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PAISLEY DIRECTORY.
BANKS
Bank of Scotland.
Instituted 1695.
ST. MIRREN STREET.
Open from 10 till 3, and on Saturday from
10 till 12.
Agent— George Seton Veitch.
The Bank negotiates Bills and grants Letters
of Credit on all the principal towns in Scotland.
England, and Ireland. Draws on its branch
in London ; Smith, Payne, & Smiths ; Coutts &
Co.; and the Bank of England; and on the
Colonies and Foreign Countries ; also issues
Circular Notes of £5, £10, and £20 each, free
of charge, for the use of travellers and others
In all parts of the world.
Head Office— Bank Street, Edinburgh.
London Office — Lothburt. E.C.
Royal Bank of Scotland.
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1727.
ST. MIRREN STREET.
Agent— Wm. Dickson.
Accountant— Geo. Crichton. Telhi — Peter Dick.
Clerks— Wm. Shankland, Robt. N. Alexander,
and Thomas Robb.
Draws on their branch in London; also on
the Bank of England, and Messrs. Coutts & Co.,
London ; and all the principal towns in Scot-
land, England, and Ireland. The Royal Bank
of Scotland negotiates Bills on every place
where there is a Bank, and effects payments in
the United States, British America, Australia,
.New Zealand, and other British Colonies, and
also in the East Indies. Circular Notes, for the
use of travellers on the Continent, are issued
by the Bank.
Head Office -St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh.
London Office— VIZ Bishopsgate St., Within.
British Linen Company Bank.
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1746.
17 GILMOUR STREET.
Agent — Hugh Macfarlane.
Assistant Agent — Hugh Macfarlane, jun.
Accountant— Alexander Gardner.
Telle? — Andrew Paterson.
Clerks — R. D. Caldwell, G. B. Cunningham, and
John Burnett.
The Company issue Drafts on their own Office,
the Bank of England, and on the principal towns
in Scotland, England, and Ireland. They grant
Letters of Credit on the Colonies and other
Foreign Countries, and negotiate Bills payable
in any place where there is a Banker. They
also issne Circular Notes, free of charge, for
the use of travellers on the Continent of Europe
and elsewhere abroad.
Bead Office— St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh.
London Office— 41 Lombard Street, E.C.
Commercial Bank of Scotland
Limited.
Instituted 1810, and Incorporated by Royal
Charter.
102 HIGH STREET (CROSS).
Agent — James Ross.
A ccoun tan t- Walter S. Nicol.
Clerks— Q. C. Mathison, A. M'Lean, and C. E
Notman.
Draws on London Branch, 62 Lombard
Street ; London and Westminster Bank
(Limited), and Coutts & Co.. London. Nego-
tiates Bills on every place in Great Britain
and Ireland where there is a Bank or Banker.
Issues Circular Notes ; grants Drafts or Letters
of Credit on all the principal towns in England,
Scotland, Ireland, the Colonies, and elsewhere
abroad.
Head Office— George Street, Edinburgh.
National Bank of Scotland
Limited.
Instituted 21st March, 1825, and Incorporated
by Royal Charter.
CORNER OF HIGH STREET AND ST
MIRREN STREET.
A gent— Donald Maclean.
Accountant— David Watson.
Teller— William Smith.
Clerks— Andrew Sloan, John Milne, James
Renfrew and John Kerr.
Draws on London Office, and on Glyn,
Mills, <fc Co., Coutts <te Co., and the Union
Bank of London; J. & J. Stuart & Co.,
New York ; and all the principal towns in
Scotland, England, Ireland, and the Colonies.
The National Bank of Scotland issues Foreign
Credits and Circular Notes, available in all
parts of the world, and negotiates Bills in
every place in Scotland, England. Ireland, and
abroad, where there is a Bank or Banker.
Head Office— 42 St. Andrew's Sq., Edinburgh
London Office— 37 Nicholas Lane, E.C.
Qovernoi — The Most Honourable the Marquis
of Lothian, K.T.
Union Bank of Scotland Limited.
Instituted 1829, and Incorporated unoer
Act of Parliament.
3 GILMOUR STREET.
Agent — John Elliot Murray.
Accountant - George Duff.
Tellers— Wm. Mann and Wm. Riddle.
Clerks — John Dinwoodie, Robt. Niven, and
J no. M "Arthur.
Draws on their London Office, also on the
Bank of England, Messrs. Glyn & Co., and
Coutts & Co., London ; and on all the principal
towns in Scotland, England, and Ireland.
Grants Drafts payable in Australia, New Zea-
land, Canada, and New York. Negotiates Bills
on all towns in Great Britain and Ireland where
there is a Bank.
Head Offices— Ingram Street, Glasgow, and
George Street, Edinburgh.
London Office— Q2 Cornhill.