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POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS, WITH 

 GOVERNMENT SECURITY. 



Advantages to Depositors. 



Security. — The Post Office Savings Banks are estab- 

 lished by Act of Parliament, and every depositor has the 

 direct security of the State for the repayment of his deposits. 



Deposits. — Any sum from a shilling upwards, excluding 

 pence, may be deposited at one time, and any number of 

 deposits may be made in the course of a year (ending 

 31st December) up to a limit of 50/. A person may have 

 200/. in all on his deposit account, including interest. 



Withdrawals can be made with the utmost promptitude 

 by sending notice by post to the London Chief Office on the 

 form provided for the purpose, which is obtainable at any 

 Post Office Savings Bank, and payment can be received at 

 any Post Office Savings Bank in the United Kingdom 

 convenient to the depositor without regard to the office of 

 deposit. During any year ending 31st December a depositor 

 may replace the amount of any one withdrawal previously 

 made in the same year. 



Interest at the rate of 2I. 10s. per cent, per annum is 

 allowed on every complete pound deposited, so long as the 

 sum to a depositor's credit does not exceed 200/. Whenever 

 the balance exceeds that sum, interest will be allowed on 200/. 

 and the excess will be invested for the depositor in Govern- 

 ment Stock, unless the depositor should otherwise direct. 



Transfer from a Trustee Savings Bank.— If a 

 depositor in a Trustee Savings Bank wishes to place his 



