COMMERCE AND TAXATION. 54, Lombard-street. Barker, G., and Co., 39 & 40, Mark-lane. Barnetts, Hoares, Hanbury, and Lloyd, 62, BANK OF ENGLAND DIRECTORS.* | Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, Twells, and Co., [Freshfield. Solicitors-Henry, William, and Edwin The alterations in the Bank Direction take place in April. BRANCH BANKS OF THE BANK Western Branch, Burlington-gardens. BANK HOLIDAYS. See List of Public Holidays, page 13. BANKS AND BANKERS IN LONDON. Agra Bank (Limited), 35, Nicholas-iane. Albion Bank (Limited), 2 Bank-build., City; 16, West Smithfield; and 12, Bank-build., Metropolitan Cattle Market. Alexander, Fletcher, and Co., 10, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-st., E.C. Alexanders and Co.,,9, Birchin-lane. Alliance Bank (Lim.), Bartholomew-lane. AmericanJoint National Bank, 446, Strand. Anglo-Austrian Bank, 31, Lombard-st. [ct. Anglo-Californian Bank, Lim., 3, AngelAnglo-Egyptian Banking Company (Limited), 27, Clement's-lane, E.C. Anglo-Foreign Banking Co., 2, Bishopsgate Within. Anglo-Hungarian Bank, 18, Fenchurch-st. Bank of Alexandria, 8, Moorgate-street. Bank of South Australia, 54, Old Broad-st. Lombard-st. [field, 6, Bank-bldngs. Biggerstaff, W. and J., 63, West SmithBirkbeck, 29, 30, Southampton-buildings. Bosanquet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard-st. British Linen Co., 10, King William-st. Brooks and Co., 81, Lombard-street. Brown, Janson, & Co., 32, Abchurch-lane. Brown, John, and Co., 25, Abchurch-lane. Burt, Fredk., & Co., 71 and 72, Cornhill. Capital and Counties Bank, 39, Threadneedle-st.; 195, Edgware-rd.; 25, Ludgate-hill; and 29, Oxford-street. Central Bank of London (Lim.), 52, Cornhill; Blackfriars-road, corner of Stam ford-st., S. E.; 95, Newgate-st., E.C.; 31, High-st., Shoreditch, E.; 26, Tooley-st., S.E.; 110, High-st., Whitechapel, E. Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, Hatton-court, Threadneedle-st. Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China, 65, Old Broad-st. Cheque Bank, 124, Cannon-street; 20, Cockspur-street. Child and Co., 1, Fleet-st., Temple Bar. City Bank, 5, Threadneedle-st.; 34, Old Bond-st.; 159 & 160, Tottenham Courtroad; 61 & 63, Ludgate-hill; 219 & 221, Edgware-rd.; 7, Lowndes-ter.; Aldgatebuildings, corner of Fenchurch-st. and Leadenhall-st.; 34, Holborn Viaduct. Clydesdale Banking Co., 30, Lombard-st. Cocks, Biddulph, & Co., 43, Charing-cross. Colonial Bank, 13, Bishopsgate Within. Colonial Bank of New Zealand, 13, Moorgate-street. [gate-st. Commercial Bank of Alexandria, 2, MoorCommercial Banking Company of Sydney, 39, Lombard-st. [st.; 450, West Strand. Consolidated Bank (Ld.), 52, ThreadneedleContinental Bank, 79, Lombard-street. Coutts & Co., 56 to 59, Strand. Cunliffe, Roger, Sons, & Co., 6, Princes-st. Delhi and Lond. Bank, 123, Bishopsgate Within. [dales, 50, Cornhill. Dimsdale, Fowler, Barnard, and DimsDobree, S. & Sons, 6, Tokenhouse-yard. Drummonds, Messrs., 49, Charing-cross. Emmens Brothers, and Co., 8, Old Jewry. English Bank of Rio de Janeiro (Limited), 13, St. Helen's-place, Bishopsgate. English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank, 73, Cornhill. [Lombard-st. Fuller, Banbury, Nix, and Mathieson, 77, German Bank of London, Lim., Bartholomew-house. Gillett Brothers, 72, Lombard-street. Ionian Bank, 31, Finsbury-circus. King, Henry S., and Co., 45, Pall Mall, and 65, Cornhill. Lacy, Son, & Hartland, 60, West Smithfield; 11, Bank-bldngs., Met. Cat. Mrkt. Land Mortgage Bank of India, Lim., 4, East India-avenue. [King's Arms-yard. Land Mortgage Bank of Victoria, Lim., 17, London Bank of Commerce, 5, Lothbury. London Bank of Mexico and South America (Limited), 144, Leadenhall-st. London Banking Assoc., 57, Old Broad-st. London and Brazilian Bank (Limited), 2, Old Broad-street. [88, Cannon-st. London Chartered Bank of Australia, London and County, 21, Lombard-street; Branches.-112, Aldersgate-st.; Westbournegro., Bayswater; Tranquil Vale, Blackheath; 193, Caledonian-rd.; Sussex-pl., Queen'sgate, Brompton; Henrietta-st., Corent Gar.; High-st., Croydon; Broadway, Deptford; Church street, Greenwich; Amhurst-road, Hackney; 12, King-st. West, Hammersmith; 21, Hanover-sq.; 324 and 325, High Holborn; Upper-st., Islington; High-st., Kensington; Albert Gate, Knightsbridge: 165, Westminster Bridge-rd., Lambeth; 680, Commercialrd. East, Limehouse; Newington Butts; Westow-hill, Norwood; 441, Oxford-st.; 1, Connaught-st., Edgware-rd., Paddington; 181 & 182, Shoreditch; High-st., Southwark; Broadway, Stratford; 3, Victoria-street, Westminster; Powis-st., Woolwich. London and English Bank, 25, Finsbury-pl. London and Hanseatic Bank, 36, Lom. bard-street. London Joint Stock, 5, Princes-street; Branches.-69, Pall Mall; 124, Chancery-lane; 28, High-st., Borough; Charterhouse-st., Clerkenwell; Met. Cattle Market, Islington; Foreign Cattle Market, Deptford; and 2, Craven-road, Westbourne-terrace. London and Provincial Bank (Limited), Head Office, 7, Bank-bdgs., Lothbury; Branches.-163, Edgware-rd.; 560, Kingslandroad; Cashalton; Blackheath; Lewisham; 163, High-st., Stoke Newington; Hill st., Richmond; 5, High-st., Sutton; King-st., Twickenham; 38, Green's End, Woolwich; and at Anerley, Beckenham, Enfield South Kensington, Surbiton, Tottenham, Walham Green. London and River Plate Bank (Limited), 52, Moorgate-st. [22, Old Broad-st. London and San Francisco Bank (Limited), London & South Western Bank (Limited), Head Office, 7, Fenchurch-street; Branches.-27, Regent-st.; High-st., Acton; 1, Anerley-road, Anerley; Battersea Parkroad, Battersea: 90 and 92, Bow-road, Bow; 275, Brixton-rd., Brixton; 250, Camberwell-rd.; Park-st., Camden Town; Clapham Common North End, Croydon; Broadway, Ealing; 32, Finsbury-pl.; High-st., Forest Hill; High-st., Hampstead; High-st., Highgate; 403, Holloway-road; 228, Kentish Town-road; Station-rd., Kilburn; Thurlow-place, Lower Norwood; 137, Ladbroke-grove, Notting H 11 High-st., Peckham; Crescent, Putney; Wellington-rd., St. John's Wood; Uxbridge-rd., Shepherd's Bush; High-st., South Norwood; 368, Commercial-rd., Stepney; 3, Eldon-pl., Streatham; Bank-bldgs., Sydenham; Highst., Tooting; Westow-hill, Upper Norwood; Bank-buildgs., Wandsworth; 202, Fulhamrd., W. Brompton; Railway-ter., Wimbledon. London and Westminster, 41, Lothbury: Branches.-1, St. James's-square; 214, High Holborn; 6, High-st., Borough; 130, Highst., Whitechapel; 4, Stratford-place, Oxfordstreet; 217, Strand, Temple Bar; 91, Westminster-bridge-road, Lambeth. London and Yorkshire Bank, 7, Drapers'gardens. [33, Lombard-street. Maritime Bank of the Dominion of Canada, Martin and Co., 68, Lombard-street. McCulloch & Co., 41, Lombard-street. Mercantile Bank of Peru, 5, Copthall-bldgs. Mercantile Bank of the River Plate, 5, Copthall-buildings. [St. Helen's. Mercantile Bank of Sydney, 30, Great Merchant Banking Company of London (Limited), 112, Cannon-street. Midland Banking Company (Limited), 38, New Broad-street. Montagu, Samuel, & Co., 60, Old Broad-st. National Bank, 13, Old Broad-street. Branches.-68, Glo'ster-gardens, Bishop's- National of Australasia, 149, Leadenhall-st. National Bank of New Zealand, 37, Lom- Royal Exch. Bank, Lim., 75, Cornhill. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard-st. (Limited), 10, Clements-la., Lombard-st. Twining, R., and Co., 215, Strand. Union Bank of Australia, 1, Bank-buildings, Lothbury. Union Bank of London, 2, Princes-street, Bank; Argyll-pl., Regent-st.; Charingcross; Chancery-lane; Holborn Circus. Union Bank of Scotland, 62, Cornhill. Valentine and Co., 173, Fenchurch-st. Venables and Co., 30, Royal Exchange. [st. White & Shaxson, 8, George-yd., LombardWilliams, Deacon, & Co., 20, Birchin-lane. Worms, G, and A., 1, Austin Friars. LIFE, FIRE, AND INSURANCE COMPANIES IN LONDON. Note.-Those Companies to which an Asterisk is prefixed are both Life and Fire Offices; those to which a Cross is prefixed are only Fire Offices; and those without any prefix are only Life Offices. Accident-7, Bank-buildings. +Agricoles-St. Michael's House, E.C. *Alliance-1, Bartholomew-lane, and 1, Gt. George-st., S. W. tAnglo-French-31, Lombard-street. Argus-27, King-street, Covent-garden. *Atlas-92, Cheapside. +Azienda-1, Princes-street. British Empire Mutual-32, New Bridge-st. *Church of England-9 & 10, King-street. City of Glasgow-12, King William-street. Clergy Mutual-2, Broad Sanctuary. +Manchester-96, Cheapside. North China-25, Cornhill. Clerical, Medical, &c.-13, St. James's-sq.,†Northern Counties of England and Mansion House-buildings. Colonial-72, Bishopsgate Within Colonial of New Zealand-79, Cornhill. *Commercial Union-19 & 20, Cornhill. Continental of N. York-24, Q. Victoria-st. +County-50, Regent-st., and 14, Cornhill. Crown-188, Fleet-street. Eagle-79, Pall Mall. Economic-6, New Bridge-street. Edinburgh-11, King William-street. +Edinburgh-18, Queen Victoria-st., E.C. *Emperor-52, Cannon-street. English & Scottish Law-12, Waterloo-pl. Equitable-Mansion House-street. Equity & Law-18, Lincoln's-inn-fields. *General-62, King William-street. †General of Trieste-11 & 12, Clement'slane. *Great Britain-101, Cheapside. Gresham-St. Mildred's House, Poultry *Guardian-11, Lombard-street. +Hamburg-Bremen-11 & 12, St. Clement's-lane. *Hand-in-Hand, New Bridge-street. *Imperial-1, Old Broad-st., & 16, Pall Mall. Imperial Union-9, Finsbury-pl. South. +Jakor (Anchor)-17 & 18, Cornhill. *Kent-26, Budge-row, Cannon-street. +La Confiance-36, Cornhill. *Lancashire-14, King William-street. +Law, 114, Chancery-lane. Law Life-187, Fleet-street. Law Property and Life-30, Essex-street. *Law Union-126, Chancery-lane. +Le Monde, 18, Queen Victoria Street. Legal and General-10, Fleet-street. Life Assoc. of Scotland-5, Lombard-st. *Liverpool, Lond., & Globe-1, Cornhill, and Charing-cross. *London Assurance-7, Royal Exchange. London & County Prov.-72, Bishopsgatestreet Within. London, East India and Colonial-Man sion House-buildings. [street. *London & Lancashire--158, LeadenhallLondon and Provincial Law-21, Fleet-st. *London & Southwark-73 & 74, King William-street. London Life-81, King William-street. +Magdeburg-10, Cornhill, E.C. Poultry *Norwich Union-50, Fleet-street. Pearl-6,Adelaide-place. 42, [cross. Pelican-70, Lombard-st., and 57, Charing†Phoenix-19, Lombard-st. & Charing-cr. Positive-34, Cannon-st. Protector-34, King-street, Cheapside. *Queen-60, Gracechurch-street. *RI. Exchange-R. Exch., & 29, Pall Mall. *Royal Farmers' and General-3, Norfolk street. Sceptre-13, Finsbury-place South. Scottish Amicable-1, Threadneedle-st. *Scottish Commercial-82, Old Broad-st. Scottish Equitable-69, King William-st. *Scottish Imperial-2, King William-st. Scottish Metropol.-77, King William-st. *Scottish Provincial-64, Cannon-street. Scottish Provident-18, King William-st. *Scottish Union and National-3, King William-street. Scottish Widows' Fund-28, Cornhill. Security-Mansion House-buildings. Southern-3, Newman's-court, Cornhill. Sovereign--48, St.Jas.'s-st.& 122, Cannon-st +Staffordshire-106, Cannon-st. [Mall. Standard-82, King William-st., and 3, Pall +Standard Fire-76, King William-street. Star-32, Moorgate-street. *Sun-63, Threadneedle-st., & Charing-cr. †Transatlantic-11 & 12, Clement's-lane. *Union-81, Cornhill, and 70, Baker-st. United Kingdom Corp.-27A, Finsbury-s U. Kingd. Temp. & Gen.-1, Adelaide-pl. Universal-1, King William-street. University-25, Pall Mall. Victoria-1 and 2, Chiswell-street. *West of England-20, New Bridge-street. West. Co. and London-21, New Bridge-st. †Westminster, 27, King-street, Covent-gn. Westminster and General-28, King st. Whittington-58, Moorgate-street. TAXES, LICENCES, AND STAMP DUTIES. 1. Taxes. Inhabited House Duty (Great Britain)-On inhabited houses of the value of 201. per annum or upwards, if used for the sale of goods, the shop or warehouse being on the ground-floor; or for the retail of beer, wines, or spirits; or if occupied by any person carrying on the business of an hotelkeeper, inn-keeper, or coffee-housekeeper, although not licensed to sell therein by retail ale, wine, or other liquors; or if occupied by a tenant or farm servant for husbandry purposes only, for every 208. of annual value 6d. If occupied for any other purposes.. 9d. Tenements, or parts of tenements, occupied solely for purposes of trade, or for purpose of any profession or calling, are exempt from duty, although a servant or other person may dwell in such tenement for its protection. Income Tax (United Kingdom)—The duty for 1879-80 is 5d. in the pound; and for occupiers of farms 2d. in the pound on the rent in England, and 1d. in Scotland and Ireland. Persons whose whole income from every source is under £150 a year are exempt. A deduction of £120 a year to be allowed from incomes below £400 a year, and balance taxed at 5d. in £1. Retailers of Table Beer, at a price £ 8. d. 0 5 0 not exceeding 1d.per qt.,not to be drunk on the premises Retailers of Beer, Spirits, Wine, and Tobacco, for an occasional licence to sell the like articles at another place, for a time not exceeding six days (this is to allow publicans to attend cricket matches, &c.), for each day. (A Magistrate's Certificate is required for the sale of Beer, Spirits, or Wine, by retail.) 0 2 6 Brewers-Brewers of Beer for sale, not exceeding 50 barrels 0 12 6 0 12 6 exceeding 50 barrels, for every 50 barrels or fractional part or number of an entire quantity of 50 barrels... Licence to any person first becoming a brew. of beer for sale 0 12 6 Retail Brewer's licence, not to be consumed on the premises 5 10 3 Brewers of Beer for sale who use sugar in brewing, an additional licence of. 1 0 0 0 15 0 Carriages-With 4 wheels, weighing 4 cwt. and upwards 2 2 0 If with less than 4 wheels, or weighing less than 4 cwt.... Dogs-For every Dog above the age of six months (Licences are issued at all Money Order Offices.) Penalty for non-payment, £5. Firearms-To carry a gun 07 6 or firearm of any description 0 10 0 (Persons holding Game Li cences, soldiers, and volunteers are exempt.) Game-To kill Game, annually 3 4 10 0 6 0 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 30 0 0 12 01 Beer-Dealers in Strong Beer 3 6 1 for an additional licence to retail Beer not to be consumed on the premises.... Beer Retailers whose premises are rated under £20 per ann. (England and Ireland).. ...... if rated at £20 or upwards publicans not selling spirits Retailers of Beer, Cider, and Perry, under 4 & 5 Wm. IV., c. 85, to be drunk on the premises (England only). not to be drunk on premises occasl.licences for every day 1 201 3 6 14 3 6 1 3 6 13 1 20 000 000 from 6 April to 31 Oct. 200 from 1 Nov. to 5 April 2 Gamekeeper being an assessed servt., whether deputed or not 2 0 0 Gamekeeper in Ireland acting under a deputation registered with supervisor... Game Dealers. ... House Agents Male Servants-Male Servants of any age. Maltsters-Making not exceeding 50 quarters For each additional 50 qrs.. Exceeding 550 quarters Beginners (and a surcharge) not exceeding 5 qrs Malt Roasters. 3 0 20 2 0 Dealers in Roasted Malt.... 10 0 0 Marriages-By spec. licence 5 0 0 not special Medicine Vend. 0 10 0 Great 050 7 10 0 Pawnbrokers-London & elsewhere (a Magistrate's Certificate required) Plate Dealers-Selling 2 oz. gold and 30 oz. silver and upwards under the above weight 5 15 0 26 0 |