APPENDIX B. 
Development of Postal Cheque Systems Abroad. 
Germany .. 
France .. 
Austria a 
Belgium .. 
Holland .. 
Czecho- 
Slovakia 
Switzerland 
Hungary .. 
Yugo Slavia 
[taly .. 
Denmark .. 
Year of 
nstitu- 
Hon. 
1909 
1918 
(883 
1913 
[918 
i018 
908 
890 
1918 
1921. | 1922. | 1923. | 1924. | 1925. | 1926. 
Popula- 
tion (in 
millions). 
(in thousands of accounts). 
759 
110 
177 
35 
55 
3 
918 
151 
186 
93 
_E 
626 
182 
191 
11& 
808 
216 
177 
137 
108 
856 
258 
178 
157 
113 
Q7 
' 893 
318 
180 
178 
120 
7 
63 
40 
6 
7 
7 
13 
A 
59 
53 
12 
9 
683 1 
55 8 
13 12 
11 | 38 
11 gq 
The following countries also have Postal Cheque systems :— 
Saar Territory Luxembourg Poland 
Sweden Lithuania Egypt 
Danzig Japan Latvia 
Some form of Postal Cheque business is transacted also in :— 
Albania Spain Roumania 
Bolivia Greece Venezuela 
Cuba Portugal 
APPENDIX C. 
Relative Development of Branch Banking in various 
Number of 
Bank Offices. * 
Population. 
Great Britain and Ireland 
Switzerland 
Belgium 
Denmark 
France .. 
Holland 
Germany 
Austria .. 
Hungary 
100 
“0 
47,100,000 
3,900,000 
7 800,00" 
200 ND 
700, 
7,400 
63,100,000 
6,500,000 
8,000,600 
20 
Countries. 
Number of 
Inhabitants 
to each 
Bank Office. 
3,600 
5,600 
6,500 
8,500 
9,250 
10,600 
20,350 
32,500 
80,000 
* Figures of actual branches shown in “ The Bankers’ Almanac and Year 
Book, 1927-28.”