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BANKING HOUSES.
10.)
Dublin ; Bradford Banking Company ; Bank of
Whitehaven ; Carlisle City and District Bank and
brandies ; Cumberland Union Bank and branches ;
Hardcastle, Cross, and Co., Bolton ; Halifax Joint
Stock Banking Company; Hibernian Bank; Hull
Banking Company and branches; Lambton & Co.,
Newcastle: Cunliffes, Brooks, & Co., Manchester and
Blackburn; Leeds and County Bank and branches;
Leicestershire Banking Companj' and branches ;
Liverpool Commercial Bank; Lloyd's Banking Co.
(Limited) and branches ; Manchester and Salford
Bank; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank and
branches; Munster Bank (Limited); National and
Provincial Bank of England and branches ; National
Bank (Ireland) and branches ; branches of the Bank
of Scotland ; North of Scotland Banking Company
and branches ; Northern Banking Company, Belfast,
and branches ; Parr's Banking Company, Wairington,
and branches ; Preston Banking Coj'. and branches ;
Eoyal Bank of Ireland, Dublin ; Sheffield Banking
Company; Stourbridge and Kidderminster Bank
and branches; West Riding Union Banking Coy.,
Huddersfield, and branches; Wolverhampton and
Staffordshire Banking Compan}', Wolverhampton ;
Woods & Co., Berwick-upon-Tweed; J. & J. C.
Wright & Co., Nottingham; York Union Bank and
branches; Bank of British North America and
branches ; Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank ;
J. G. King's Sons, New York ; Commercial Banking
Company, Sydney, N.S.W.; Union Bank cf Australia
and branches; De Eothschild Brothers, Paris;
Oriental Bank, India, China, Australia, Ceylon, and
the Mauritius; Bank of Natal, Africa; Bank of
New Zealand.
Negotiates bills on every place in Great Britain
and Ireland where there is a bank or banker; issue
circular notes; grants drafts or letters of credit on
the principal cities and towns of England and Ire-
land, and of Canada, and on New York, Paris, and
Hamburgh ; grar.ts drafts and letters of credit, and
negotiates bills on India, Australia, and New
Zealand.
National Ban^k of Scotland, Queen Street. —
Michael Balmain, agent ; J. 0. Stewart, assistant-
agent ; William Henderson, accountant. Draw on
Glyn & Co., the Union Bank of London, and Messrs.
Coutts & Co., London ; and have correspondents in
all the principal towns in England and Ireland, on
the Continent, in the Colonies, and elsewhere abroad.
In addition to their own seventy-one branches, grant
drafts or letters of credit on most other places in
Scotland. Have correspondents in all the principal
towns in England and Ireland. Also issue Foreign
Credits and Circular Notes available in all parts of
the world, and negotiate bills in every place in
Scotland, England, Ireland, and abroad, Avhere there
is a bank or banker.
London Office, 37 Nicholas Lane, E.C., William
Slrachan and James Cowan, agents.
National Security Savings Bank of Glas-
gow. — W. Meikle, actuary and cashier; G. H.
Mackay, accountant; W. M'Kim, cashier. Offices —
99 Glassford Street, 107 Canning Street, Calton,
2 Dumbarton Koad, 186 Cowcaddens Street, 27
Bridge Street, South Side. Open every day from
10 to 3, Monday 6 to 8, Wednesday 6 to 8, Satur-
day 5 to 8. This bank was established in 1836,
under Act of Parliament, " to provide for the safe I
custody and increase of small savings belunging to
the industrious classes." Individuals may deposit
from Is. to £30 in a year. Societies may lodge
larger sums. Interest is allowed at the rate of £3
per cent. The funds of the bank amount to
£2,077,881 17s. Id. The number of depositors is
85,070. Government annuities from £4 to £50 may
be purchased through this Bank.
North British Bank, 1 Victoria Place, West
Regent Street. — Interim managing director, J. Orr ;
cashier, J. Howie. Officers, R. Eglinton, T. Elder.
Draw on Union Bank of London, London. Negoti-
ates bills on all towns in Great Britain and Ireland.
Royal Bank, Exchange Square. — Cashier, A.
Robertson ; sub-cashier, H. Cowan ; assistants, J.
Taylor, A. R. Munro ; accountant, Wm. Gow ; as-
sistant accountant, W. Sloan ; tellers, T. Young, A.
Mitchell, J. M'Gibbon, J. A. Fletcher ; exchange-
teller, J. S. Park; clerks, T. Bell, W. Young, G. B.
Martin, R. Reid, J. M'Kinven, G. F. Grant, J. S.
Keith, A. Dykes, W. D. Main, W. Wyse, J. Sym-
ington, A. Dennistoun, A. M'Gibbon, H. Meldrum,
W. H. Mathison, J. Irvine, W. Donaldson, W. A.
Baker, A. S. Boyd; porters, J. Davidson, A. Thom-
son, S. Lyons. Branches, 83 Main Street, Ander-
ston, Thos. Reid, agent; 244 Argyle Street, Thos.
Somervail, agent; 44 Canning Street, Calton, A. &
J. Waddel, agents; 130 Cowcaddens, W. Denham,
agent; 264 Duke Street, A. & J. Waddel, agents;
419 Gallowgate, A. & J. Waddel, agents; 185
Garscube Road, W. Denham, agent; 81 Crown St.,
H. Dallachy, agent; Blackburn Street, Paisley Rd.,
A. M'Neilage, agent; 107 Castle Street, H. Wyse,
agent; 857 Springburn Road, H. Wyse, agent;
105 Eglinton Street, J. Hamilton, agent; 104Tron-
gate, J. N. Parker, agent. Draw on Bank of Eng-
land and Coutts & Co., London ; Bank of England
branches at Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham,
Leeds, Hull, Bristol, Newcastle, Portsmouth, Ply-
mouth, and on the followingbanks and their branches:
Halifax and Hudderfield Union Bank, Stucknej's
Banking Company, Cumberland Union Bank (Lim-
ited), National Provincial Bank of England,
Williams & Co., Lambton & Co., Woods & Co.,
Bradford Banking Compan}', Manchester and Liv-
erpool District Bank, &c. ; on the Bank of Ireland
and branches ; Belfast Banking Company and
branches. The Royal Bank, besides granting letters
of credit on its own branches in all parts of Scot-
land, grants them on the branches of other banks in
the following places, viz., Aberfeldy, Aberloiir,
Alexandria, Alford, Alloa, Anstruther, Auchter-
arder, Ballater, Banchory, Banff, Beith, Bervie,
Berwick-on-Tweed, Blair Athol, Bridge of Allan,
Buckie, Burntisland, Castle-Douglas, Cupar-Angus,
Crieff, CuUen, Dairy (Ayrshire), Denny, Dingwall,
Dollar, Duffton, Dumbarton, Dunfermline, Duukeld,
Dunning, Durno (Pitcaple), Eaglesham, East Linton,
Echt, Erie, Ellon, Errol, Fochabers, Forres, Fort-
William, Fraserburgh, Fyvie, Golspie, Govan, Helens-
burgh, Huntley, Insch, Inveraray, Inverkeithlng,
Inverness, Inverur}-, Islay, Keith, Kelso, Kildrummy,
Killin, Kilsyth, Kirkcaldy, Kirkcudbright, Kirkin-
tilloch, Kirkwall, Kirriemuir, Langholm, Largo,
Laurencekirk, Lerwick, Lochgilphead, Lochmaben,
Lumsden, Lumphanan, Lybster, Macduff, Midcalder,
Mintlaw, Muirkirk, Nairn, New Deer, New Gallo-
way, NewFitsligo, Newton-Stewart, North Berwick,
Oban, Old Meldrum, Pennycuick, Peterhead, Pit-
lochrie, Pittenweem, Pollokshaws, Portree, Portsoy,
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