§ 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 ending 31st December, 1899, and the average cost to the depositor of each such withdrawal; and will he also state the number of telegraph notices of withdrawals for payment on the following day, and the average cost to the depositor of each such telegraphic notice.
§ MR. HANBURYThe number of withdrawals by telegraph from the Post Office Savings Bank during the year ended 31st December, 1899, was 161,190; 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 11,405; and the average cost to the depositor of each such telegraph notice was about 9d.