POST-OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1904 Session I, F-04

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1904. NEW ZEALAND.

POST-OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK.

STATEMENT SHOWING THE DEPOSITS RECEIVED AND PAID BY THE POST-OFFICE SAVINGSmNKS AND THE EXPENSES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, FOR THE YEAR 1903; TOGETHER WITH SIMILAR PARTICULARS, YEAR BY YEAR, FROM THE DATE POST-OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS WERE ESTABLISHED IN THE COLONY, IN FEBRUARY, 1867.

Presented to both Houses of fe General: Assemblyjurmant to Section 81 of "The Post Office Act, lyuu.

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POST-OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS.— GENERAL STATEMENT. Table showing the Business of the Post-Office Savings-banks in New Zealand, Year by Year, from the Date they were established, in February, 1867; to the 31st December, 1903.

Number of Savingsbanks 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 of 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. Postal District*. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d £ S. d.i £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland Blenheim 116 8 J 58,774 5,2671 859, 096 8 6 72,128 12 o 14 12 4 44,265 13 13 11 3,869 819,850 12 1 69,498 4 4 18 10 5 17 J 9 3 39,245 16 g 2,630 7 8 .. 28,925 2 7; 2,875 i 8: 8,259 745 5,593 33,347 557 4,229 6,45i 45, 5 01 1,141,813 6 5 112,227 4 Io l 34 4 9 26 10 9 Christchurch .. 6 4 I 82,796 1,090,906 15 2 13 3 6j 58,214 1,025,763 11 5 17 12 5 65,143 3 9 34,368 5 4 9,O77 1,353,021 1 2 29 14 9 Dunedin I 51 64,372 767,057 16 4 11 18 4 41,990 730,371 o o 17 7 11 36,686 16 4 28,907 1 8 6,961 5,i8i 33,995 846 3,626 1,125,066 7 8 33 1 11 Gisborne 6 7,364 88,873 2 1 12 1 4 5,620 83,804 9 9 14 18 3 5,068 12 4 2,434 17 4] 1,115 96,534 19 5 26 12 5 '/' Greymouth 10 7,542 105,165 15 2 13 18 11 4,533 93,3O7 1 9 20 11 8| 11,858 13 5 I I •• 4,008 14 11! 1,099 843 4,356 269 1,665 1,644 9,79O 1,946 io,gn 159,846 10 2 36 13 11 Hokitika 7 1,874 28,358 6 4 15 2 8j 1,255 29,599 12 9 23 11 8 1,241 6 5 1,850 12 8 312 69,012 II 3 41 9 o Invercargill 27 15,107 204,413 16 5 13 10 7 9.555 190,442 5 4 19 18 7 13,971 11 1 ■•• 8,463 1 10 2,218 328,235 19 el 33 i° 7 Napier 26 J 19,388 218,329 13 7 11 5 3 ii,952 196,326 3 5 16 8 6 22,003 10 2 7,782 19 ij 2,671 313,192 6 10! 28 14 1 Nelson 15 9,654 137,196 18 11 14 4 3 6,143 126,813 12 11 20 12 10 10,383 5 2 787 1 5 • • •• 5,957 18 9 1,210 810 7,044 1,482 6,572 232,142 2 7 32 19 1 New Plymouth 11 11,819 162,080 9 3 13 14 3 [ 7,996| 162,867 10 8 20 7 4 I 4,700 12 6 1,776 179,132 13 11 27 5 2 Oamaru 10 6,224 86,005 8 2 13 16 4 4,011 80,435 16 7 20 II I 5,569 11 7 3,535 18 8 908 705 3,664 I,496J 7,97O 1,124 7.211 2,513 12,420 650 3.037 135,677 17 8 37 o 7 Thames 19 12,765 141,516 12 1 11 1 9J 8,573 14 10 4 7,894 138,548 3 9 16 3 3 2,968 8 4 5,485 16 ij 1,853 212,223 14 3 26 12 6 Timaru 14 12,322 178,877 0 o 166,010 14 o 21 o 7 12,866 6 o ■• 6,348 16 7 1,714 248,911 8 5 34 10 4 Wanganui 28 20,053 277,776 6 5 13 7 1 I3,i35 259,669 12 5 19 15 5 18,106 14 o 7,894 on 3,436 323,036 9 11 26 o 2 Wellington 65 103,409 1,171,457 5 1 11 6 7 69,023 1,102,404 10 4 15 19 5 69,052 14 9 30,950 17 3 12,829 1,254,940 3 5| 25 19 3 Westport 16 5,780 72,352 10 6 12 10 4 3,048 68,115 3 6 22 6 11 4,237 7 ° 2,640 4 ioj 864 103,667 1 8 34 2 8 Totals for Colony in 1903 .. 493 444,510 5,661,592 15 2 12 14 9 301,076 5,343,828 5 o 17 15 o 317,764 10 2 15,000 o 4-83: 187,130 2 8 57,047 40,837] 243,675! 7,388,681 18 7 30 6

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POST-OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS.— GENERAL STATEMENT— continued. Table showing the Business of the Post-Office Savings-banks in New Zealand, Year by Year, from the Date they were established, in February, 1867, to the 31st December, 1903 continued.

General Post Office, Wellington, 2nd June, 1904. W. Gray, Secretary. approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, noi given; printing (1,425 copieß), £3 Is. 6d.

By Authority: John Mackat, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9o4.

Price Hd.]

Number of PostOffice Savingsbanks 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 of 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. Totals for Colony in 1902 .. 1901 .. 1900 .. 1899 .. 1898 .. 1897 • • 1896 .. 1895 ■ • 1894 .. 1893 • • 1892 .. 1891 .. 1890 .. 1889 .. 1888 .. 1887 .. 1886 .. 1885 .. 1884 .. 1883 .. 1882 .. 1881 .. 1880 .. 1879 .. 1878 .. 1877 .. 1876.. 1875 ■•. 1874 .. 1873 .. 1872 .. 1871 .. 1870 .. 1869 .. 1868 .. Totals for Colony from 1st Feb. to 31st Dec, 1867 481 466 445 427 409 388 371 357 348 327 3i8 311 296 294 290 283 271 256 243 222 207 190 178 165 147 138 124 119 103 97 92 81 70 59 55 46 411,215 380,808 347,056 313,783 281,749 267,615 242,283 217,393 204,545 202,276 186,945 176,971 162,938 I53,92O 145,355 136,197 137,989 131,373 129,279 127,609 129,952! 125,855 81,660 71;865 69,908 60,953 57,295 56,129 52,627 39,223 31,681 24,642 20,489 17,133 13,014 6,977 £ s. d. 5,069,619 6 2 4,611,456 6 1 4,170,428 15 3 3,644,980 9 10 3,279,611 7 5 3,187,219 2 4 2,881,152 16 3 2,794,506 16 o 2,252,862 6 11 2,386,089 10 7 1,878,270 6 4 1,842,987 15 2 1,658,543 3 5 1,515,281 11 3 1,544,747 7 « 1,312,151 1 5 1,248,405 6 11 1,341,001 3 2 1,227,909 11 4 1,178,474 4 1 1,325,852 2 II 1,189,012 2 7 864,441 18 10; 8l2,399 H H 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 5 7; 240,898 5 9 194,535 11 6 96,372 7 10 £ s-d. 12 6 7 12 2 2 12 o 4 II 12 4 II 12 IO 'II 18 2 11 17 IO 12 17 I II O 3 II 15 II IO O II IO 8 3 10 3 6 9 16 10 IO 12 6 9 12 8 9 o 11 10 4 i 9 9 11 9 4 8 10 4 o 9 8 11 10 11 9 I 11 6 1 10 18 o 11 3 6 11 11 9 11 14 4 13 5 8 14 16 2 13 12 o 12 13 6 12 18 o 273,454! 247,854! 227,0791 206,940; 196,764, 179,555! 167,248; I59,9O4 152,136 136,739 120,628 111,603 106,868 99,185 96,204 89,962 89,182 84,832 80,800 78,405 69,308 60,137 57,446 54,698 42,7 4 6| 39,363| 39,486 36,977! 29,778! 2I,268j 17,254 14,7731 ii,934; 9,292; 6,365i 1,919 £ s- d. 4,708,771 11 2 4,230,193 6 2 3,827,416 7 3 3,417,298 19 8 3,194,893 16 7 2,891,169 5 8 2,591,558 19 4 2,369,333 6 7 2,268,624 8 4 2,122,521 16 8 1,821,348 18 1 1,693,515 9 3 1,500,437 9 5 1,457,081 5 o 1,387,471 T 10 1,182,409 7 6 1,336,287 6 4 1,264, 305 8 3 1,195,931 o 11 1,295,719 18 3 1,142,599 o 1 902,195 1 8 780,504 13 4 876,180 19 3 742,053 14 3 ■667,023 7 5 696,281 7 4 729,759 17 9 620,155 8 9 425,908 3 5 313,176 7 11 261,347 16 3 209,509 13 2; 180,518 4 1 107,094 17 3 26,415 18 9 £ *• d.| 17 4 5 17 1 4 16 17 1 16 10 3 16 4 9 16 2 o 15 9 10! 14 16 4 14 18 3 15 10 5 15 2 o 15 3 5 14 o 9 14 13 9 14 8 5 13 2 10 14 19 8! 14 18 O; 14 16 o! 16 10 6! 16 9 8j 13 11 8 16 o 41 17 7 2J 16 18 IO 17 12 8J 19 14 8 20 16 5 20 o 5 18 3 o 17 13 9 17 11 1 19 8 7 16 16 6 13 15 3 £ * d. 360,847 15 o 381,262 19 II 343,012 8 o 227,681 10 2 84,717 10 10 296,049 16 8 289,593 16 11 425,173 9 5 263,567 13 11 56,921 8 3 149,472 5 11 158,105 14 o 58,200 6 3 157,276 6 1 129,741 13 11 76,695 14 11 31,978 10 5 £ s. d. •• ' I .. ., 15,762 1 5 ■■ 87,881 19 5 £ 14,000 11,500 10,500 9,500 8,500 8,000 7,000 7,000 6,500 6,500 5,500 5,000 5,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 ■4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 3,500 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,250 1,800 1,556 1,351 1,264 1,186 789 822 s. d. o 490 o 439 o 439 o 438 o 4-26 o 429 o 410 o 4H5 o 437 o 460 o 429 o 4'i6 o 4'45 o 379 o 3 97 o 4-24 o 4'23 o 4-44 o 4'57 O 466 o 482 o 452 o 604 o 569 o 533 o 598 o 620 o 644 o 6-55 o 714 o 763 o 823 o 936 o 1077 0 977 1 1018 £ s. d. 172,926 1 7 159,198 4 o 146,169 2 5 134.917 19 3 128,128 16 6 137,240 8 o 126,497 16 3 129,489 19 6 114,643 4 11 114,760 1 1 111,301 13 1 104,098 17 o 92,319 o 6 84,809 17 1 78,080 6 o 67,363 15 3 65,825 9 6 62,228 3 11 57,38i 13 7 56,046 17 3 54,909 13 11 42,204 19 o 32,822 12 4 31,715 18 2 31,664 12 9 29, 14 6 28,762 4 7 28,565 3 5 26,935 6 8 20,106 16 10 14,711 o 5 11,291 10 10 9,242 3 11 7,412 8 o 4,880 7 3 1,241 5 o 53,587 50,046 46,086 41,362 37,265 36,394 32,982 30,2611 28,669 2 9,755 26,232 25,131 23,719 21,778 21 ,307 20,368 21,671 20,661 20,228 20,386 21,014 25,059! 16,137 15,401] 13,005 ",2351 ",255 11,273 10,346! 7,382! 6,205; 4,615; 4,3O4i 3,839; 3,282 2,520 38,558] 35,oi8 31,724 28,284 26,628 24,821! 22,907! 22,001; 21,930 19,5991 18,171 17,872 17,256 I5,52ii i6,543 15,515 i6,757 16,421 16,447 15,967 I4,5O5 12,718 12,217 12,786 9,634 8,591 9,472 8,681 5,736 3,816 3,188 2,383 2,277 1,801 1,186 364 227,465 212,436 197,408 183,046 169,968 159,331 147,758 137,683! 129,423; 122,684 112,528 104,467 97, 2 °8 9O,745 84,488 79,724 74,871 69,957 65,717 61,936 57,517 51,008 38,667 34,747 32,I3 2 28,761 26,117 2 4,334 21,742 17,132 13,566 10,549 8,317 6,290 4,252 2,156 £ <■■ d. 6,883,787 5 9 6,350,013 9 2 5,809,552 5 3 5,3-2°,37° *4 10 4,957,771 5 5 4,744,924 18 1 4,311,634 13 5 3,895,543 o 3 3,340,879 11 4 3,241,998 7 10 2,863,670 12 10 2,695,447 11 6 2,441,876 8 7 2,191,451 14 1 2,048,441 10 9 1,813,084 18 8 1,615,979 9 6 1,638,035 19 5 1,499,112 o 7 i,4O9,75i 16 7 1,470,950 13 6 1,232,787 16 9 903,765 16 10 787,005 19 o 819,071 8 2 767,375 17 8 723,910 17 5 727,295 7 8 770,836 18 o 664,807 5 10 490, 066 7 o 357,654 *4 6 295,372 1 7 231,3" 5 3 163,518 15 7 71,197 14 1 £ e. d. 30 5 3 29 17 10 29 8 7 29 1 4 29 3 5 29 15 7 29 3 7 28 5 10 25 16 3 26 8 6 25 9 o 25 16 o 25 2 4 24 2 11 24 4 10 22 14 IO 21 II 8 23 8 4 22 16 3 22 15 2 25 II 5 24 3 4 23 7 6 22 12 11 25 9 9 26 13 7 27 14 4 29 17 9 35 9 o 38 16 1 36 2 5 33 18 1 35 10 3 36 15 5 38 9 1 33 o 5 117,245 14 2 183,253 2 IO 286,817 ° IJ 83>937 5 6 .. 63.781 7 4 20,030 17 9 14,271 5 9 32,146 14 10 72,106 13 9 79,094 5 6 154,634 2 o 117,700 12 1 50,991 2 1 54,818 12 5 60,380 1 8 87,440 14 3 69,956 9 1 •• ■• 14 1 2 14 18 11 13 16 3 ■•