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48 GREENOCK REGISTER.
CARTSDYKE MECHANICS' LIBRARY.-2, Rue-End Street.
Instituted 1830.
The annual payment is two shillings.
The management is vested in a committee of 21.
Duncan M' Arthur, Librarian, Arthur Street.
The Library contains upwards of 1500 volumes, has about 300
readers.
GREENOCK MECHANICS' INSTITUTION,
7, Sir Michael Street.
Instituted 1836. Cost about £1500. £700 of which was collected
by public subscription, and the balance was obtained principally by
the unwearied exertions of the Committee. The Library in connec-
tion with this Institution has upwards of 2000 volumes. Terms, one
shilling per half-year. Open every lawful evening (Saturday ex-
cepted) from 8 till 9 o'clock.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Alexander Muir, President — Michael M'Larty, Treasurer.
William Galbreath, Secretary.
Robert Smith. John Crawford, sen.
Charles Stewart.
Joseph Orr, jr.
John Stevenson.
John Morrison.
William Bambrough.
John Baird.
John Shearer.
John Macalister.
John Crawford, jr.
Alexander Reid.
John M'Leod.
James Beith.
Daniel Shearer.
Peter Currie.
Neil M'Naught,
John Dryburgh.
John Neilson, Keeper.
MID-PARISH LIBRARY.
Commenced in 1836, and consists of about 1000 volumes, acquired
either by donation or purchased with occasional collections. Sub-
scription, 6d. per Quarter. Ordinary number of Subscribers, 160.
Open on Wednesdays, from 6 to 8, p. m.
NORTH PARISH LIBRARY.
Consists of about 700 vols, designed for the use of all who reside
within the Parish, or belong to the Congregation. Terms :— Work-
ing classes (including female servants), Sixpence a-Q,uarter, or Two
Shillings a- Year; all others at One Shilling a-Quarter, or Four Shil-
lings a Year. Children under fourteen years of age, Sixpence a- Year.
No subscriptions required from the Poor.
Open on Saturdays from 2 to 3 o'clock, p. m.

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1841-1846 - Hutcheson's Greenock register, directory, and general advertiser
DescriptionPublished by Robert Hutcheson, surveyor and collector of the town assessment, Greenock.
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Greenock
Towns
DescriptionDirectories of individual Scottish towns and their suburbs.
Scottish Post Office Directories
DescriptionAround 700 Scottish directories published annually by the Post Office or private publishers between 1773 and 1911. Most of Scotland covered, with a focus on Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen. Most volumes include a general directory (A-Z by surname), street directory (A-Z by street) and trade directory (A-Z by trade).