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Post Office Savings Banks. 



from the records of the Registrar-General, London, and thus 

 the cost of a certificate of birth is saved. A simple form for 

 the purpose can be obtained at any Post Office Savings 

 Bank. 



Medical Certificates can be dispensed with for Insur- 

 ances up to ^25 inclusive. 



Premiums are payable by transfers from Savings Bank 

 deposit accounts, and deposits can be made for the purpose 

 at any Post Office Savings Bank. When the balance in the 

 account is insufficient, the depositor will be informed accord- 

 ingly in time to make a deposit. By means of the Penny 

 Stamp Slips the provision can be made in sums of one penny 

 at a time. 



Friendly Societies. — Members can pay their premiums 

 through their Society, if the Society is willing to undertake 

 the collection. 



Residence Abroad. — Permission is granted to persons 

 over thirty years of age, who have been insured five years, to 

 reside in any part of the world without the payment of any 

 extra premium. 



Lapsed Insurances— Money not Lost. — If after paying 

 two annual premiums the Insurance is discontinued, a 

 surrender value is payable, or a " paid up " policy is issued 

 for such an amount of Insurance as the premiums already 

 paid may justify. 



Nominations. — Any insured person over sixteen years of 

 age can, without any expense, nominate a person to receive 

 the amount of Insurance money at death. 



Payment at Death. — The amount insured is paid imme- 

 diately evidence of death is furnished. A form for obtaining 

 a cheap certificate of death, at the reduced charge of one 

 shilling, can be obtained from the Controller of the 

 Savings Bank Department. 



Facilities for Investing in the Funds. 

 Investments in Government Stock can be made through 

 any Post Office Savings Bank of sums from one shilling to ,£200 

 Stock in any yea r ending 3 1 st December until the maximum of 

 ^500 Stock has been reached ; and money can be deposited 



