§ SIR J. RANKIN (Herefordshire, Leominster)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster-General, what is the number of accounts in the Post Office Savings Bank each having a balance of over £100 to their credit; and what is the aggregate amount of deposits in such accounts of more than £100 now held by the Savings Bank?
§ MR. ANSTRUTHER (St. Andrew's Burghs)for the Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Hanbury, Preston): The information desired by the honourable Member cannot be given for the present date, but at the date of the last special Return—namely, December 31 1895—the number of accounts in the Post Office Savings Bank having a balance of over £100 to their credit was—individual depositors' accounts, 240,281; societies' accounts, 8,662. The aggregate amount of deposits in these accounts was—individual depositors' accounts,£35,197,684; societies' accounts,£3,397,831.