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 1907; TOGETHER WITH SIMILAR PARTICULARs, YEAR BY YEAR, FROM THE DATE POST-OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS WERE ESTABLISHED IN THE DOMINION, IN FEBRUARY, 1867.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1908 Session I, F-04

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1908. 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 1907; TOGETHER WITH SIMILAR PARTICULARs, YEAR BY YEAR, FROM THE DATE POST-OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS WERE ESTABLISHED IN THE DOMINION, 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, 1907.

Postal Districts. Number of PostOlricc Savingshanks Open at the Close of the Year. Number of Deposits received dnririg 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. I Average Cost of each Transaction, Deposit or Withdrawal. Interest for the Year. Number of Accounts Opened during the Year. Number of Accountsi 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. £ ■■ d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ ■■ d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s- d. Auckland 142 94,111 1,526,825 12 IO 16 4 6 65,648 1,272,828 10 7 19 7 9 253,997 2 3 »• • 52,895 18 2 11,927 ■ 7,537 46,570 1,820,983 12 9 39 2 o Blenheim 8 8,028 141,244 9 9 17 11 11 5,730 121,433 5 3 21 3 10 19,811 4 6 5,382 13 3 1,061 710 5,366 179,540 19 9 33 9 2 Christchurch .. 66 114,152! 1,664,097 2 4! 14 11 7 80,646 1,515,265 1 7 18 15 9 148,832 o 9 61,240 8 4 10,971 8,868 56,118 2,001,274 19 8 35 13 3 Dunedin 52 82,844 1,114,678 16 O 13 9 1 56,053 1,005, 899 in 17 18 11 108,779 14 1 50,430 15 9 7,595 5,974 40,957 1,637,169 10 11 39 19 5 Gisborne 10 13,304 210,412 3 2 15 16 4 10,145 175,689 16 10 17 6 4 34,722 6 4 5,584 15 1 2,121 i,335 6,350, 201,334 5 11 3i 14 1 Greymouth 13 10,852 152,500 8 4 14 1 1 5,889 127,051 1 11 21 11 6 25,449 6 5 7,314 5 10 1,467! 1,010 5,757 241,932 4 11 42 o 6 Hokitika 7 . 2,055 40,849 16 8 19 17 7 1,472 35,343 8 2 24 o 3 5,506 8 6 2,621 1 7 294 285 1,762 85,277 19 11 48 8 0 Invercargill 29 21,327 363,937 10 5 17 1 4 13,249 300,087 16 7 22 13 o 63,849 13 IO 15,945 13 3 2,843 1,849 13,109 530,889 2 5 40 10 o Napier 28 32,991 465,787 12 1 14 2 4 19,885 380,278 8 8 19 2 6 85,509 3 5 16,096 4 4 4,257 2,846 15,715 558,463 6 2 35 10 9 Nelson 18 11,836 232,405 15 5 19 12 9 8,380 224,957 7 5 26 16 11 7,448 8 o 9,850 13 4 1,544 1,264 8,519 3M,979 13 6 36 19 6 New Plymouth 12 14,331 226,357 8 3 15 15 11 8,376 186,508 4 5 22 5 4 39,849 3 10 8,083 1 il 1,906 1 ,329I 7,896 274,329 7 1 34 14 10 Oamaru 10 7,074 132,147 8 5 18 13 7 5,49i 129,269 9 5 23 10 10 2,877 19 o 6,347 10 5 821 809 4,355 196,811 2 5 45 3 10 Thames 18 17,497 244,261 16 7 13 19 2 10,101 204,745 9 1 20 5 5 39,5i6 7 6 8,975 8 2 2,342 1,693 9,902 305,613 12 10 30 17 3 Timaru 15 '7,733 307,780 10 o 17 7 2 12,540 274,554 1} 7 21 17 11 33,225 16 5 n,93i ! 1 2,152 1,636 9,537 390,987 6 8 40 19 11 Wanganui 39 '34,485 526,364 I IO 15 5 .3 20,870 431,026 '8 o 20 13 1 95,337 13 10 16,389 14 3! 5,038 3,445 17,023 571,805 17 io| 33 11 10 Wellington 79 159,798 1,877,858 8 10 11 15 o 105,071 1,631,930 14 10 15 10 8 245,927 14 o 15,900 16 11 59,877 9 4 17,122 12,128 66,914, 2,061,386 3 o 30 16 2 Westport 17 ' 8,572 124,154 18 8 14 9 8 4,250 108,254 ' 9 25 9 5 4,457 13 11 1,210 926 3,923 150,451 12 o 38 7 o Totals for Colony in 1907.. ' 563 650. 99°i 9,351,663 19 7 14 7 4 433,796 8,125,123 o o 18 14 71,226,540 19 7 19,000 o 4-20 343,424 7 2: 74,671 53,644 319,773 ",523,230 17 9 36 O 9

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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, 1907 — continued.

General Post Office, D. Robertson, Wellington, 20th June, 1908. Secretary.

Number of PostOffice Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the Year. Number of Deposits received ! during the I Year. Total Amount of Deposits received (luring 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 1907 ., „ 1906 .. 1905 •■ 1904 .. 1903 •• 1902 .. „ 1901 .. „ '1900^. 1899'.. 1898 .. 1897-. „ 1896 .. 1895 .. 1894.. 1803 .. 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 563 520 510 493 481 466 445 427 409 388 371 '357 348 327 318 3ii 296 294 290 283 271 256 243 222 207 190 178 165 147 138 124 119 103 97 92 81 70 59 55 46 650,990; 593,764 509, 112 469,799 444,510 4II,215 380,808 347,056 313,783 281,749 267,615 242,283 217,393 204,545 202,276 186,945 176,971 162,938 153,920 145,355 136,197 137,989 131,373 129,279 127,609, 129,952, 125,855 81,660 71,865 69,90s 60,953 57,295 56,129 52,627 39,223 31,681 24,642 20,489 17,133 13,014 6,977 £ 8. d. 9,351,663 19 7 7,907,154 12 5 6,625,744 o 10 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 n 2,386,089 10 7 1,878,270 6 4 1,842,987 15 2 1,658,543 3 5 1,515,281 n 3 1,544,747 7 " 1,312,151 1 5 1,248,405 6 n 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 Ir 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 - 14 7 4 13 6 4 13 o 3 12 8 6 12 14 9 12 6 7 1222 12 o 4 11 12 4 11 12 10 11 18 2 11 17 10 12 17 1 11 o 3 11 15 11 10 O II 10 8 3 10 3 6 9 16 10 10 12 .6 9 12 8 9 o 11 10 4 1 9 9 11 9 4 8 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 12 13 6 12 18 O 433.796 346,022 323,609 301,076 273,454 247,854 227,079 206,940 196,764 179,555 167,248 159,904 152,136 136,739 120,628 111,603 106,868 99,185 96,204 89,962 89,182 84,832 80,800 78,405 69,30s 60,137 57,446 54,698 42,746 39,363 39,486 36,977 29,778 21,268 17,254 J 4,773 n,934 9,292 6,365 1,919 8,125,123 o o 6,907,103 17 7 5,984,184 12 2 5.664.770 3 9 5,343,S28 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 1,387,471 1 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 £ s. d. 18 14 7 17 17 5 17 5 11 17 10 1 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 o 15 3 5 14 o 9 14 13 9 M 8 5 13 2 10 14 19 8 14 18 o 14 16 o 16 10 6 16 9 8 15 o 1 13 " 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 13 9 17 11 1 19 8 7 16 16 6 £ s. d. 1,226,540 19 7 1,000,050 14 10 641,559 S 8 171,769 16 3 317,764 10 2 360,847 15 o 381,262 19 11 343,oi2 8 o 227,681 10 2 84,717 10 10 296,049 16 8 289,593 16 n 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 £ ». d. •• '" 15,762 1 5 .. '" £ 19,000 17,000 16,500 16,000 15,000 14,000 11,500 10,500 9,500 8,500 8,000 7,000 7,000 6,500 6,500 5,500 5,ooo 5,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 3,5oo 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,250 1,800 i,556 i,35i 1,264 1,186 789 822 s. d. o 420 o 4-16 o 4-63 o 484 o 4-83 o 490 o 4'39 o 4'39 o 4'38 o 426 o 429 o 410 o 4'45 o 4'37 o 460 o 4 '29 o 416 o 4'45 o 379 o 3'97 o 424 o 423 o 444 o 4'57 o 466 o 4-82 o 4-52 o 6-04 o 569 o 5'33 o 5'98 o 620 o 644 o 6-55 o 7'i4 o 763 o 823 o 936 o 1077 0 977 1 1018 343,424 7 2 291,191 19 1 259,081 7 6 200,930 6 1 187,130 2 8 172,926 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 g 29,193 14 6 28,762 4 7 28,565 3 5 26,935 6 8 20,106 16 10 I4,7H ° 5 11,291 10 10 9,242 3 11 7,412 8 o 4,880 7 3 1,241 5 ° 74,671 70,206 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 6,205 4,304! 3,8391 3,282 2,520 53,644 47,526 43,H3 42,280 40,837 38,558 35,oi8 31,724 28,284 26,628 24,821 22,907 22,001 21,930 19,599 18,171 17,872 17,256 15,521 i6,543 15,515 i6,757 16,421 16,447 15,967 14,505 12,718 12,217 12,786 9,634 8,59i 9,472 8,681 5,736 3,8i6 3,188 2,383 2,277 1,801 1,186 364 319,773 298,746 276,066 259,164 243,675 227,465 212,436 197,408 183,046 169,968 i59,33i 147,758 137,683 129,423 122,684 112,528 104,467 97,2o8 9o,745 84,488 79,724 74,871 69,957 65,717 61,936 57,517 51,008 38,667 34,747 32,132 28,761 26,117 24,334 21,742 17,132 13,566 io,549 8,317 6,290 4,252 2,156 £ s. d. 11,523,230 17 9 9,953,265 11 o 8,662,022 17 1 7,761,382 on 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 Ir 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 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 14 6 295,372 1 7 231,3" 5 3 163,518 15 7 71,197 14 1 £ s. d. 36 o 9 33 6 4 31 7 6 29 18 n 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 24 211 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 87,881 19 5 76,695 14 11 31,978 10 5 • . •• "7,245 14 2 183,253 2 10 286,817 o 11 83,937 5 6 63,781 7 4 20,030 17 9 14,271 5 9 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 .. 32,146 14 IO 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 I 2 14 18 II 13 16 3 13 15 3|