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 ENDED 31st MARCH, 1922, ALSO 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, 1922 Session I, F-04

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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 ENDED 31st MARCH, 1922, ALSO 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, 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 31st March, 1922.

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Postal Districts. Numher of Post Office Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the Period. Number of Deposits received duringthe Period. Total Amount of Deposits received during the Period. Average Amount of each Deposit received during the Period. Number Average of With- -r„ t -,i a™ r ~f Amount of Excess of j „ „i lotal Amount of . ,-. drawals a i- each Deposits over da ' in S during the Peiiod. Withdrawal Withdrawals the 5 during during the Period. Period. the Period. Excess of Withdrawals over Deposits during the Period. Cost of Management during the Period. Average Cost of each Transaction, Deposit or Withdrawal. Interest for the Period. Number of Accounts opened during the b Period. Number of Accounts closed during the Period. Number Toa , Amomit Accounts standing to the remain- , Credit of all •„ c-i Open Accounts, ing Open . r . , . . . ' ... n„ „ inclusive of at Close . . . . .. of the Interest to the Period ; Close of the Period. Average Amount standing to the Credit of each Open Account at Close of the Period. Auckland 172 222,755 £ s. d. 5,830,307 13 8 £ s. d. 26 3 6 225,550 £ s. d. 6,208,717 2 5 £ s. d. 27 10 8 £ s. d. £ s. d. 378,409 8 9 £ d. £ s. d. 277,104 18 3 17,007 17,213 120,264 £ s. d. 7,626,307 19 2 £ s. d. 63 8 3 Blenheim 16 12,491 294,526 10 4 23 11 6 12,630 338,762 18 6 26 16 5 44,236 8 2 20,575 9 6 1,018 831 9,490 548,707 18 3 57 16 3 Christchurch 71 189,021 4,522,603 17 4 23 18 6 174,518 4,453,680 14 2 25 10 4 68,923 3 2[ 241,913 0 1 10,429 7,694 101,116 6,735,382 6 6 66 12 2 Dunedin 73 113,203 2,430,074 15 2 21 9 4 97,011 2,674,647 7 10 27 11 5 [244,572 12 8 171,637 3 7 6,100 5,852 68,481 4,586,586 0 6 66 19 6 Gisbome 25 27,501 1 625,332 1 5 22 14 9 29,138 721,748 8 8 24 15 5 96,416 7 3 35,647 3 9 2,038 2,226 16,818 938,681 6 3 55 16 3 Greymouth 44 25,500 681,507 12 11 26 14 6 18,387 660,785 7 0 35 18 9 20,722 5 11 40,203 6 6 3,339 2,924 17,573 1,091,082 6 10 62 1 9 Hamilton 83 67,602 1,663,879 13 9 24 12 3 53,769 1,496,578 5 10 27 16 8 167,301 7 11 63,983 18 2 10,195 4,102 24,003 1,814,922 7 7 75 12 3 Invercargill 37 36,385 891,139 13 5 24 5 10 31,799 923,975 2 0 29 1 1 32,835 8 7 66,165 6 2 2,829 2,417 26,930 1,788,603 7 0 66 8 4 Napier 45 56,772 1,315,380 7 11 23 3 4 51,016 1,408,962 4 4 27 12 4 I 93,581 16 5 78,506 3 1 4,202 3,935 34,908 2,143,512 9 1 61 8 1 Kelson 29 20,277 543,305 3 10 26 15 10 19,572 591,781 16 8 30 4 9 48,476 12 10 35,120 8 4 1,499 1,267 15,077 949,405 18 5 62 18 5 New Plymouth .. 34 44,126 1,078,379 15 0 24 8 9. 37,806 1,193,750 9 3 31 11 6 115,370 14 3 60,532 16 0 3,486 3,025 25,323 1,644,586 16 1 64 18 10 Oamaru 11 12,712 343,448 19 7 27 0 3 11,807 387,313 17 11 32 16 0 43,864 18 4 24,037 5 8 943 826 8,195 632,576 17 0 77 3 10 Thames 38 26,781 624,969 7 2 23 6 9 20,061 657,025 10 3 32 15 0 32,056 3 1 37,611 18 1 2,977 2,454 19,397 1,020,737 6 10 52 13 5 Timaru 16 30,350 887,636 3 5 29 4 11 27,663! 911,259 10 10 32 18 9 23,623 7 5 56,074 8 1 2,321 1,894 19,710 1,515,957 4 10 80 19 5 Wanganui 41 55,043 1,222,761 14 3 22 4 3 52,412 1,272,376 2 1 24 5 6 49,614 7 10 64,993 5 8 4,187 3,931 31,612 1,779,341 16 6 56 5 8 Wellington 95 285,820 6,134,011 5 6 21 9 3 255,704 6,306,304 8 6 24 13 3 ] 172,293 3 0 324,803 13 10 17,081 15,053 139,733 8,996,078 7 2 64 7 7 Western Samoa .. 1 1,252 36,732 15 4 29 6 9 819 28,562 0 2 34 17 6 8,170 15 2 996 17 3 208 104 300 29,133 6 7 97 2 3 Totals for year ended 31st March, 1922 831 1,227,591 29,125,997 10 0 23 14 6 1,119,662 30,236,231 6 5 27 0 0 1,110,233 16 51 60,000: 613 1,599,907 2 0 89,8591 75,748 678,930 43,841,704 4 7 64 11 6

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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, the Fifteen Months ended 31st March, 192 1, and the Year ended 31st March, 1922.

General Post Office, Wellington, 19th June, 1922. E. B. Mobris, Secretary.

By Authority : W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington.— 1922.

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Year. Number of Post Office Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the Year. Number of Deposits received during 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. Average Cost of each Transaction, Deposit or Withdrawal. Interest for the Year. Number of Accounts opened during the Year. Number Number of of Accounts Accounts remainclosed ing Open during at Close the Year. 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. 29,125,997 10 o 23 14 6 £ s. d.l 30,236,231 6 5 27 o o £ s- d - £ s. d. 1,110,233 16 5 £ 60,000 s. a. o 6-13 £ s - d - 1,599,907 2 o £ s - d - 43,841,704 4 7 £ s - d - 64 11 t Year ended 31st March, 1922 831 1,227,591 1,119,662 89,859 75,748 678,930 ♦Fifteen months ended 31st March, 1921 Totals for 1919 819 1,664,206 44,302,852 5 4 26 12 5 1,458,008 41,162,486 9 10 28 4 8, 13,140,365 15 6 80,000 o 6-14 1,818,534 5 2 •152,930! 118,894 664,819 43,352,030 19 0 65 4 2 794 1,289,161. 129,758,448 9 7 23 1 8 994,247 25,962,378 2 6 26 2 3 13,796,070 7 1 52,000 o 5-46 1,178,935 6 6 118,109 77,531 630,783 38,393,130 18 4 60 17 4 1918 .. 786 1,213,353 18,101,104 J 8 1 14 18 4 727-729; 14,938,841 10 o 20 10 7 3,162,263 8 1 32,000 o 3-96 1,059,471 17 8 76,869 53,oi5 590,205 33,418,125 4 9 56 12 5 , 1908 .. 593 706,101 9,674,075 4 o 13 r 4 o. 484,672 ; 9,417,82° 10 3 19 8 8 256,254 13 9 27,000 o 5-44 379,808 6 7 80,133 57,829 342,077 12,159,293 18 1 35 10 II 1898 .. 409 281,749 3,279,611 7 5 11 12 10 196,764 3,194,893 16 7 16 4 9 84,717 10 10 8,500 o 4-26 128,128 16 6 37,265 26,628 169,968 4,957,771 5 5 29 3 5 1888 .. 290 145,355 1,544,747 7 " IO 12 6 96,2041 j 1,387,47! 1 10 14 8 5 157,276 6 1 4,000 0 3'97 78,080 6 o 21,3071 i6,543 84,488 2,048,441 10 9 24 4 ic 1878 147 69,908 762,084 12 0 10 18 o' 42,746 742,053 14 3 17 7 2 20,030 17 9 2,500 ° 5'33 31,664 12 9 13,005 9,634 32,132 819,071 8 2 25 9 S 1868 .. 55 13,014 194,535 11 6 14 18 II 6,365 107,094 17 3 16 16 6 87,440 14 3 789 o 9-77 4,88o 7 3 3,282 1,186 4,252 163,518 15 7 38 9 1 Totals from ist Feb. to 31st Dec, 1867 46 6,977 96,372 7 10 13 16 3 i,9i9 26,415 18 9 13 15 3 69,956 9 1 822 : 1 1018 1,241 5 o 2,520 364 2,156 71,197 14 1 33 o < * Termination of Savings-bank year altered froi 31st Dec( imber to 31st March, with effei :t from 31st March, 1921.