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BANKING HOUSES.
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terim managing director, J. Orr ; cashier, J. Howie.
Officers, W.^T. Paterson, T. Elder. Draw on Union
Bank of London, London. Negotiates bills on all
towns in Great Britain and Ireland.
Royal Bank, Exchange Square. — Cashier, A.
Robertson; sub -cashier, J. Taylor; assistants,
Thomas Young and 0. Eraser ; accountant, A. R.
Munro ; assistant accountant, W. Sloan; tellers, A.
:Mitchell, J. M'Gibbon, J. A. Fletcher, and J. S.
Park. Draw on Royal Bank of Scotland, 124
Bishopsgate Street, Within, London ; and Bank of
England and Coutts & Co., London ; Bank of
England branches at Liverpool, Manchester, Bir-
mingham, Leeds, Hull, Bristol, Newcastle, Ports-
mouth, Plymouth, and on the following banks and
their branches: Bradford Banking Company, Cum-
berland Union Banking Company (Limited), Halifax
and Huddersfield Union Banking Company, Lamb-
ton & Co., Leatham, Tew, & Co., Lancaster Banking
Company, London and County Bank, Manchester
and Liverpool District Bank, National Provincial
Bank of England, Vivian & Co., Williams & Co.,
Woods & Co. ; on the Bank of Ireland and branches ;
Belfast Banking Company and branches. The Royal
Bank, besides granting letters of credit on its oivn
tranches in all parts of Scuiland, grants them on
the branches of other banks in the following places,
viz., Aberfeldy, Aberlour, Alexandria, Alford, Annan,
Anstruther, Auchnagatt, Auchterarder, Auchter-
muchty, Badenscoth, Ballachulish, Ballater, Banchory,
Banff, Barrhead, Beauly, Beith, Bellshill, Bervie,
Berwick-on-Tweed, Blackford, Blair Athol, Bonnyrigg,
Braemar, Bridge of Allan, Bridge of Gairn, Brora,
Buckie, Burntitland, Callander, Carnoustie, Castle-
Douglas, Coldstream, Coupar-Angus, Crieff, Cullen,
Cummestown, Daliy (A3TsLire), Denny, Dingwall,
Dollar, Dufftown, Dumbarton, Dunblane, Dunfermline,
Dunkeld, Dunning, Durno (Pitcaple), Dysart, Eagles-
ham, East Linton, Echt, Elie, Ellon, Errol, Fauld-
house, Fochabers, Forres, Fort-William, Fraserburgh,
Fyvie, Gatehouse, Grangemouth, Golspie, Govan,
Helensburgh, Huntley, Innerleithen, Insch, Inveraray,
Inverkeithing, Inverness, Inverurie, Islay, Keith,
Kelso, Kildrummy, Killin, Kilsyth, Kirkcaldy, Kirk-
cudbright, IQrkintilloch, Kirkwall, Kirriemuir, Lang-
holm, Largo, Lauder, Laurencekirk, Lerwick, Loch-
gilphead, Lochmaben, Lossiemouth, Lumphanan,
Lybster, MacduflF, Methlick, Midcalder, Midmar, Mint-
law, Moffat, Motherwell, Muirkirk, Nairn, Newburgh
(Aberdeen), Newburgh (Fife), New Deer, New Gal-
loway, New Pitsligo, Newton-Stewart, North Berwick,
Oban, Old Meldrum, Pathhead, Peebles, Penicuick,
Peterhead, Pitlochrie, Pittenweem, Pollokshaws, Por-
tree, Portsoy, Rhynie,Rosehearty, Rutherglen, Selkirk,
Stonehaven, Stornoway, Stranraer, Strathdon, Strichen,
Stromness, Tarland, Tarves, Thurso, Tobermory, Tor-
phins, Turriff, Udny, Uddingston, West Linton, Whit-
horn, Wick, Wigtown, Woodside. The Royal Bank
of Scotland negotiates bills on every place where there
is a bank or banker, and effects payments in the
United States, British America, Australia, New Zea-
land, and other British colonies, and also in the East
Indies, China, and South America. Circular notes for
the use of travellers on the Continent can be obtained
from the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Union Bank of Scotland, 97 Ingram Street. —
General manager, C. Gairdner; assistant-manager,
John AfHeck ; cashier, G. W. Hill ; secretary, John
Gray ; assistant secretary, Robert Mitchell ; ac-
countant, George Willock ; inspector, A. B. Hender-
son. Draws on Union Bank of Scotland, London;
Bank of England; Glyn & Co., London; Provincial
Bank of Ireland ; Belfast Banking Co. ; Manchester
and Liverpool District Bank ; Manchester and Salford
Bank; Lambton & Co. ; Sheffield Banking Co.; Na-
tional Provincial Bank of England ; Yorkshire Bank-
ing Co.; Whitehaven Joint-Stock Bank ; Carlisle City
and District Bank ; County of Stafford Bank, Wolver-
hampton ; Moore & Robinson (Limited), Notting-
ham; Beckett & Co., Leeds; Huddersfield Banking
Co.; Cumberland Union Banking Co. (Limited);
Paget & Co. ; Worcester City and County Bank
(Limited) ; North of Scotland Bank ; North Eastern
Bank (Limited) ; Caledonian Bank ; De Rothschilds
Fr^res, Paris; J. G. King's Sons, New York; Union
Bank of Australia ; Bank of Montreal ; Bank of
Australasia; Bank of British North America;
Standard Bank of British South Africa, &c., &c.
Negotiates bills on all towns in Great Britain and
Ireland where there is a banker. Is also agent for
the Bank of Bolton; Cheque Bank (Limited), Lon-
don ; the Consolidated Bank, Manchester ; Halifax
and Huddersfield Union Bank, Lancaster Banking
Co., North-Western Bank (Limited), Liverpool ;
Exchange and Discount Bank (Limited), Leeds ;
Birkbeck & Co. (Craven Bank) ; Alliance Bank,
London ; Derby Commercial Banking Co. (Limited);
Ransom & Co. ; National Bank ; W^akefield and
Barnsley Union Bank ; West of England and South
Wales District Bank ; Munroe & Co., Paris.
Also issues drafts on certain branches of the Bank
of Scotland, British Linen Company Bank, City
of Glasgow Bank, Clydesdale Banking Co., Com-
mercial Bank of Scotland, and National Bank of
Scotland. London office, 62 Cornhill, E.C. ; John
A. Fradgley, manager.
HEAD OFFICES OF BANKS IN SCOTLAND, WITH BRANCHES.
1. Abeedeen Town and County Bank,
2. Bank OF Scotland, ...
3. British Linen Co. ...
4. Caledonian Banking Co., ...
5. City of Glasgow Bank,
6. Clydesdale Banking Co., ...
7. Commercial Bank of Scotland, ...
8. National Bank of Scotland,
9. North of Scotland Banking Co.,...
10. Royal Bank of Scotland,
11. Union Bank of Scotland,
W. Littlejohn, 93 Union Street, Aberdeen.
D. Davidson, Bank Street, Edinburgh.
James Syme, 38 St. Andrew's Square, Edinburgh.
C. Waterston, High Street, Inverness.
R. S. Stronacb, 24 Virginia Street, Glasgow.
Geo. Readman, St. Vincent Place, Glasgow.
A. K. Mackenzie, George Street, Edinburgh.
W. J. Duncan, 42 St. Andrew's Square, Edinburgh.
K. Lumsden, 1 King Street, Aberdeen.
J, S. Fleming, 36 St. Andrew's Square, Edinburgh.
C. Gairdner, 97 Ingram Street, Glasgow.