§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, if he will state the number of withdrawals by telegraph from the Post Office Savings Bank for the year 1898, and the average cost to the depositor of each such withdrawal; and, will he also state the number of telegraph notices of withdrawal for payment on the following day, and the average cost to the depositor of each such telegraph notice.
A JUNIOR LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. ANSTRUTHER,for Mr. HANBURY) St. Andrews University,The number of withdrawals by telegraph from the Post Office Savings Bank during the year 1898 was 141,783, and the average cost to the depositor of each such withdrawal was about 1s. 3d. The number of telegraph notices of withdrawal for payment on the following day was 10,563, and the average cost to the depositor of each such telegraph notice was about 9d.