Post Office Savings Bank (Irish Deposits).

HC Deb 14 August 1916 vol 85 c1443W

Mr. P. WHITE

asked the Secretary to the Treasury if he will state the amount of money in the Irish Post Office Savings Bank and the rate of interest paid thereon?

Mr. J. PEASE

It is estimated that the balance due to depositors in the Post Office Savings Banks in Ireland on the 30th June, 1916, was £11,500,000. The rate of interest is 2½ per cent.