GREENOCK LIBRARY. (INSTITUTED ist JANUARY, 1783.) 3 FOR REFERENCE ONLY, g™^ INI 9 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from National Library of Scotland http://www.archive.org/details/postofficegreeno186667uns 23 ST. AOTEEW SQUAEE, EDINBURGH. ESTABLISHED 1840, FOR MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE THROUGHOUT ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND. ANEWAls m€OME - 000. 5 4&&Q0 Board for Scotland. ANDREW BUCHANAN, M.D., Professor of the Institutes of Medicine in the University of Glasgow. ATM. M'CRIE, Esq., Edinburgh. EDWARD WOODFORD, LL.D., H.M. Inspector of Schools Rev. J. A. WYLIE. LL.D., Edinburgh. VVM. MILLER, Esq., Edinburgh. Medical Referees for Greenocx. WM. J. MARSHALL, Esq., M.D., 6 George Square: and WM. WILSON, Esq., M.D., 43 Regent Street. Upwards of 40,000 Policies iiave been Issued, $ni the $ostetu has at nment 2,300 $temher[$. At the last Declaration of Profits, in May, 1861, the Bonus averaged 60s per Cent, in Department 1, and ill per Cent, in Department 9. Copies of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Report may be had from the Agents at Greenock, Mr A. M. HUMPHREYS, Clydesdale Bank. Mr JOHN S. DEAS, 13 Kelly Street. Mr JAMES H. HENDERSON, East India Break POST-OFFTCE GREENOCK DIRECTORY. FOR 1866-67, ARRANGED IN TWO DIVISIONS-GENERAL AND COMMERCIAL. WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING MUCH USEFUL INFORMATION. NINETEENTH EDITION, GREENOCK: £RIHTED BY JOSEPH BLAIR, 40 CATHCAET STREET, FOR THE LETTER-CARRIERS OF THE POST-OFFICE. PRICE THREE SHILLINGS. ) PREFACE. The Publishers have again the pleasure of presenting to their numerous Subscribers and the Public generally, a new Edition of the Greenock Post Office Directory, and they trust it will be found as complete and correct as their former Publications, which have met such hearty support from the community. The greatest care has been taken to have the Nineteenth Edition as replete with every information usually to be found in such publications ; and the Publishers take this opportunity of expres- sing their gratitude for the kind support and consideration they have received from the Public in general. Post-Office, ) Greenock, June, 1866. COUNTING-HOUSE CALENDAR. JUNE, 1866. DECEMBER Sunday 3 10 17 24 Sunday 2 9 16 23 80 Monday 4 11 18 25 Monday 3 10 17 24 31 Tuesday 5 12 19 26 Tuesday 4 11 18 25 Wednesday 6 13 20 27 Wednesday 5 12 19 26 Thursday 7 14 21 23 Thursday 6 13 20 27 Friday 1 8 15 22 29 Friday 7 14 21 28 Saturday 2 9 16 23 30 Saturday 1 8 15 22 29 JULY. JANUARY, Sunday 1 8 15 22 29 Sunday 6 13 20 27 Monday 2 9 16 23 30 Monday 7 14 21 28 Tuesday 3 10 17 24 31 Tuesday 1 8 15 22 29 Wednesday 4 11 18 25 Wednesday 2 9 16 23 30 Thursday 5 12 19 26 Thursday 3 10 17 24 31 Friday 6 13 20 27 Friday 4 11 18 25 Satuiday 7 14 21 28 Saturday 5 12 19 26 AUGUST. FEE Sunday 5 12 19 26 Sunday 3 10 17 24 Monday 6-13 20 27 Monday 4 11 18 25 Tuesday 7 14 21 28 Tuesday 5 12 19 26 Wednesday 1 8 15 22 29 Wednesday 6 13 20 27 Thursday 2 9 16 23 30 Thursday 7 14 21 28 Friday 3 10 17 24 31 Friday 1 8 15 22 Saturday 4 II 18 25 Saturday 2 9 16 23 SEPTEMB1 MARCH. Sunday 2 9 16 23 SO Sunday 3 10 17 24 31 Monday 3 10 17 24 Monday 4 11 18 25 Tuesday 4 11 18 25 Tuesday 5 12 19 26 Wednesday 5 12 19 26 Wednesday 6 13 20 27 Thuisday 6 13 20 27 Thursday 7 14 21 28 Friday 7 14 21 28 Friday 1 8 15 22 29 Saturday 1 8 15 22 29 Saturday 2 9 16 23 30 OCTOBER. APRIL. Sunday 7 14 21 28 Sunday 7 14 21 28 Monday 1 8 15 22 29 Monday 1 8 15 22 29 Tm sday 2 9 16 23 30 Tuesday 2 9 16 23 30 Wednesday 3 10 17 24 31 Wednesday 3 10 17 24 Thursday 4 11 18 25 Thursday 4 11 18 25 Friday 5 12 19 26 Friday 5 12 19 26 Saturday 6 13 20 27 Saturday 6 13 20 27 NOVEMBER. MAY. Sunday 4 11 18 25 Sunday 5 12 19 26 Monday 5 12 19 26 Monday 6 13 20 27 Tuesday 6 13 20 27 Tuesday 7 14 21 28 Wednesday 7 14 21 2* Wednesday 1 8 15 22 29 Thuisday 1 8 15 22 2£ Thursday 2 9 16 23 30 Friday 2 9 16 23 3f Friday 3 10 17 24 31 Saturday 3 in 17 24 Saturday 4 11 18 25 BANK HOLIDAYS. II 29 New Year's Day . Jan. 1 Restoration of K.Charles May Martyrdom of K. Charles 1 Jan. 30 Queen's Accession . June 20 . June 28 Queen's Marriags . Feh. 10 Queen's Coronation Good Friday .... Apr. 6 Gunpowder Plot . Nov. 5 Queen's Birthday . May 24 Christmas Day Dec. 25 . CONTENTS. PAGE Preface. Stamp Duties. Calendar. Post Office Directory, 1 Trades and Professions, 231 APPENDIX. Adjuster of Imperial Weights and Measures, 26 Banking Houses, 44 Bowling and Greenock Towing Company, 84 Building Societies, 37 Burgh, and Police Court, 40 Caledonian Eailway Company, 34 Carriers, 78 Cartsdyke Mechanics* Library, 29 Charity School, 29 Churches, Ministers, and Presbyteries, 48 Clyde Carrying Company's Lighters, 87 Clyde Shipping Company's Towing Vessels, . 88 Commissioners of Supply for the Lower Ward, 42 Commissioners on the Harbours, 24 A Commissary Court, . 41 Conveyances, 78 Consuls at Greenock, 25 Courts, 39 Customhouse, 10 Engines for Extinguishing Fires, 26 Fishery Office, 20 Glasgow and Greenock Shipping Company, 88 Greenock Academy, 71 Greenock Chamber of Commerce, 25 Greenock Coffee Room, 29 Greenock Census Returns, 20 Greenock Cemetery, Wellington Park, and Well Piirk, 30 Greenock Exchange Buildings and Assembly Room 3, ., 29 Greenock Hospital and Infirmary, 27 Greenock Library, . ... 28 Greenock Mechanics' Institution, 28. Greenock Parochial Board, 27' Greenock Prison, 26 Greenock Ragged School Association, 71 Greenock Railway Guaranteed Company, 35 .. .. CONTENTS. PAGE. Greenock Shipping List, 88 Income Tax Commissioners, 41 21 Inland Revenue Office (late Excise), 20 Inland Revenue Office (Stamps and Taxes), . 35 Insurance Offices and Agents, 32 Inverkip Street and Duncan Street Burying Grounds, . Justice of Peace Court, 40 Lieutenancy of Renfrewshire, 41 80 List of Cabdrivers . List of Bonded Warehouses in Greenock, 41 List of Licensed Boatmen, 82 List of Licensed Deep Sea Pilots, 79 List of Porter's and their Numbers, 81 Local Marine Board, 30 Lower Ward Committee of Renfrewshire Prison Board, 26 Lloyd's Agent for Greenock and Port-Glasgow, 2-5 Magistrates and Town Council, 23 26 Markets, . , 30 Marine Board and Shipping Office, . Mills on Shaws Waterfalls, 33 Omnibuses, 78 Parliamentary and Municipal Boundaries, 21 Physicians and Surgeons, 43 Post Office, 1 Post Office Savings Bank, 12 Public Offices, 37 40 Quarter Sessions, . Rates of Fares to be exacted by Boatmen, 82 Rates of Fares to be exacted by Porters, 81 Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, 25 Sailing Vessels, 84 Schools and Teachers, 63 Session Clerks, 25 Shaws Water Joint-Stock Company, 33 Sheriff Court, 39 Sheriff Small Debt Court, 39 Societies, 67 Steam Vessels, 85 Table of Fees of Interment in Cemetery, &c 31 Table of Rates for Pilotage on the Clyde, 70 Town and Harbour Police, 26 Trade Protection Societies, 37 Trustees on the Harbours, 24 Volunteer Rifle and Artillery Corps, 65 United Steam Towing and Navigation Co., 87 WfttGr JlTLISI'PPS 24 ADVERTISEMENTS—^ end of 'AppendixJ STAMP DUTIES. INLAND BILL DRAFT, or ORDER, after the 10th October, 1853, for the payment of any sum of money to the bearer, or to order on demand, Id. And the following instruments shall be deemed and taken to be drafts or orders for the payment of money within the intent and meaning of this Act, and of any Act or Acts relating to the stamp duties on bills of exchange, drafts or orders, and shall be chargeable accordingly with the stamp duties imposed by this Act or any such Act or Acts, viz : —All documents or writings usually termed letters of credit, or whereby any person to whom any such document or writing is or is intended to be de- livered or sent, shall be entitled or be intended to be entitled to have credit with or in account with, or to draw upon any other person for, or to receive from such other person any sum of money therein mentioned. EXEMPTIONS.—Any draft or order drawn by any banker upon any other banker, not payable to bearer, or to order, and used solely for the purpose of settling or clearing any account between said banker. Any letter written by a banker to any other banker, directing the payment of any sum of money, the same not being payable to bearer or to order, and such letter not being sent or delivered to the person to whom payment is to be made, or to any person on his behalf. INLAND BILL, DRAFT or ORDER for the payment of any sum of money, though not made payable to the bearer, or to order, if the same shall be delivered to the payee, or some person on his or her behalf, the same duty as on a bill of exchange for the like sum, payable to bearer or to order. INLAND BILL, DRAFT or ORDER for the payment of any sum of money weekly, monthly, or at any other stated periods, if made payable to the bearer, or to order, or if delivered to the payee, or to some person on his or her behalf, where the total amount of the money thereby made payable shall be specified therein, or can be ascertained therefrom, or shall be indefinite, the same duty as on a bill payable to bearer or order on demand.