Post Office Aberdeen Directory

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POST-OFFICE
ABERDEEN
DIRECTORY
1877-78.
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Terms in Scotland and England.
IN SCOTLAND. IN ENGLAND.
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Bank Holidays—1877-78.
NewYear'sDay Jan. 1 ThefirstMondayofMay.
ChristmasDay Dec. 25 ThefirstMondayofAugust.
(If either falls on a Sunday, the And any Day appointed by Boyal
followingMonday) Proclamation.
Good Friday Apr". 19
Upon Sacramental Fast-days and other Local Holidays,the BankOffices
willbeopenonlybetweenthehoursof9and11a.m.
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SECTION I. —
PublicRevenueDirectory. Foreign ConMsiuslcesllaneous 28
PAGE AberdeenCornExchangeCo..... 29
PostOffice 5 MercantileMarineBoard 29
Customs 6 AberdeenStockExchange 29
CoastGuard 6 NorthernAgriculturalCo 29
InlandRevenue(Stps.&Taxes).. 6 AberdeenCommercialCo 30
Valuationof Lands & Heritages, AberdeenLime Company 30
InlaannddReRevgeinsutera(tliaotne EoxfcVioset)e.rs... 67 NABoborne-trhdAecercenonrMdCaoPr-rokopeeptre.rCtCoyom.Ipn(vaeLnsiytm.itCeod.). 333100
SECTION II. AberdeenPropertyInvest. Co 31
MunicipalDirectory. ACibtdyn.ofCAob-oepredre.ePnroLpaenrdtyAsInsvoecsita.tCioo.n 31
MGuaiglidsrtyr,at&esDaenadnToofwGnuiClodunCocuirlt.... 78 AbdnLt.imHeirtietd,Security.Invest.Co. 3312
PoliceCourt S AberdeenJuteCompany 32
TBuorwgnhCooruBnaciillli(ePoCloiucretDepart.)... S8 AAbbeerrddeeeennTThreaamtwreay&sOCpoemrpaaHnoyu.s.e. 32
TownCouncil(GasDepart.) 9 Co.(Limited) 32
Aberdeen Harbour 9 AberdeenMusic HallCo 33
IPnrciosronpoErsattaebdlTirsahdmeesnt 190 AAbbeerrddeeeennCCheammetbeerryoCfoCmopmamneyr.ce..,. 33
Parochial Board of St. Nicholas andNorthof Scotland Trade
ParoocrhiCailtByoPaarrdisohf.O.l,dMachar... 1110 SociePtryotoefctAicocnouSnoctiaenttys 3333
CommerScEiCTaIlONDiIIrIe.ctory, SECTION IV.
— LegalDirectory.
Banking Companies
AberdeenBankingCompany 11 SocietyofAdvocates 34
UnionBankof Scotland 12 CircuitCourtofJusticiary 35
BNoarntkhooffScSoctoltalnadndBankingCo.. 1134 SheriCfofurStmall Debt and Circuit 3.5
BritishLinen Company 16 Executry and Wills Department 35
AberdeenTown&CountyBank.. 17 SheriffCourt 36
CommercialBank ofScotland.... 18 JusticeofPeaceCourt 36
NationalBankofScotland 19 Just, ofPeaceSmallDebtCourt. 36
RoyalBankofScotland 20 Messengers-at-Arms 36
CityofGlasgowBank 22 Sheriff Officers 37
NationalSecuritySavings'Bank. 23 GeneralRoadTrustees 37
AssuranceCompanies-
NATTbohhereertNSdhoceorBetrtntihiteMsirhsunhtPuaranolvdiAnMsce.irac„&lanFtriileendly 22225455 MedicSaEClTDIiOrNecV.tory.
AberdeeSnhSiptpeianmgNCaovmipgaantiieosn— 26 RHoosypailtaIlnffiorrmatrhye Relief of Per-, 37
N. of Scot, and Ork. and Shet. sons labouringunder Incur-
Steam Navig.Co 26 ableDiseases 38
Abdn,Newcastle,andHullSteam 27 RoyalLunaticAsylum 38
Liverpool, Abdn., Dundee, Stor- OphthalmicInstitut.forDiseases
noway,&InvernessSte—amers 27 oftheEyeandEar gS
RailxcayCompanies AberdeenDispensaryand.Vaccine
Caledonian 27 Institution 38
GreatNorthofScotland 28 Medico-ChirurgicalSociety 39
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CONTENTS.
PAGE PAGB
SECTION VI. ShorePorters'Society 50
Ecclesiastical Directory. VMiacstoorniaLoLdogdegsing-House 5511
EFsrteaebClihsuhrecdhCohfurSccohtlofanSdcotland. 3399 PHuobulsiecBoaftRhesfaungdeS&wNiimgmhitnSghPelotnedr 5523
Episcopalian, United Presbyter- Homeof theAgedand Infirmof
ian, &c 40 bothSexes 53
NewspapersinAberdeen 53
SECTION VII. PoliceEstablishment 53
EducationalDirectory. Registration of Births, Deaths,
andMarriages 54
UniversityofAberdeen 41 Naval&MillitaryEstablishments 54
FreeChurch College 42
AberdeenSchoolBoard 42 SECTION IX.
SchGoroalmsmuanrdeSrcthhooelB.oard: 43 PostalDirectory.
Girlsm'oAnctasdtreemeyt in Little Bel- 43 MLiosnteoyfPOorsdterToOfwfnicse,inGoSvcoetrlnamnedn.t. 56
Public ElementarySchools 43 Insurance &Annuity Office,
Dr.AndrewBell's Schools 44 andPostOfficeSavingsBank 71
Aberdeen Church of Scotland Post-OfficeTelegraphs 72
TrainingCollegeand Practis- Receiving Houses and Branch
ingSchool,Georgestreet 44 MoneyOrderOffices 72
Abdn. FreeChurch TrainingCol- Collections at Receivings Letter
lege 44 Boxes 72
DenominationalSchools 45
EndowedSchools 45 AberdeenMailArrangements.
Charity School 45 WhenLetterscanbeposted,and
AAcbaedredmeieens,SoSnchgooSlcsh,ooalndTeachers 4455 InlawnhdePnosDtealgieveRreigesulcaotimomnesnce.. 7734
Ladies'BoardingandDaySchools 45 Ratesof Postage of Foreignand
Mechanics'Institution do. 45 ColonialLetters,<fcc 76
School ofScienceandArt 46
BBooybse'rtanGdorGdiornls''sHHoossppiittaall 4466 ACabrerrideersentoTarnadmwfaryosmAberdeen.. 7778
Institutionfor the Education of CoachesandOmnibuses 79
theDeafandDumb 47 AberdeenShipping 79
Abdn. FemaleOrphanAsylum... 47 BillsofExchange 82
Hospital for Orphan and Desti-
tuteFemaleChildren 47 Aberdeen Directory.
Sheriff "Watson's Female Indus-
trialSchool 47 GeneralDirectory
AberdeenFemaleSchoolofIndus. 48 Cottages, Mansions, and Places
AbersdoecieantioInndustrial School As- 4S Tradeisn'tahnedSuPbroufrebsssioofnsA'bDeirrdeecetnor.y. 226775
OldmillReformatory 48 AgentsforInsuranceCompanies. 325
AsylumfortheBlind 48 StreetDirectory 329
IndustrialAsylum and Reforma-
toryforGirls 49 AlterationsandAdditions 399
SECTIONVIII. Old AberdeenDirectory.
PMubilsiccNeelwlsa-nReooomussDirectory.49 MIangciosrtproraatteisoannsdTownCouncil... 440090
Mechanics'InstitutionLibrary... 49 OldMacharSchool Board 400
D. WyllieandSon'sLibrary and Seminariesof Learning. 401
AA.B&rRoeRw.andMiianlngndeCslC'uo.bL'isbLriabrryary 444999 ListWoofoNadmseisde Directory. 401
GTT.hheeMCiARldboudeylbraesdlteoNenon'r,stNhCeierwrc,nulaCanltduinbMgaLsiobn.i.c 544099 CLihsutrcohfeNs,amPeosstOffice,&c 4409
Aberdeen Philosophical Society 50
RoyalNorthernAgricult.Society 50 Advertisements.
POST-OFFICE
ABERDEEN DIRECTORY.
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SECTION I.—PUBLIC REVENUE DIRECTORY.
Post-Office.
Postmaster—WILLIAM MITCHELL.
ClerksnO—HIREoFrb,eCrr,LtE„RTCK5uS^m'Cm}*i^CniCgrCc,OutltRanotfbii_eonrDtDueFlprlaa.rsCteorml,leineat.n—dGLeaowrrgeenWcoeoJda.fTray.
SortingClerks(UpperSection)—AndrewStuart,FrancisRoss,PatrickSalmond,
ThomasG. Halcrow,RobertIngram,andDavidW.Paterson.
Sorting Clerks(Lower Section)—George Cooper, John Cran,David Anderson,
Alex. S. Ross, JohnMilne,andJohnMurrison.
Stampers—DuncanM'Kenzie,J.Hay,ThomasMurray,PeterPardy,
andWilliamMitchell.
Letter Carriers—James Fraser, Robert Ritchie, Isaac Forsyth,James Mutch,
James Abercrombie, James Pirie, Alexander Scott, John Cameron,
James A.Marnoch,Hugh Dey,Robert Cruickshank,William Brown,
Henry Menzies, Alexander Wright,A.J. Smith, James Cruickshank,
JohnBuchan,andGeorgeLane.
TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.
Superintendent—James M'Cormack.
AssistantSuperintendents—JohnC.Taylor,AlexanderDuncan.
Clerks—First Class—David M'Intosh, James Murray, John Gordon, William
Thompson,W. R. Le—ighton,William Fowler,John Craig,James Bur-
ness. Second Class Alexander Mackintosh, Alexander Ferguson,
JamesF. Findlay,Alex.George,William Lawson,Alex. Moir,William
Brown, Andrew D. Leiper, David Gunn, James Hendrie, James
Salmond, David Fraser, John J. Masson, James Black, S. P. Nicol,
JohnGrant,CharlesStewart,Simon Armstrong.
FemaleClerks—MargaretSmith,Helen Rae,Jane GrayGibson,JaneBurgess,
Agnes M. Fi-aser, Mary E. Fraser, Jane Sheriffs,Georgina C. Scott,
MargaretTaylor,HelenR.Thomson.
30BoyMessenger.".
ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT.
Inspector—Edward Summerfield. Lineman—R.Mitchell.
MedicalOfficertoPost-Office—JamesWill,M.D.
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Customs.
CollectorandLandingSurveyor—JamesHamiltonBlain.
Clei-ks—JohnPirie,WilliamWhitecross,JamesN.Justice.
Writer—JohnCampbell.
ExaminingOfficers—GeorgeJohnston,AlexanderTaylor,RobertClark,and
ThomasBowie.
Out-doorOfficers—1stClass—William M'Callum,GeorgeMilne,George
Middleton,AlexanderWright,JamesImray.
2ndClass—AndrewForbes, JohnClouston,JohnLeith,Wm.W.Duncan,
JosephClark.
PrincipalCoastOfficer,Newburgh—RobertReid.
CustomHduseAgentandShipbroker—GeorgeB.Anderson.
COAST GUARD.
InspectingCommander—G. F. HastingsParker,R.N.
ChiefOffMiucecrhs—alJlasm;eTshMoamtahserH,alBlr,iKdagteeorfliDnoen;J;aJ.meBsaiLleayi,ngC,ovCoellBiasyton;.J.M'Lean,
Sets of Capt. Manby's Apparatus are placed in charge of the Officers at
Bridge of Don, Cove Bay, Stonehaven,Muchalls, Colliston, Belhelvie, and
Peterhead.
Inland Revenue (Stamps and Taxes).
SURVEYOR'S DEPARTMENT.
Office 27KingStreet.
Surveyorfor the First District,or CityofAberdeen andCountyofKincardine-
JohnM'Kelvie.
SurveyorforSecondDistrict,orCountyofAberdeen—AndrewPhilp.
DISTRIBUTOR AND COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT.
Office 27KingStreet.
DistributorandCollector—AndrewJopp.
Clerks—JohnM'Diarmid,SamuelM'Hardy,andJamesFleming.
StampOfficeopenfrom10to4; onSaturdays,from10to1.
TaxOfficeopenfrom10to3; onSaturdays,from10to12.
Valuation of Lands and Heritages.
AND
Registration of Voters.
Office,27KingStreet. Openfrom10to4; Saturdays,10to1.
John M'Kelvie,AssessorfortheBurghsofAberdeenandInverbervie.