’ ON SAVINGS’ BANKS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. 
With the exception of the last two years of the series, in which there has 
been a general increase observable in the average deposits, the above figures 
exhibit a marked difference between England and Ireland, the average sum 
having regularly diminished in the former division, while it has as regularly 
increased in the latter division. 
During the fifteen years for which the accounts have been regularly made 
up, the per-centage increase in the number of depositors and amount of their 
balances has been— 
Depositors. Amount. 
England .. . . 126 percent.. . 104 per cent. 
Wales.) 6-3/8 wanes 83e;., 55 Mate 15) A 
Ireland). 2s. ..at%15 167i 3, os « 203 33 
Scotland (from 1836) 934 5 - «1308 ,, 
ENGLAND. 
+, | Sum deposit- 
é Average Expormon | a4 per indi- 
County. Population [Number of] Amount of | sm depo- | Of tePosi- | vidual of the 
ty in 1841. |depositors.| deposits. ceed as les ig hol € P 0p tat 
£é £ & ad 
Bedfordshire ......... 107,937 | 3,584} 111,526 31 |1lin30| 20 8 
BRODER | .o.c0kedaestseo -.| 160,226 12,020 | 359,676 29 lin 13 44 10 
BUGS edi si gscncase e+e 155,989 4,657 | 128,025 27 1in33| 16 5 
Cambridge .. «| 164,509 3,831 | 121,777 31 lin43} 14 9 
Chester ...csssccteases 395,300 15,802 | 554,400 36 1 in 26 28 0 
Cornwall ............... 341,269 12,915 | 492,013 38 1 in 26 28 10 
Cumberland............ 177,912 7,538 | 211,741 28 lin23 | 23 9 
Derby ......04 ica) 272'202 | 10,099 | 321,897 31 |1in27| 23 4 
MYGTON essed sates coer 533,731 | 49,866 |1,492,072 29 1 in 11 55 11 
DORCtH ..cccccteexesayas 11,470 | 412,628 35 lin 15 47 2 
‘Durham 7,823 | 201,354 27 lin4d4| 12 5 
HIQGEX Avilccdi dsawcisces , 14,413 | 428,202 29 lin24| 24° 9 
Gloucester ............ 25,526 | 818,157 32 linl7| 37 11 
Hereford ...........00 8,350 | 211,251 25 linl3 | 36 10 
Hertford ............00. 3,785 | 113,425 29 lin 41 14 5 
Huntingdon............ 58,699 1,765 | 52,001 29 lin33| 17 8 
LG) ee eee eee 548,161 | 33,392 | 945,273 28 Llinl6| 34 5 
|Lancaster......ses...00s 1,667,064 | 65,402 |1,980,143 30 lin25 | 23 9 
Leicester ......sesses00 215,855 6,803 | 173,581 25 lin32} 16 1 
Lincoln ..... er --| 362,717 18,451 | 497,509 26 lin 19 27 «+5 
Middlesex ............ 1,576,616 | 176,049 |4,521,589 25 lin 9| 57 2 
Monmouth .....s.0.06. 134,849 3,099 76,651 24 1 in 43 ll 5 
Norfolk .....ss..000 ..| 412,621 18,3836 | 527,300 28 lin22| 25 6 
Northampton ......... 199,061 8,410 | 243,600 28 lin 23 24 5 
Northumberland ...... 250,268 | 12,862 | 459,390 35 linl9| 36 8 
Nottingham............| 249,773 15,763 | 420,345 26 lin 16 33 «6 
Oxford .......sec0000e.s., 161,573 | 10,246 | 285,713 27 linl5 | 35 4 
Rutland ....esceeeee. 21,340 | Not any savings’ bank in this county. 
16,452 f 33 lin 47 0 
22,019 | 679,072 30 linl9} 31 1 
23,942 | 687,493 28 linl4]° 38 8 
15,868 | 452,306 29 lin33 | 17 8 
11,972 | 348,176 | 29 |1in26| 22 1 
31,250 | 749,199 23 linl9') 25 8 
15,709 | 420,570 26 linl9| 28 0 
21,221 | 468,270 22 lin 19 23 3 
942 24,719 26 lin 59 8 9 
11,706 | 413,941 35 lin22| 8110 
Worcester ...........+ 233,484 12,218 | 401,330 32 Tin 19 34 4 
York, East Riding 
» North Riding $|1,591,584 | 69,545 |2,105,866 30 lin23-| 26 5 
» West Riding 
