POST OFFICE SAYINGS-BANK. STATEMENT SHOWING THE DEPOSITS RECEIVED AND PAID BY THE POST OFFICE SAVINGSBANKS, AND THE EXPENSES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, FOR THE YEARS ENDED 31st MARCH, 1926, AND 31st MARCH, 1925, 1924, 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, 1926 Session I, F-04

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1926. NEW ZEALAND.

POST OFFICE SAYINGS-BANK. STATEMENT SHOWING THE DEPOSITS RECEIVED AND PAID BY THE POST OFFICE SAVINGSBANKS, AND THE EXPENSES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, FOR THE YEARS ENDED 31st MARCH, 1926, AND 31st MARCH, 1925, 1924, 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, 1926.

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Number Avnrmnt Number Average Cost of Cost of Number Number u Total Amount Amount o" in ® OI " Total Amount of each of Amount Excess of Excess of Ma naee- each of of 4„™ 1Ilt , standing to the standing to Deposits rwnsit With- Total Amount of ! of each Deposits over Withdrawals I Transae- Interest Accounts Accounts Credit of all the Credit Postal Districts. „ b ™ ® ( received J? 1 °, * ir „ ra( .5 v ed drawals Withdrawals Withdrawal Withdrawals over Deposits duvinc tion ' for the opened closed jnTJS'p" Open Accounts, of each °p?° at during re ?h» p«rind 8 dnriZ dmir g during the Period. during during during a, i£° g Deposit Period. during during Ttr& inclusive of Open Acthe the Penoa. du t £" g the the the Period. the Period. p. or the the a ' f C ;£? e Interest to the count at Period. piS®, Period. Period. period. with _ Period. Period. SlJtt Close of the Period. Close of Period drawal. Period. the p erioa _ i ' ~ " j £ s. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. dj £ d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland .. .. 183 256,587 5,703,521 16 3 22 4 7 236,944 5,774,583 19 7 24 7 5 .. 71,062 3 4; .. .. 277,025 9 4 17,493 13,697 133,098 7,764,890 14 7 58 6 9 Blenheim .. .. 15 14,923 302,510 12 8 20 5 5 12,572 323,977 0 2 25 15 5 .. 21,466 7 6 .. .. 23,150 3 4 965 753 10,112 636,017 7 10 62 17 11 Christchurch .. 73 218,973 5,020,935 11 9 22 18 7 195,312 5,127,256 2 7 26 5 0' .. 106,320 10 10! .. .. 275,877 13 11 12,513 9,357 112,919 7,583,129 5 10 67 3 1 Dunedin .. .. 74 118,005 2,398,705 4 7 20 6 6! 97,277 2,516,006 0 0 25 17 1 .. 117,300 15 5. .. .. 173,989 1 8 6,546 5,420 71,902 4,735,799 6 9 65 17 3 Gisborne .. .. 28 33,351 683,308 17 0 20 9 9 26,637 671,748 4 2 25 4 4 11,560 12 10 .. .. .. 39,732 13 8 2,410 1,572 19,320 1,102,877 18 7 57 1 8 Greymouth .. 25 16,961 372,385 1 0 21 19 1 11,742 379,575 14 11 32 6 8 .. 7,190 13 11 .. .. 29,750 18 4 1,291 1,104 12,800 811,309 16 2 63 "7 8 Hamilton .. .. 84 77,484 1,503,788 8 3 19 8 2 55,894 1,483,785 8 7 26 10 11 20,002 19 8 .. 78,323 15 4 7,097 5,086 33,743 2,210,627 8 7 65 10 3 Invercargill .. 37 38,203 816,987 19 0 21 7 8 32,040 941,597 14 5 29 7 8 .. 124,609 15 5 .. .. 70,794 19 4 2,792 2,348 28,759 1,867,206 11 5 64 18 6 Napier .. .. 37 66,884 1,609,284 8 0 24 1 2 57,493 1,865,550 13 6 32 8 11 .. 256,266 5 6 .. .. 84,500 1 6 5,228 6,268 36,803 2,267,108 0 6 61 12 1 Nelson .. .. 31 24,049 462,370 7 8 19 4 6 20,384 525,000 0 0 25 15 1 .. 62,629 12 4 .. .. 34,872 9 3 1,458 1,218 16,218 935,886 18 6 57 14 1 New Plymouth .. 40 54,213 1,270,954 4 4 23 8 11 41,066 1,285,992 5 2 31 6 4 .. 15,038 0 10 .. .. 67,758 0 4 4,159 3,178 28,701 1,917,499 8 6 66 16 2 Oamaru .. .. 11 14,152 372,340 3 10 26 6 3 12,644 371,759 11 7 29 8 1 580 12 3| .. ; .. .. 25,266 6 10 894 758 9,031 694,422 4 4 76 17 11 *Palmerston North .. 43 61,656 2,220,069 17 4 36 0 2 42,089 1,249,553 16 8 29 13 9 970,516 0 8 .. .. .. 68,690 7 6 13,695 2,146 26,865 2,263,943 13 6 86 1 2 Thames .. .. 41 29,320 627,829 5 0 21 8 3 18,828 642,652 1 1 34 1 8 .. 14,822 16 1 .. .. 39,071 1 4 2,792 2,297 20,740 1,096,439 4 0 52 16 4 Timaru .. .. 18 35,374 923,546 8 2 26 2 2 31,277 975,256 6 11 31 3 7 .. 51,709 18 9 .. .. 59,279 9 1 2,389 1,822 21,834 1,609,201 10 1 73 14 0 Wanganui.. .. 44 63,727 1,311,045 2 0 20 11 6 53,168 1,406,563 11 0 26 9 1 .. 95,518 9 0.. .. 71,300 14 9 4,357 3,637 34,382 1,963,244 6 9 57 2 0 Wellington .. 59 310,943 6,044,287 4 11 19 8 9 245,652 6,868,608 5 0 27 19 4 .. 824,321 0 1 .. .. 297,118 15 5 17,040 20,114 133,535 8,040,958 6 11 60 4 4 Westport .. .. 18 8,509 132,471 13 5 15 11 4 5,029 141,412 8 11 28 4 0 .. 8,940 15 6 .. .. 12,757 19 5 .606 509 5,920 345,606 18 9 58 7 7 * WesternSamoa .. 3 2,326 42,475 12 10 18 5 3 1,138 40,475 10 10 35 7 4 2,000 2 0 .. .. .. 1,561 1 0 513 119 975 44,611 18 2 45 15 1 Rarotonga .. 6 890 14,803 11 5 16 13 4 799 11,151 2 1 13 19 1 3,652 9 4 .. .. .. 756 15 10 209 37 498 20,540 10 8 41 4 11 Totals for year ended 870 1,446,530 31,833,621 9 5 22 0 11,197,985 32,602,505 17 2 27 4 3 .. 768,884 7 9 ! 95,000 8-62 1,731,577 17 2104,447 81,440 758,15547,911,321 10 5 63 3 11 31st March, 1926 1 ! 1 ■ * Palmerston North created a chief office, 1st July, 1925.

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General Post Office, Wellington, 11th June, 1926. A. Markman, Secretary.

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, 1926.

By Authority : W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington.— 1926.

Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given; printing (640 copies), £5 15s.

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Number ■ „ . I Averase °A£ ost XT Average Averaee Tost of Number Number "1 Total Amount | Amount Savings- Deposits' Total Amount Am ° u c £ tof ofmth- Total Amount of Amount of Excess of Excess of Manage- each Accounts %r ss. re Sii? ng £s e s. e Hf ss, aSSSr. s Ir " « « s® ss: ijsl Close of Year. ttle Year ' Ye&r - With- Year. Year. S Close of the Year. Close of the Year arawai. lear. [ the Year. [ I " ~1 V~ 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. j £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. | £ 8. d. ' £ s, d.j £ s. d. Year ended 31st Mar., j 870 1,446,83031,833,621 9 5 22 0 11,197,98532,602,505 17 2 27 4 3 .. 768,884 7 9 95,000 0 8-621,731,577 17 2104,447 81,440 758,15547,911,321 10 5 63 3 11 1926 Year ended 31st Mar., 855 1,371, 009 29,582, 897 2 9 21 11 7 1,108,29130,413,609 3 11 27 8 10 .. 830,712 1 2 95,000 0 9-191,680,919 10 10 95,595 70,604 735,148 46,948,628 1 0 63 17 3 1925 Year ended 31st Mar., 846 1,261,14129,598,372 4 8 23 9 4(1,075,037 29.510,320 19 6 27 9 0 88,051 5 2 .. 90,000 0 9-241,649,976 4 8 92,465 73,098 710,15746,098,420 11 4 64 18 3 1924 Year ended 31st Mar., 840 1,175,104 26,682,426 11 4 22 14 2 1,081,30027, 769, 262 16 3 25 13 8 .. 1,086,836 4 11 70,650 0 7-511,605,525 1 10 78,490 66,630 690,790 44,360,393 1 6 64 4 4 1923 Year ended 31st Mar., 831 1,227,59129,125,997 10 ol 23 14 6 1,119,662 30,236,231 6' 5 27 0 0 .. 1,110,233 16 5 60.000 0 6 13 1,599,907 2 0 89,859 75,748 678,930 43,841,704 4 7 64 11 6 1922 •Fifteen months ended 819 1,664,206 44,302,852 5 4; 26 12 51 ,458,00841, 162,486 9 10 28 4 8 3,140,365 15 6 .. 80,000 0 6-141,818,534 5 2 152,930118,894 664,819 43,352,030 19 0 65 4 2 31st March, 1921 Totals for 1919 794 1,289,16129,758,448 9 7 23 1 8 994,247 25,962,378 2 6 26 2 3 3,796,070 7 1 .. 52,000 0 5-461,178,935 6 .6jll8,109 77,531 630,783 38,393,130 18 4 60 17 4 1918 .. 786 1,213,353 18,101,104 18 1 14 18 4 727,729 14,938,841 10 0 20 10 7 3,162,263 8 1 .. 32,000 0 3-961,059,471 17 8j 76,869 53,015 590,205 33,418,125 4 9 56 12 5 1908 593 706,101 9.674,075 4 o| 13 14 0 484,672 9,417,820 10 3 19 8 8 256,254 13 9 .. 27,000 0 5-44 379,808 6 T\ 80,133 57,829 342,077 12,159,293 18 1 35 10 11 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 0 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 11 10 12 6 96,204 1,387,471 1 10 14 8 5 157,276 6 1 .. 4,000 0 3-97 78,080 6 21,307 16,543 84,488 2,048,441 10 9 24 4 10 1878 147 69,908 762,084 12 0 10 18 0 42,746 742,053 14 3 17 7 2 20,030 17 9 .. 2,500 0 5-33 31,664 12 9 13,005 9,634 32,132 819,071 8 2 25 9 9 1868 .. 55 13,014 194,535 11 6 14 18 11 6,365 107,094 17 3 16 16 6 87,440 14 3 .. 789 0 9-77 4,880 7 3 3,282 1,186 4,252 163,518 15 7 38 9 1 Totals from 1st Feb. to 46 6,977 96,372 7 10 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 - 31st Dec., 1867 * Termination of Sayings-bank year altered from 31st December to 31st March, with effect from 31st March, 1921.