A depository apparatus, for use in an automatic banking system or the like, comprises a housing (2) including a deposit aperture (4), a storage chamber (8) and ducting means for conducting banking deposits (26) from the deposit apertureto the storage chamber. The storage chamber (8) comprises a receiving zone (12), a storage zone (10) adjacent to the receiving zone, and gate means (22, 24) mounted between the receiving zone and the storage zone to permit one-way passage of deposits from the receiving zone to the storage zone. The ducting means comprises a duct member (6) movable between a normal position and a deposit position. When the duct member is in the normal position a first end of the duct member communicates with the receiving zone so that a deposit (26) in the duct member automatically passes into the receiving zone (12) and a second end of said duct member is closed. When the duct member is in the deposit position the second end communicates with the deposit aperture (4) so that a deposit can be inserted through the aperture (4) into the duct member (6) and the first end is closed. A pusher member (28) operates in response to movement of the duct member (6) from the normal position into the deposit position to push a deposit (26) from the receiving zone (12) through the gate means into the storage zone (10).