HC Deb 27 October 1954 vol 531 cc276-7W
J. Hynd

95. Mr. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the total of savings-bank deposits, withdrawals and net withdrawals in British Guiana during the period October, 1953, to the latest available date, and during the first fortnight in September, 1954.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

From 1st October, 1953, to 30th September, 1954 (the latest available date) deposits amounted to $11,529,526 (£2,401,984) and withdrawals to $10,346,880 (£2,155,600), leaving a net deposit during the period of $1,182,646 (£246,384). In the first fortnight of September, 1954, deposits amounted to $356,628 (£74,297) and withdrawals to $375,337 (£78,195), a net withdrawal of $18,709 (£3,898).