Post Office Savings Banks. Return of the balance sheets of the Post Office Savings Banks on the 31st day of December 1878; showing the balance due to depositors, the amount of expenses remaining unpaid, the value of securities at the cost price, less depreciation of those which are terminable by lapse of time, amount of cash in hand and dividends accrued but not received at the end of the year, and the surplus or deficiency of funds to meet liabilities (in continuation of parliamentary paper, no. 305, of session 1871) [electronic resource].