1884 13,639,555 25,791,497 83,834 1885 78,375,622 132,053,520 777,914 1886 141,052,319 220,198,781 1,420,668 1887 178,365,871 278,559,689 1,583,098 1888 180,295,982 280,241,673 1,705,948 1889 223,060,247 303,720,753 2,008,593 1890 271,660,264 335,293,896 2,469,268 1891 318,239,728 361,727,429 2,611,044 1892 347,410,842 398,456,797 2,558,398 1893 386,027,972 437,492,243 2,590,614 1894 433,377,459 472,345,574 3,028,639 1895 463,540,198 524,212,798 3,781,586 It will be seen that in the last ten years the movement of the cheques payable to bearer has been more rapid than that of cheques paid at the post offices; the amount of the former has more than tripled. _Fourthly._ The possessors of cheque books can cause purchases to be made by the Post Office in the public funds up to the amount of their account. The order ought to be explained by the transmission of a cheque of a value corresponding to that of the stocks to be bought. The rights acquired by the Post Office will either be sent on to the purchaser of the stocks, or at his request kept by the Office and under its guarantee. The Office banks the dividend warrants on their payments and places them to the credit of its client unless he requires them to be sent to him or the money remitted. [Illustration: FIGURE IV. [1]K. k. Postsparcassen-Amt in Wien [2]Aviso über eine Zahlungsanweisung _N^o_ ddto per [3]zahlbar an [4]bei dem aus der Aussenseite bezeichneten Postamte. [5]Ausgezahlt: [6]Ohne Büchel auszuzahlen. D.S. Nr. 8 II (21.) ex 96 ------------------------------------------ Coupon | | | für Rechnung | | von der Partei | abzutrennen. [7]K. k. Postsparcassen-Amt in Wien. [8]Zahlungs-Anweisung. _N^o_ [9](2 Monate giltig.) [10]Das k. k. Postamt [11]zahlt gegen diese Anweisung an: [12]den Betrag von