"ASHAMED OF
HIS DIRTY CUFFS."

Frayed Linen soils in half-an-hour.
HUDSON'S EXTKACT OF SOAP will
not fray your cuffs or jag the edges of
your collars.

Anything washed with HUDSON'S
EXTRACT OF SOAP is thoroughly
washed, therefore remains Much Longer
Clean.

No. 7424, I ABERDEEN, FRIDAY, NO" "EMBER 16, 1892._Price_ON^_PE2^N_Y

t

BIRD'S

Custard

Powder

Supplies a Daily Luxury-Dainties in
Variety—The Choicest Dishes and Richest
Custard without Baas.

WILLIAM CAY k SONS,

FUNERAL U NDKRTAKJiRS,
215 GEORGE STREET,

and

432 UNION STREET,
Telegrams—" Cay, Aberdeen.'

jfuneval Rotices.

rpHB Remains of the Late CHARLES
GRANT, M.A., Seiioolmaster, Aberlour, will be in-
terred in the Aberlour Churchyard on Saturday
first, 19th November. The Funeral will leave the
Bchoolhoush at One o'clock. All friends cordially
Invited. This is the only invitation.
The Schoolhouse, Aberlour,
16th November, 1892.

(Beneral Nonces.

ABERDEEN EVANGELICAL ASSOCIA-
TION.-PRAYER MEETING TO-DAY, in Y.M.C.
Jsstiti tk at 12 Noon. Chairman—Kkv. M. OALBRAITH.
Subject—" The Fruit of tlie Spirit."

R. S. G. S. -ABERDEEN BRANCH.

ANNIVERSARY MEETING AND
CONVERSAZIONE.
CAPTAIN LUGAKD'S ADDRESS,
QUEEN'S ROOMS, TO-NIGHT, 8 Mir———-
Admittance by Special 'licket only, to be procured
beforehand.

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE — ABER-
DEEN BRANCH.
The MONTHLY MEETING will be held on saturday
J'irst, at 11-30 a.m., in the Queen's Rooms, 120 Union
Street, instead of the Girls' High School._ _

j^VANGELICAL ASSOCIATION CHOIR.

The Choir are Invited to Meet eaillie KEMP in the
Music Hall Orchestra To-Mokrow (Saturday) After
noon, at 5 o'clock. Sacred Songs and Solos. Entrance
l>y Union Street.

A. D. DONALDSON, Sec.

18th November, 1892.

A BERDEEN COUNTY COUNCIL
TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE.

A COURSE of SIX LECTURES in VETERINARY
SCIENCE will be Delivered by Professor A. E.
JIOTTAM, Royal Vetf.rin.ary College, Edinburgh,

In ALFORD, at 12 o'clock Noon, and in MONYMUSK,
at 3 o'clock p.m., on Six Saturdays, beginning Saturday,
^November 19th.

All Farmers and others interested are invited to be
present.

Farther particulars and Copies of the Syllabus may bo
procured from Mr Rktd, Bents, Alford ; Mr ClilVAS,
Inver, Monymusk ; or from the okoanislng secretary,
Old Aberdeen.

November 14th, 1892.

(In Parliament.
Session 1693).

£jounty council election.
xeochel-^shnieTkeig, and tough.

ALEXANDER STRACHAN, the retiring Councillor for
the above Electoral District, will Meet his Constituents in
Xkoohel-Ccshnie, on Saturday, 19th iust., in the Public
Hall, at 7 30 p.m.; those in Keig on Monday, 21st, at
6'30 p.m.; and those in Tough on same Evening, at
8'30pm., in Public Schools. ' Delegates from Keig and
l.eochel-Cushnie are requested to attend the Meeting in
Tough to consider the election of a Councillor for the
Tustrict.

AMEETING of RATEPAYERS of the
PARISHES of MELDRUM and BOURTTE will be
held in the Public Hall, Oldmeldrum, on Monday, the
21st inst., at 7 o'clock, p.m., for NomifViting Member of
the County Council.

V OTICE. ~-^ATFPersons "having CLAIMS
against the Late DAVID WALKER, coal MERCHANT,
Upper Quay, who resided at 65 Dee Street, Aberdeen, are
requested to lodge the same with the Subscribers, and
all Persons Indebted to him are requested to make pay-
ment to them, botii within Fourteen Days from this date.

HUNTER it GORDON, Advocates,
Agents for the Executors.
80 Union Street, Aberdeen, 18th Nov., 1892.

tpHETRUSry ESTATE OF JAMES ALEX-

X ANDER WIEmIAMSON, MERCHANT, NEW BURGH.

The subscribers hereby intimate that on and after
Monday, 21st November current, there will be PAID
within their CHAMBERS, 124 Union Street, Aberdeen, a
Third and Final DIVIDEND to those Creditors whose
Claims have been duly lodged and admitted to a ranking
on the Funds of the Estate.

G. & J. M'BAIN, C.A.
Aberdeen, 17th November, 1892.

Trust estate of george mait-
LAND & CO., Drapers, and Silk MBROSBS, Aber-
deen, and GEORGE M AITLAND, the Sole Partner of said
lorn.

The Subscribers hereby intimate that on and after
SATURDAY first, the 19th curt., a FIRST DIVIDEND will
he PAID to those Creditors whose Claims have been duly
lodged and admitted by the Trustee, at the Office of
Messrs James Meston & Co., C.A., 75 . Union Street,
Aberdeen ; or at the Office of

THOMSON, JACKSON, GOURLAY & TAYLOR, C.A.
24 George Square,
Glasgow. 17th November, 1892.

TAMES MACINTOSH, Slater, Banff,
fJ having granted a Trust Disposition for behoof of his
Creditors, the Trustee requests all Persons having
CLAIMS against the said JAMES MACINTOSH, to lodge
the same with Alexander Watt, Solicitor, Banff, the
Trustee's Agent, within Fourteen Days from this date, and
all Indebted to the said James Macintosh, will please
make Payment to the said Agent, within the same period.
Banff, 12tlf November, 1892.

ST .TAMES' EPISCOPAL CHURCH,
union Street. SEAT-LETTING in the Vestry on
Friday Evening, November 18th, from 6'30 to 8-30 ; an I
on Saturday, November 19th, from 1 to 3 p.m.

~M orth of scotland medical

-LM TRANSFER AGENCY.

Practices Transferred; Partnerships, Assistantships
Locum Tenencies, <fec, Arranged.

Qualified Chemists' Assistants provided.

JAS. JOHNSTON,
74 Union Street, Aberdeen.

MASSAGE TREATMENT.

GEORGE SMITH

(Of Strathpeffer),

HAS RESUMED PRACTICE in Aberdeen
for the Winter Season. Treatment for Lumbago,
Sciatica, Neuralgia, or Rheumatism in any Form. Patients
attended at their own Homes, or

62 WATSON STREET, ABERDEEN.

MASSAGE AND SWEDISH REMEDIAL
MOVEMENTS.—Mrs DALLAS (Certificated Mas-
Beuse), Massense to Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, under-
takes Treatment at Patients' Residences, and Receives by
Appointment Daily at 108 Crown Strkkt.

riVvinrnvi A COMPLKTE SET, ONE (HUNKa'
, L Vj Vj .L \ I . — SINGLE TOOTH, 2s 6d. Five Years;

"Warranty. D» Andrew Wilson, late
JLN., says:—I can recommend Mr Goodman as a very
ttltilful uid humane dentist. His reasonable charges should
■attract- to him all clauses. Mr Goodman, Surgeon Dentist
156 Union Street, Aberdeen. Hours, 10 to S.

GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND
RAILWAY

(various powers).

(New Railway Elton to Boddmn; Widening of Deeside
Railway; Purchase of Lands at Inverurie; Diversion
vf Roads ; Waterworks at Flrick ; Additional Bands
at Banchory, Dinnet, Cambus O'May, Cruden; Hotel
at Port ErroU; Incidental Powrs; Rates and
Charges ; L'xentption jroui Sec. 80 Lands Clan,';1* Act
18U5; Agreements with Limited Owners; Superannua-
tion Fund; Savings Banks; Schools of Design, etc.;
Additional Capital; Cancellation and Consolidation
of Stock and Shares ; General Po wers.)
APPLICATION will be made to Parliament in the en-
suing Session by the GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND
RAILWAY COMPANY (hereinafter called "the Com-
pany"), lor an Act for the following' purposes (that is to
say)

To enable the Company to make and maintain the
Works hereinafter described with all proper roads
approaches stations sidings works and conveniences
connected i herewith (that is to say)

To make and maintain a Railway wholly in the County of
Aberdeen commencing in the Parish of Ellon by a
junction with the Company's Formartine and Buchan
Railway at a point thereon immediately to the south-
ward of the Bridge carrying the said Formartine and
Buchan' Railway over the public road from Ellon to
m cthlick, passing thence through the Parishes of
Logie-Buchan, Slains, and Cruden, and terminating in
the Parish of Peterhead at the south side of the Road
from Sterling Village to Boddam Harbour in t&* Jf*«w
numbered iriifi.... Oni......^ -Map scale L-2bG0 and

at a point five chains or thereabout from the north-
west corner of the said Field measured in a north-
easterly direction.

To widen the Company's Beeside Railway commencing
in the Parish of Peterculter and Comity of Aberdeen at
a point two chains or thereabouts westward of the
south-skle platform of the Company's Onlter Station,
and terminating in the Parish of J>rnmoak in said
County at or near the east end of the south-side
platform of the Park Station on the said Dceside Rail-
way.

To divert in the Parish and Royal Burgh of Inver-
urie in the County of Aberdeen the public road or
street known formerly as the Inverurie and Forgue
Road now Constitution Street—the said diversion to
commence at the west side of said street eleven chains
or thereabouts northward from its junction with West
High Street in Inverurie and to terminate by a junc-
tion with the public road leading from the north end
of North Street in Inverurie to the Road Bridge over
the Company's Railway at Howfnrd—such junction to
be at a point seven chains or thereabouts southward
of the said Bridge.
To enable the Company to purchase and acquire lands
in the. said Royal Burgh, and in said parish of Inverurie,
partly adjoining tlvjir Railway on both sides, partly adjoin-
ing ou both sides the said Inverurie and Forgue Road now
Constitution Street and also the intended diversion thereof,
partly adjoining on both sides the Port or Soutertord
Road in Inverurie, and partly situated between the Square
orMarketPlace and the Burn Lane in Inverurie—the said
lands extending northward from the said Port or Souter-
ford Road and Burn Lane and Square or Market Place in
Inverurie to the Inverurie and Forgue Road where it
crosses the Company's Railway and the river Urie at How-
ford aforesaid ; and to erect and maintain thereon Work-
shops, Station, Houses, Buildings, Sidings, and other
Works.

To vest in the Company the site and solum of so much of
the Inverurie and Forgue Road now Constitution Street
and adjoining ro.ds as will be rendeied unnecessary by
reason of the diversion.

To enable the Company to make and maintain a Reser-
voir and an embankment around the same in the Parish
of Newmachar and County of Aberdeen, to be situate in
the Field numbered 332 on the Orduai||B Map sc«ue 1-2500
belonging or reputed to belong to Peter Buiuet of Elrick
Esquire—the said Reservoir and embankment to occupy
the whole arable portion of said field.

To enable the Company to make and maintain an
Aqueduct or line of pipes wholly in the Parish of New-
machar and County of Aberdeen, commencing in the said
field numbered 382 as aforesaid at or neur tiie south-
eastern corner of the Reservoir next hereinbefore de-
scribed, and terminating at a point on the Company's
Formartine and Buchan Railway five chains or there-
abouts northwards from the bridge near Wau'lkmiU in said
Parish and County by which the Public Road Km, b89 on
the said Ordnance Map is carried over the said Railway.

To empower the Company from time to tiinu to take or
divert into the intended Reservoir hereinbefoie mentioned
so much as they may require of the waters of the Elrick
Burn and to use the same for supplying their Engines
Tanks and Wells and for other purposes.

To enable the Company to acquire by compulsion or
agreement and hold lands (in which term houses buildings
and other hereditaments are in this notice included) for
the pumoses of the various works to be authorised by the
intended Act and also the lands hcrcinaCter mora parti-
cularly described or some of them for the purposes of
widening and improving their Railway, Sidings, Stations,
Buildings, Ballast Pits, or other general purposes (that is
to say):—

1. Lands in the Parish of Bauchory-Ternan in the

County of Kincardine viz. : —

(a) Lands situate on the north side of the Company's
Banchory Station bounded on the south by their
JJcBHidn KHiT\v»iyini tb'; west l?y the grounds of
Ajefoeattie and on ihe north and east by other lands
of the Company.

(b) Lauds situate on the south side of the Company's
Deeside Railway, and extending eastward from the
east end of the said Banchory Station aloi.g the
said railway a distance of 20 chains or therualn>ut3.

2. Lands in the united Parish of Glennniick Tullich and

Glengairn in the County of Aberdeen viz.

(a) Lands situate on the south side of the Company's
Deeside Railway at or near the Dinnet Station
and on the east side of the road crossing the said
railway on the level at . the said Station and ex-
tending eastward along the said Railway for a
distance of 14 chains or'thereabout.

(b) Lands at or near Cambus O'May Railway Station
situate on the north-eastern side of the said Dee-
side Railway now or lately used as a Ballast Pit
together with other laud adjoining ihe site of the
said Ballast Pit to the tf'frthwirrd thereof.

(c) Lands adjoining the said Cambus O'May Station on
the north-eastern side of the said Beeside Railway
and between tlie said Station and the public road
from Aboyne to JU! later.

3. Lands in the Parish of Cruden and County of Aberdeen

situated in the field numbered 1738 on the Ordnance
Map scale 1-2500; and to enable the Company to
erect maintain and use thereon buildings for Hotel
and other purposes.
To confer on the Company the powers usually conferred
for the execution of works and especially the powers con-
ferred by Section 16 of the Railways Clauses Consolidation
(Scotland) Act 1845, and to cross stop up and alter roads
rivers sewers bridges and other works so far as may be
necessary in constructing or maintaining the said intended
Railways and Works or as may be defined on the Plans,
and to deviate from tiie line and levels of the Railways
and works to be shown on the Plajis and Sections to be de-
posited as hereinafter mentioned.

To levy demand and take tolls dues rates rente and
charges in respect of the Railways Works and other con-
veniences.

To empower the Company to purchase so much of any
property as they may require for the purposes of the in-
tended Act without being subject to the liability imposed
by the Ninetieth Section of "'The Lands Clauses Consolida-
tion (Scotland) Act 1845."

To continue and confirm any agreements between
tlie Company and the Owners or Limited Owners or
other persons interested in the lands required for auy of the
purposes of the intended Act as to the grant of lauds for
the purposes thereof for nominal or other consideration
and as to guaranteeing interest on the capital expended

are situate and a copy of this notice will be deposited in
the case of each such PiriMi with the Session Clerk of each
such Parish at his residence and in the case of any extra
Parochial place with the Session Clerk of some Parish im-
mediately adjoining such extra Parochial place at his resid-
ence and'in the case of the Royal Burgh of Inverurie with
the Town-Clerk thereof at his office in Inverurie.

Printed copies of the intended Bill will be deposited in
the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons on or
before the 21st day of December next.
Dated this 15th day of November, 1892.
JAMES ROSS

2 Union Terrace Aberdeen
Solicitor.
DYSON &C0.

24 Parliament Street Westminster, S.W.
Parliamentary Agents.

qreat north of scotland railway.
important new TRAINS

to and from

INVERNESS, VIA ABERDEEN.

FROM THE NORTH.

Inverness, dep.
Nairn,
Forres,
Elgin, „
Aberdeen, arr.

Aberdeen, dep.
Dundee, arr.
Glasgow,
Edinburgh, ,,

a.m.



9 0



9'25

Edinburgh, dep.

945

Glasgow, „

10-20

Dundee, „

12-55/<

Aberdeen, arr.

Cal. H.Bl



p.m. p.m.

Aberdeen, dep.

1-10 125

Elgin, arr.

3-40 3-25

For.es, „

6-0 6'25

Nairn,

S'56 5-20

Inverness, ,,

TO THE JJOETtt

Cal. S.B.

i'm. p.m.

1- 35 1-E0

2- 0 1-20
4-0 3 50
6-20 6 0
■---*---N

p.m.
.. 6-40
.. 9'20
.. 955
.. 1015
.. 10-40

Passengers with Xttrougii liokots <mm break journey at
Aberdeen.

THE PALACE HOTEL, ABKRDEEN.
This Hotel, owned by the Company, is entered from the
Station Platform. Charges moderate. Luggage conveyed
to and from Trains free of charge.

W. MOTFATT, General Manager.

/ CALEDONIAN, KAST COAST, GLAS-

\J GOT and PAISLEY, and GLASGOW, BAURHI5AT),
and KILMARNOCK .TOINT, GLASGOW AND SOUTH
WESTERN, and NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY COM-
PANIES.

We, the undersigned, beg to intimate that Ml and after
1st December next, a Charge for Storage as well as for
Waggon Demurrage (as the case may be) will be made on
»ll merchandise traffic which, for the convenience of
Traders, is allowed to lie at our respective Stations hi
Glasgow beyond two days, exclusive of the day of arrival.

Particulars of Charges can be obtained on Application to
the Statiok Aoknts or the undei-Higned :—
fop CAiKDOSIAN RAILWAY company--archibald

HILLHOUSB.
Fur East Coast KaiS» AIB—J. MARSTERS.
For Glasgow & Paisley and G.b. & K. Joint Railways—

R. G. waUDELL.
For Glasgow & South western Railway Company—

R. Ml SHARP.
For North British Railway Company—D. vtdougall.

. Glasgow, 24th October, 1892. _

JOHN A. CUNNINGHAM,

M.R.C.V.S.,
VETERINARY surgeon.
Orders and Telegrams to
deebank COTTAGE,
CRATHES. 1

BUSINESS TERMS.
To encourage CASH PAYMENTS, which are a
Mutual Benefit to Buyer and Seller, I give a Dis-
count of Five Per Cent, on all Purchases for
READY MONEY. ' Many of my Customers appre-
ciate and take advantage of this Consideration.
Ledger accounts are rendered at the respective
terms of Martinmas and Whitsunday, and payable
11th November and 15th May.

Mvanyers in placing their Orders are expected to
pay a depof.it or <jir,v a mtixfactory reference.
46 Market Street. A. S. COOK,

(Directly Opposite Poit Ol'ice.) Merchant Tailor.

WINTER SPECIALITIES.

james lumsden & co.

Are now showing an Extensive and Choice Assort-
ment of DRESSING GOWNf, anH SMOKING
and PRESSING .TAGKBT&, in all the Latest

Designs.

Fancy VESTTNGS in Fancy Cloths and in
Knitted Wool. These Vests we Make-up to Order,
thus ensuring a Perfect Fit.

During the following months J. L. & Oo. will
show a Selection of Eur-Lined OVERCOATS at
prices rangintr from £8 8s.

WINTER AND LINED GLOVES.
Large Stock to Select from.

'UNION BRIDGE,

ABERDEEN.
Telephone. No. 611.

-touterramiuen

J

JJER MAJESTY'S jiEATBE.

TO-NIGHT and during the v\V " 7-30,
THE GREAT CRITERION S1CCESS,

B E TSY.

Box Plan at Messrs Maris,Wood, & Co .-, 183 Union Street.

Monday Next—THE DARK CONTINENT.

QOUTH FREE CHURCH. — ANNUAL

k5 SALE OF WORK, Etc., in ('!!! liOH hall, fri1uy
First, 12 Noon.

MUSIC HAL L.

PROMENADE, CONCERTS. — SATUR-
DAY, 19th November, at 7 45 f.m.
FEMALE VOICE COMPETITION.
ABERDEEN SELECT CHOIR.
Mr J. E. Wilson, Reader.

Mr Kurwooh Nicholls, Organist and Accompanist.
Saturday, 26th November—Strathspey Playing Competi-
tion for Violinist

MESSRS HARRISON'S
SECOND SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT.

•MUSIC HALL, MONDAY, eiST NOV., at 8 p.m.

Margaret 1 Mac^tyre.

Hblu M A R I E IJ ,* l" M A.

Mr BEN. DA TIES.
Mr PLUNKET GREENE.

Solo Pianoforte — Mdlle. SZUMOWSKA.
solo violin—Mdlle. YRRAC.

Master JEAN GERARDY,

The Wonderful Boy 'Cellist.
condcctor—Mr waddington cooke.

Sofa Stalls, 6s (sold out) ; Front Row of Gallery, 6s (only
six left); Side Gallery, 4s (only twenty unsold);
Reserved Area, 4s ; Side Seats, 3s 6d ; East Gallery
and Unreserved Area,2s ; Back Area and Promenade,Is.
No Tickets will be Sold at the Hall till Half an Hour after
the Doom are Open.
Tickets and Plan at J. M Aim, WOOD, & Co.'s.
'Bus to Cults after the Concert.

public Gomoantes. monee, *c

THE SCOTTISH AMICABLE

LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

Established 1826. Incorporated by Special Act of Parliament.

-:Oj-

President—The Right Hon. LORD KELVIN OF LARGS, D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S.

funds........................£3,200,000 income.......................£352,000.

claims paid.....................£4,800,000.

Special attention is directed to the Minimum Premium System. These raUs are deservedly popular, being much less
than usual non-profit rates, ihereby admitting of a large assurance at an exceptionally low premiurtuia> ™**?K|£
premium payable for life at age 3C for an ordinary " WITH PROFIT " Pcdicy for £1000 will assure £1325, thus securing
an Immediate Bonus of £325 from the commencement t.f the Policy.

EXAMPLES OF PREMIUMS FOR £100 AT DEATH, MINIMUM BATES._

Aytoun s Ballads of Scotland, 2 vola., cloth 02%), tor 6 0

Aytoun's Bothwell, cloth(7« ad), for .. g *

Aytonn s Lays ol Scottish Cavaliers, cloth 7s M.tor Z S

Legendary and Romantic Ballads of Scotland, elotn ^

fiislop s Proverbs of Scotland, cloth (3s 6d), for .. 2 0
Stirling-Maxwell's Don John of Austria, 2 vols.,

cloth (42a), for...........2J J

Brown s Horas Subsecivse, cloth (7s 6d), for .. .. 4 9
Lee s Notebook of an Amateur Geologist, cloth

(2u), for.......... ■ .-• 20

Edyrav's Old Church Life In Scotland, 2nd series,

cloth (7s 6d), for ..........J I

Edgar's Rib es of England, cloth (7s M\ for .. 4 0
White's Awhreolopcal Sketches of Kintyre and

Knapdale, 2 vols., folio, scarce......63 0

Mackenzie's History of the Camerons, large paper

copv, 4to, cioth ..........21 0

TruoibiiU's Kades*-Barmea, cloth (21), for .. .. 4 0
Smiles' A Publisher and His Erie ds, Memoirs, *c.,

of John Murray, 2 vols., cloth (32s), for .. .. 10 0
Reid'r, Lfke, Letters, and Friendships of R. Mbnckton

Millie*, first Lord Houghton, 2 vols., cloth (32s) 8 6
Michel's Critical Inquiry into the Scottish Language,

4to, hf j-ox. (73s 5dX for - - ■ ■ 130
Life of Gnela\ve DorC, by B. Jerrold, ilhistrated.Svo,

cloth (21s\ for....... ■: 74

ReuMelaei s Tlw Devil's Picture Books, a History of

Playing Cariks, 8vo, cloth (25s) .. . . 12 6

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cloth (25a) ^ ...... .. 12 6

______________________________________________ British Essayists, 33 *">ls.. 8ro, boards, 182S .. .. 30 0

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Lasmos mm - Edinburgh Office : 2 vols. (31s 6d) .. .. .. •• « *

1 THREAOSWDH^STREET, E.C. 13 ST ANDREW SQUARE. ™*rV*»^J%^to^%Mt?* " 7 6

. ~ ,~ cm -irvxrr.i.x-1" t>t a mr enaenw AUrshaU s Historic Scenes «i Perthshire .. .. 7 b

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During Life ..
20 Payments ..
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age next birthday.

21

26

£ s. D.

£ s. j>.

1 12 6

1 15 0

2 8 0

2 12 0

1 16 0

2 0 0

£ s. d.

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35

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3
17

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CHEAP BOOKS.

m

head office : 35 st vincent; place, glasgow.

WILLIAM g. SPENS, Secretary. ROBERT BLYTH, Manager

MACIXTYRE

CONCERT.

.*^LL the SONGS to be Sung and all the
pieces to be Played at this

FAVOURITE CONCERT
OF THE SEASON

may be had from

J.11arr, WOOD, & CO.,

music- sellers

to the

CM Kl N. *Ȥj
183 UNION STREET, Aberdeen.

Macintyre concert. - Gentleman
wishes 3 Sofa Stall Tickets together, in Second,
Third, or Fourth Rons. Would give small premium.
Apply No. 909, Free Press, or to I, Marr, Wood, A Co.

grand evening concert,
music hall,
friday, 2nd December, at 8 o'clock.

Vocalist-MAIMME albanl

Flutist..........Mr W. L. R4RRETT, London.

ACCOMPANIST......Mr LANE V'lLSON, London.

Sofa Stalls, 10s 6d ; Side Gall, lei (Reserved), Sold Out:

Under sl.lp Gftllcrt'-s <r'<.*er- .'.> 3} • Area and East
OHIlUU'f, 2s 6d ; jrTonreiiarte tat door only), Is.

Tickets at James Macbkth, g. m. Moir, 'anil W. & J.
Walker, Union street. Unserved at Macbkth's only.
'Bus to Cults after Concert.

MUSIC HALL, MONDAY, DECEMBER, 5TH.

SARA SATE,

THE GREATEST LIVING VIOLINIST.
Tickets—6s, 4s, 3s, 2s, Is, at J. Mark, Wood, & Co.

five teh cent. deposits.

Union bank of spain and eng-
LAND, LIMITED.
CAPITAL, £950,050. SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL, £450,050.
RESERVE FUND, £35,000.
Head Office—21 old broad street. London, E.C.
Branches— Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Bilbao,
Valencia.

MONEY received on DEPOSIT for 3 years at 5 per
cent., and for shorter periods at Rates which may
he learned on application. Interest payable half-
yearly.

r. & e. scott, ca.,
Aaents for Scotland.
64 QUEEN STREET, EDINBURGH. _

H PER CENT. DEPOSITS.
/commercial bank of australia.

\J LIMITED.

CAPITAL, £5,000,000.
Sit scribed Capital. I Paid Up. I Resertie Fund.

33,000,000. I £1,200,000. ) £750,000.

Head Office—30 Collins Street, Melbourne.
DEPOSITS of £100and upwards received as under :—
3i Per Cent, for 1 Year.
41 Per Cent, for 2 to 5 Years.
Interest payable half-yearly, at Whitsunday and Martinmas
Geome Nivbn, Manager,
1 BisHopsuiTE Street Within, London, E.C.,
where Banking and Exchange Business of every descrip-
tion is conducted with the Australian Colonies.
MITCHELL A BAXTER, W.R., 11 South Charlotte Street
EDINBURGH, Deposit Ar/cnts.

gAN

K OF NEW Z E A L A N D.

(Bankers to the New Zealand Government.)

Capital Paid up........ £900,000

Reserve Liability of Shareholders .. 1,500.000
Roserve Fund, invested in Consols .. 35,000
Head Opce .—London, 1 Queen Victoria Street, E.C.

Directors.
Richard H. Glyn, Esc,., President.
Colonel Robert Baring.

John A. Ewfn, Esq. (of Messrs Sargood, Sou, & Ewen).
The Right Hon. Sir James Fergusson, Bart., G.C.S.I

K.C.M.G., M.P.
E. Herbert Fison, Esq.
The Right Hon. A. J. Mundella, M.P.
Thomas M. Stewart, Esq.

"^POSITS of £50 and Upwards are received by the Sub-
scribers (from whom full particulars may be learned), on
the following terms, viz.:—

4j per Cent, for One, Two, or Three Years.
5 ,, for Five Years. .
Deposits may he remitted to the Subscribhrs by Drafts,
payable in London, from which Bank charges may bs
deducted.

STRACHAN A SPENCE, Accountants,

177 Union Street. Aberdeen.

4i PER CENT. DEBENTURES.

CENTRAL CANADA LOAN and SAVINGS
COMPANY OF ONTARIO.

SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL......£419'?S

PAID-UP CAPITAL........

RESERVE FI ND .. .. .. .. £41,095 .. , ... . ,

Bankers in Great Britain. iHaunlton s Riverside Naturalist (16»).. •■ •■ ' »

"if SCOTLAND and the BRITISH LINEN *Na«aen's First Crossing of Greenland, 2 vols. (42s) . 20 0

The BANK OF SCOT LA >, D and the BRITISH LINEN
COMPANY BANK.
President—GEORGE A. COX, Esq., Toronto, President,
Canadian Bank of Commerce.
This Company is at Present issuing DEBENTURES
at 4J per Cent., for 5, 7, or 10 Y ears.
The business of tlie Company consists in lending on the
Security of First Mortgages of Heritable Property in the
Province of Ontario.

Forms of application for Debentures and full particulars
mav be had from Allan, Buckley Allan, A Milne,
Advocates, 56 Castle Street, Agents in Aberdeen; or
Finlayson A auld, Writers, 213 West George Street,
Glasgow, General Agents in Great Britain.__

51 % FIRST MORTGAGE MUNICIPAL BONDS.
6 °1 INSURED Do. Do-

^LESSANDRO IRRIGATION DISTRICT

For Prospectuses, Illustrated Pamphlet, etc., apply to
JAS MESTON A Co., C.A., 75 Union Street, Aberdeen.
R A E SI OTT, C.A., 64 q.uken street, Edinburgh.
BROWN, FLEMING. A MURRAY, C.A., 163 WEST
george street, Glasgow.____

5 per cent. debentures.

UNIVERSAL PERMANENT BUILDING
AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY,
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA.
Established 1870.

PAID-UP CAPITAL ......£137>7?0

RESERVE FUND...... 12,620

TOTAL ASSETS...... - ss-ss

TOTAL LIABILITIES...... 207,8S5

This SOCIETY is issuing DEBENTURES on the follow-
ing terms, viz :—___

For 5, 7, or 10 YEA RS at 5 PER l ENT.
The business of the Society consists exclusively in lend-
ing on first Mortgages of real estate in the City and
Suburbs of Melbourne.

Copies of the Twentieth Annual Report, and any further
information, may be had on application to

FINLAYSON A AULD, Writers,
213 West George Street, Glasgow,
Correspondents in Great Britain._

ten per cent. interest.

The imperial deposit bank
(REGISTERED), 18 adam street, Strand. Loudon.

5 Per Cent, subject to 3 months' notice of withdrawal.

6 Per Cent, subject to 6 months' notice of withdrawal.

7 Per Cent, subject to 9 months' notice of withdrawal.

8 Per Cent, subject to 12 months' notice of withdrawal.
10 Per Cent, subject to 24 months' notice of withdrawal.

Prospectuses Free. Apply to

C. J. KN10HTI.EY. Manager.

bill posting,

bill delivering,

...........■ ~......i.,---......-.

bill printing,

G SCHASCHKE,

LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S TAILOR,
1 CORRECTION W¥ND. Abkrdbeu,

HAVING libicle Extensive Alterations and
Additions on Shop, Cuttinr, and Show Rooms, bags
respectfully t:> draw the attention of Friends and the
Public generally to hfe Urge and Well-Selected STOCK o
LADIES' and GENTLEMEN'S MATERIALS, which,
being of a Superior Ch;r,s, he has every eonfidenci in
recommending.

The Ladies' Department is under the side management I --0

of his Son, John Schaschke, who has had Seven Years [ Apply,

Experience in a London West-End Establishment, and ihe ■ ^. T,_1T-,_,

Fit and Style of Ladies'Taiior-Mado Gowns by him will llRFF, PR, KSS OFFICE

surpass anything In that Hue hitherto offered to an Ahcr- xt x avuju ~ j-v-'-^,

deen Public in this particular branch of the Tailoring i . „ ,, 0 tiv T(, v

Trade. At) altUIi I'. J<.

DON K CHEAPLY and EXPEDITIOUSLY.

List of Bill-Posting Stations on Application.
Spaces can be Let on any Station for Month, Quarter, or
Year.

Bill Posting and all kinds of Advertising Tablets Dis-
tributed in any Town or District.
Sandwich Men and Boards supplied.
Large Advertising Cart to Let for Day, Week, or Month.
Handbills. Pamphlets, Circulars, Ac, distributed by a
stall of reliable men at moderate terms.

auu as w guaranteeing interest on l.ne capnai exuenueu IJAliTT ai ll^lWl1 i TlTW^ri W^T

for the purpose of the Railway first above described. riABii-iviAlvim.! A lusiu^VJ.

To empower the Company to establish and contribute speciality,

towards the funds of anv provident institution or society I x .-.-..-cio mnirvn /vxt a r tt?t^ C"T^ii;r\

for the benefit of the officers, servants, workmen or LADLILb J! Ill ad UN a lilt J!i-bl4UU
apprentices in the service or employment of the Company
or any members of their respective families and also
to establish a fund for superannuation allowances
to such officers servants and workmen and to con-
tribute thereto and to prescribe what contributions may or

s

Many years of close attention and experience in
adapting the above to every condition of defective sight.

Oculists' Prescriptions Carefully Executed at Moderate
Charges.

Microscopes, Opera Glasses, Field and Marine Binocular.
Telescopes, Hand and Pocket Magnifiers, Linen Provers,
Barometers, Thermometers, Compasses, etc.

Hay & Lyall,

OPTICIANS, CARVERS, & GILDERS,

73 UNION STREET.

tjihis is worth reading

idA.?^?„S o7$'I S0]? ? sa1S', WATCHMfJKK.KS »«d j sharrbeVnad7to'suchn'.nfc
Jewellers 81 Union' Street, Aberdeen, are: Giving Up and W(>rlimen a,,d to eliaWe the Company to manage or
Business and must Sell the Whole of their Stock within : participate in the management of such fund; and to
the next few months and to help in this they are at pre- l aut]iori6e H,e making and enforcing from time to time of
sent giving a discount of from 20 to 30 per cent, on their ; bye.laws rules and regulations for the management of any
nsnal net prices, thus affording the public generally the , such funds and with respect to the contributions to be
opportunity of getting the best value ever offered tn Abe,-. ; ma(,„ thereto an<J Ule bel eflta to be aerivcn therefrom or
m really just-class goods. otherwise in relation to the said funds.

__Come and see for yourselves._ _ ; To empower the Company to establish or confirm the

SPECTACLES, EYEGLASSES, PRESERVES. gfSf?!^3M"S^jttt&S

Agents, Officers, Clerks, Servants, Apprentices, and Work-
men of the Company and Members of their families
respectively and to ptovide that such deposits and the
interest thereon shall he a charge upon the undertaking
and the tolls rates and charges of the Company or some
of them; and to empower the Company from time to time
to make and enforce rules aud recusations with respect to
the government, management, -and conduct of such Sav-
ings Banks, and to provide for the revision of such rules
and regulations.

To enable the Company to erect or contribute towards
the erection of Schools of Design and other buildings and
works at Inverurie for the use of Offices, Servants, Ap-
prentices, and Workmen employed by the Company.

To authorise the Company to apply any moneys which
they at present possess or which they have still the power
to raise to the purposes of the Bill and to raise additional
capital for such purposes and for the general purposes of
the Company by shares or by stock and by borrowing and
to attach to all or any of such shares or stock any
guaranteed or preferential dividend and any other rights
or privileges.

To authorise and provide for the cancellation of certain
balances of unissued capital; for the consolidation of the
five per cent. C Preference Shares and the four per cent.
C Preference Stock of the Company, or lor tlie conversion
of such shares and stock into it new stock in such manner
as may be prescribed in the intended Act.

To vary and extinguish all rights and privileges which
would in any manner impede or interfere with the objects
and purposes of the Bill and to confer vary and extinguish
other rights and privileges.

The Bill may incorporate with modifications any provi-
sions of •' The Companies Clauses Consolidation (Scotland)
Act 1345" " The Companies Clauses Act 1865' "The
Companies Clauses Act 1869 '' '' The Lands Clauses Acts"
" The Bailivays Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act
1845" and "The Railways Clauses Act 1863" and the
Bill will, so far as may he deemed necessary or expedient
amend or enlarge the Great .North of Scotland Railway
Consolidation Act 1859 and any other Act or Acts relat-
ing to the Company.

Duplicate Plans and Sections describing the Uue situa-
t ion and levels of the said intended Railway Widening and
Works and the lands houses and other property in or
through which they will be situate and duplicate plans of
the lands houses and other property wtrfch may be taken
under the powers of the Bill together wit h a Book of
Reference ^o such Plans respectively containing the
mimes of the owners lessees and occupiers of
such lands and an Ordnance map showing the
general course and direction of the said Railway
and also a copy of this Notice as published in the " Edin-
burgh Gazette " will on or before the 30th day of Novem-
ber instant be deposited for public insx>eetion with the
Slier iff-Clerk of the County of Aberdeen at his offices at
Aberdeen aud Peterhead with the Sheriff-Clerk of the
County of Kincardine at his office at Stonehaven, and on
or before the same day a copy of so much of the snid Plans
Sections and Book of Reference as relates to each
Parish or extra-parochial place and Royal Butigh
in or through which the said intended Railway
Widening and Works will be made or in which
any lands or other property intended to be taken

K QUIRES IMPERIAL PARCHMENT

O NOTR, with your Address Printed, and 100 Envelopes
to Match, for 3s 3d.

Postage, 6d Extra.

A. BROWN & CO.,

STATIONERS,
77 union street, aberdeen.

SCOTTISH DENTAL SUPPLY ASSOCIATION,
123 UNION STREET, aberdeen.

" our speciality:."

A Complete Set, ONE GUINEA.
During seven years Thousands of these Teeth have been
. supplied, and in all cases have given unlimited satisfaction.
They are at the ptice Unexcelled in the World. The vast
ness of the practice need not deter any f i om paying a visit,
as arrangements are made for the comfort of everybody,
and all are welcome to

FREE CONSULTATIONS, Daily. 10 to 7.
Note the Address — 423 UNION STREET.
Established 1886

ESTABLISHED ISSlf.

C a mpb klbs, Limit ,

POST HORSE MASTERS TO HER
MAJESTY, HEARSE AND CARRIAGE
PROPRIETORS, FUNERAL
FURNISHERS.

Jlarge Selection of COFFINS in Oak, I'ine, and Cloth
Covered. Prices to suit all Classes. Experienced Under-
takers in Attendance Day and Night.
Head Offices—
4 and a beN-ACCORD STREET—J'elephoue No. 115.
Branches—
100 ltosEMOUNT Place—Telephone No. 137.
9£ MOUNT300LY—Telephone No. 520.
1 ALFORI. ¥l.ace -Telephone No. 115.
8 Back W hid—Telephone No. 115,

MODEL HORSE.

JAMBS WALLACE,
tailor and clothier,

cheapest a-nd best.

22 CROWN STREET

(late ccttcr with a. s. COOK).

ALEXANDER HUTCHEON,

WATCHMAKER, JEWELLER, AND optician,

3 SCHOOLHILL, Aberdeen,

(Successor to J. M'Leod & Co.),

DRAWS attention to his Special Line for
Farm-Servants. Prices keenly Cut for the Term

Trade.

Splendidly-Finished DOUBLE-CASED SILVER LEVERS.
Thoroughly reliable Timekeepers, and upheld for Three
Years, at £4 10s Net.

Repairs.—Good WATCHES are frequently destroyed
by inexperienced apprentices and unskilled workmen, con-
sequently it may i>e worth noting that Alkx. Hutohkon,
besides being a student of the Horoihgical Institute,
finished his training with five years' practical experience
in the fof em os t houses in London, and is competent to
perform the finest, work in ;i manner to ensure satisfac-
tion. Stopper* effectually Cureil.

NI-;\V STOCK NOW ARRIVING.

Artistic Silver and Klrctru-plated Novelties in Biscuit
Boxes, Cake Baskets, Cruets, Butter Coolers, .Telly Dishes,
Salts, &c, suitable for Wedding or other Gifts.

Clocks, all Shapes and Sixes—Cool Spectacles.

N.B.- First door from Oeorge Street.

g & p. erard.

j^'rardkenaissance pianofortes.

g & p. erard

Arc' now EXHIBITING their NEW MODEL PIANO-
FORTES in Special Renaissance Cases of Parquet Rose-
wood.

As used during this year by
AIM. Paderewski, Slivinski, Reisenauer, Isidor Cohn,
Gaston de Merindol, Tito Mattel, Carlo Ducci, Wilbelm
Ganz, Francois Thome, Kraiitzen, Pabnieri, and Mesdames
Szumowska, Clotide Klceberg, .Tanotba, Melba, Macintyre,
Phaminede, crimaldi, Cohnache, &c.

And as recently supplied to
THE ROYAL FAMILY.
Agents—Marr, Wood, & Co., 183 Union Street, Aber-
deen ;, Mum, Wood, Jt Co., Buchanan Street, Glasgow ;
Methven, Simpson, * Co.. Edinburgh, Dundee, and St
Andrews.

18 Great Marlborough street, London, W.
__ , RING- "u'F

telephone No. 62 9

for

walker & company,
19 BRIDGE STREET, ABERDEEN,

J & A. OGILVIE,

CABINETMAKERS AND UPHOLSTERERS,
Have now completed extending and improving their

showrooms at

257 union street,

and invite inspection of their large, varied, and choice
Stock of

cabinet and upholstery goods.

the cabinet ecrniture
Made in their own Workshop will be found all that could
be desired in
design and Workmanship.

THEIR NEW CARPET SALOON
ia stocked with the best Makea of
British and Forkign Carpkts,

Linoleums, Mattings, Rugs, &c.

curtatns and upholstery materials.

% ____ (

Their Works are now the lavgest in the North of Scotland,
and are furnisher! with the latest and best Wood-
Working; Machinery driven by Steam-power. Every
Department is under competent superintendence, anil
a thoroughly qualified Designer has l>een lately added
to the Staff. They are thus enabled to offer unusual
advantages as regards Style, Material, and Work
matiship.

CHARTNG CROSS bAJSTK (flstab-
JL lished 1870—23 years), 28 BKirFOKP Street, Charing
Cross, London, W.c.

CAPITAL, £300,000. RESERVE FUND, £100,000.

LOANS GRANTED, £30 to £5000, Town or Country, on
approved Promissory Notes, Mortgage of Furniture, Trade
and Farm Stock, Life Policies, Reversions, Plate, Jewellery,
Stocks, Shares, Freehold and Leasehold Property, etc.

Spec ial facilities to all requiring Banking Accounts.

Three per cent, interest allowed on current accounts ou
the minimum monthly balances when not drawn below 20
pounds.

DEPOSITS of £10 and upwards received as under :—

5 % per annum, subject to 3 months' notice of withdi'awal.

6 „ „ 6

7 „ 12 ,

Special terms for larger amounts. Interest paid
quarterly, free of Income Tax.

Write or call for Prospectus.

A. WILLIAMS, Manager.

FIVE PER CENT. DEBENTURES.

fTlRE EQUITABLY MORTGAGE

X COMPANY

Head Office 40 WALL STREET, NEW YORK.
London Oftce—lSO LEADENHALL STRRET, E.C.
General Manager for Great Britain—
.7. A. H.'MACNAIR, C.A.

Paid-up Capital...................£453,884

Sukplus and Undivided Profits 210.258
This Company is at present prepared to issue DEBEN
TURES on the following terms, viz.

4j per Cent, for 3 Years, and
5 per Cent, for 5 to Ten Years.
Deposit Receipts are also issued for three months and
upwards at rates which may be ascertained on application
to KINLAVSOIn* & AULD, Writers,

213 West George Street, Glasgow,
General Agent* for Scotland,
Or,

MURRAY, M'COMBIE, & BENNETT,
Advocates, 214 Union Street,
Aberdeen.

f

SOLE AGENT IN ABKRDEEN
For thk

DOUBLE-S liWN GLOVE,
3s 3d Per Pair.

WARRANTED TO WEAR.

GEORGE YULE,

glove warehouse,
133 union STREET.

ALEXANDER YOUNG80N.

CO At MERCHANT,
18 MAKKRT STREET SOUTH,
UPPER QUAY, arkr11ken.

Pkksknt Cash Pricks :—

tengiish Wallsend........ £1 Is per ton.

Best Treble Screened Nuts, for Ranges 19s ,,

Other Kinds at Current Cash Prices.

AR7.ILAND MORTGAGE AND DEBEN

TORE CO.

5| PER CENT. STERLING DEBENTURES.

Trustees.for the Debenture Holders—THE Law Guarahtbe
and trust Socjcty, Limitkd, 9 Serle Street, Lincoln's
Inn, London, W.c.

Agents in Edinburgh—E, A. * F. Hdntbr & Co., W.8., 7
York Place.

Agents in Glasgow—Mac?aiilaM£, Uutton, <fc Patrick,
C.A., 179 West George Street.
,, ,, —wai.Kit.1 <fe Mabwiok, C.A., 150 St

Vincent Street.
Agent in Aberdeen—HaKYSi' Hall, Advocate and C.A.,
222 Union Street.
These Debentures are issued for 5 or 5 years, secured by
first liens on freehold property in the United States and
by' the capital of the GoMMitf. 'The seenrities are de-
picted with trustee* ror the debenture holders. The
Debentures can be issued with the guarantee of the
Securities Insurance Company, Limited. Terms, Pro
spectuses, and Infojioation from the Agents.

HE J. B. WATKINS LAND MORT-
GAGE COMPANY.
Capital, £155,250. Rkskkvk Fund, £122,349.
ISSFK OF FIVEPILR CENT. DEBENTURKS.
Interest payable half-yearly in London by Cuupons
»tt ached.

The Security for the Debenture: contests of :—

1. A deposit with the Trustees of the Company—The
Farmers' L&ttn and Trtut Company of New York—of
Mortgages, for the same amount as th« Debentures issued,
on Freenold Property, valued at 2a times the amount of
the M ortgages.

2. The above-stated Cafi<tal and Reserve Fund of the
Company.

It will thus be deen that these Debentures form a first-
class security.
For full particulars apply to
STRACHAN Jt .spRNCE.

Accuuntantc, ■

177 Union Street,

Aberdeen.

Or

H. G. CHALKLEY & SONS,

London Managers,

14 Kish&psgttte Street Without,

London, E.C.

JARVIS-CONKLIN TRUST COMPANY.

Paid-up Capital and kkskkvk............£863,987.

ALFRED FRYER, Vice-President in England.

DEBENTURES and other Bonds, amply secured, yield-
ing 5-and 5^ per cent, interest.

DEPOSITS for fixed periods, 3 to 5 per cent, interest,
according to the term.

Full particulars on application to 95 GrESHAM street,
Lonrion, E.C. ; or to GBORGE COOPER, 5 Market Street,
Aberdeen

~ 5 am) PER CENT. DEBENTURES ~

auk now being bsjod bv thk

\JEW ENGLAND LOAN AND trust

i-> COMPANY,

and are SPECIALLY SECURED as follows :—

1. The FOUR and ONE-HALF PER CENT. DEBENTURE
BONDS for Three Years and upwards by Real Estate
Mortgages transferred to, and deposited with, The Home
akd Colonial Assets anh Debenxuke Corporation,
Limited, as Trustee.

2. The FIVE PER CENT. DEBENTURE BONDS for
Five Yeais and upwards, by Real Estate Mortgages trans-
ferred to and deposited with The Farmers' Loan amp
Trust Company of New York, U.S.A., as Trustee.

These DEBENTURES may be Insured at TIVK
SHILLINGS per Cent, per Annum.

Principal and Interest payable at the Company's Bankers
in Great hritain.

For Pamphlet with full information, Prospectus, and
Application Forms apply to

R. & E. SCOTT, C.A.,
Agents for Great Britain.
64 Queen Street, Edinburgh.

ESTABLISHED 1850. —MONEY to Lend

.1 i Privately on Borrower's Own Security. State
amount inquired. Write for Prospectus, W. K, COHEN
and Co., Neweastle-on Tyne.

5 PER CENT. DEBENTURES.

MODERN PERMANENT BUILDING
AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY, MELBOURNE.
Established 1871.

Paid-Up Capital ........£196.533

Reserve Find ........ 70,000

Total assets.......... 926,497

Treasurer-
Haas M'Ilvvraitii, Esij., .LP., late Mayor of Melbourne.
This Society is issuing DEBENTURES for

3 Years at 44 per Cent. 5 Y'ears at 5 per Cent.
The Business of the Society consists in Lending on the
Security of first mortgages of heritable properties in
aud around Melbourne. The Loans, which are of moderate
amounts, aud spread over a large number of liorrowers, are
repayable by instalments, reducing the risk of loss to a
minimum. The Report and Balance-sheet for year ending
31st July last may he had on application to*

FINLAYSON & AULD, Writer*,
Correspondents in Great Britain.
213 West Georfte Street, Glasgow ; or,
ALLAN. Bf'lKLKV ALLAN, * WILN E,

Advocates, 56 Castle Street,
Agents in Aberdeen.
N.B.— The Debentures can beinsured at 5s per cent, per
annum. __

Marshall's Historic Scenes in Forfarshire .. 7 6

Davidson's Inverurie and the Earldom of the

Garioeh, 32s 6d, for..........16 0

Petil's History of Mary Queen *>t Soots, 2 vols. 4to,

(50s) .............10 0

Rabelais Works (Bohn's Extf* Series), 2 toIs. .. 12 0
Homer and the Iliad, by John Stuart Blackie, 4

vols. (42s), for.......... .. .16 0

List of Pollahle Persons within the Shire of Aber-
deen, 2 vols., 4to, hf. cf.........16 0

Areat CathedraH of the World. 2 vols., folio (106s),

for.................*? 0

Beui-ham's British Flora. 1858 ....... 4 0

MaiVU'ivrav's British Land Birds. 3 vols.....30 0

Inne* Sketches of Early Switch History" (scarce) .. 18 0

St .folia's Natural History and Sport in Moray .. 10 6

Tudor s Orkneys and Shetland (21s) .. .. .. 10 0

History *i Vie Scottish Highlands, Clans, and Regi-
ments, 2\"is.....,„ •-„ ,- •• ?S 2

Maidment s So ttish Ballads and Songs, 2 vols. .. 12 0

Kelly's ColleethV' of Scottish Proverbs, 1818 - .6 0

Roger s Social lAe in Scotland, 3 vols. i45s) for . 20 0

W,!drow's History of the Church of Scotland, 4 vols. 7 6

Pinkerton's Lives<rf the Scottish Saints, 2 vols. .. 21 0

Cockburn s (Lord) MeV>««-ials of his Time .. .. 10 6

Cockburn's Journals. 18C-54, 2 vols. .. .. B ft

Russell's Reminiscences ol" Yarrow (scarce) .. .. / a

Edmonstou's Zetland Islana!,-. 2 vols. .. - - — 12 S

Works of John Knos, ed. by ^avid Lamg, 6 vols. „ » 0

Anderson's Guide to the High\ands,cl. _ „ i 9
ON SALO BY

D. Wyllihs & Son,

BOOKSELLKYiS,

247 UNION ST-, ABERDEEN-

BRASCH—liS BRIDGE bSfREET._^

ORIENTAL EMPORIUM,

244 UNION STREET.
DIRECT IMPORTATION FROM japan,

100 DRAUGHT SCREENS,

IN GREAT VARIETY.
SPLENDID DISPLAY OF ART WORK, Sit-
All on View This Week.

ANCAS HIRE INSURANCE
j COMPANY.

ANNUAL INCOME.......£1,051,331.

GLASGOW........CHARLES STEWART, Res. Secy.

EDINBURGH.....C. C. BALLINGALL, Asst. Secy.

INVERNESS.....R. STRICKLAND, Supt.

Head Oitice for Scotland—
153 WEST GEORGE STREET, GLASGOW.

FIRE- Risks Surveyed and Rates Quoted.

LIFE—Special Rates for Assurances payable at «ges

50, 55, 60, and 65. _

THE SCOTTISH REVERSIONARY CO.,
LIMITED.

OFFICE—33 CHARLOTTE SQUARE, EDINBURGH.
POLICES of ASSURANCE and REVERSIONS purchased,
and LOANS granted on the Security thereof.

Manager—J. A. ROBERTSON. C.A. and Actuary-

Bon-accord property invest-
MENT COMPANY.
(Incorporated under the Building Societies Act, 1853.)
MONEY to Lend on House Property, in Slims to Suit
Borrowers, repayable by Instalments in 6, 8, 10, 12, and 15
Years.

Deposits at 2 per cent, at call; 24 per cent, on a month's
notice; and 3 per cent, for a year will be received by
the Company.

MARQUIS & HALL, Managers and Treasurers.
Office, 222 Union Street, Aberdeen.

DAVID McHARDY & son,

FURNISHING IRONMONGERS,

special appointment

TO HER MAJESTY THE queen
and h.r.h. the prince of walks,

BANKERS' ENGINEERS, smiths, iiELL-HAN'GEUfi
(Electrical and Ordinary),
art iron workers, &c.

Agents for the Harleston Hot-Air Room
Grates,

The "Brocghton" Tile Hearths, tc., *a,
Chatwood's Sirs Doors ant Frames.

ML HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS kept or the *~

BEST MANUFACTURE.
COLZA, " CRYSTOLEUM," amd PARAFFIN OILS.

54 NETHER KIRKGATE,
ABERDEEN.

THE ABERDEEN PROPERTY
INVESTMENT BUILDING SOCIETY.
ESTABLISHED iSSl.

AMOUNT OF FUNDS ......£80,000.

^resident.
Dean of Guild MACDONALD.

THIS SOCIETY grants LOANS, repayabl.
by Monthly, Quarterly, or Half-yeRrly Instalments,
on Security ol House Property, at

FOUR PKR CENT.
Sums of £10 and upwards are received ON DEPOSIT for
such periods and at such rates of interest as may bt
arranged.

Full Particulars may be had and Copies of Utiles (2d
each) obtained on application to the Treasurer, 80 Union
Street., Aberdeen, or to

JAMES MILNE, JR., C.A., Manager.
Office—6 Union Terrace, Aberdeen.

TELEPHONE No. 383.

LITTLEJOHN'S
TEAS,

From Is to 2s 6d Per Lb.

The Choicest Gardensof India China, and Ceylon
are Carefnlly Sampled, and bought direct from
First London Market, and are Blended to suit the
Taste of the Million, and make our Teas unexcelled

Owing to the large and increasing sale of our
Nonsuch Teas we have got specially made air-tight
Canisters, to contain 5, 12, and 20lbs., ivhich ire
can send, carriage paid, to any part in town or

country.

James Littlejohn & Sons,

tea, wine, and spirit merchants,

39 green, Aberdben.

}?OR SALE, to close an Executiy Estate.
DEPOSIT of £600 in Bank of China, Japan, and the
Straits, dated June, 1890 ; matures June, 1895, bearing
interest at 5 per cent.

Deposits with this Company for less than 5 years bring
only 4 to 4.j per cent.

Apply, Watt <fc Ccmine, Advocates, 18Ja Union Street,
Aberdeen.

170R SALE, FIVE SHARES of the

-L ECONOMIC MODEL BUILDINO SOCIETY (G. and
J. M'Bain'!?). A Bargain. Purchaser would have chance
of ballot on Monday First. Apply, No. 904, Free Press
Office.

A

USTRALIA INVESTMENTS.

arthur forbes & co.,

BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, and AT
SYDNEY, .MELBOURNE, and ADELAIDE
(LONDON OFFICE-16 CO RJfHILL, E.C),
have OPENED a BRANCH at
41 charlotte SQUARE, EDINBURCTh
Special Business in the Leading Colonial Investments,
including some of the best Dividend Paying Companies
in 1 be Colonies. Cable information received direct Daily.

Piospeetus, giving details of Capital, Dividends, Ac.,
from

H. 0. M'CLYMONT.

w

ONEY LENT. MCXLN EX LENT.

MONEY L15NT.
Privately on Personal Security from £3 to £300 at f>
short notice to Householders, Shopkeepers, Farmers, Ac,
Repayment by instalments ; no publicity. Write ot call.
ROfAI. ADVANCE COMPANV, 48 .Market Street, Aberdeen
end stamped envelope.

HAIR SWITCHES.

I AM NOW SHOWING A LARGE STOCK
OF THE ABOVE, EVERY LENGTH,
PRICE, AND COLOUR.

The Hifrher-Priced Switches are simply Mar-
vellous Value. Prices from 3s to 30s.
COMBINGS and all Kinds of Hair Work done.
See my BATH SPONGES at Is 6d, Is 9d, 2s,
2s 6d, and 3s.

S. G. PRESSLIE,

HAIRDRESSER AND PERFUMER,
10 BRIDGE STREET,
ABERDEEN.

ALEX. MILNE & CO.,
HYGIENIC BOOTMAKERS.

HORSE-SKIN BOOTS, Soft and Durable.
Ledies', from 12s. Gent's, from 15s 6d.
SNOW BOOTS-NEWEST MAKES.
Ladies* and Gcnt.'s Gaiters in Great Variety,
KKPAIRS done EQUAL TO NEW.
Very Liberal Discount for Ready Money.
N.B.—Coins Pared by Experienced Operator.

819 UNION STREElTfCoBHaa e? tuts Srawrrl

ADULTERATION ACT,
35 and 36 Viot., o. 7*.

T. & H. SMITH & CO.

GUARANTEE THEIR

Essence of Coffee

TO BE PURE.

The Nature of the Preparation requires the presieno*
of a little Pure Sugar, excepting which there ia
no admixture.

" The Essence of Coffee is very Good, Cheap, and Port,
able."—Report of the Jurors, Philadelphia International

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