The average amount standing to the credit of each depositor in the Post Office Banks has for some time ranged between 10_l._ and 11_l._, and is not expected to exceed that sum for some time to come. Of the whole number of depositors, about four per cent. have balances due to them of 50_l._ and upwards. A general idea of the mass of depositors may be gathered from the above facts, and they may be supplemented by the following table, which, though only the result of an estimate, is near enough for our purpose. In March, 1865, a certain proportion of the open accounts in the Post Office Banks was examined, in order that some idea might be obtained of the occupation of the entire number,--from which it seemed probable that the 524,340 depositors were made up pretty much as follows:-- Females, Male Minors, and Trustees 285,769 Mechanics and Artisans, Domestic and Farm Servants, Porters, Policemen, Labourers, Boatmen, Fishermen and Seamen 140,518 Tradesmen and their Male Assistants, Farmers and Clerks of all kinds except those mentioned below 53,756 Males of no stated occupation, Professional Men and their Clerks or Assistants 31,353 Males engaged in education 5,692 Persons in the Army and Navy 4,682 Persons employed in the Revenue Departments 2,570 ------- Total 524,340 ------- Of the entire number of Post Office Savings Banks, ninety-one out of the 3,369 have failed to obtain depositors. Of this number, 23 are in England and Wales, 5 are in Scotland, and 63 are in Ireland.