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Show H Russian Pott Office Savings Dank. H Consul T. E. Hconan, of Odessa, B Rlatcs that although the print office H savings bank system lu Hussta Is of H -comparatively late origin, It showB a H healthy development. The annual In- H -crease in tho deposits now averages H .about 140,000,000. The amount on do- B floslt on August 1, 190J, was J501,- H -00,000, and on the name date In 1907 H Jt had reached J88G,600,000. As thero m ihas not been any real advance In the B national prosperity to explain such an B incroaso In the uatlon's savings, the BH' rush to the savings ban); can only ho B9 accounted for by the fact of the poo- BBj plo not deslriug to retain laige sums BBBj in their -homes. Consular Report. |