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BANKING HOUSES.
Bakk of Scotland, 2 St. Vincent PI. — Robert
Gourlay, manager; A. C. Rubertson, sub-manager;
D. Henderson, accountant; John Scotland, James
Spiers, and Wm. H. Douglas, sign pro manager. "
Beitish Linen Company Bank, Queen Street.
— ^T. Balmain and Walter Ritchie, agents ; Thomas
Howatson, accountant; Jn. Kemp, assistant account-
ant ; John Cook, signs pro agent; T. Marshall,
J. Thomson, Wm. Soutar, A. L. Gray, and Arthur
Deas tellers. Draw and issue letters of credit on
their London office, Threadneedle 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, assistant-manager; W. Lochhead, accountant.
London bankers — Bank of England ; Lloyds Bank
(Limited). The correspondents are : — Barclay &
Co. (Ltd.) ; Halifax Joint Stock Banking Co. (Ltd.) ;
Lambton & Co.; Lancaster Banking Co. (Ltd.);
Lloyds' Bank (Ltd.); London City & Midland Bank
(Ltd.) : 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 County Banking
Co. (Limited) ; Belfast Banking Co. (Limited) ;
Hibernian Bank (Limited); National Bank (Ltd.);
Royal Bank of L'eland (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);
Standaid 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, aecountatjt. Draw on their
London Office, 37 Nicholas Lane, London, E.C.;
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 one hundred and eighteen 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 Nicliolas Lane, E.G., James
Robertson, manager; Thos. Ness, assist. -manager.
London correspondents — Bank of England, Union
of London and Smiths Bank, Limited, Glyn & Co.
Coutts & Co., and Cox & Co.
Royal Bank op Scotland, Royal Exchange Sq.
— Cashier, A. S. Michie ; sub-cashier, Chas. Fraser;
accountant, W. Donald ; 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 England 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),
Bolitho & Co., Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Co.
(Limited), Foster & Co., Halifax and Huddirsfield
Union Banking Company (Limited), Is'e of Man
Banking Co. (Limited), Lambton & Co., Lancaster
Banking Co., Loudon 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-
Doted 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. — Head Office —
177 Ingram Street, corner of Glassford Street.
Branches — 4 2 Bridgeton Cross, 424 Duke Street,
Dennistoun, 240 Jlahi St., Aoderston, 101 New City
R'>ad, 914 New City Road, 67 Bridge St., 27 Paisley
Road, We.st, 705 Govan Road, Govan, 276 Dum-
barton Road, Partick, and 567 Spriogbum Road.
Open every day from 10 to 3 ; Saturdays, all day, 10
to 5 ; 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
by months. The accumulated funds amount to
£10,029,425. The number of depositors is 215,474.
Commercial Bank of Scotland, Limited,
113, 115 Buchanan Street. — Agent, David Rennie ;.