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POSTAL  SAVINGS

Table  9
Number  and  Percentage  of  Depositors,  June  30,  1912,  by  Age
Groups.

Age  groups

10-14  years
15-19  “
20-24  “
25-34  “
35-44  “
45-64  “
65  years  and
over
Unknown
Total

N  umber

25,108
20,703
32,529
70,672
'45,488
40,977
7,987
337
243,801

3
Per  cent

10.3
8.5
13.3
29.0
18.7
16.8
3.3
0.1
100.0

4
Per  cent  of
total  population ­
  10  years
of  age  or
over  in  age
group  in  1910

12.7
12.6
12.6
21.1
16.2
18.7
5.8
0.3
100.00

Ratio  of  percentage ­
  of
depositors  in
each  age  group
to  group’s  percentage ­
  of  total
  population
.81
.67
1.06
1.37
1.15
.90
.57

there  is  a  very  small  percentage  of  children
among  that  foreign  born  population  which  constitutes ­
  much  over  half  of  the  postal  savings  depositors, ­
  and  second,  because  the  postal  savings
bank  stamp  cards  and  stamps,  representing  savings ­
  of  less  than  a  dollar,  are  probably  used
mostly  by  children,  and  the  savings  represented
by  outstanding  cards  belonging  to  persons  who
have  not  yet  opened  their  accounts  do  not  figure
in  the  records. 9
The  table  shows  emphatically  that  it  is  among

9  This  item  would  be  too  small  to  be  worthy  of  mention
were  it  not  for  the  fact  that  a  very  large  percentage  of  the
persons  who  figure  in  the  statistics  as  depositors  have  deposits ­
  of  only  one  dollar.