Towns > Glasgow > 1828-1912 - Post-Office annual Glasgow directory > 1902-1903

BANKING HOtrSES.
Bakk op Sco'TlaSd, 2 St. Vincent PI. — Robert
Gourlay, manager; A. C. Robertson, sub-naanager ;
W. G. Leggat, accountant ; D. Henderson, J. W.
Mackay, and John Scotland sign official documents
pro manager.
British Linen Company Bank, Queen Street.
— T. Balmain and Walter Ritchie, agents ; Thomas
Hotvatson, accountant; Gavin Weir, assistant account-
ant ; John Kemp signs pro agent; J. Lillie, T.
Marshall, J. Thomson, Wm. Soutar, and A. L. Gray,
tellers. Draw and issue letters of credit on their
London office, 41 Lombard Street.
The Clydesdale Bank, Ltd., Head Office, 30
St. Vincent PI., Glasgow. — General manager, David
Wilson ; assistant-manager, Alexander Wardlaw ;
secretary, F. Tod : accountant, Duncan Dewar ;
cashier, Robert Orr ; assistant secretary. Robert
W. Jack ; branch department, Robert Carruth,
superintendent of branches; inspectors, David
Kyle, J. Fleming, David Beveridge, and Robert
S. Morris ; assistant inspectors, Colin Mackenzie
and Herbert W. Lane ; tellers, W. M'Kissock,
David Young, A. R. Horn, J. C. Rankine,
Henry A. Smith, and James Adam — London Office,
30 Lombard Street, E.G. ; J. Cragg, manager ;
E. West, a'^sistant manager; W. Lochhead, accountant.
London Bankers — Bank of England ; Lloyds Bank
(Limited). The correspondents are : — Barclay &
Co. (Limited), formerly Gurney & Co. ; Halifax
Joint Stock Banking Co. (Ltd) ; Knaresboro' &
Claro' Banking Co. (Ltd.) ; Lambton & Co. ;
Lancaster Banking Co. (Limtd); Lloyds' Bank
(Limited) ; London City & Midland Bank (Limited) ;
Manchester & Liverpool District Banking Co.
(Limited); Union Bank of Manchester (Limited);
Parr's Bank (Limited); National Provincial Bank
of England (Ltd.); Sheffield Banking Co. (Ltd.);
Bank of Whitehaven (Ltd.) ; Whitehaven Joint Stock
Banking Co. (Ltd.) ; York City and Coutity Banking
Co. (Limited); Belfast Banking Co. (Limited);
Hibernian Bank (Limited); National Bank (Ltd.);
Royal Bank of Ireland (Limited); Ulster Bank
(Limited); Caledonian Banking Co. (Limited); North
of Scotland Bank (Ltd.) Drafts are granted on
certain branches of the Bank of Scotland ; Royal Bank
of Scotland ; British Linen Co. Bank ; National Bank
of Scotland (Ltd.) ; Union Bank of Scotland (Ltd.)
Foreign Correspondents — Bank of Montreal ; Bank
of British N. America; National Bank of New
Zealand (Ld.); Union Bank of Australia (Limited) ;
Standard Bank of South Africa, (Limited).
National Bank of Scotland, Ltd., 48 St.
Vincent Street —George Todd, agent; J. S.
Cockburn, assistant agent; J. H. Alexander,
cashier; Wm. Archibald, accountant. Draw on their
London Office, 37 Nicholas Lane, London, E.C.;
and have correspondems in all the principal towns
in England and Ireland, on the Continent, in the
Colonies, and elsewhere abroad. In addition to
their own one hundred and fourteen branches,
grant drafts or letters of credit on most other
places in the United Kingdom. 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 where there is a bank
or banker.
London Office, 37 Nicholas Lane, E.C., James
Robertson, manager; Thos. Ness, assist. -manager.
London correspondents — Bank of England, Union
Bank of London, Limited, Glyn & Co., Coutts &
Co., and Cox & Co.
Royal Bank of Scotland, Royal Exchange Sq.
— Cashier, A. S. Michie ; sub-cashier, Chas. Fraser ;
accountant, A. Richard; tellers, J. A. Fletcher, J.
S. Park, Wm. Wyse, and John Hogarth. Draw on
London branch. Bank of England, and Coutts & Co.,
London; Bank of E'U'land branches at Birmingham,
Bristol, Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle,
Portsmouth, and Plymouth ; also on the following banks
and their branches: Bank of Ireland, Belfast Banking
Co. (Limited), Ba-c'ay & Co. (Limited), (several
branches only), Bradford Banking Company (Ltd),
Bulitho & Co., Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Co.
(Limited), Foster & Co., Halifax and Hudd^rsfield
Union Banking Company (Limited), Is^e of Man
Banking Co. (Limited), Lambtnn & Co., Lancaster
Banking Co., London City and Midland Bank (Ltd.)
(several branches only), Lloyd's Bank (Limited),
London and County Bank (Limited), Manchester
and Liverpool District Bank (Limited), National
Provincial Bank of England (Ltd), Sheffield and
Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Co. (Ltd.)
Drafts are also issued on the branches of the under-
noted foreign correspondents : Australian Joint Stock
Bank ; Bank of British North America ; Bank of New
South Wales; Bank of Nova Scotia; Credit Lyonnais;
Merchants' Bank of Canada; Mercantile Bank of
India (Ltd.); Standard Bank of South Africa (Ltd.);
Union Bank of Australia (Limited) ; and the
National Bank of New Zealand (Limited). London
Office— 123 Bishopsgate Street, Within, E.G.
Savings Bank of Glasgow. — William Miller,
actuary. Offices — 177 Ingram Street, coruer of
Glassford Street, 44 Bridgelon Cross, 240
Main Street, Anderston, 101 New City Road,
914 New City Road, 67 Bridge Street, 705 Govan
Road, Govan, 276 Dumbarton Road, Partick,
667 Springburn Road, and 27 Paisley Road, Weit.
Open everyday from 10 to 3 ; Saturdays, all day, 10
to 6 ; evenings, Monday 6 to 8, Wednesday 6 to 8. This
bank was established in 1836, under Act of Parlia-
ment, "to provide for the safe custody and increase
of small savings belonging to the industrious classes."
Individuals may deposit from Is. to £50 in a year.
Societies may lodge larger sums. Interest is allowed
at the rate of £2 10s. percent. The accumulated funds
amount to £9,737,968. The number of depositors
is 214,756.
Commercial Bank of Scotland, Limited,
113, 115 Buchanan Street. — Agent, David Rennie ;
assistant agent, Wm. Laidlaw; accountant, Archibald
Cameron; Walter Smith signs official documents
pro agent.
Mercantile Bank of Scotland, Ltd., 44
Bath Street; established, 1889.— William C. Rodger
secretary. London correspondents — The Birkbeck
Bank.