POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1879 Session I, H-14

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1879. NEW ZEALAND.

POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly, pursuant to Clause 14 of " The Post Office Savings Bank Act, ]867." STATEMENT SHOWING THE DEPOSITS EECEIVED AND PAID BY THE POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS OF THE COLONY, TOGETHEE WITH THE EXPENSES OF WORKING THE DEPARTMENT, FOE THE YEAE 1878.

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STATEMENT of the Business of the Post Office Savings Banks in New Zealand, Year by Year, from the date of their Establishment to the 31st December, 1878.

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Postal Districts. Number of Host Office Savings Banks open at the close of the Year. Number of Deposits received during the Year. Total Amount of Deposits received during the Year. Average Amount of each Deposit received during the Year. Number of Withdrawals during the Year. Total Amount of Withdrawals during the Year. Average Amount of each Withdrawal during the Year. Excess of Deposits over Withdrawals during the Year. Excess of Withdrawals over Deposits during the Year. Cost or Management during the Year. Average Cost of each Transaction, Deposit, or Withdrawal. Interest for the Year. Number of Accounts opened during the Year. Number of Accounts closed during the Year. Number of Accounts remaining open at close of the Year. Total Amount standing to the Credit of all open Accounts, inclusive of Interest to the close of the Year. Average Amount standing to the Credit of each open Account at close of the Year. M O SI £ *. a. 78,012 3 2 20,285 19 4 '9.455 '5 6 29,407 14 8 158,694 16 8 13,664 4 4 16,749 9 8 6,853 15 4 12,637 3 8 10,052 4 2 194,869 17 9 178,987 15 4 22,413 12 s £ s. d. 10 6 9 iS S 8 9 18 9 10 10 o 10 10 5 9 14 6 10 11 2 £ s. d. 72,482 12 3 19,893 '7 " 20,399 14 8 26,393 1 10 153,852 10 5 14,210 15 7 17,242 18 7 9.456 14 4 12,311 17 7 10,891 11 8 189,214 8 9 176,584 2 9 19,119 7 11 £ s d. 14 16 11 11 42 26 15 5 15 12 10 16 1 2 20 11 4 '9 S 9 24 3 8 1707 17 1 11 1906 18 2 6 18 8 8 £ s. d. 5,529 10 11 392 1 S £ s. d. £ s. d. 3,558 7 7 i,i37 3 9 646 17 o 1,169 4 2 5,4°6 o 5 819 12 2 1,136 12 4 4'3 9 3 703 18 9 57' 2 3 7,828 1 4 7,180 8 o ',093 15 9 £ s. d. 94,588 14 5 28,183 'I 4 15,552 19 10 31,189 18 1 M3,439 14 9 20,543 15 1 28,127 10 o 9,691 3 10 17,683 19 4 13,487 18 7 203,845 10 o 182,727 7 10 39,009 5 1 £ s. d. 22 18 6 26 4 10 22 4 4 24 13 6 25 1 o 27 '2 3 27 8 10 24 i S 8 19 4 S 26 2 9 24 12 10 28 18 3 37 o 3 Si 0 I Auckland Thames Taranaki Hawkc's Bay Wellington Marlborough Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Canterbury Otago Southland 34 1 5 9 20 4 5 3 3 3 21 33 7,243 1,962 1,273 2,959 15,"7 1,299 649 1,006 961 I7,59O 16,431 1,696 4,881 ',775 762 1,687 9,58. 691 894 39i 723 637 9,946 9,74i 3,014 12 10 4,842 6 3 ... 943 19 2 546 11 3 493 8 11 2,602 19 o ... ... ... ... ... 1,378 32S 272 63' 2,779 243 274 106 '95 166 3,298 2,946 392 935 319 190 429 2,049 193 207 102 171 169 2,180 2,542 248 4,126 1,074 700 1,264 5,726 744 1,025 39' 920 5'6 8,272 6,320 ',054 12 11 3 10 9 2 11 1 7 10 17 10 13 4 3 325 6 1 5,655 9 o 2,403 12 7 3,294 4 6 839 7 6 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 i Totals for Colony in 1878... 18771876... 1874I873-- » », 1872... „ „ 1871... „ „ 1870... » » 1869... „ „ 1868... Totals for Colony from 1st Feb. to 31st Dec, 1867 ... •47 138 124 119 103 97 92 81 70 59 55 69,908 60,953 57,295 56,129 52,627 39,223 31,681 24,642 20,489 17,'33 13,014 762,084 12 o 681,294 13 2 664,134 12 6 657,653 4 o 699,249 14 3 580,542 5 5 430,877 o o 312,338 18 4 264,328 s 7 240,898 s 9 '94,535 " 6 10 18 o 11 3 6 11 11 9 11 14 4 •3S8 14 16 2 13 12 o 12 13 6 12 18 o 14 1 2 14 18 11 42,746 39,486 36,977 29,778 21,268 I7, 254 '4,773 ",934 9,292 742,053 '4 3 667,023 7 S 696,281 7 4 729,759 '7 9 620,155 8 9 425,908 3 5 313,176 7 " 261,347 16 3 209.509 13 2 180,518 4 1 107,094 "7 3 17 7 2 16 18 10 17 12 8 19 14 8 20 16 5 20 o 5 18 3 o '7 '3 9 17 11 1 19 8 7 16 16 6 20,030 17 9 14,271 S 9 ... 79,094 5 6 154,634 2 o 117,700 12 1 50,991 2 1 54,818 12 ; 60,380 1 8 87,440 14 3 32,146 14 10 72,106 13 9 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,250 1,800 1,556 1,35' 1,264 1,186 789 o (i o 6 o 6^ o 64 o 6f o 7i o 7t't o 8£ o 9tt o io|°o 9^ 31,664 12 9 29,193 14 6 28,762 4 7 28,565 3 S 26,935 6 8 20,106 16 10 14.71 ■ ° 5 11,291 10 10 9,242 3 11 7,412 8 o 4,880 7 3 13,005 ",235 ",255 ",273 10,346 7,382 6,205 4,304 3,839 3,282 9,634 8,59' 9,472 8,681 5,736 3,816 3,188 2,383 2,277 1,801 1,186 32,132 28,761 26,117 24,334 21,742 '7,'32 '3,566 io,549 6,290 4,252 819,071 8 2 767,375 '7 8 723,9io 17 5 727,295 7 8 770,836 18 o 664,807 5 10 490,066 7 o 3S7>6S4 '4 6 295,372 1 7 231,3" S 3 163,518 '5 7 25 9 9 26 13 7 27 14 4 29 17 9 35 9 ° 38 16 1 36 2 s 33 18 1 35 10 3 36 IS 5 38 9 ' 46 6,977 96,372 7 10 >3 Jf> 3 1,919 26,415 18 9 '3 IS 3 69,956 9 1 822 1 ioi 1,241 5 o 2,520 364 2,156 71,197 14 1 33 o S General Post Office, Wellington, nth July, 1879. W. Gray, Secretary.