§ MR. MARKHAM (Nottinghamshire, Mansfield)To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state the amount deposited in the savings bank per head of the population in the following countries: Great Britain, France, Sweden, Austria-Hungary, United States of America, Belgium, Australia, Norway, Germany, Switzerland, and Denmark.
(Answered by Mr. Gerald Balfour.) The preparation of these figures would entail a considerable amount of labour, and the result would give a very incomplete indication of comparative thrift in the countries named, owing to the omission of friendly societies and other thrift agencies not included under the title of savings banks.