2,469 are in England and Wales, 525 are in Ireland, and 375 are in Scotland. There is now a Government Savings Bank not only in every town in the United Kingdom, but in every large village;[177] and over and above this already ubiquitous and comprehensive arrangement, the large towns of the country have each a number of new depositories for savings proportionate to their size and population. Thus, in the metropolis, at the present moment of writing (April, 1866), there have been provided the extraordinary number of 452 Post Office Banks; in Manchester, there are 26; in Liverpool, 25; in Birmingham, 22; in Edinburgh, 18; in Glasgow, 18; in Dublin, 15. In the three months of 1861 during which the 1,600 banks were in operation for portions of the period, 25,729 persons opened accounts with them, and deposited money to the extent of 167,530_l._ in deposits of the average amount of 3_l._ 11_s._ 10_d._ At the end of the next year (1862) 180,199 persons had opened accounts in these banks, depositing 1,947,139_l._, and withdrawing less than a quarter of that sum. Year by year, up to the present time, as appears by the accompanying table, the increase of deposits, and the increasing number of new accounts, are far more than proportionate to the increase of facilities; and, as showing the firmer hold that these banks have taken on the community, this fact is most satisfactory and gratifying. Equally so, and a most convincing proof of their success, is the account of the total amount of business shown to have been transacted up to the 31st of December last. Up to that date these banks have received from no less than 857,701 depositors, in 3,895,135 deposits, a sum of money amounting to 11,834,896_l._;[178] the withdrawals during the same period of four years numbering 1,011,379, and amounting to 5,619,251_l._ There were in December last, 611,819 open accounts, the amount standing to the credit of these accounts being 6,526,400_l._ TABLE showing the Amount and Nature of the Business done in the POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS from their opening in September, 1861, to December, 1865. Table column headings: Col. A: Date. Col. B: Number of Deposits. Col. C: Amount of Deposits. Col. D: Average amount of each Deposit during the period. Col. E: Number of Withdrawals. Col. F: Amount of Withdrawal. Col. G: Average amount standing to the credit of each Account.