INFORMATION RELATING TO INSURANCE AND THRIFT 53 



Ordinary Savings Banks: 



Savings deposits : 

 Credit of depositors 2,678,088,923 liras 



Deposits on current account and in interest-bearing 

 bonds : 



Credit of depositors and amount of bonds in circulation 226,971,583 » 



2,905,060,506 



Savings Banks and Postal Banks: 



Number of books . 6,382,949 



Credit of depositors 1,987,639,997 



Monti di Pieta (Pawning institutions) : 



Ordinary deposits and interest-bearing bonds .... 120,285,037 » 

 Savings deposits 125,081,842 » 



245.366,879 



Rural Funds ; 

 Various trust deposits 112,335,769 » 



Summary. 



Ordinar\- Deposits 1,808,767,151 liras 



Savings iJeposits 5,981,347,432 > 



Deposits in Rural Funds 112,335,769 » 



Total . . . 7,902,450,352 )' 



Thus Italian savings amounted altogether on 30 June 1916 to 

 7,902,450,352 liras, as against 6,490,690,179 liras on 30 June 1910. The 

 greater part of the amount — about five thousand millions — entered, as 

 appears from the table we have just given, the ordinary and postal sav- 

 ings banks. The total sum of the deposits in the popular banks, the rural 

 funds and the other co-operative banks — 1,351,968,832 liras — was also 

 notable and shows what confidence these institutions inspire. 



