ME. GIBSON BOWLES (Lynn Regis)To ask the Postmaster-General has there been any considerable falling off in the amounts deposited in the Post Office Savings Banks in recent months; and will he state the total amounts of deposits therein made respectively in 1903 and in 1904 for each of the months from January to May, both inclusive.
| 1903. | 1904. | |||||||
| Month. | Deposits. | Withdrawals. | Deposits. | Withdrawals. | ||||
| Number. | Amount. | Number. | Amount. | Number. | Amount. | Number. | Amount. | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |||||
| January | 1,690,707 | 4,602,950 | 487,076 | 3,527,301 | 1,637,815 | 4,313,873 | 469,250 | 3,419,157 |
| February | 1,401,120 | 3,200,257 | 415,346 | 3,116,501 | 1,457,189 | 3,261,178 | 426,029 | 3,138,875 |
| March | 1,387,607 | 3,249,884 | 480,194 | 3,728,337 | 1,307,408 | 3,154,827 | 553,551 | 3,880,426 |
| April | 1,116,944 | 3,048,193 | 526,339 | 3,344,554 | 1,183,957 | 3,054,219 | 500,035 | 3,119,904 |
| May | 1,151,742 | 2,968,837 | 565,673 | 3,519,362 | 1,083,948 | 2,824,123 | 544,474 | 3,366,863 |
| Totals | 6,748,120 | 17,070,121 | 2,474,628 | 17,236,055 | 6,670,317 | 16,608,220 | 2,493,339 | 16,925,225 |