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BANKS.
cial Bank of the Midland District, Upper
Canada, and branches.
Commercial Bank of Scotland,
66 Virginia Street. — Agents, Wm. John-
ston and Wm. Paul. Accountant, John
Sloane. Are agents for, or draw on, the
following establishments, viz. : — Jones,
Loyd, & Co., London; Atwoods, Spooner,
& Co., Birmingham; Birmingham Bank-
ing Co. ; Boyle, Low, Pim, & Co., Dub-
lin ; Bradford Banking Co. ; Carlisle
City and District Bank and branches ;
Central Bank of Scotland and branches ;
Cumberland Union Bank and branches ;
Halifax Joint Stock Banking Co. ; Hiber-
nian Bank ; Hull Banking Co. and
branches ; W. H. Lambton & Co., New-
castle, and agents; De La Touche & Co.,
Dublin ; Leeds Banking Co. ; Leicester-
shire Banking Co. and branches ; Liver-
pool Commercial Bank ; Manchester and
Salford Bank ; Manchester and Liverpool
District Bank and branches ; National
Provincial Bank of England and branches;
National Bank of Ireland and branches ;
North of Scotland Banking Company
and branches ; Northern Banking Com-
pany, Belfast, and branches ; Preston
Banking Co. and branch ; Royal Bank
of Ireland, Dublin; Sheffield Banking
Co. ; Warwick and Leamington Banking
Co., Leamington ; West Riding Union
Banking Co. ; Huddersfield and branch ;
J. & J.^C. W right & Co., Nottingham;
York Union Bank and branches ; Com-
mercial Bank of the Midland District,
Canada, and branches; Dennistoun,Wood,
& Co., New York ; Commercial Banking
Co., Sidney, N.S.W.; Union Bank of
Australia and branches ; and De Roths-
child & Co., Paris.
Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank, 37
St. Vincent Place. — Manager, G. W.
Snodgrass. Secretarj' and Accountant,
John White, jun, Tellers, Alexander
Wotherspoon and D. M'Millan. Clerks,
Alexander Young, George H. Wallace,
Adam R. Gibson, William Jamieson,
gomerie M'Conechy, and George Guthrie.
Porters, John Horn and PI. Peacock.
Draw on Williams, Deacon, & Co., and
Union Bank of London, London ; Liver-
pool Commercial Bank, Liverpool ; Man-
chester and Salford Bank, Manchester;
National Provincial Bank of England and
branches ; Yorkshire Banking Co., Leeds,
and branches ; Beckett & Co., Leeds ;
Newcastle Commercial Bank; Bank of
Whitehaven ; Sheffield Union Bank ;
Perth Bank ; Dundee Banking Co.; West-
ern Bank, Dundee, and branches ; North
of Scotland Bank and branches ; Greenock
Banking Co. and branches ; Bank of Ire-
land, Dublin, and branches ; Northern
Banking Co. and branches. Negotiate
bills on all towns in Great Britain and
Ireland.
National Security Savings Bank,
86 Wilson Street. Instituted 1836. Do-
nald Smith, Treasurer. William Meikle,
Actuary. George S. Miller, Accountant.
Open every lawful day from 10 till 3,
and on the evenings of Wednesdaj^ from
7 till 9, and Saturday from 6 till 9. The
object of this Bank is to provide for the
safe custody and increase of the Savings
of the Industrious Classes. The sums re-
ceived are invested on the security of Go-
vernment ; and the Depositors are allowed
Interest at the rate of Three per Cent.
No charge is made for Pass-books ; aud>
sums as low as One Shilling are received.
An individual may deposit £30 a-year;
a Charitable Society £100 a-year; and a
Certified Friendly Society, any amount.
The Capital of the Bank amounts to
£660,000, and the number of its Deposi-
tors is 32,600. Depositors and others
may purchase Government Annuities^
from £4 to £30, through this Bank.
North British Bank, 92 West
George Street." — Interim Managing Di-
rector, James Orr. Cashier, William
Greig. Other Officers — George C. Lind-
say, Thomas Elder, John Fleming. Draw
on Overend, Gurney, & Co., London ; the
Union Bank of Manchester, Manchester;'
the Birmingham Banking Co., Birming-
ham ; the Northumberland and Durham
District Bank ; Carlisle City and District
Bank; Halifax and Huddersfield Union
Bank ; Leeds Banking Co., Leeds ; Brad-
ford Banking Co., Bradford; Sneffield
Banking Co., Sheffield ; Samuel Smith &
Co., Nottingham ; Wilts and Dorset Bank-'
ing Co. ; National Bank of Ireland and
branches ; Northern Banking Co., Belfast.
Negotiates bills on all towns in Great
Britain and Ireland.
Royal Bank, Exchange Square,
bertson. Sub-Cashier, Archd. Robertson.
Accountant, Edward Fairley. Tellers,
William Gow, William Callender, A. R.
Munro, G. D. Charles. Clerks, John
Aikman, Thomas Bell, John G. Fairley,
John Taylor, Francis B. Fairley, David-
IP. Thomas, John F. Johnston, Alexander
Mitchell. Porters, George Ramsay and
Alexander Brown. Draw on Bank of
England and Coutts & Co., London.
Royal Bank, Agents for Bank of England,
Bank of Ireland, Carlisle Old Bank, Hud-
dersfield Banking Co., Aberdeen Town
and County Bank, Stuckeys Banking Co. ;