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APPENDIX. 217
BANKS
Bank of Scotland.
Instituted 1695.
8 St. Mikrek Street.
Head Office — Bank Street, Edinburgh.
London Office— 11 Old Broad Street.
Open from 10 till 3, and on Saturdays from 10 till 12.
John Hutcheson, agent.
Alexander Boyd, accountant. James Ross, teller.
Bobert Gibson, Wm. E, Barbour, and John Macalaster, clerks.
Eobert Lochhead, porter — house, 6 Moss street.
The Bank negotiates Bills and grants Letters of Credit on all the
principal towns in Scotland, England, and Ireland. Draws on their
Branch in London, at 11 Bond Street ; Smith, Payne, & Smiths ;
Coutts & Co. ; the Bank of England, London ; and on the Colonies
and Foreign Countries; also issues Circular Notes of £10 and £20
each free of charge, for the use of travellers and others in all parts
of the world,
^rational Bank of Scotland,
Instituted, 21st March. 1825, and incorporated by Royal Charter.
Governor— The Right Honourable the Earl of Dalhousie, K.T., G.C.B.
General Manager — "William James Duncan, Esq.
Head Office — 42 St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh.
London Office— 37 Nicholas Lane, E.G.
Paisley Office— 1 Forbes Place.
Peter Guilleaume, agent.
Robert Brodie, assistant agent and accountant. John Melvin, teller.
Robert Edmonds and John Blair Walker, clerks.
Joseph Carter, porter — house, 13 Causeyside.
Draw on Glyn, Mills, & Co., Coutts & Co., and the Union Bank of
Loudon,- Fould & Co., Paris ; J. & J. Stuart & Co., New York; and
have correspondents in all the principal towns in Scotland, England,
and Ireland, aud in the Colonies. The National Bank of Scotland
issue Foreign Credits and Circular Notes, available in all parts of
the world, and they negotiate Bills in every place in Scotland, Eng-
land, Ireland, and abroad, where there is a Bank or Banker.
Clydesdale Banking Company.
Instituted 1838.
7 High Street (Cross).
Open from 10 till 3, and on Saturdays from 10 till 12.
David Campbell, agent. James Lamb, accountant.
James S. Robertson, clerk.
Draw on Barnetts, Hoares, Hanburys, Lloyd, bankers, London ; and
the London and Westminster Bank, London ; and negotiate Bills
and grant Credits on the principal towns in Scotland, England, and
Ireland ; also, on the Bank of British North America, Canada, Nova
Scotia, New Brunswick, and Vancouver Island.
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