POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK. STATEMENT SHOWING THE DEPOSITS RECEIVED AND PAID BY THE POST OFFICE SAVINGS. BANKS, AND THE EXPENSES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, FOR THE YEARS ENDED 31st MARCH, 1924, AND 31st MARCH, 1923 AND 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, 1924 Session I, F-04

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POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK. STATEMENT SHOWING THE DEPOSITS RECEIVED AND PAID BY THE POST OFFICE SAVINGS. BANKS, AND THE EXPENSES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, FOR THE YEARS ENDED 31st MARCH, 1924, AND 31st MARCH, 1923 AND 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, 1924.

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Postal Districts. Number of Post Office Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the Period. Number ol Deposits received during the Period. A,™,1St Number Average i Tntnl Amount ofVaph of ' Amount : Excess of rSAtSSJc "With- Total Amount of I of each Deposits over S„„ voSKSi drawals Withdrawals Withdrawal Withdrawals the Period g during duri "S during the Period. during during the Period. aa^ s the the the Period. Period. Pel " iod - Peri ° d - - 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 opeDed during the Period. Number of Accounts closed during the Period. Number Total Ammmt Accounts a *??S!?*? 1 ft e remain- „ Cred A lt of a " ltiy.1 Interest to the Period. Cl0Be of the Period - Average Amount standing to the Credit of each Open Account at Close of the Period. I l Auckland 182 226,033 £ s. d.' 5,659,240 17 5| £ s. d. 25 0 9 £ s. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. 5,851,899 6 1 26 14 7 £ s. d. 192,658 8 8 £ d. £ s. d.| 266,781 16 8 17,504 14,042 £ s. d. £ s. d. 7,432,125 18 9 59 8 1 218,938' 125,106 Blenheim .. Christehurch Dunedin Gisborne 16 73 72 23 13,255 195,394 109,912 26,418 314,082 15 4 23 13 11 11,725 305,748 13 8 26 1 6 8,334 1 8! 21,841 7 10 898 765 9,742 599,371 7 3 61 10 6 4,662,092 15 0 23 17 2 176,700 4,584,432 2 4 25 18 11 77,660 12 8 139,910 16 5 263,445 19 5 174,622 3 10 10,276 7,290 106,540 7,347,820 7 8 68 19 4 2,430,422 19 4; 560,255 12 6| 22 2 3 89,567 2,570.333 15 9 28 13 11 5,987 5,311 69,510 4,720,867 6 3: 67 18 4 21 4 2 22,975 566,019 13 10; 24 12 9 5,764 1 4! I 34,244 6 7 1,846 1,596 17,032 958.035 7 7 56 5 0 Greymouth.. Hamilton 25 83 15.746 68,176 351,572 9 3 22 6 7 11,276! 379,792 8 2 33 13 s| 28,219 18 11 11,739 2 9 29,755 7 6 70,050 2 0 69,270 6 0 82,000 19 7 1,332 1,199 12,366 797,445 15 1 64 9 9 1,424,641 7 9 20 17 II 52,402! 1,367.038 16 71 26 1 9 57,602 11 2 869,059 1 1 29 9 7 1,661.080 16 6 32 15 2 22,502 15 0 7,035 4,582 29,083 2,003,615 13 9 08 17 10 Invercargill 36 35,888 857,319 18 4j 23 17 9 29,482 2,605 2,197 27,637 1,882.985 12 10 68 2 8 Napier .. 45 61,886 1,683,583 11 6 27 4 1 50,706 6,948 5,974 36,311 2,309,193 7 8 63 11 10 Nelson 31 21,565 500,827 10 7 23 4 6 18,758 488,598 8 9 26 0 IT 12,229 1 10 34,171 7 7 1,505| 1,213 15,590 955,763 19 4 61 6 2 New Plymouth 34 48,407 1,342,774 1 1 27 14 9 36,953 1,286,560 10 11 34 16 4' 56,213 10 2 64,292 1 3 5,309 4,436 26,681 1,833,879 12 8 68 14 4 - Oamaru. 11 13,845 370,454 17 3 26 15 2 11,649 371,536 8 11 31 17 111,081 11 8 25,229 10 2 1,011 ■ 768; 8,710 699,841 7 7 80 7 0 Thames 38 28,075 631,871 19 9 22 10 1 19,050 602,604 11 3 31 !2 8 29,267 8 6 38,920 18 2 2,8541 2,241 20,459 1,096,979 14 9 53 12 5 Timaru 18 33,162 922,010 10 10 27 16 1 26,971 921,036 1 3 1 34 2 11 974 9 7 J 59,799 1 2 67,310 5 3 2,361 1,782 | 20,788 1,653,618 18 10 79 10 11 Wanganui 43 54,188 1,157,301 6 10 21 7 2 45,977 1,138,049 8 7 24 15 0 19,251 18 3 3,959 3,195 32,553 1,907,763 16 3 58 12 1 Wellington 95 300,650 6,544,298 6 1 21 15 4 245,338 6,341,122 5 5 25 16 11 203,176 0 8 17,797 6 8 334,062 18 9 12,748 2 6 20,166 15,747 146,004 9,524,781 0 11 65 4 9 Westport 18 -7,446 163,104 8 10 21 18 1 5,847 180,901 15 6 30 18 10 729 661 5,638 337,188 8 6 59,16 1 Western Samoa , .. 3 1,095 22,516 17 0 20 11 3 723 24,506 14 11 33 17 11 1.989 17 111 1,429 10 5 140 99 407 37,142 15 8 91 5 2 Totals lor year ended 31st March, 1924 846 1,261,141 29,598,372 4 8 23 9 4 1,075,037 29,510,320 19 6 27 9 0 88,051 5 2 90,000 9-24 1,649,976 4 8 92,465 73,098 710,157 46,098,420 11 4 64 18 3

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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, 1918, and Yearly Periods thereafter to the Year ended 31st March, 1924.

By Authority : W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington.— 1924.

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Y T esr. Number; of Post Office Number of Savings- Deposits banks received Open at during the i the Year. Close of j the Year Total Amount of Deposits received during the Year. Average Amount of Number each of With- Total Amount of Deposit drawals Withdrawals received during during the Year, during the the Tear. Year. Average Amount of Excess of each With- Deposits over drawal Withdrawals during ; during the Year, the Year, j 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. ; i Year ended 31st Mar., 1924 Year ended 31st Mar.. 1923 Year ended 31st Mar., 1922 *Fifteen months ended 31st March, 1921 Totals for 1919 £ s. d. 846 ;1,261, 14129,598,372 4 8 840 1,175,104 26,682,426 11 4 831 1.227,59129,125,997 10 0 819 1,664,206 44,302,852 5 4 794 1,289,16129,758,448 9 7 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 23 9 41,075,037 29,510,320 19 6 27 9 Oj 88,051 5 2 £ s. d. £ 90,000 s. d. 0 9-24 £ s. d. 1,649,976 4 8 £ s. d. 46,098,420 11 4 £ s. d. 64 18 3 92,465 73,098 710, 157 < 22 14 2 1,081,300J27,769,262 16 3 25 13 S 23 14 61,119,682J30,236,231 6 5 27 0 0 1,086,836 4 11 70,650 0 7-51 1,605,525 1 10 78,490 66,630 690,790' 44,360,393 1 6 64 4 4 1,110,233 16 5 60,000 0 6-13 1,599,907 2 0 89,859 75,748 678,93043,841,704 4 7 64 11 6 26 12 51,458,00841,162,486 9 10 28 4 8 3,140,365 15 6 80,000 0 6-14 1,818,534 5 2 152,930 118,894 664,81943,352,030 19 0 65 4 2 23 1 8 994,247 25,962,378 2 6 26 2 3 3,796,070 7 1 52,000 0 5-46 1,178,935 6 6 118,109 77,531 630,783: 38,393,130 18 4 60 17 4 1918 786 11,213, 35318,101,104 IS 1 14 18 4 727.729 14.938,84110 0 20 10 7:3,162,263 8 1 i 32,000 0 3-96 1,059,471 17 8 76,869 53,015 590,205 : 33,418,125 4 9 56 12 5 .-_ 1908 593 706,101 9,674,075 4 0 13 14 0 484,672 9,417,820 10 3 19 8 8 256,254 13 9 11 12 10 196,764 3,194,893 16 7 16 4 9 84,717 10 10 1 27,000 0 5-44 379,808 6 7 80,133 57,829 342,077 12,159,293 18 1 35 10 11 1898 409 281,749 3,279,611 7 5 8,500 0 4-26 128,128 16 6 37,265 26,628 169,968 4,957,771 5 5 29 3 5 1888 1878 290 145,355 1,544,747 7 11 147 69,908 762,084 12 0 10 12 6 96,204 1,387,471 1 10 14 8 5 157.276 6 1 10 18 0 42,746 742,053 14 3 17 7 2 20,030 17 9 14 18 II 6,365 107,094 17 3 16 16 6 87,440 14 3 4,000 2,500 0 3-97 0 5-33 78,080 6 0 31,664 12 9 21,307 13,005 16,543 9,634 84,488 32,132 2,048,441 10 9 819,071 8 2 24 4 10 25 9 9 I 789 0 9-77 4,880 7 3; 3,282 1868 Totals from lst Feb. to 31st Dec. 1867 55 13,014 194,535 11 6 46 6,977 96,372 7 10 1,186 4,252 163,518 15 7 38 9 1 13 16 3 1,919 26,415 18 9 13 15 3: 69,956 9 1 822 1 10-18 1,241 5 0 2,520 364 2,156 71,197 14 1 33 0 5 1 * Termination of Savings-bank rear altered from 31st December to 31st March, with effect from 31st March, 1921. General Post Office, Wellington, 7th June, 1924. G. Mackamaba, Acting-Secretary.