POST OFFICE SAVINGS-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, 1927, AND 31st MARCH, 1926, 1928, 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, 1927 Session I, F-04

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1927. 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 YEARS ENDED 31st MARCH, 1927, AND 31st MARCH, 1926, 1928, 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, 1927.

Number Average °A« 0St Number a™™!? Number Average Number Number B ™.™r Total Amount Amount Omce G f miii <- / " of Amount Excess of Excess of of of standing to the standing to Savings- Deposits To * a T !. Amount ot each with- Total Amount of of each Deposits over "Withdrawals Interest Accounts Accounts Credit of all the Credit Postal Districts. n,?™ „t received "'.""Purine received drawals Withdrawals Withdrawal Withdrawals over Deposits for the opened closed . Q Open Accounts, of each Open at during received during received duriDg dnring the Period. during during during Period. during during "V* "P™ inclusive of Open Ac- * he * the the Period. during the » s> the " the Period. the Period. the the Interest to the count at Close of period. pJSJU Period. Period. Period. Period. £1JPS Close of the Period. Close of the 1 eriod. renod. the Period. Period. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland.. .. 1 185 266,075 5,459,959 5 11 20 10 5 239,895 5,488,781 4 1 22 17 7 .. 28,821 18 2 285,816 17 1 18,218 13,802 137,514 8,021,885 13 6 58 6 9 Blenheim.. .. 15 15,645 294,820 18 8 18 16 11 13,295 321,942 0 5 24 4 4 .. 27,121 1 9 23,224 6 4 1,106 824 10,394 632,120 12 5 60 16 4 Christchurch .. 73 229,023 4,570,001 8 7 19 19 1 197,183 4,613,610 8 0 23 8 0 .. 43,608 19 5 281,103 3 11 11,244 7,800 116,363 7,820,623 10 4 67 4 2 Dunedin .. .. 74 119,140 2,293,983 18 10 19 5 ij 97,603 2,466,279 3 7 25 5 5 .. 172,295 4 9 175,456 8 3 6,233 5,838 72,297 4,738,960 10 3 65 11 0 . Gisborne .. .. J 28 33,848 622,133 8 10 18 7 7 28,163 661,264 18 11 23 9 7 .. 39,131 10 1 40,182 4 9 2,334 1,789 19,865 1,103,928 13 3 55 11 5 ' ' Greymouth .. 24 16,'670 345,379 0 6 20 14 5 11,565 375,490 12 3 32 9 5 .. 30,111 11 9 30,355 11 9 1,342 1,093 13,049 811,553 16 2 62 3 11 Hamilton.. .. | 85 81,613 1,397,821 0 4 17 2 7 57,222 1,381,079 16 1 24 2 9 16,741 4 3 .. 81,647 8 2 7,653 4,930 36,466 2,309,016 1 0 63 6 5 Invercargill .. 37 36,630 755,099 3 5 20 12 4 30,952 854,381 15 1 27 12 1 .. 99,282 11 8 68,411 2 1 2,685 2,364 29,080 1,836,335 1 10 63 2 11 Napier .. .. 38 66,451 1,421,243 10 4 21 7 9 57,091 1,511,741 14 5 26 9 7 .. 90,498 4 1 82,251 17 11 4,887 4,118 37,572 2,258,861 14 4 60 2 5 Nelson .. .. 31 24,896 454,880 5 2 18 5 5 20,326 476,679 12 8 23 9 0 .. 21,799 7 6 34,656 3 3 1,449 1,232 16,435 948,743 14 3 57 14 7 New Plymouth .. 40 54,770 1,223,139 19 8 22 6 8 42,526 1,270,552 4 0 29 17 7 .. 47,412 4 4 69,936 7 3 3,964 3,103 29,562 1,940,023 11 5 65 12 6 Oamaru .. .. 11 14,793 353,305 14 6 23 17 8 13,009 395,100 3 7 30 7 5 .. 41,794 9 1 25,364 9 10 1,027 724 9,334 677,992 5 1 72 12 9 *Palmerston North., j 43 75,275 1,560,725 12 8 20 14 8 59,905 1,534,631 2 4 25 12 5 26,094 10 4 .. * 84,630 16 9 6,232 3,473 29,624 2,374,669 0 7 80 3 3 Thames .. .. 1 41 33,641 564,843 4 0 16 15 10 19,032 604,963 2 2 31 15 9 .. 40,119 18 2 39,970 10 4 3,682 2,181 22,241 1,096,289 16 2 49 5 10 Timaru .. .. 18 37,294 909,435 7 4 24 7 9 31,867 927,869 2 5 29 2 4 .. .18,433 15 1 60,207 19 11 2,462 1,816 22,480 1,650,975 14 11 73 8 10 Wanganui .. 45 65,460 1,175,801 17 10 17 19 3 54,195 1,228,668 18 0 22 13 5 .. 52,867 0 2 71,340 1 3 4,272 3,330 35,324 1,981,717 7 10 56 2 0 Wellington .. 59 325,755 5,845,818 14 7 17 18 11 243,089 5,830,618 18 9 23 19 9 15,199 15 10 .. 297,495 1 0 17,441 12,921 138,055 8,353,653 3 9 60 10 3 Westport .. .. 19 9.733 160,766 1 6 16 10 5 5,411 156,489 17 9 28 18 5 4,276 3 9 .. 12,930 6 11 707 487 6,140 362,813 9 5 59 1 10 Western Samoa .. 3 2,208 36,441 1 11 16 10 1 1,247 37,761 3 10 30 5 8 .. 1,320 1 11 1,679 2 1 577 182 1,370 44,970 18 4 32 16 6 Rarotonga .. 6 989 10,783 8 0 10 18 1 1,188 11,722 18 11 9 17 5 .. 939 10 11 766 3 10 198 34 662 20,367 3 7 30 15 4 Totals for year ended 875 1,509,90929,456,383 2 7 19 10 21,224,76430,149,628 17 3 24 12 4I .. 693,245 14 81,767,426 2 8 97,713 72,041 783,82748,985,501 18 5 62 9 11 31st March, 1927 1

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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, 1927.

By Authority: W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington.— 1927.

Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given; printing (540 copies), £5 10s.

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Number ! I j Number , . . Average of Post Average . Number Number] Total Amount Amount nilicc Number of \nionntof Xjimbfir Average of of ■ .standing to tbfi standing to Salines- Dmosfts Total Amount * . 0 f With- Total Amount of Am °untof Excess of Excess of Accounts Accounts' A . coou ? ts Credit of all the Credit Year banks received deposits Deposit drawals Withdrawals each With- Deposits over Withdrawals Interest for opened closed . rer^® ,in " Open Accounts, of each Onen at during received during ree £ ived during during the Year drawal Withdrawals over Deposits the Tear. d ", ring during ln S O p en inclusive of Open the the Year. Year ' during the the Yefr. g .*>™« during the Year, during the Year. the the at Close Iut t t0 th6 Account at Close of Year. the Year. Year. Year. 5'. Close of the Year. Close of the Year j the Year, £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. <1. £ s. d £ s. d. 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s d. £ s. <1. Year ended 31st Mar., 875 1,509,909,29,456,383 2 7 19 10 21,224.764 30,149,628 17 3 24 12 4 .. 693,245 14 81,767,426 2 8 97,713 72,041 783,827 48,985,501 18 5 62 9 11 1927 Year ended 31st Mar., 870 1,446,53031,833,621 9 5 22 0 1 1,197,98532,602,505 17 2 27 4 3 .. 768,884 7 91,731,577 17 2104,447 81,440 758,155 47,911,321 10 5 63 3 11 1926 j i Year ended 31st Mar., 855 ll ,371,009 29,582,897 2 9 21 11 7 1,108,291130,413,609 3 11 27 8 10 .. 830,712 1 21,680,919 10 10 95,595 70,604 735,148 46,948,628 1 0 63 17 3 1925 Year ended 31st Mar., 846 1,261,141 29,598,372 4 8 23 9 4 1,075,037 29,510,320 19 6 27 9 0 88,051 5 2 .. 1,649,976 4 8 92,465 73,098 710,157 46,098,420 11 4 64 18 3 1924 ! Year ended 31st Mar., S40 1,175,104 26,682.426 11 4 22 14 2 1,081,300,27, 769, 262 16 3 25 13 8 .. 1,086,836 4 11 1,605,525 1 10 78,490 66,630 690,790 44,360,393 1 6 64 4 4 1923 Year ended 31st Mar., 831 1.227,591 29,125,997 10 0 23 14 6 1,119,662 30.236,231 6 5 27 0 0 .. 1,110,233 16 5 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 14,302,852 5 4 26 12 5 1,458,008 41,162,486 9 10 28 4 8 3,140,365 15 6 .. 1,818,534 5 2 152,930 118,894 664,819 43,352,030 19 0 65 4 2 31st Mareb, 1921 Totals for 1919 .. 794 1,289,161 29,758,448 9 7 23 1 8 994,247 25,962,378 2 6 26 2 3 3,796,070 7 1 .. 1,178,935 6 6 118,109 77,531 630,783 38,393,130 18 4 60 17 4 1918 .. i 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 .. 1,059,471 17 8 76,869 53,015 590,205 33,418,125 4 9 56 12 5 1908 .. j 593 706,101 9,674,075 4 C 13 14 0 484,672 9,417,820 10 3 19 8 8 256,254 13 9 .. 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 11 12 10 196,764 3,194,893 16 7 16 4 S 84,717 10 10 128,128 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 78,080 6 0 21,307 16.54S 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 .. 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 C 87,440 14 3 .. 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 .. 1,241 5 0 2,520! 364 2,156 71,197 14 1 33 0 5 31st Dec., 1S67 I * Termination of Savings-bank year altered from 31st December to 31st March, with effect from 31st March, 1921. General Post Office. Wellington, 13th June, 1927. G. McNamaea, Secretary.