POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK. STATEMENT SHOWING THE DEPOSITS RECEIVED AND PAID BY THE POST OFFICE SAVINGSBANKS, AND THE EXPENSES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, FOR THE FIFTEEN MONTHS ENDED 31st MARCH, 1921, TOGETHER WITH SIMILAR PARTICULARS, BY TEN-YEAR PERIODS, FROM THE DATE POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS WERE ESTABLISHED IN THE DOMINION IN FEBRUARY, 1867.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1921 Session I-II, F-04

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Session 11, 1921. NEW Z E ALAN D.

POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK. STATEMENT SHOWING THE DEPOSITS RECEIVED AND PAID BY THE POST OFFICE SAVINGSBANKS, AND THE EXPENSES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, FOR THE FIFTEEN MONTHS ENDED 31st MARCH, 1921, TOGETHER WITH SIMILAR PARTICULARS, BY TEN-YEAR PERIODS, 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 82 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1808.

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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 Period 1st January, 1920, to 31st March, 1921.

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Postal Districts. Number of Post 1 Office Number of Savings- Deposits banks received Open at duringthe the Closv Period. of the Period. Total Amount of Deposits received during ihe Period. A i Average !„„,,„? „r Number Average R „„ . , Cost of I Cost of Amount ol c „,... » s . „ , rLxcess ol *, . «*ch °0 V Total Amount of Amount of Excess of Withdrawals Manage-! eacti Deposit d , rawals Withdrawals = a , cn , posits over over Deposits , me . nt ! TranSa , C " received dl " n S .luring the Period .Withdrawal Withdrawals d during tion Dedortagthe p the , S „ d " rm P , dunngthePenoi. h | the ! posit or Period i Perlo °- ln,: Period. Period. Wlth- ' I i drawal. Interest for the Period. Number Number Nun J ber Total Amount of of . ° . standing to the Accounts Accounts Credit of all opened closed . q " Open Accounts, during during .frfiS inclusive of the the f ,h Interest to the Period. Period. period Close of the Period. Average Amount standing to the Credit of each Open Account at Close of the Period. Auckland £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. : £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 169 339,572 9,803,193 17 1 28 17 4 329,308 9,948,354 4 7 30 4 2 .. 145,160 7 6 £ d. £ s. d. 351,767 10 11 31,751 37,519 £ s. d. 120,470 7,727,612 9 8 £ s. < . 64 2 11 Blenheim 15 j 17,827 504,492 13 9 28 6 0 16,777 195,309 16 10 29 10 6 9,182 16 11 24,748 8 11 1.703; 1.246 9,303 572,468 16 11 61 10 9 Christchurch Dunedin Gisbome Greymouth 72 | 243,891 6,393,754 19 0 26 4 4 227,669 6,020,077 3 9| 26 8 10 373,677 15 3 72 : 156,664 3,698,785 18 9 23 12 2 133,158 3,697,317 10 0 27 15 4 1,468 8 9 24 43,660 1,042,266 12 6 23 17 5 38,837 953.470 9 3; 24 11 0 88,796 3 3 17 17,735 403,656 1 8 22 15 2 13,269 364,781 16 5 27 9 10 38,874 5 3 270,734 10 0 16,052 11,721 205,192 1 7 10,501 9,051 41,437 1 3 4,175 3,088 23,975 2 3 1,560 1,353 98,381 6,424,546 3 3 68,233 4,659,521 9 7 17,006 999,450 9 9 9,028 569,413 9 4 65 6 1 68 5 9 58 15 5 63 1 5 Hamilton 80 39,158 1,999,335 0 6 51 1 2 16,379 434,584 13 5 26 10 8 1,564,750 7 1 18,886 14 5 18,800 890 17,910 1,583,637 1 6 88 8 5 Hokitika 8 3,620 99,812 19 5 27 11 5 3,336 93,613 11 9 28 1 3 6,199 7 8 6,443 10 7 500 393 2,630 146,585 10 6 55 14 9 Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth .. Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport Western Samoa .. 36 ( 52,642j 1,434,067 13 0 27 4 10 46,68s! 1,414,850 11 7 30 6 1 19,217 1 51 43 j 81,4441 2,147,170 5 2 26 7 3 68,411 2,082,539 14 6 30 8 10 64,630 10 8 28 I 28,844J 883,938 0 4:30 12 11 24,830 818,630 12 0 32 19 5 65,307 8 4 33 ! 61,630 1,784,288 10 9| 28 19 0 49,489 1,675,242 10 5 33 17 0 109,046 0 4 11 | 17,566 548,970 3 2 31 5 0 14,319 525,962 13 7 36 14 8 23,007 9 7 38 35,906 ! 982,953 13 10 27 7 6 27,518 861,619 12 7 31 6 3 121,334 13 16 42,789 1,385,437 10 6 32 7 7 35,463 1,275,777 12 2 35 19 6 109,659 18 4 40 79,551 1,894,970 10 8 23 16 5 68,363 1,800,997 1 11 26 6 11 93,973 8 9 97 390,583 9,042,587 11 1 23 3 0 335,673 8,466,011 4 10 25 4 5 576,576 6 3 19 10,439 225,874 18 5 21 12 9 8,320 225,702 3 7 27 2 7 172 14 10 1 685 27,295 5 9 39 16 1] 201 7,643 6 8 38 0 6, 19,651 19 1 i I 77,493 2 3 4,974 4,359 93,659 12 8 7,490 5,890 41,337 1 2 2,609 1,997 71,441 12 6 6,009 4,488 28,398 0 2 1,692 1,285 40,860 3 5 4,824 3,634 63,444 11 7 3,922 2,932 74,938 18 5 7,260 5,795 369,997 9 11 27,928 22,276 13,464 18 1 954 947 313 15 1! 226 30! 26,5181 1,755,273 9 5 66 3 10 34,6411 2,158,588 2 5 62 12 0 14,845 962,762 2 11 64 17 4 24,862! 1,699,424 14 4 68 7 1 8,078 652,404 9 8 80 15 3 18,874 1,015,181 11 10 53 15 9 19,283 1,483,506 4 2 76 18 8 31,356 1,763,962 18 8 56 5 1 137,705 8,843,568 6 4 64 4 5 5,500 314,157 14 7 57 2 5 196 19,965 14 2 101 17 4 Totals tor period 1/1/20-31/3 ''21 819 !l,664,206j44,302,852 5 4| 26 12 5 1,458,008 41,162,486 9 10 28 4 83,140,365 15 6 .. Si 26 12 5 1,458,008 41,162,486 9 10 28 4 8 3,140,365 15 6 80,000 JO.CKX 10 614 1,818,534 5 2 152,930118,894 614 1,818,534 5 2 152,930118,894 664,819 43,352,030 19 0 65 4 2

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POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS.— GENERAL STATEMENT. Table showing the Business of the Post Office Savings-banks in New Zealand, by Ten-year Periods, from the Date they were established in February, 1867, to the 31st December, 1919, and for the Period ended 31st March, 1921.

By Authority : Marcus F. Masks, Government Printer, Wellington.— 1921.

Approximate Cost of Paper. — Preparation, not given; printing (550 copies), £5.

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Year. Number of Post Office Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the Year. Number of Deposits received dnringthe Year. Tatal Amount of Deposits received during the Year. Average Amount of each Deposit received during the Year. Number Average of With- Total Amount ol Am °u"< °f ! Excess of drawals Withdrawals , v ., e h a , ch , J D , e ,P° 5 ! ts °" r during during the Year. Withdrawal Withdrawals rhp Veir during during the Year. tne Year. lhe Ycat 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. * Period ended 31st March, 1921 Totals for rgi9 1918 .. 190S .. .. 1898 .. i 819 1.664,206 1 794 r 289.161 : 786 1213,353: 593 706,101 409 281,749 I s. d. / s. d. 44.302,852 5 4 26 12 5 1,458,008 29,758.448 9 7 23 1 8 991-247 i8.ior,i04 18 1 14 18 4 727 729 j 9,674,075 4 o 13 14 o 484,672 3,279,611 7 5 11 12 10 196,764 { s. d.l I s. d. £ s. d. 41,162,486 9 10 28 4 8:3,140,365 15 6 2 6 26 2 33.796.070 7 1 r4,938 841 10 o 20 ro 7j3.r62.263 8 1 9,417,820 10 3 19 8 8 256,254 13 9 3,i94. 8 93 16 7 16 4 9 84,717 10 10 1 )387,47i 1 10 14 8 5 157,276 6 1 74 2 .°53 M 3 17 7 2 20,030 17 9 107,094 17 3 16 16 6 87,440 14 3 26,415 18 9 13153 69,956 9 1 £ I s. d. £ j s d. 80,000' o 6-14 52,000; o 5*46 32,000 o 3-96 27,000 o 544 8,500 o 426 4,000 o 3'97 2,500 o 5-33 789 o 977 822 1 io"i8 £ s. d. 1,818,534 5 2 1,178,935 6 6 '. 059,47 1 17 8 379,808 6 7 128,128 16 6 152,930 118, log 76,869 80,133 37,265 rr8,8g 4 77.531 53-OI5 57.829 26,628 £ s. d. £ s. d. 664,81943,352,030 r9 o 65 4 2 630,783 38.393, 1 3° l8 4 60 17 4 590,205 33,418, r25 4 9 5 6 1 - 5 342,07712,159,293 18 1 35 10 11 169,968 4,957,771 5 5| 2 9 3 5 1888 .. .. 2 9° '45,355 1,544,747 7 " 10 I 2 6, 96,204 78,080 6 o 21,3071 i6,543 84,488 2,048,441 10 9 24 4 ic L, 31,664 12 9 9,634 1878 .. 147 69,9081 762,084 12 ol 10 18 o 42,746 13,005 32,132! 819,071 8 2 25 9 g 1868 .. 55 I3,°M| ■94,535 11 6 14 18 11 6,365 4,880 7 3 3,282] 1,186 4,252 163,518 15 7 38 9 1 Totals from 1st Feb. to 31st Dec, 1867 46 6,977 96,372 7 10 13 16 3 1,919 1,241 5 o 2,520 364 2,156 7 I , I 97 M 1 33 o 5 * Termination of Savings-bank year altered from 31st December to 31st March, with effect from 31st March, 1921. The above figures thus relate to a period of fifteen months. General Post Office, Wellington, 17th September, 1921. R. B. Morris, Secretary.