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GENERAL.
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British (The) Corporation for the Survey and
Registry of Shipping, 121 St. Vincent st. ; J.
Foster King, chief surveyor ; J. Fleming, secy.
British Creosote Co., Ltd. (Shields & Ramsay, mana-
gers), creosote oil merchants and exporters, 104
West George street.
British Crown Assurance Corporation (The)
Ltd. (non-Tariff). Chief office, British Crown
Assurance chambers, 183 West George street.
Assurance of all kinds except the assurance of
lives. Marine Dept, 14 Royal Exchange Buildings.
General manager, D. W. Maclennan. Secretary,
J. R. Fleming, C.A. Secretary at Glasgow, E.
Prier Ashley. Tel. Nos., Nat, 2340 Argyle;
P.O., 233 Central.— i^ee Adv. in App.
British Crown Plate Glass Insurance Co., Ltd., now
merged in the Yorkshire Insurance Co., Ltd., 82
St. Vincent st.
British (The) Dominions General Insurance Co.,
Ld., of London; agents, Richard Gibson & Co.,
87 Union street. Marine and fire.
British (The) Dyewood Coy., Ltd., drysalters and dye-
wood and tannin extract manufacturers; 53
Bothwell street, and Carntyne Dyewood Mills,
Parkhead, Glasgow ; and at Lacovia, Jamaica.
British (The) Electric Plant Co., Ltd., electrical
engineers and manufacturers, 144 St. Vincent st. ;
head office and work, Alloa.
British Engine, Boiler, and Electrical In-
surance Co., Ltd., 65 Renfield st, for the
inspection and insurance of steam, oil, and gas
engines, gas plants, boilers, dynamos, motors,
lifts, &c. Chief engineer, Michael Longridge,
M.Inst. C.E. ; res. secy., Thos. Robertson.
Telephones— Nat, 759 Argyle; P.O., 4759. Tel.
address, " Breakdown."
British Enquiry and Mercantile Agency, John
Thomson, manager, 137 W. Regent street
British (The) Explosives Syndicate, Ltd.; R. Brodie,
secretary, 124 St. Vincent st; factory, Pitsea,
Essex. Telegrams — " Cordite," Glasgow; " Syndi-
cate," Pitsea.
" British Export Gazette, The," and " British and
^ South African Export Gazette." Sole agents, The
North British Advertising Co., Ltd., 87 Union
street TeL Nos., P.O., Central 2603 ; National,
Pollokshaws 107; telegraphic address, "Advert,
Glasgow."
British (The) Express Co., Ltd., general carriers and
forwarding agetts, 37 Montrose street.
British (The) Fireproof Construction Co., fireproofing
and constructional engineers, 179 West George St.
British and Foreign Glass Co., glass merchants,
glaziers, embossers, stainers, and benders, 45 St
Enoch square; works, 137 Howard st.
British and Foreign Marine Insurance Co.
(Ltd.), T. Herbertson Baird, agent, 26 Royal Ex-
change square.
British (The) and Foreign Match Co., Limited,
match importers and firelighter manufacturers,
27 Bell street, city.
British Guiana Steam Packets ; Prentice, Service, &
Henderson, 175 West George street.
British Hair Company (Limited), manufacturers of
curled hair, bedding of all descriptions, wire
mattresses, and iron beds, importers and purifiers of
bed feathers, 164 Trongate ; works, Woodville st.
Go van. Telephone No., Nat 200 Tron; P 0. 200
Bell. Telegraphic address " Horsehair," Glasgow.
British (The) Hydraulic Foundry Co , Ltd., iron-
founders, Whiteinch.
British Income Tax Advisory Association,
Ltd., iacome tax experts, 30 Gordon st ; tel. No.
8302 City.
British India Steam Navigation Co. (Limited), 203
W. George st.
British (The) India Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.,
freight and passage brokers, Gellatly, Hankey,
& Co., Gordon Chambers, 82 Mitchell st
British Insulated & Helsby Cables, Ltd.; works,
Prescot, Helsby, and Liverpool, manufacturers of
electrical cables and wires, telephones, paper
pinions, welders, &c., 177 West George st. Tel.
Nos., Nat. 2160 Argyle; P.O. 2160. Telegrams ,
" Connectors," Glasgow.
British (The) Key and Property Registry,
Ltd. head office, 192 Hope st, Glasgow; J. R.
Whyte, secy. P.O. telephone No. 3299.
British Law Fire Insurance Co.,Ltd., 105 West
George st; John R. Watson, A.I.A., and Andrew
Penn, joint district secretaries. P.O. tele., No.
614; Nat tele.. No. 7820 City.
British Legal and United Provident Assurance Co.,
Ltd., 7 Blythswood sq.
British (The) Life Office, Ltd., 154 St Vincent
street.
British Linen Bank, Chief Office, 110 Queen st. ;
Walter Ritchie, agent; Thomas Howatson, sub-
agent ; James D. Gulland, accountant ; John Cook,
assistant accountant ; Wm. Hamilton, signs " p.
agent ;" tellers, Torrance Marshall, P. R. Gilbert,
W. K. Barbour, William Wilson and William
M'Kinnon.
DISTRICT BRANCHES.
Anderston branch, 468 Argyle street ; D. F
Easou, agent
Bridgeton Cross branch, 26 Bridgeton Cross ;
Wm. Gilbert, agent
Charing Cross branch, 539 Sauchiehall at.;
James Whyte, agent.
Clydebank, Yoker ; Chas. P. Leiper, agent.
Dennistoun branch, 469 Duke street; Richard
Wood, agent.
Gallowgate branch, 482 Gallowgate ; James G.
Todd, agent.
Govan branch, Govan Cross ; Jas. Thornton, agt.
High Street branch, 215 High St.; James
Lindsay, agent.
Hillhead branch, 11 Buckingham Buildings,
Great Western road; Henry Fairlie, agent.
Hutchesontown branch, 162 Main st, south
side ; A. W. Russell, agent.
Ibrox branch. Paisley rd. West ; Robt Lillie, agt
Kelvinhaugh branch, 1190 Argyle street;
Wm. Miller, agent
Langside branch,52 Millbrae rd.; W. W.Beid, agt
Mount Florida branch, 1087 Cathcart road;
Wm. M'Culloch, agent
New City Road branch, 691 New City road;
D. G. Paterson, agent
Parkhead Cross branch, A. G. Primrose and
T. C. Todd, agents.
Partick branch, 140 Dumbarton road; H. F. B.
Hood, agent.
Pollokshaws branch, 41 King street; H.
M'Kinnon, agent.
Pollokshields branch, 317 Maxwell road;
Lawrence Reid, agent.