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SAVINGS-BANK SERVICES Table No. 7.— Deposits and Withdrawals

Table No. 8. —Accounts opened and closed, etc.

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Year ended 31st March, Number of Deposits received. Total Amount of Deposits. Average Amount of each Deposit. Number of Withdrawals Total Amount of Withdrawals. Average Amount of each Withdrawal. Excess of Deposits over Withdrawals. Interest credited. £ £ £ £ £ £ 1945.. 2,811,569 54,585,121 19 1,634,100 42,158,657 26 12,426,464 2,451,628 1946.. 2,825,523 67,861,042 24 1,885,514 55,626,419 29 12,234,623 2,787,413

Year ended 31st March, Number of Branches of the Post Office Savings-bank open at the Close of the Year. Number of Accounts opened. Number of Accounts closed. Number of Open Accounts as at 31st March. Total Amount of all Accounts, inclusive of Interest, as at 31st March. Average Amount of each Account as at 31st March. £ £ 1945 928 131,541 98,591 1,161,886 113,492,290 98 1946 923 161,272 119,977 1,203,181 128,514,326 107