hudders-
field Banking Co. and branches ; Samuel
Smith Brothers & Co., Hull; Leyland
& Bullins, Liverpool ; Nottingham and
Notts Bank and branches; Whitehaven
Joint Stock and branches ; Sheffield Bank-
ing Company and branches ; Ulster Bank-
ing Company and branches ; Provincial
Bank of Ireland and branches ; Bank of
Ireland and branches ; the Bank of Mont-
real and branches ; and the Union Bank
of Australia. Negotiates bills generally
on all places throughout the United
Kingdom.
Clydesdale Bank, 13 Queen Street.
— Manager, George Readman. Secretary,
Alexander Mathers. Cashier, Win, Tod.
Accountant, Thomas Keay. Tellers, Wm.
Aikman, R. M'Kay, and Alex. Wilkie.
Clerks, Duncan M'Laurin, Alex. Fulton,
David Ferguson, David Ferguson, jun.,
Peter Clerk, Alexander M'Gregor, F. W.
Adam, David Nicoll, H. Thomson, Alex.
Campbell, James Dobbie, Alex. Scott,
O. T. B. Gardner, James Fleming, and
William M'Creath. Porters, Charles Gibb
and Alex. Smith. Branch Office, Old
Exchange ; Agent, P. B. Junor. Clerk,
William Shanks. Draw on Barnett,
Hoares, & Co., London ; Liverpool Union
Bank, Liverpool; Manchester Union Bank;
Manchester and Liverpool District Bank
and branches ; W. W. Brown & Co.,
bankers, Leeds ; Birmingham and Mid-
land Bank ; Sheffield Banking Co. ;
Northumberland and Durham District
Bank and branches ; Huddersfield Bank-
ing Co. ; Hull Banking Co. and branches ;
Halifax Joint Stock Bank ; Carlisle City
and District Bank ; West of England and
South Wales District Bank, Bristol, and
branches ; National Provincial Bank of
England; Yorkshire Bank and branches;
Moore & Robinson, bankers, Nottingham ;
Coventry Union Bank ; Yorkshire Bank,
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Joint Stock Bank ; Barnsley Bank ;
County of Gloucester Bank and branches ;
Derby & Derbyshire Bank and branches ;
Messrs. Gurneys & Co., Norwich, and
branches ; Royal Bank of Ireland, Dub-
lin ; National Bank of Ireland and
branches ; Ulster Bank and branches ;
Belfast Bank and branches ; Central
Bank of Scotland, Perth, and branches;
Western Bank of Scotland, Dundee, and
district branches ; North of Scotland
Bank, Aberdeen, and branches; Caledo-
nian Bank and branches; and Commer-