Towns > Glasgow > 1828-1912 - Post-Office annual Glasgow directory > 1850-1851

BANKS. 4 ' 93
BANKING HOUSES,
Open from, 10 till 3 o'clock, and on Saturday shut at 12,
With the exception of those marked *, in which case the hours of opening and
shutting differ.
Aberdeen Town and County Bank. Agents. Boyal Bank, Boyal Exchange
square.
* Anderston Savings Bank. Office, Kirk Close, 68 Main street, Anderston.
Open every Saturday evening from 7 to 9, for receiving deposits of one shilling and
upwards.
Bank of Scotland, G6 Ingram street. Charles Campbell and Andrew Neilson,
Managers. Draw on Coutts & Co., and Smith, Payne, and Smiths, London; Bank
of England and Branches ; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank ; Bank of Ire-
land and Branches; Provincial Bank of Ireland; and Northumberland and Durham
District Bank. Grant Credits on Gore Bank, Hamilton, Upper Canada.
British Linen Company Bank, Corner of Queen street and Ingram street.
James Robertson and Patrick Brodie, Agents. Draw on Smith, Payne, & Smiths,
London; on the Bank of England and Branches; on the Carlisle and Cumberland
Bank, Carlisle; on Samuel Smith & Co., Nottingham; on the Bank of Ireland
and Branches; on Hunters & Co., Ayr, and Branches; on the Greenock Bank and
Branches; on James G. King & Sons, New York; on the Montreal Bank; on
the Bank of Upper Canada, Toronto, and effect payments on the Continent of
Europe. Also transact Business with the Principal Towns of Great Britain and
Ireland.
City of Glasgow Bank, 24 Virginia street. Robert Salmond, Manager. Draw
on Smith, Payne, and Smiths ; and on the Union Bank of London. Transact Busi-
ness with the Principal Towns in the United Kingdom; and in Canada, with the
Bank of Montreal and its Branches. Glasgow Branch offices: Trongate Branch, 31
Trongate; William Robertson, Agent. Calton Branch, 18 Canning street; William
Snedden, Agent.
City of Glasgow Bank's Savings Bank, 31 Trongate. Open daily from 10
to 4 o'clock; Saturdays, from 10 to 12 o'clock; Wednesday evening, from 7 to 9
o'clock; Saturday evening, from 6 to 9 o'clock, for receiving and repaying de-
posits.
Clydesdale Banking Company, 13 Queen street. Henry Brock, Manager.
Draw on Barnett, Hoares, & Co., London ; and transact Business with the Principal
Towns in the United Kingdom. Branch, Piazza, Old Exchange.
Commercial Bank of Scotland, 66 Virginia street. William Johnston and
William Paul, Agents. Draw on Messrs. Jones, Lloyd, & Co., Bankers, London ;
and on all the Principal Towns in England, Ireland, and Scotland. Also in America,
on the Commercial Bank of the Midland district, Kingston, Upper Canada, and
its Branches; and on Dennistoun, Wood, & Co., New York, United States; and Com-
mercial Banking Company, Sydney, New South Wales.
Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank, 37 St. Vincent place. Thomas Hunter,
Manager. Draw on Williams, Deacon, & Co., London; and Transact Business with
the Principal Towns in the United Kingdom.
* Glasgow Provident Bank, 86 Miller street. Open every day except Satur-
day, from 10 to 2, for repaying deposits.
* Gorbals Savings Bank, 23 Nicholson Street, Laurieston. Open every Satur-
day night, from 7 till 9 o'clock, for receiving and paying deposits.
National Bank of Scotland, Queen street. John Hart, Agent. Draw on
Glyn & Co., and Union Bank of London ; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank