The evening times., 1900-02-27
SAVINGS BANKS ABROAD.
The Deposits an Indication of the
Thrift of the People.

The remarkable rapidity with which
savings deposits are accommodating in Eu-
rope is illustrated by the operations OF tbs
ordinary savings banks at the close oi
1883 show deposits Of s27O, ,C0O. 600 standing
TO the credit of 1888. .959 accounts.
The largest deposits were In Lombar1y
where the amount was 5s5, $50 coo lire ia
the credit OF 55S,s53 accounts. The total
deposits during 1S9s were 4s7, ,26S 600 lire
representing net gain of about %. 900. O0C
lire. The amount to the credit OF depos-
itors at the close of 1897 was ,36l OBS. .S6I
lire.
The postal savings deposits in Italy
reached on September 80 1899, sl2O, 000. .00C
TO the credit of 3,593.5s4 accounts. an in
crease of 1858, gil lire. and 1893 ac-
counts over the same date in 1898 The
total OF Italian savings for both classes oi
banks amounts, therefore, 20 nearly $780,
000. 600
The little Duchy OF Luxembourg has a
savings system with thirty-five banks
which pay interest at the rate OF per
cent. The total deposits rose from 10 =
Csc. l31 francs on December 81 1896, 10
IL. .404.9li francs at the close Of 1897, and
1888 669 francs at the close of 1898. The
number of accounts rose from $3.50 for
1896 TO %. .7i5 for 1897. and 25.30i for 1898.
The average deposits were 533 francs in
1896. 545 francs in 1897 and 54T francs in
1898 The resources of the savings banks
were valued at IA 253. $50 francs on Decem-
Der 81. 1898. There is also a savings sys-
TEN for school children, which showed
af no NJ wifi n
deposits of $iS. C00
The Russian savings banks have shown
some relaxation in their new deposits dur
ing the last few months. The total de-
posits on September 80, 1899. were $685.
500 900 TO the credit of S045 S5S accounts.
The total deposits on July 81. 1899. were
$40 031, 900 roubles, while on November 80.
1898. they were only s270, ,0O0. 600. The net
amount OF the Russian savings deposits on
January !, 1885, was 466 159, ,090 roubles
standing TO the credit of 2,449, ,270 accounts.
The number OF accounts held by landed
proprie;ors was %. .961. with deposits OF
$685. 400 roubles; agricultural laborers.
1905 accounts. with deposits OF 1868
500 roubles: town industries. 256. All sc-
counts with deposits OF SO 67S, 400 roubles:
factory laborers 90 626 accounts with de-
posits of 1927. 400 roubles; domestics,
244S77 accounts. with deposits OF 3i.121,-
800 roubles; merchants and tradesmen,
1927 accounts, with deposits OF 39,042,-
600 roubies: the clergy. 1906 accounts.
with deposits of 7.130 900 roubles: army
officers. Si.o90 accounts. with deposits of
7,645. 500 roubles; soldiers 101 $40 accounts.
with deposits of 9,663 soc roubles: civil en-
ployes. 141. .240 accounts, with deposits of
27S79. 500 roubles. There are also consid-
erable deposits for miscellaneous classes.
The industrial region of central Russia
leads in saving deposits with 545364 ac-
counts, representing deposits of 100. 735, 300
roubles.
The agricultural district OF central Rus
sia ranks next, with 213, 145 accounts, rep
resenting 73 062. 500 roubles. The St Pc
tersburg district is third, with 27S.177 ac-
counts, representing deposits of "A, 1884, GOO
roubes. Southern Russia comes fourth
with 2G9 $50 accounts. representing depos-
its of SO. 163 900 roubles. That OF the re-
sources of the savings banks are in ma
tional bonds. the bonds Of mortgage
banks. or the securities of the Gov
ernment railways.