POST-OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1905 Session I, F-04

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1905. NEW ZEALAND.

POST-OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK.

STATEMENT SHOWING THE DEPOSITS RECEIVED AND PAID BY THE POST-OFFICE SAVINGSBANKS, AND THE EXPENSES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, FOR THE YEAR 1904; 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 the General Assembly purstiant to Section 81 of " The Post Office Act, 1900."

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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, 1904

Postal Districts. Number °Officc Number of Tota , Amoullt Savings- Deposits j of D sits banks received received during the Open at during the v «r the Close Year. Year - of the Year. Average Amount of Number each ; ofWithDeposit drawals received , during during the , the Year. Year. Total Amount of Withdrawals during the Year. Average | Amount of i each Withdrawal during the Year. Excess of Deposits over Withdrawals during the Year. Excess of Withdrawals over Deposits during the Year. Average Cost of <%£' - -r. &. drawal. Interest for the Year. Number of Accounts Opened during the Year. Number of Accounts Closed during the Year. Number of Accounts remaining Open aV. 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. £ s. d. £ s. d. i s. d. £ ■■ d- £ s - d. £ *• d. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland 119 62,242 857,732 3 4 13 1 5 7 47,527 841,868 6 8 17 14 3 15,863 16 8 30,588 4 II 8,213 5,7H 35,846 1,188,265 8 o 33 3 o Blenheim 8 5,653 87,037 3 5 15 7 " 4,4" 85.57 1 X 3 2 19 8 o 1,465 10 3 2,966 7 I 772 625 4.376 116,659 2 2 26 13 2 Christchurch .. 64 81,968 1,034,512 17 2 12 12 5 1 60,952 1,046, 467 5 2 17 3 4 11,954 8 o 36,129 o 3! 8,610 6,619 47,492 i,377,i95 13 5 29 o o Dunedin 52 69,359 803,587 19 o 11 11 9 44,757 756,208 3 o 16 17 11 47,379 16 o 31,322 11 1 6,9741 5,292 35,677 1,203,768 14 9! 33 14 10 Gisborne 6 8,015 102,050 2 8'| 12 14 8 5,965 93,7°7 I 4 ° 15 14 2 8,342 8 8 2,664 8 3 1,302 806 ■ 4, 122 107,541 16 4! 26 1 10 Greymouth 10 8,060 112,719 2 10 13 19 8 5,223 106,296 16 21 20 7 O 6,422 6 8. i 4,406 7 61 1,187 881 4,662 170,675 4 4| 36 12 2 Hokitika 7 1,866 28,978 9 i| 15 10 7 1,273 1 33,189 4 o 26 I 5 4,210 14 11 1,901 11 5 323 280 1,708 66,703 7 9 39 1 1 Invercargill 27 16,387 2I 7> 2 59 3 6 13 5 2 10,286 2 i5,3i5 14 5 20 18 8 1.943 9 1 9,074 7 8 2,360 1,692 10,458 339,253 15 9 32 8 10 Napier 27 22,049 245,306 13 6J 11 2 6 13,393 226,152 18 7 16 17 9 19,153 14 11 8,704 17 4 3.084 2,026 11,969 341,050 19 1 28 9 11 Nelson 15 9,788 152,012 16 2 15 10 7 6,806 I5 2 ,753 18 I 22 8 11 741 1 11 6,279 3 3 1,198 819; 7,423 237,680 3 11 32 o 5 New Plymouth 11 ii,O53 134,149 15 4! 12 2 9 7,678 136,648 10 2 17 15 11 2,498 14 10 4,883 12 9 : 1,539 i,354 6,757 181,517 11 ioi 26 17 3 Oamaru 10 6,453 95,271 11 1 14 15 3 4,765 93,562 3 8 19 12 8 1,709 7 5 3,767 19 6 973 766 3,871 I4I.I55 4 7 36 9 4 Thames 19 13,106: 150,792 19 9! 11 10 1 8,815 151,272 18 o 17 3 3 479 18 3 5,781 15 4 1,792 6,924 o ij 1,850 i,435! 8,327 217,525 11 4 26 2 6 Timaru 14 13,702 222,637 10 9| 16 5 o 8,926 203,916 10 6 22 16 11 18,721 o 3 1,294 7»767 274,556 8 9 35 7 o Wanganui 33 21,248 2 7°>755 " 8 12 14 ic 14,194 1,250,459 6 3 11 1 5 75,428 71,276 14 6 12 1 2 3,210 266,047 17 7 18 14 10 4,707 14 1 8,796 17 6 3,313 2,660 13,073 336,546 1 6 25 14 10 Wellington 72 112,939 1,189,357 5 8 15 15 4 61,102 o 7 33,888 4 3 13,449 9,366 52,42O 1,349,925 8 3 25 15 1 Westport 16 5.9" 66,433 4 Hi 20 13 11 4.843 9 7 2,850 17 11 830 651, 3,216 111,361 9 2 34 12 7 Totals for Colony in 1904 .. 5io 4 69-7991 5,836,540 o o 12 8 6 323,609 5,664,770 3 9 17 10 1 171,769 16 3 16,000; o 484 200,930 6 I 57,769 42,280 259,1641 7,761,382 on 29 18 11

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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, 1904— continued.

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§ re o r+ Number of Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the Year. Number of Deposits received duringthe Year. Total Amount of Deposits received during ibe Year. Average Amount of ; Number each of WithDeposit drawals received , during during the the Year. Year. Total Amount of Withdrawals during the Year. Average Amount of each Withdrawal during the Year. Excess of Deposits over Withdrawals during the Year. over Deposits , ment during thenar. *$*^ 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 ol each Open Account at Close of the Year. 3" o o a o TO CO I o ! § 5" Totals for Colony in 1904 .. S . 1903 •• 4 < . 1902 .. I g- . 1900 .. ? OQ . 1899 .. 4 B . 1898.. ■% . 1896.. 5 3 . 1895 •• , B <— H . I893 .. g § . 1892.. J n „ 1891 .. < " H „ 1890 .. B „ 1889 . . 2. • „ 1887 . . g „ 1886 .. g . 1885 .. p „ 1884 .. 5 . 1883 .. 5 „ 1881 .. | < . 1880 .. -- ' . 1879 .. SO ■ » 1878 .. *° & .. 1877 a 5 . 1876.. £ • '874 • • q „ 1873 .. re „ 1872 .. ST . 1871 .. C2 • 1870 .. 1869 .. 1868 .. Totals for Colony from 1st Feb. to 31st Dec, 1867 510 493 481 466 445 427 409 388 371 357 348 327 318 3" 296 294 290 283 271 256 243 222 469,799! 444,510: 4",2I5 380, S08 347,056 313,783 28l,749| 267,615: 242,283. 217,393 204,545 202,276 186,945 176,971 162,938 153,920 145,355 136,197 137,989 131,373) 129,279 127,609 129,952 125,855 81,660 71,865 69,908 6o,953 57,295 56,129 52,627 39,223 31,681 24,642 20,489 I7.I33 13,014 6,977 £ s. d. 5,836,540 o o 5,661,592 15 2 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 11 1,189,012 2 7 864,441 18 10 812,399 n 11 762,084 12 o 681,294 X 3 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 J 94>535 11 6J 96,372 7 io 1 £ s. d. 12 8 6 12 14 9 1267 12 2 2 1204 11 12 4 11 12 10 11 18 2 11 17 10 12 17 1 11 o 3 11 15 11 10 o 11 10 8 3 10 3 6 9 16 10 10 12 6 9 12 8 9 o 11 10 4 1 9 9 11 948 10 4 o 9 8 11 10 11 9 11 6 1 10 18 o 11 3 6 11 11 9 11 14 4 13 5 8 14 16 2 13 12 o 1213 6 12 18 O 14 I 2 I4 l8 II 13 I6 3 323,609 301,076 2 73,454 2 47,854 227,079 206,940 196,764 179,555 167,248 159,904 152,136 136,739 120,628 III,603 IO6,868 99,l85 96,204 89,962 89,182 84,832 80,800 78,405 69,308 60, I37 57,446 54,698 42,746 39,363 39,486 36,977 29,778 21,268 17,254 J 4,773 ii,934 9,292 6,365 1,919 £ s. d. 5.664.770 3 9 5,343,828 5 o 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 i,457, o8 i 5 o 1,387,471 1 10 1,182,409 7 6 1,336,287 6 4 1,264,305 8 3 I,i95,93i 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 / s. d. 17 10 I 17 15 o 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 b 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 8 15 o 1 13 11 8 16 o 4 17 7 2 16 18 10 17 12 8 19 14 8 20 16 5 20 o 5 18 3 o 17 11 1 19 8 7 16 16 6 13 15 3 £ S. d. £ S. d. £ 171,769 16 3 . . 16,000 317,764 IO 2 .. 15,000 360,847 15 o .. 14,000 381,262 19 II . . I1,5OO 343,012 80 .. 10,500 227,681 IO 2 .. 9,5OO 84,717 10 10 .. 8,500 296,049 16 8 .. 8,000 289,593 16 11 .. 7,000 425,173 9 5 ■■ 7,ooo 15,762 1 5 6,500 263,567 13 11 .. - 6,500 56,921 83 .. 5,500 X 49,472 5 « •• 5,ooo 158,105 14 o .. 5,000 58,200 63 .. 4,000 157,276 61 .. 4,000 129,741 13 11 .. 4,000 i 87,881 19 5 4,000 76,695 14 1 1 .. 4,000 31,978 10 5 .. 4,000 117,245 14 2 4,000 l8 3,253 2 10 .. 4,000 286,817 on .. 3,500 83,937 5 6 .. 3,500 63,781 7 4 3,000 20,030 179 .. 2,500 m>27 1 5 9 •• 2,500 32,146 14 10 2,500 72,106 13 9 2,500 79,094 56; .. 2,250 154,634 20! .. 1,800 117,700 12 1 .. 1,556 50,991 2 1 .. 1,351 54,818 12 5| .. 1,264 60,380 18 .. 1,186 87,440 14 3 .. 789 69,956 91 .. 822 s. d. o 484 o 483 o 4-90; 0 439 o 439, o 4-38, o 426 o 4-29 o 4'i°! 0 4'45; o 4'37 o 4"6o o 4-29! o 4-16! 0 4'45 o 379 o 397 o 4-24 o 423 o 4'44! o 45?: o 466, o 4821 o 452 o 6*04 o 569 o 533' o 5-98 o 620; o 644 o 6-55! o 7-14 o 7-63: o 823: o 936: o 1077 0 977 1 1018 £ s. d. 200,930 6 1 187,130 2 8 172,926 1 7 159,198 4 o 146,169 2 5 134,917 J 9 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 54,9O9 13 " 42,204 19 o 32,822 12 4 31,715 18 2 31,664 12 9 29,193 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 4,88o 7 3 1,241 5 o 57,769! 57,O47 53,587 50,046 46,086 41,362 37,265 36,394 32,982 30,261 28,669 29,755 26,232 25,131 23,7!9 21,778 21,307 20,368 21,671 20,661 20,228 20,386 21,014 25,059 16,137 I5, 4 oi| I3,°o5j lr >235 ",255| 11,273: 10,346; 7,382; 6,205 4,6i5 ! 4,3O4, 3,839 3,282 2,520 42,280 259,164 40,837 243,675! 38,558: 227,465 35,018: 212,436 31,724' I97,4O8 28,284! 183,046 26,628| 169,968 24,821, 159,331 22,907 147,758 22,OOI 137,683 21,930 129,423 19,599 122,684 18,171 112,528 17,872 104,467, 17,256; 97,208 15,521' 90,745 16,543 84,488 15,515 79,724 l6,757 74,871 16,421 69,957 16,447 65,717 15,967 61,936 I4,5O5 57,517 12,718 51,008 12,217 38,667 12,786 34,747 9,634 32,132 8,591 28,761 9,472 26,117 8,681 24,334 5,736 21,742 3,816 17,132 3,188 13,566 2,383 10,549 2,277 8,317 1,801 6,290 1,186 4,252 364 2,156; £ 8. d. 7,761,382 o 11 7,388,681 18 7 6,883,787 5 9 6,350,013 9 2 5,809,552 5 3 5,320,370 14 10 4,957,771 5 5 4,744,924 18 1 4,311,634 13 5 3,895, 543 o 3 3,34 O ,879 11 4 3,241,998 7 10 2,863,670 12 10 2,695,447 " 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 1,47°, 95O 13 6 1,232,787 16 9 903,765 16 ioj 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 14 6| 295,372 1 7| 23i,3" 5 3 163,518 15 7 71,197 14 1 £ s. A 29 18 11 30 6 5 3O 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 10 21 11 8 23 8 4 22 16 3 22 15 2 25 11 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 5 207 190 178 165 147 138 124 119 103 97 92 81 70 59 55 46