POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2220, 1 February 1868, Page 3

POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS.

Th. following aro tbo "gardmg tuo Poet Office Savings Ibnta, «<»* bcou ■established at Cbrisrolimvh, Lvtfclton, vaiapoi eimaru, Akaroa, J[oki,lku ' " uJ G^" mouth:— , T . . 5 per colli, per annum is em J m tfOO; m\ in tho same proportion for any shorter time on every complete £1 doposited; no interest is allowed ou more than £SOO, 2, Depositors in Post Office Savings' Ba ka lave direct Uovernmont security for tho prompt repayment of (licir money. 3, A depositor in any Post Oflico Bank can continue his deposits at any other, and can withdraw his money at that most convenient to liim. , 4. flie strictest secrecy is observed with respect to the names of depositors, and amounts of their deposits. 6. Married women may deposit monoy in the Tost Office Savings' Bank, and money so dopositcd will ho repaid to the depositor, unless her husband gives notice, m writing, of marriage, and claims payment of deposits, 6. Money majr he deposited by or on behalt or minora. Depositors over seven years ot age aro treated as persons of full age, but minors under seven years of ago cannot withdraw their deposits until they have reached the age of seven. 7. Applications to the Chief Office in each Protinea on tho business of Post Office Savings' Banks, and tho replies sent thereto, are free from •charge for postage.