The Post Office of India and Its Story

Appendix D — Statement Showing the Work of the Post Office Savings — Bank From 1882 to 1918

Year.	No. of Banks.	No. of Accounts.	Balance. Rs.
1882-83	4,238	39,121	27,96,796
1883-84	5,199	84,848	75,14,455
1884-85	5,499	122,599	1,34,41,911
1885-86	5,833	155,009	2,25,45,891
1886-87	6,048	219,010	4,25,19,345
1887-88	5,966	261,157	5,04,88,357
1888-89	6,056	311,001	5,88,64,681
1889-90	6,350	358,272	5,86,96,755
1890-91	6,455	408,544	6,34,67,408
1891-92	6,452	463,453	7,05,93,160
1892-93	6,408	520,967	7,81,87,727
1893-94	6,358	574,050	8,26,57,319
1894-95	6,384	611,947	8,40,17,923
1895-96	6,343	653,892	9,04,23,072
1896-97	6,420	713,320	9,63,92,411
1897-98	6,290	730,387	9,28,72,978
1898-99	6,310	755,871	9,42,80,041
1899-1900	6,479	785,729	9,64,64,466
1900-01	6,636	816,651	10,04,32,569
1901-02	7,053	866,693	10,68,21,233
1902-03	7,075	922,353	11,42,15,534
1903-04	7,372	987,635	12,33,36,717
1904-05	7,855	1,058,813	13,40,70,130
1905-06	8,071	1,115,758	13,99,26,260
1906-07	8,049	1,190,220	14,76,69,789
1907-08	8,328	1,262,763	15,18,14,343
1908-09	8,501	1,318,632	15,23,41,514
1909-10	8,767	1,378,916	15,86,71,786
1910-11	8,929	1,430,451	16,91,88,224
1911-12	9,502	1,500,834	18,89,85,438
1912-13	9,460	1,566,860	20,61,14,502
1913-14	9,824	1,638,725	23,16,75,467
1914-15	10,161	1,644,074	14,89,26,323
1915-16	10,386	1,660,424	15,32,12,517
1916-17	10,421	1,647,419	16,59,53,401
1917-18	10,975	1,637,600	16,58,46,470

Appendix E — Statement of Inland Money Orders Issued in India Since 1880

	Number and
	amount of Ordinary		Number and amount of		Number and amount of
	Money Orders		Revenue Money Orders		Rent Money Orders
	issued in India.		issued in India.		issued in India.
Year.	Number.	Value.	Number.	Value.	Number.	Value.
1880-81	1,604,174	4,57,08,580	—	—	—	—
1881-82	2,157,796	5,73,32,026	—	—	—	—
1882-83	2,565,904	6,46,84,182	—	—	—	—
1883-84	3,034,894	7,31,24,179	—	—	—	—
1884-85	3,550,257	8,20,88,559	13,914	3,35,904	—	—
1885-86	4,163,078	9,38,27,375	39,768	7,11,117	—	—
1886-87	4,821,117	10,68,49,151	66,204	11,29,415	1,213	12,358
1887-88	5,512,395	11,84,43,572	138,687	20,38,586	30,165	3,55,283
1888-89	6,136,790	12,99,06,864	196,037	26,83,469	39,823	5,25,217
1889-90	6,759,116	14,65,32,147	262,585	34,70,576	58,127	7,42,284
1890-91	7,326,065	15,77,70,303	278,075	41,95,716	78,421	9,74,272
1891-92	7,783,296	16,44,09,526	300,336	44,27,796	99,973	13,01,721
1892-93	8,237,855	17,19,16,585	320,651	49,21,950	110,198	14,37,050
1893-94	8,754,940	18,35,34,008	335,933	50,49,372	119,952	15,84,581
1894-95	9,422,105	19,43,09,308	348,178	56,27,613	113,266	15,61,021
1895-96	10,055,036	20,62,03,368	371,806	59,64,630	111,594	15,37,883
1896-97	10,947,571	21,97,28,206	346,510	58,23,851	102,875	14,68,352
1897-98	11,644,350	24,23,37,096	382,402	67,91,786	110,324	15,98,602
1898-99	11,740,565	24,54,50,445	441,034	81,37,197	121,987	17,31,680
1899-00	12,505,059	25,62,50,323	441,739	78,00,682	124,155	18,15,998
1900-01	12,922,465	26,27,19,976	453,862	82,83,758	134,977	19,72,389
1901-02	13,581,928	26,84,51,162	471,387	91,96,336	153,800	22,47,435
1902-03	15,311,955	27,82,17,678	530,778	95,72,448	167,711	23,67,739
1903-04	16,470,115	29,43,59,136	579,851	1,06,87,532	192,375	25,88,723
1904-05	17,657,917	31,04,28,794	692,705	1,04,12,346	192,926	25,83,483
1905-06	19,622,437	33,14,36,803	724,747	1,00,03,341	199,754	26,70,518
1906-07	20,923,383	35,25,97,091	690,688	97,26,046	203,157	27,93,647
1907-08	22,109,666	37,97,08,358	622,501	94,67,041	176,195	23,80,811
1908-09	23,132,115	39,19,26,114	685,021	1,11,10,709	198,683	26,89,768
1909-10	23,888,149	39,96,74,848	740,776	1,16,93,227	219,651	29,82,614
1910-11	24,781,847	41,85,13,444	750,777	1,24,17,561	222,747	29,87,628
1911-12	26,322,257	44,29,23,702	754,306	1,23,49,182	226,982	30,39,792
1912-13	28,624,470	47,39,38,492	754,766	1,21,77,802	252,618	34,27,203
1913-14	29,940,631	51,18,35,732	764,673	1,20,02,271	240,662	32,74,757
1914-15	29,317,377	51,54,81,941	863,235	1,24,31,425	247,468	33,21,068
1915-16	31,281,231	53,92,17,506	844,742	1,36,70,463	261,667	36,73,409
1916-17	32,331,652	57,54,48,259	839,506	1,38,59,594	274,990	37,94,479
1917-18	33,903,625	62,77,87,899	880,700	1,50,47,255	268,419	36,15,440