The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-12 00:00:00

Savings Banks,

From a very elaborate and voluminous, but exceedingly
interesting, return relating to savings banks, published
on Friday, it appears that in England'and Wales in 1861,
with a population of 20,C61,725, there were 497 savings
banks, having 559 unpaid and 1057 paid officers, the securi-
ties of the former amounting to £355,370, and of the latter
to £297,400, the latter also drawing salaries and allow-
ances to the amount of £84,257 7s. The expenses of
managing the savings banks in England and Wales fur the
year ending Nov. 20, 1863, was £116,007. The number of
accounts open at the latter date was £1.316,346—the tota
amount owing to depositors, £35,529,755 7a—the total
amount invested with the Commissioners for the Reduction
of the National Debt, £35,382,753 12s 102—average rate
of interest paid to depositors, £2 19s 2d per cent for the
year—the total number of receipts from the depositors in
the same year, I,l42,73o—number of payments, 691,200
the average amount of receipts from each depositor, £1 lls
—and average payments, £9 13s 3d.
The corresponding figures far Scotland are as follows :
The population in 1861 was 3,061,251, and the number of
banks 51. The unpaid officers numbered 41, and the paid
105, the salaries and allowances of the latter amounting
to £6,341 Ils 10d. In the year ending November, 20, 1863,
the total expenses of management was £B,B44—the num-
ber of accounts open, 155,298—0 wing to depositors on
latter date, £2,877,508 Ila 5d amount invested with
Commissioners of the National Debt, £2,575,303 17s 9d—
average rate of interest £2 18s 10d—number of receipts
from dep)sitors, £274,lB9—number of payments, 157,939—
average amount of receipts, £3 5s 7d—and an average
amount of payments, £4 13s 6d.
With respect to Ireland, we have the subjoined figures
stn.plied:—The population in 1861 was £5,764,543, and the
number of banks 53. There were 48 unpaid, and 144 paid
8 cers, the salaries of the latter amounting to £6,514 5s
d. Starting, as usual, from the year ending Nov. 20th,
1863, it appears that the
expenses of management amounted
tt00r5,94527,807, 8159242-17 s accounts
i t 8
open, 66,652—0 wing to deposi-
zested with Commissioners of
National Debt,
£2,058
393
numsblOd—rate of interest paid to
depositors, £2 16s lld
01f9r1e,6070
i3p—t
sn, uznesb4e
sr o4fd—p a
aynmcie natvse,r ozf receipts from depositors,
rag7e2'a3rui7u—unatv eorfa gpeayammeonatnst,
£7
7Tlh3e
s islandsid' in the British seas had a population of
85,924 in Ib6l, two banks, two unpaid and tourw paid officials
the latter drawing £1,140 for salaries
al
and
the year alrc idy mentioned the expenses of
neßein'eeo::,„l„nt
were £1,346 14e 6,l—the number ut aceounte open 'CoL, -1-h- -
last day of the year), 18,546—the amount owing to deposie-
tors, £473,521 16s 2d—the total amount invested, Xineeel
lee sd—the rate of interest £3—the number of receipts
10,820—number of patents, s,927—average amount of re:
oeipts, £5 12s 6d—and average amount of payments,
£ll 7s 45.

A recapitulation of the foregoing figures shbws that in
t he United Kingdom, with population of 20,031,298 in 1861,
there were 603 s :sings hanks, with 6.50 unpaid and 1,310
paid officers, the latter drawing salaries and allowanc.es to
the amount of ,£98,253 .18 71. In the year ending Nov. 20,
1863, the expenses of the management amounted to
£135,776 31 9d—the number of accounts remaining open
were 1,556,842—the total amount which was owing to the
depositors on .N0v.20, £10,9.52,311 12s—total invested with
Commissioners for Reduction of the National Debt,
£10,790,208 6s 10d —the average rate cf interest paid to de-
positors, £2 19s ld—the number of receipts hem depositors
1,719,412—the number of payments, 910,383—the average
amount of receipts from each depositor. £4 7s 10d, and the
average amount of payments to each, £3 12s 6d.