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 1914, TOGETHER WITH SIMILAR PARTICULARS, YEAR BY YEAR, FROM THE DATE POST OFFICE SAVINGSBANKS WERE ESTABLISHED IN THE DOMINION IN FEBRUARY, 1867.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1915 Session I, F-04

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1915. 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 1914, TOGETHER WITH SIMILAR PARTICULARS, YEAR BY YEAR, FROM THE DATE POST OFFICE SAVINGSBANKS WERE ESTABLISHED IN THE DOMINION IN FEBRUARY, 1867.

,jv Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly pursuant, to Section 82 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908.

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POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS.— GENERAL STATEMENT. Table showing the Business of the Post Office Savings-banks in the various Postal Districts in New Zealand during the Year ended the 31st December, 1914.

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Number of Post Office Savingsbanks Open at tbe 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 Amount of Excess of each Deposits over Withdrawal! Withdrawals during i during the Year, 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 Total Amount Number of standing to the of Accounts Credit of all Accounts remam- Open Account-, closed .ngOpen P inchlsive of daring at Close , , he the Year. of the , c , - h y Year. Average Amount standing to the Credit of each Open Account at Close of the Year Postal Districts. £ s. d. 2,481,801 12 3 £ S. d. 13 19 3 £ s. d. 2,238,807 14 9 £ s. d. 15 6 3 £ s. d. 242,993 17 6 £ s. d. £ d. d. £ s. d. 112,849 1 5 £ s. d. 3,502,239 12 9 £ s. d. 39 5 3 Auckland 221 177,746 146,198 17,401 11,565 89,200 Blenheim 16 10,443 164,948 3 0 15 15 10 7,250 143,126 7 6 19 14 10 21,821 15 6 9,036 10 0 1,082 722 7,346 281,617 6 10 38 6 9 Christchurch 70 134,845 1,822,795 19 2 13 10 4 107,282 1,637,017 19 3 15 5 2\ 185,777 19 11 96,309 9 5 9,492 6,327 77,101 2,973,111 6 11 38 11 3 Dunedin 66 96,889 1,295,879 9 0 13 7 61 69,536 1,181,565 16 7 16 19 10' 114,313 12 5 82,145 12 2 6,621 4,995 54,749 2,504,995 7 4 45 15 1 Gisborne 21 23,685 313,873 18 7 13 5 0 18,458 281,911 2 10 15 5 6 31,962 15 9 13,016 15 0 2,446 1,913 12,244 406,903 5 4 33 4 8 Greymouth 18 13,302 168,975 9 2 12 14 0 8,194 147,720 12 1 18 0 7 21,254 17 1 12,587 17 0 1,318 1,037 8,290 385,927 9 9 46 11 1 Hokitika 8 2,524 44,172 15 4 17 10 0 1,761 40,143 11 11 22 15 11 4,029 3 5 3,718 14 8 311 249 2,382 110,558 3 4 46 8 3 Invercargill 31 28,692 428,017 14 6 14 18 4 21,856 427,967 14 3 19 11 7 50 0 3 28,666 8 5 2,815 2,104 20,037 847,538 19 5 42 6 0 Napier 43 47,241 655,676 1 0 13 17 7 31,210 561,611 1 4 17 19 11 94,064 19 8 30,384 19 10 4,802 3,060 25,259 963,987 8 9 38 3 3 Nelson 26 15,937 243,117 12 6 15 5 1 11,374 220,883 13 1 19 8 5 22,233 19 5: 14,740 19 5 1,524 1,050 11,840 449,103 10 9 37 18 7 New Plymouth .. 18 20,217 307,733 0 8 15 4 5 13,428 286,416 14 10 21 6 7 21,316 5 10 15,751 1 6 2,112 1,555 12,099 474,320 8 7 39 4 1 Oamaru 11 9,286 179,761 5 3 19 7 2 6,624 157,168 8 4 23 14 7 22,592 16 11 10,425 14 8 960 690 6,014 320,708 12 6 53 6 6 Thames 30 20,777 291,083 5 6 14 0 2 14,039 269,297 7 2 j 19 3 8 21,785 18 4 16.262 12 5 2,427 1,807 14,060 492,324 16 8 35 0 4 Timaru 16 23,753 415,740 2 9 17 10 1 17,498 330,009 6 10 18 17 2 i 85,730 15 11; 21,437 5 5 2,411 1,660 14,572 677,058 9 5 46 9 3 Wanganui Wellington 55 98 49,604 200,200 655,710 8 3 13 4 5 11 12 1 34,389 583,681 18 7 16 19 6 72,028 9 8 ! 29,421 18 11 111,529 12 3 5,230 3,623 26,467 915,396 3 3 34 11 9 36 11 11 2,322,820 14 6 143,202 1,984,206 5 9 13 17 1 338,614 8 9 16,656 10,669 96,282 3,523,414 3 4 Westport 18 9,264 112,215 8 3 12 2 3 5,323 111,482 11 2 20 18 10 732 17 1 7,025 16 10 911 825 5,320 218,823 14 2 41 2 8 Totals for 1914 766 884,405 11,904,322 19 8 13 9 2 657,622 10,603,018 6 3 16 2 6 1,301,304 13 5 30,000 4-67 615,310 9 4 78,519 53,851 483,262 19,048,028 19 1 39 8

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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, 1914.

By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.— 1915. Price 3d.]

General Post Office, W. E. Moeeis, Wellington, 17th May, 1915." Secretary.

Number of PostOffice Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the Year. Average Amount of Number each of WithDeposit drawals receivad during during the the Yeai. Year. 1 I Average Cost of each Transaction, Deposit or Withdrawal. Number Number of of Accounts Accounts remainclosed ing Open during at Close the Year. of the Year. Average Amount standing to the Credit of each Open Account at Close of the Year. Number of T , AmQunt deceived of Deposits recenea receiveti daring the duringthe v s Year. Year * Total Amount of Withdrawals during the Year. Average Amount of Excess of Excess of each Deposits over Withdrawals Withdrawal Withdrawals j over Deposits during during the Year. ' during the Year, the Year. Cost of Management during the Year. Interest for the Year. Number 01 Accounts opened during the Year. Total Amount standing to the Credit of all Open Accounts, inclusive of Interest to the Close of the Year. I I I Totals for 1914 1913 .. „ 1912 .. „ 1911 1910 .. 1909 1908 1907 1906 1905 .. 1904 1903 .. 1902 1901 1900 1899 1898 .. 1897 .. 1896 .. 1895 .. 1894 .. 1S93 •■ 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 .. Tstals from 1st Feb. to 31st Dec, 1867 766 747 724 687 647 619 593 563 541 520 510 493 481 466 445 427 409 388 371 357 348 327 318 311 296 294 290 283 271 256 243 222 207 190 178 165 147 138 124 119 103 97 92 81 70 59 55 46 £ s. d. 884,40511,904,322 19 8| 907,876:11,286,702 7 5 877,889!n,725,i82 16 5 823,832111,627,367 14 3 768,82410,708,938 16 10 724,501' 9,611,119 11 3 706,101! 9,674,075 4 o 650,9901 9,351,663 19 7 593,764 7,907,154 12 5 509,112 6,625,744 O IO 469,799 5,836,540 O O 444,510 5,661,592 15 2 411,215 5,069,619 6 2 380,808; 4,611,456 6 1 347, 0 56| 4,170,428 15 3 313,783' 3,644,980 9 10 281,749 3,279,611 7 5 267,615: 3,187,219 2 4! 242,283; 2,881,152 16 3 2i7,393| 2,794,506 16 o 204,545! 2,252,862 6 11; 202,276! 2,386,089 10 7 186,945 !,878, 270 6 4 176,971 1,842,987 15 2 162,938 1,658,543 3 5 153,920 1,515,281 11 3 145,355 1,544,747 7 "j 136,197 !,312, 151 1 5] J 37,989 1,248,405 6 11 I3!,373 I ,34 I ,o°i 3 2 j 129,279 1,227,909 11 4! 127,609 1,178,474 4 1! 129,952 1,325,852 2 11 I2 5,855 1,189,012 2 7 81,660 864,441 18 10 71,865 812,399 11 11 69,908 762,084 12 o 60,953 681,294 !3 2 57,295 664,134 12 6 56,129 657,653 4 0! 52,627 699,249 14 3 39,223 580,542 5 5 31,681 430,877 o o 24,642 312,338 18 4 20,489 264,328 5 7 I7, J 33 240,898 5 9 13,014 194,535 n 6! 6,977 96,372 7 10. £ s. d. 13 9 2 12 8 8 13 7 1 14 2 3 13 18 7 13 5 4 13 14 ° 14 7 4 ! 13 6 4 13 o 3 12 8 6 12 14 9 12 6 7 12 2 2 12 o 4 11 12 4 11 12 10 11 18 2 11 17 IO 12 17 I 11 o 3 11 15 11 IO O II 10 8 3 10 3 6 9 16 10 10 12 6! 9 12 8 9 on 10 4 1 9 9 11 9 4 8 IO 4 o 9 8 11 10 11 9 11 6 1 10 18 o n 3 6 11 11 9 11 14 4 13 5 8 14 16 2 13 12 o 12 13 6 12 18 o 14 1 2 14 18 11 13 16 3 £ s. d. £ s. d. 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. 657,622110,603,018 6 3 16 2 61,301,304 13 5 634,80111,041,454 8 10 17 7 10 245,247 18 7 589,388:11,449,711 3 7 19 8 6: 275,471 12 ioj 546,022110,662,045 15 2 19 10 6 965,321 19 1 520,413; 9,695,514 16 1 18 12 71,013,424 09 520,971 9,499,319 16 4 18 4 8 111,799 14 11 484,672 9,417,820 10 3 19 8 8 256,254 13 9 433 1 796 8,125,123 o o 18 14 71,226,540 19 7 386,536! 6,907,103 17 7 17 17 51,000,050 14 10; 346,022: 5,984,184 12 2 17 5 11 641,559 8 8j 323,609! 5,664,770 3 9 17 10 1 171,769 16 3 ; 301,076 5,343,828 5 o 17 15 o 317,764 10 2 273,454, 4.708,771 11 2 17 4 5 360.847 15 ° 247,8541 4,230,193 6 2 17 1 4 381,262 19 iij 227,079! 3,827,416 7 3 16 17 1.343,012 So 206, 940! 3,417,298 19 8: 16 10 3 227,681 10 2 196,764! 3,194,893 16 7; 16 4 9 84,717 10 10 1 79,555 2,891,169 5 8 16 2 o 296,049 16 8 167,248 2,591,558 19 4 15 9 10 289,593 16 II 159,904 2,369,333 6 7 14 16 4 425,173 95 152,136 2,268,624 8 4 14 18 3 .. 15,762 1 5 136,739! 2,122,521 16 8 15 10 5 263,567 13 11 120,628 1,821,348 iS 1 15 2 o 56,921 83 111,603' 1,693,515 9 3 15 3 5 149,472 5 " 106,868' 1,500,437 9 5 14 o 9 158,105 14 o 99,185 1,457,081 5 o 14 13 9 58,200 63 96,2041 1,387,471 1 10 14 8 5 157,276 61 89,962 1,182,409 7 6 13 2 10 129,741 13 nj 89,182 1,336,287 6 4 14 19 8 .. j 87,881 19 5 84,832 1,264,305 8 3 14 18 o 76,695 14 iij 80,800 1,195,931 o 11 14 16 o 31,978 10 5J 78,405- 1,295,719 18 3 16 10 6 .. 117,245 14 2 69,308 1,142,599 o 1 16 9 8 183,253 2 10 60,1371 9 02 > I 95 1 8 15 o 1 286,817 ° Iz 57,446 780,504 13 4! 13 11 8 83,937 56 54,698 876,180 19 3 16 o 4 .. 63,781 7 4 42,746 742,053 14 3 17 7 2 20,030 17 9 39,363 667,023 7 5 16 18 10 14,271 59 39,486 696,281 7 4 17 12 8 .. : 32,146 14 IO 36,977 729,759 17 9 19 14 8 .. i 72,106 13 9 29,778! 620,155 8 9 20 16 5 79,094 56 21,268; 425,908 3 5 20 o 5 154,634 20 17,254! 313,176 7 11 18 3 o 117,700 12 1 14,773! 261,347 16 3 17 !3 9 50,991 21 11,934 209,509 13 2 17 11 1 54,8i8 12 5 9,2921 180,518 4 1 19 8 7 60,380 18 6,36 ! 107,094 17 3, 16 16 6 87,440 14 3j 1,91 26,415 18 gi 13 15 3 69,956 91! £ s - d - 30,000 o 4^67 30,000 o 4-67 29,000 o 474 29,000 o 508 28,000 o 5-21 27,000 o 5-20 27,000 o 5-44 19,000 O 4'2o! 17,000 o 4 - i6i 16,500 o 4'63; 16,000 o 4^84 15,000 o 4-S3I 14,000 o 4'9o| 11,500 o 439 10,500; o 4-39 9,500' o 4-38 8,500 o 426 8,000 o 4"2g 7,000 o 4-10 7,ooo| o 4-45 6,500! o 437 6,500] o 4'6o 5,500! o 4-29 5,000 o 4'i6 5,ooo| o 4-45 4,ooo o 379 4,000! o 3-97 4,ooo| o 4'24 4,ooo| o 4'23 4.000 o 4'44 4,000! o 4*57| 4.0001 o 4'66| 4,000 o 4'82| 3,500 o 4-52 3,500 o 604! 3,000 o 5'6gj 2,500 o 5-33 2,500 o 5-98 2,500 o 6'20 2,500 o 644 2,250! o 6-55 1,800! o 7'i4 1,556 o 763 1,351 o 823 1,264 ° 9'36 1,186 o 1077! 789 o 977' S22 1 1018 £ s - d - 615,310 9 4 78,519; 53,851! 555,908 9 7! 81,2601 54,865: 511, 5g8 18 8| 85,52g! 58,896: 472,874 18 5 85,912: 60,931; 424,668 1 o 78,566 57,695; 395,8o4 4 5 77,400 59,763; 379,808 6 7 80,133 57,829J 343,424 7 2 74,671; 53,644! 291, igi ig 1 70,206! 47,526! 25g,o8i 7 6 60,015! 43,113 200,930 6 1 57,769! 42,280 187,130 2 8 57,047 40,837 172,926 1 7 53,587! 38,558 159,198 4 o 50,0461 35,018 146,169 2 5 46,086! 31,724 134,917 19 3 41,362! 28,284 128,128 16 6 37,265 26,628 137,240 8 o 36,394 24,8211 126,497 16 3 32,982 22,907! 129,489 19 6; 30,261 22,001 114,645 4 II; 28,669 21,930 114,760 1 1 29,755 ig.sgg 111,301 13 1 26,232 18,171 104, og8 17 oj 25,131 17,872 g2,3ig o 6! 23,7ig 17,256 84,8og 17 1 21,778 15,521 78,080 6 o 21,307 16,543 67,363 15 3 20,368 15,515 65,825 g 6 21,671 16,757| 62,228 3 11 20,661! 16,421 57,381 13 7 20,228; 16,447 56,046 17 3 20,386; 15,967 54,909 13 11 21,014' 14,505 42,204 19 o 25,059; 12,718 32,822 12 4 16,137! 12,217 31,715 18 2 15,401: 12,786 31,664 12 g 13,005! 9,634 2g,ig3 14 6 11,235: 8,sgi 28,762 4 7 11,255 9,472 28,565 3 5 11,273 8,681 26,935 6 8 10,346; 5,736 20,106 16 10 7,382! 3,816 14,711 o 5 6,205 3,188 11,291 10 10 4,615 2,383 9,242 3 n 4,304 2,277 7,412 8 o 3,839 1,801 4,880 7 3 3,282 1,186 1,241 5 o 2,520: 364 483,262: 45 8 ,594 432,199 405,566 380,585 359,714 342,077 319,773 298,746 276,066 259,164; 243,675 227,465 i 212,436 197,408 183,046 169,968 159,331 147,758 137,683 129,423 122,684 112,528 104,467 97,208 9o,745 84,488 79,724 74,871 69,957 65,717' 61,936 57,517; 51,008 38,667' 34,747i 32,132! 28,761 26,117; 24,334i 21,742! i7, T 32| 13,566 10,549 8,317 6,290 4,252 2,156 £ s - d - 19,048,028 19 1 17,131,413 16 4 16,330,257 8 2 15,543, l86 l6 8 14,104,989 19 2 12,666,897 17 5 12,159,293 I 8 1 11,523,230 l 7 9 9,953,265 11 o 8,662,022 17 1 7,761,382 O II 7,388,681 18 7 6,S8 3 , 7 87 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 ° 3 3,340,879 11 4 3,241,998 7 10 2,863,670 12 10 2,695,447 IT 6 2,441,876 8 7 2,191,451 14 1 2,0.18,441 10 9 1,813,084 18 8 1,615,979 9 6 1,638,035 19 5 ; 1,499,112 o 7 ! 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