POST OFFICE: SAVINGS BANKS, Wile 
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 allon 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 2/. 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. 
