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EDINBURGHSHIRE
EDINBURGH
SLATER'S -
Legal Directory— continued.
COURTS OP JUSTICE AND OFFICERS-ccmiwitterf.
EXTRACTOR'S CHAMBERS.
Nos. 1, 3 & 5 New Register House.
Office hours in Session, 10 to 5 ; Saturdays, 10 to 1 i in Vacation &
Recess, 10 to 4 ; Saturdays, 10 to 1.
Principal Extractor— William Duncan, s.s.c. 1 Heriot row
Assistant Extractor— David K. B. Whyte, 15 Dalrymple crescent
Clerk oftlie Records— James Walker, 7 Buccleuch place
GREAT SEAL OFFICE.
' No. 46 New Register House.
Office hours, 2 to 3.
Keeper of the Great Seal— Vacant
Depute Keeper— John Bell, w.s. 35 Dublin st
Substitute Keeper-John H. Dunn, 13 Glengyle terrace
PRIVY SEAL OFFICE.— No. 48 Register House.
Office hours, 3 to 4.
Lord Privy Seal— Marquis of Lothian
Depute Keeper of Privy Seal— James Craik, W.S.
Substitute Keeper— Alexander Murdoch
Writer to Privy Seal— Alexander Mackenzie, 66 Morningside rd
H.M. CHANCERY.
Nos. 36, 42, 44 & 46 New Register House.
Office hours, 10 to 3 ; & 10 to 12 on Saturdays.
Director— John Kirk, 12 Claremont crescent
Depute Directors— David M'Neilie, 9 Queensberry terrace, <& William
J. Eirk, w.s. 13 Claremont crescent
Chief Clerk— David M'Neilie
Second Clerk— Colin J. Stalker, 73 George st
Assistant Clerks-. Senior— Hugh Home; Second— Wm. Macdonald;
Third— David M. Gavine ; Index Clerk— James M'Queen
SIGNET OFFICE.— Nos. 58 & 60 Register House.
Office hours, 3 to i ; Saturdays. 11 to 12.
Principal Keeper— The Right Hon. The Earl of Glasgow (Lord
Clerk Register)
Depute Keeper— John Clerk Brodie, w.s. 5 Thistle st
Substitute Keeper If Clerk— Ron J. W Moncreiff, W.S.
Assistant Clerk Sj Extractor— John Milligan, w.s.
Messenger — James Barber, 42 Greenside row
MINUTE BOOK OFFICE.— Parliament Square.
Hours, 10 to 1 during Session (Mondays excepted.)
Office of Edictal Citations, Services of Heirs, and Abstract of
Petitions for the appointment of Executors, 13a New
General Register House. Hours, 3 to 4 during Session
(Saturdays excepted) ; Mondays. 11 to 1 ; Vacation,
Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays , 11 to 1 ; Friday s,3 to 4.
Keeper— Colin G. Macrae, W.S. 45 Moray place [Lodge
Depute Keeper— Alexander R. Forbes, 6 Wolseley terrace, Jocks
HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY.
Office— Nos. 38, 40 & 42 Register House. Office hours, 10 to 3 ;
Saturdays, 10 to 1.
Lord Justice General— The Right Hon. John Inglis of Glencorse,
Lord President of the Court of Session. 1867 [1869
Lord Justice Clerk— The Right Hon. Lord Moncreiff of Tiilliehile,
Lords Commissioners of Justiciary— lord Young, 1874 ; Lord Mure,
1874; Lord Craigliill, 1876; Lord Adam, 1876; & Lord
M'Laren, 1885
Lord Advocate— The Right Hon. John H. A. Macdonald, Q.c,
LL.D., D.L.
Solicitor-General — ■
Depute Advocates— Mneas J. G. Mackay, Alexander Taylor Innes,
& Richard Vary Campbell
CROWN OFFICE.— Hours, 10 to 4.
Crown Agent — Charles B. Logan, W.S.
Chief Clerk — David Duncan
Second „ — Hugh Milroy, S.S.C.
Third „ — Francis Holborn Laing
Fourth „ — William Glegg
Fifth „ —
Sixth ,, — William Edgar
Messengers— James Home & James Bryce
Clerk of Justiciary— Charles Scott, advocate, 9 Drummond place
Depute Clerk— A. D. Veitch, Thirlestane rd [Trinity
Assistant Clerk 8f Depute— Malcolm Nicolson, 12 Mayville gardens,
Circuit Clerks — .apneas Macbean, w.s. 8 Darnaway st ; James B.
M'Cosh, solicitor, Dairy, Glasgow; & Horace Skeete,
solicitor, Perth
Macers— William Green, 7 Salisbury place; Francis G. Caird,
8 Torphichen st ; & George Leishman, 85 Marchmont rd
DEPARTMENT OF PRISONS & JUDICIAL STATISTICS.
Office, 130 George st.
Commissioners under the Prisons (Scotland) Act, 1877.
Commissioners appointed by the Crown — Chairman, Andrew Beatson
Bell, advocate, Captain T. Folliott Powell
Commissioners {ex-officio}— The Sheriff of Perthshire & the Crown
Agent for Scotland
Secretary fy Superintendent of Judicial Statistics Department —
William Donaldson
H.M. Inspectors of Prisons — H. Stuart Johnson & Major Willis
Medical Adviser— Douglas Maclagan, M.D.
Engineer 8; Architect— Major A. A. W. Beamish, R.E.
Chief Clerk & Collector of Judicial Statistics — George B.Cruiekshank
Senior Clerk fy Registrar of Criminals — L. A. Vanden-Bergh
Loiver Division Clerks — William Harvey, Henry E. Hicks, David
Crombie, G. S. R. Moncrieff, William Vickers, & Michael
T. Harnedy
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Draughtsman— D. W. Stewart
Messenger— Douglas Livingstone
EXCHEQUER.— 1707.
Office— Parliament square. —Office hours, 10to4; Saurdays, lOtol.
Lord Ordinary in Exchequer — Lord Fraser
Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer— John James Reid.
b.a. advocate. 15 Belgrave place
Chief Clerk— Robert Glegg, 9 Kilgraston rd
Second Class Cler/cs—W. Q. Shiells, 5 Grange terrace; Peter
Tweedie, 15 Clarence st
Third Class Cler/cs— James R. Stewart, 10 Salisbury rd ; Roger R
Macgregor, Nile grove ; Albert Apthorpe, 18 Raeburu pi ;
Patrick P. Sealy, 3 Argyle place, Portobello ,- William E.
Snell, 3 Warrender Park rd, ; Albert W. Birret, 39 Lutton
place; and R. M'Kinlay, 7 Bath st. Portobello
Clerk for Edinburgh Gazette— James Wilkie, 5 Middleby st
Doorkeepers— William Moyers and Alexander Elder
SHERIFF COURT OF CHANCERY.
Office, Parliament square.
Office hours, 10 to 1; Saturdays, 10 to 12 ; Vacation, 11 to 1.
Sheriff'— James Muirhead, advocate, 2 Drumsheugli gardens
. Sheriff-Clerk— David J. Macbriar, s.s.c. 12 Great King st
Depute Sheriff-Clerk— John Macmillan, s.s.c. 3 Peel terrace
Macer— H. Campbell
COMMISSARY OFFICE.
2 Parliament Square.— Office hours, 10 to 4; Saturdavs 10 to 1
Commissary Clerk— Ralph Richardson, w.s.
Depute Clerk — James G. Currie
Clerks— John Smith, George Adam, Joseph Steele, M. Muir,
D. B. Anderson, Robert Couper, Alexander W. Allan, and
Donald Macphail
Macer— Abijah Murray
COURT OF TBINDS.
Office hours, Record Department, Nos. 25 & 27 New Register House,
daily during Session from 10 to 3, except Saturdays, from
10 to 11 ; during vacation and recess, open daily except
Saturdays, 11 to 2.
Current Process Department, N o. 21, during Session daily 10 to 4,
Saturdays 10 to 11 ; during vacation and recess, Tuesdays,
Wednesdayn, and Thursdays from 11 to 1.
Lords Commissioners— The Inner-house Judges and the Lord
Ordinary on Teinds (Second Junior Lord Ordinary)
Crown Agent— Donald Beith, w.s. 43 Castle st [Sciennes gate
Principal Clerk aud Extractor— N . Elliot, s.s.c. Callender Lodfe,
Keeper of the Records, Assistant Clerk and Assistant Extractor—
Alexander Logan, Sylaw House, Colmton
Macers — The same as the Court of Sessions
COURT OF THE LORD LYON.
Office, Nos. 39 k 41 New Register House.
Hours, from 1st Ootober to 20th December, and from 5th June to
20th July , 11 to 3, except Saturdays ; from 21st July to 301 h
September, and from 21st December to 4th January, 11 to
2, on Wednesdays and Fridays only.
Lyon King of Arms— George Burnett, ll.d. advocate, 21 Walker st
Heralds— Albany— John Spence, 5 Randolph place
Rothesay— James William Mitchell, Sidmouth, Devon
Marchmont— John Grant, 42 Ann st
Pursuivants— Bute— Robert Spence Livingstone, Bash, Fisherrow
Unicorn— Stuart Moodie Livingstone, 57 South Bridge st
Carrick—Yi. Macfarlane Wylie, 21 Dublin st
Lyon Clerk and Keeper of Records— James Lorimer, ll.d., advocate,
1 Bruntsheld crescent
Lyon Clerk Depute and Depute Keeper of Records— Robert Riddle
Stodart, 51 Northumberland st
Procurator-Fiscal — David Scott Moncreiff, w.s.
Macer — Robert Gardiner
Herald. Painter— Andrew Ferguson Bainbridge, 18 Clyde st
GENERAL RECORD FOR SCOTLAND.
Office, Large Record Room in General Register House,
Hours of Attendance, 10 to 4. Saturday, 10 to 1.
Lord Clerk Register and Keeper of tlie Signet— The Right Hon.
The Earl of Glasgow
Deputy Clerk Register— -Stair Agnew, advocate
Deputy Keeper of Records — William Fraser, LL.D.
First Clerk— Robert Heddle
Second Clerk — William Sharpe [White
Third-Class Clerlis— Alexander Clark, J.J. Chapman, and F. W.
Curator of the Historical Department— Thomas Dickson
Assistant Curator — James Copeland
Superintendent — John M'Intosh
Messenger — John Archibald
THE GENERAL REGISTRY OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND
MARRIAGES.
Offices— Nos. 17. 18, 19, 20, 22, 34, 35, 37 & 38 New Register House,
Hours of attendance, 10 to 4- On Saturdays 10 to 1.
Registrar General— Stair .Agnew, C.B. advocate, 22 Buckingham ter
Secretary— George Seton, advocate, St. Beunet's, Greenhill
Chief Clerk— John Stewart, Elibank, Corstorphine
Senior Clerk— John Paton, 8 Blackford rd
Clerks— David Winter, 9 Newington terrace ; Peter Slater, 3 War-
ristnn crescent ; and Robert H. Gray, 7 Brighton st
Messenger— Thos. Page, New Register House
STATISTICAL DEPARTMENT.
Superintendent— R. J. Blair Cunynghame, M.D., e.r.c.S.e. 6 Walker
street
Clerks— William Ralph Lisnacree, Corstorphine; John M'Morine,
1 Orwell place f and W. T. Barclay, 12J Calton Hill