PROGRESS OF THE DOMINION
INCREASE IN OVERSEAS ■ TRADE GROWTH OP SAYINGS BARI DEPOSITS ' (PKESS ASSOCIATION TP3lim»} WELLINGTON. May 2. ‘T want to quote figures to ilha. irate that the country is in- a better position than it was a year or t«o ago, though we all feel 'that, of course,” said the Acting-Prime Ifia. ister (the Hon. P. Fraser) when opening the Wellington show on Saturday night. Exports during the 12 months ended March; 31, Mr Fraser said, amounted ft value to £60,235,000, compared with £49,676,000 in the 12 months March 31, 1936. Imports amounfcj in the 12 months ended March 31 ta £47,621,000, and £37,440,000 in tST previous 12 months. Savings Bank business was aijs! other indication of the trend olpnt gress. Deposits for the year eajei March 31 were £30,677,000, drawais £27,042,000, and amount standing at the credit « Savings Bank depositors at 31< 1936, was £52,916,000. With an excess of deposits during the yas and interest amounting to £ 1,514,000, the sum on March 91 . was £58,065,000, an increase , : qf; £5,149,000 during the 12 months:
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22082, 3 May 1937, Page 8
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