Note 2 — EDINBURGH MERCHANTS AND MERCHANDISE IN OLD TIMES.
Reading edition
The Scottish Widows’ Fund, Scottish Equitable, and Scottish Provident Offices, are here alluded to. The entire annual income of the life-assurance offices of Scotland, chiefly centering in Edinburgh, is stated at £2,082,000, and the sum-total of their funds at £11,116,000.—Letter of R. Christie, Esq., Accountant, Courant newspaper, Feb. 26, 1859.