English Translation

- 4 - 34 increase in deposits to about 890 million kr. This means an increase of 6.8%. This increase is divided as follows: deposits in savings bank books decreased by 163 million kr, while deposits in money institutions increased by 272 million krs, that is 39%, and deposits in current accounts increased by 780 million kr and therefore by 76%. The increase was strongest in the months of January and February. An increase was also recorded in April, May, July,October, November and December, but a decrease in March, June, August and September. The decline in savings continues to be explained by the breakdown of funds into savings deposits and deposits. The separation of Jewish deposits from savings deposits also played a significant role. Thus, in the year lg4o, the savings banks of the Protectorate showed a certain normalisation in any case hardly any credit to finance the claims made to them. The more favourable development of deposits by savings banks in 1940 continued in the course of the year 194l. In the case of all public money institutions, deposits rose by 1 540 million kroons in the first half of 194 l to about 30 billion k. In savings banks, an increase of 955 million k. to 14.9 billion K. The increase in public advance funds was 4.3%, with a now total population of 6.687 million. The agricultural advance funds showed an increase of 7.4% to 4.592 million K in the first half of the year, while the Raiffeisen funds increased from 2.48l to over 2.6 billion K. In September, the deposit movement at the savings banks was as follows: the deposits of L.3l7 millionK were offset by withdrawals of 1.24l millionK, so that the deposit surplus was 76.7 millionK. As a result, the total deposit surplus rose to 15.240 millionK; only in Prague was there a surplus of disbursement. Payments against 229 millionK withdrawals. The surplus thus stands at 102 millionK. As a result, the amount of savings deposits increased from ll.780 to l.883 millK. In the case of deposits in current accounts, the deposits amounted to 826