SAVINGS BANKS AND THE INVESTMENT OF THEIR CAPITAL 



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Table II. — Average of Deposits and of Saving Banks Books in France from 



1901 to 1912. 



By these figures we may the more easily perceive the greater importance 

 of the ordinary savings banks. This superior financial position of the ord- 

 inary over the postal banks may be observed in many other European 

 countries where the two organizations exist. We give some savings banks 

 statistics published in the Statistische Korrispondenz and already referred 

 to in our Bulletin (i). 



Table III — Average Deposits and Savings Bank Books in some 

 European States. 



Countries 



Number 



of Books 



per 100 Inhabitants 



Ordinary 



Postal 



Amount of Savings 



per Inhabitant 



(In marks) 



Ordinary 



Postal 



Amount of Savings 

 per Book 

 (In marks) 



Ordinary 



Postal 



Belgium 



England (United 

 Kingdom) . . . 



Italy 



Holland 



Austria 



Sweden 



36.37 



26.35 

 15.58 



24.97 



7-58 



I0.09 



23-75 

 54.87 

 30.12 



171-89 

 164.78 



98.78 



76.73 

 40.60 



46.55 

 6.75 

 9.42 



48554 



583.47 

 848.07 

 407.24 

 1,180.29 

 583.14 



271.62 



291.19 



260.64 



186.46 



89.02 



93.36 



(i) January, 1913. Part III. International Statistics of Savings Banks. 



