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 1905; TOGETHER WITH SIMILAR PARTICULARS, YEAR BY YEAR, FROM THE DATE POST-OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS WERE ESTABLISHED IN THE COLONY, IN FEBRUARY, 1867.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1906 Session I, F-04

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1906. 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 1905; 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 pursuant 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, 1905.

Postal Districts, Number of PostOfficc Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the Year. Number of Deposits received duringthe 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 j Amount of ■ each Withdrawal; during j the Year, j 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 ot each Open Account at Close of the Year. Auckland "~ I I """' i £ B- d- £ b- <*• 124 1 66,693 980,947 4 4 14 14 2 51.3!° £ B. d. 901,120 5 3 £ s. d/ £ g. d. 17 11 2. 79,826 19 1 20 4 3: 18.222 3 5 17 12 7 113,148 8 2 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ b. d. 39,257 6 10 4,044 12 4 45.551 7 5 8,688i 6,055 £ ■• £ ■• d. 38>479J 1,307, 349 J 3 " 33 *9 6 Blenheim 8 ' 6,598 112,977 3 2 17 2 6 4,688; 94,754 r 9 9 849 567 4*658 138,925 17 11 29 16 6 Christchurch .. 63 89,063 [,202,388 4 2 13 10 o 61,792! 1,089,259 16 o 9,091: 6,649 49,934 1*535.895 9 o 3015 2 Dunedin Gisborne Grey mouth Hokitika 52 74,809 935,313 6 9 12 10 1; 49,016 : ! ! 6 9,343: 118,077 IT ° I2 12 9! 7>5 I0 i 11 7,985 109,798 15 8 13 15 o 5,056: I 7 1,815 27,406 7 4 15 2 o; 1,243 840, 826 6 3 in, 584 6 3 93,260 16 2 26,685 I2 6 i? 3 I 94,487 o 6 14 17 2 6,493 4 9 18 8 11 16,537 19 6 21 9 41 720 14 10 19 17 10 29,755 18 2 17 1 7! 40,302 17 11 22 5 9! 23,616 10 6 40,611 18 8 3,541 10 8 5,750 6 10 2,219 19 1 ; 11,509 19 7 \ 11,727 11 5 8,355 9 7 7,222 5,329 1,451 841 1,042! 811 277 1 299 37*570 1,338,867 13 11 35 12 9 4,732! 117,576 11 gj 24 16 11 4,893! 192,963 10 8! 39 8 9 1,686 69,644 1 8 41 62 11,184 380,519 13 6 34 o 6 Invercargill Napier Nelson 28 17,810; 253,943 I0 4 : H 5 2 11,271 27 2 4,537i 299,623 6 2 12 4 3 15,184 16 10,908 180,176 13 5; 16 IO 4 7,024 224,187 18 2 259,3 2 o 8 3 2,463 i,737 3,282! 2,186 13,065 393,o8i 8 5 30 1 9 156,560 2 11 1,287! 853 7,857 269,652 4 o 34 6 5 New Plymouth 11 10,918! 144,124 4 o 13 4 o 7,604 135,126 TO II 17 15 5 8,997 13 1 19 8 7 14,183 13 c 16 9 3 5,45 2 17 2 21 15 4! 20,862 4 2 18 9 3: 27,608 18 11 15 4 oj 139,473 n 4 21 13 11 1,868 14 2 6,006 4 6 4,824 2 4 7,003 2 7 9,139 19 4 11,266 11 1 44,655 19 6 3,6i5 5 9 I 1,484 1,254 6,987; 196,521 9 5' 28 2 6 Oamaru 10 6,942 103,721 16 2 14 18 10 4,608 89,538 3 2 933, 720 4,084 160,162 19 11 39 4 4 Thames Timaru 18 13,284 154,816 8 6 11 13 1 9,074 14 222,489 7 o 15 4 2 9,'263 149,363 11 4 1,786 1,424 8,689: 229, 981 11 1 26 9 4 201,627 2 IO 1,835 1,298 8,304 304,558 12 3 36 13 6 Wanganui 33 2 3,ii7 307.285 9 o 13 5 10 I5,i47j 279,676 IO I 3,551: 2,7291 i3.895| 375, 4 l6 " 6 27 o 4 56,682 1,534,059 19 1 27 1 3 Wellington Westport 73 i24,go3 : 1,402,090 10 9 11 46 83,060 *7 ! 5,756: 70.563 17 1 I2 5 2 3,166 1,262,616 19 5 14,006! 9,744: 68,695 2 n 768 617 3,367 116,845 9 1 34 14 1 Totals for Colony in 1905 .. : 520 j 509,112} 6,625,744 ° IO T 3 ° 3 346,022 5,984,184 12 2 17 5 11 641,559 S 8 16,500 o 4-63 259,081 7 6: 60,015 43,H3 276,066 8,662,022 17 1 31 7 • }

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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, 1905 — continued.

Thomas Rose, General Post Office, Wellington, 27th June, 1906. Acting-Secretary. Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given : printing ( 1,450 copies), £S 15s. 6d.

By Authority. John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9o6.

Price 3d.]

Number of Postoffice Numberof Savings- Deposits hanks received Open at duringthe the Close Year, of the Year. Average Total Amount Amount of Number of Deposits ««* nfW.threceived during the De P. os ' t ll [ awals Y ar received during during the the Year. Year. Total Amount of Withdrawals during the Year. Average Amount of Excess ol each Deposits over Withdrawal Withdrawals during during the Year, the Year. Excess of ! ,V° St °' Withdrawals Manageover Deposits , . „ during thS Yea, !£"£_ Average Cost of each Transaction, De- j posit 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 o( each Open Account at Close of the Year. £ s. d. £ s. d. Totals for Colony in 1905 .. 520 509,112 6,625,744 o 10 13 o 3 1904 •• 5 r ° 469,799 5,836,540 o o 12 8 6 1903 •■ 493 444,5io; 5,661,592 15 2 12 14 9 1902 •■ 481 411,2151 5,069,619 6 2 12 6 7 1901 .. 466 380,80814,611,456 6 1 12 2 2 1900 •• 445 347,056! 4,170,428 15 3 12 o 4 l8 99 •• 427 313,783! 3,644,980 9 10 ii 12 4 „ 1898 .. 409 I 281,749! 3,279,611 7 5 11 12 10 1897 .. 388 : 267,615! 3,187,219 2 4! II 18 2 1896 .. 371 242,283: 2,881,152 16 3 II 17 IO l8 95 •• 357 217,393! 2,794,506 16 0; 12 17 1 t894 .. 348 204,545! 2,252,862 6 ii; 11 o 3 1893 .. 327 202,276! 2,386,089 10 7 11 15 11 1892 .. 318 186,945' 1,878,270 6 4 10 o 11 1891 .. 311 176,971 1,842,987 15 2! 10 8 3 1890 .. 296 162,938! 1,658,543 3 5 10 3 6 » - 1889 .. 294 153,920! 1,515,281 11 3 g 16 10 1888 .. 290 145,355; 1,544,747 7 "I 10 12 6 1887 .. 283 136,197; 1,312,151 1 5. 9 12 8 1886.. 271 i37,989 : 1,248,405 6 11 9 o 11 1885 .. 256 , 131,373! 1,341,001 3 2 10 4 1 1884 .. 243 129,279: 1,227,909 11 4 9 9 11 1883 .. 222 127,6091 1,178,474 41948 1882 .. 207 129,952! 1,325,852 2 II! 10 4 o 1881 .. 190 125,855! 1,189,012 2 7! 9 8 11 1880.. 178 81,660; 864,441 18 10: 10 11 9 1879 .. 165 71,8651 812,399 II II; II 6 I 1878 .. 147 69,908' 762,084 12 O! IO l8 O 1877 .. 138 60,953! 681,294 I 3 2' ii 36 1876.. 124 57,295! 664,134 12 6; 11 11 9 1875 .. 119 56,129} 657,653 4 0! 11 14 4 1874.. 103 52,627; 699,24914 3 13 5 8 1873.. 97 39,223. 580,542 5 5 ; M 16 2 1872 .. 92 31,681; 430,877 o o ! 13 12 o 1871 .. 81 24,642; 312,338 18 4 12 13 6 1870 .. 70 20,489! 264,328 5 7; 12 18 o 1869.. 59 17,133! 240,898 5 9.14 1 2 1868 .. 55 i3,oi4 ! 194,535 11 6 14 18 11 Totals for Colony from 1st 46 6,977! 96,372 7 ioi 13 16 3 Feb. to 31st Dec, 1867 346,022 323,609 301,076 273,454 247,854 227,079 206,940 196,764 179,555 167,248 159,904 152,136 136,739 120,628 ill, 603 106,868 99,l85 96,204 89,962 89,182 84,832 80,800 78,405 69,308 60,137 57,446 54,698 42,746 39,363 39,486 36,977 29,778 21,268 17,254 ' 14,773 11,934 9,292 6,365 1,919 £ s. d. 5,984,184 12 2 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 1,457,081 5 o 1,387,47! 1 10 1,182,409 7 6 1,336,287 6 4 1,264,305 8 3; I,i95,93i o ii! 1,295,719 18 3 1,142, 599 o I 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 17 5 11 17 IO I 17 15 o 17 4 5 17 I 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 8 15 o 1 13 11 8 16 o 4 17 7 2 16 18 IO 17 12 8 19 14 8 20 16 5 20 o 5 18 3 o 17 13 9 17 11 1 19 8 7 16 16 6 £ s. d, £ s. d.; £ 641,559 8 8; .. 16,500 171,769 16 3 .. 16,000 317,764 10 2 .. , 15,000 360,847 15 o .. : 14,000 381,262 19 11 .. ! 11,500 343,012 8 o 1 .. ! 10,500 227,681 10 2 .. 9,500 84,717 10 10 .. I 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 .. 5,500 149,472 5 11 .. 5,000 158,105 14 o .. 5,000 58,200 63. .. 4,000 157,276 61 .. 4,000 129,741 13 II: .. 4,000 87,881 19 5 4,000 76,695 14 II .. 4,000 31,978 10 5 .. 4,000 117,245 14 2! 4,000 183,253 2 IO .. 4,000 286,817 Oil .. 3,500 83,937 5 6 .. 3,500 63,781 7 4 3,000 20,030 17 9 . . 2,500 14,271 59 .. 2,500 32,146 14 io : 2,500 72,106 13 g 2,500 79,094 56 .. 2,250 154,634 20 .. 1,800 117,700 12 1 .. 1,556 50,991 21 .. i,35i 54,818 12 5 ! .. 1,264! 60,380 18! .. 1,186! 87,440 14 3! .. 789' 69,956 91 .. 822; I s. d. | £ s. d.j o 4-63; 259,081 7 6) o 4-84! 200,930 6 I o 4-83; 187,130 2 8 o 490! 172,926 1 7: o 4'39J 159,198 4 o o 4'39 146,169 2 5 o 438! 134,917 19 3 o 4261 128,128 16 6 o 429! I37, 2 40 8 o o 410! 126,497 16 3 o 4-45! 129,489 19 6 o 4'37: "4,643 4 "! o 4'6ol 114,760 1 ij o 4-29! 111,301 13 Ij o 416: 104,098 17 o; o 4'45! 92,319 o o o 379! 84,809 17 1 o 3'97; 78,080 6 o o 4-24! 67,363 15 3 o 4-23; 65,825 9 6 o 444; 62,228 3 11 o 4'57 : 57,38i 13 7 o 4'66 56,046 17 3 o 4-82 54,909 13 11 0 452 42,204 19 o o 604 32,822 12 4! o 5'6gi 31,715 18 2 o 533 31,664 12 9 o 5'98 29,193 14 6; o 6'20 28,762 4 7 0 644 28,565 3 5 o 655 26,935 6 8 o 714 20,106 16 10! o 7-63 14,711 o 5 o 823: 11,291 10 10 o 9'3 6 ! 9,242 3 11 o IO '77! 7,412 8 o 0 9'77 : ' 4,88o 7 3 1 1018 1,241 5 o 60,015 57,769 57,047 53,587 50,046 46,086 41,362 37,265 36,394 32,982 30,261 28,669 29,755 26,232 25,131 23,719 21,778 21,307 20,368 21,671 20,661 20,228 20,386 21,014 25,059 16,137 15,401 13,005 11,235 11,255 ",273 10,346; 7,382! 6,2051 4,615! 4,304; 3,839; 3,282 2,520! I I I I 43,ii3 : 276,066 42,280 259,164 40,837 243,675 38,558 227,465 35,018 212,436 31,724 197,408 28,284 183,046 26,628 169,968 24,821 159,331 22,907 147,758 22,001 137,683 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 i6,757 74,87i 16,421 69,957 16,447 65,717 15,967 61,936 14,505 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! i 3,188 I3,566 ; ! 2,383 10,549; , 2,277 8,317 1,801 6,290 1,186 4,252 364 2,156 £ s. d. 8,662,022 17 1 7,761,382 O II 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 3,340,879 11 4 3,241,998 7 10 2,863,670 12 10 2,695,447 TI 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 1,409,751 16 7 i,47o,95o 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 IO 490, 066 7 o 357,654 14 6 295,372 1 7 23i,3" 5 3 163,518 15 7 71,197 14 1 £ b. d. 3i 7 6 29 18 11 30 6 5 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 IO 22 I4 IO 21 II 8 23 8 4 22 l6 3 22 15 2 25 II 5 24 3 4 23 7 6 22 12 II 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 I 13 15 3