POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK. STATEMENT SHOWING THE DEPOSITS RECEIVED AND PAID BY THE POST OFFICE SAVINGSBANKS FOR THE YEARS ENDED 31st MARCH, 1928, AND 31st MARCH, 1927, 1926, 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.

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POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK. STATEMENT SHOWING THE DEPOSITS RECEIVED AND PAID BY THE POST OFFICE SAVINGSBANKS FOR THE YEARS ENDED 31st MARCH, 1928, AND 31st MARCH, 1927, 1926, 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, 1928.

Number _ Average °A£°® t Number Number Average Number Number Nu ™ ber Total Amount Amount carinas of T „ t> . nfpnl-h of Amount Excess of Excess of of of Accounts Standing to the standing to KprTks. Deposits SJ™?. With- Total Amount of of each Deposits over Withdrawals Interest Accounts Accounts Credit of all the Credit Postal Districts. received drawals Withdrawals Withdrawal Withdrawals over Deposits for the opened closed n, " Open Accounts, of each the durin g the Period during duriug during the Period. during during during Period. during during inclusive of Open Acriosenf the the Period. during the the the Period. the Period. the the Interest to the count at the Period. Period Period. Period. Period. Period. pe r jod Close of the Period. Close of Period. ' ' the Period. . - £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland .. .. 187 274,907 4,956,307 13 0 18 0 7 245,458 5,412,133 14 1 22 1 0 .. 455,826 1 1 284,396 2 4 16,449 13,962 140,000 7,850,455 14 9 56 1 6 Blenheim .. .. 15 1 15,706 276,560 6 8, 17 12 2 13,820 331,628 12 4 23 19 11 .. 55,068 5 8 22,558 9 0 1,004 742 10,656 599,610 15 9 56 5 4 Christchurch .. 73 243,119 4,342,985 7 8 17 17 3 211,134 4,811,263 8 3 22 15 9 .. i 468,278 0 7 280,655 6 10 11,337 7,840 119,860 7,633,000 16 7 63 13 8 Dunedin .. .. 74 115,339 2,114,471 13 4 18 6 81 97,991 2,530,598 15 4 25 16 6 .. ' 416,127 2 0 168,985 11 6 5,870 5,705 72,462 4,491,818 19 9 61 19 9 Gisborne .. .. 26 35,576 598,472 1 6 16 16 5 ! 28,432 636,003 6 8 22 7 5 .. 37,531 5 2 39,407 19 3 2,377 1,723 20,519 1,105,805 7 4 53 17 10 Greymouth.. .. 24 17,430 308,081 7 8 17 13 6 12,342 376,858 2 9 30 10 8 .. 68,776 15 1 29,615 13 2 1,261 1,071 13,239 772,392 14 3 58 6 10 Hamilton .. .. 87 87,804 1,343,922 9 6 15 6 1 59,334 1,410,693 3 7 23 15 6 .. 66,770 14 1 83,144 8 0 7,276 4,906 38,836 2,325,389 14 11 59 17 6 Invereargill .. 38 38,231 835,019 17 10 21 16 10 32,934 1,013,896 11 6 30 15 9 .. 178,876 13 8 65,326 17 1 3,968 3,499 29,549 1,722,785 5 3 58 6 1 Napier .. .. 39 70,177 1,287,775 10 1 18 7 o! 58,165 1,393,878 5 3 23 19 3 .. j 106,102 15 2 80,560 19 2 4,710 3,733 38,549 2,233,319 18 4 57 18 8 Nelson .. .. ; 32 26,609 472,300 3 0 17 15 0 20,827 512,788 6 4 24 12 5 .. 40,488 3 4 34,733 4 0 1,562 1,138 16,859 942,988 14 11 55 18 8 I New Plymouth .. 37 56,657 1,072,354 5 9 18 18 6 43,707 1,243,577 6 1 28 9 0 .. : 171,223 0 4 66,405 10 6 3,969 3,084 30,448 1,835,206 1 7 60 5 6 Oamaru .. .. 11 16,001 356,546 10 1 22 5 8 13,865 414,500 18 0 29 17 11 .. 57,954 7 11 24,120 9 3 1,125 815 9,644 644,158 6 5 66 15 10 Palmerston North .. 43 78,671 1,436,946 9 7 18 5 4 62,584 1,587,289 8 5 25 7 3 .. 150,342 18 10 83,549 7 6 5,597 3,636 31,585 2,307,875 9 3 73 1 3 Thames .. .. 39 35,509 522,919 0 10 14 14 6 1 19,715 593,287 11 11 30 1 10 .. 70,368 11 1 39,050 15 2 2,827 2,141 22,927 1,064,972 0 3 46 9 0 Timarn .. .. ' 18 39,740 860,302 2 1 21 12 11. 33,679 955,461 0 3 28 7 5 .. ' 95,158 18 2, 59,246 7 2 2,497 1,769 23,208 1,615,063 3 11 69 11 9 I Wanganui .. .. 43 65,431 1,071,712 15 0 16 7 7 53,657 1,213,955 1 7 22 12 6 .. 142,242 6 7 69,687 12 1 3,857 3,333 35,848 1,909,162 13 4 53 5 2 Wellington.. .. 58 340,384 5,551,234 6 1 16 6 2 258,644 5,931,385 19 9 22 18 8 .. 380,151 13 8 299,646 14 4 16,469 12,622 141,902 8,273,148 4 5 58 6 0 I Westport .. .. 19 10,033 155,922 1 4 15 10 10 5,597 170,950 17 11 30 10 10 .. 15,028 16 7 13,519 3 3 712 468 6,384 361,303 16 1 56 11 11 Western Samoa .. 1 2 1,973 34,914 13 3 17 13 11 1,462 31,091 5 2j 21 5 4 3,823 8 1 .. 1,808 12 1 265 207 1,428 50,602 18 6 35 8 9 Rarotonga .. .. 5 1,196 12,317 10 10 10 6 0 1,559 13,755 19 2| 8 16 5 .. 1,438 8 4 736 12 1 199 39 822 19,665 7 4 23 18 5 Totals for year ended 870 1,570,493 27,611,066 5 1 17 11 71,274,906 30,584,997 14 4 23 19 10 .. 2,973,931 9 31,747,155 13 9 93,331 72,433 804,725 47,758,726 2 11 59 6 11 31st March, 1928 ' Totals for year ended 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 31st March, 1927 I J

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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, 1928.

By Authority : W. A. G. Sklshek, Government Printer, Wellington.— 1928.

Approximate Cost of Paper. — Preparation, not given; printing (490 copies) ,£4 17s. 6d.

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Number _ Number [ Aver age of Post Average Average 1 - Nurn ber Number ' - Total Amount | Amount Office Number of m-t., i mnn11 t Amountof Number f®. f.tmbr <if E s „e s ,„f of . of icmnnts standing to the standingto Savings- Deposits of A™its each of With- Total Amount of ±Xwith Deposits over Withdrawals Inter- st for Accounts Accounts remain Credit of all the Credit Year. banks received ° s J* Deposit drawals Withdrawals Withdrawals over Deposits the Year °P ened closed inaXen Open Accounts, ! of each Open at during received during during the Year. ""J™ d uri"2 t li B Year dSnne the Year during during ™ inclusive of Open the the Year. the Year. during the the Year. during the lear. during the iear. the fche at Close iuterest to the Account at Close of Year. Year. Year. Close of the Year. Close of the Year ' j * ear - t he Year. . : £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. j £ s. d. £ s. d. Year ended 31st Mar., 870 1,570,493 27,611,066 5 1 17 11 71,274,906130,584,997 14 4 23 19 10 .. 2,973,931 9 31,747,155 13 9 93,331 72,443 804,725 47,758,726 2 11 59 6 11 1928 rear 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 rear ended 31st Mar., 870 1,446,530 31,833,621 9 5 22 0 11,197,98532,602,505 17 2 27 4 3 .. 768,884 7 91,731,577 17 2 104,447 81,440 758,15547,911,321 10 5 63 3 11 1926 rear 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 21,680,919 10 10 95,595 70,604 735,148 46,948,628 1 0 63 17 3 1925 rear ended 31st Mar., 846 1,261,14129,598,372 4 8 23 9 41,075,037 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 rear ended 31st Mar., 840 1.175,10426,682,426 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 rear ended 31st Mar., 831 1,227,59129,125,997 10 0 23 14 61,119,662 30,236,231 6 5 27 0 0 .. 1,110,233 16 51,599,907 2 0 89,859 75,748 678,93043,841,704 4 7 64 11 6 1922 "Fifteen months ended 819 1,664,206 44,302,852 5 4 26 12 51,458,008 41,162,486 9 10 28 4 8 3,140,365 15 6 .. 1,818,534 5 2152,930118,894 664,819 43,352,030 19 0 65 4 2 31st March, 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 33,796,070 7 1 .. 1,178,935 6 6 118,109 77,531 630,783 38,393,130 18 4 60 17 4 1918 .. 786 1,213,35318,101,104 18 1 14 18 4 727,72914,938,841 10 0 20 10 7 3,162,263 8 1 .. 1,059,471 17 8 76,869 53,015 590,20533,418,125 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 .. 379,808 6 7 80,133 57,829 342,07712,159,293 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 .. 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 0 157,276 6 1 .. 78,080 6 0 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 .. 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 .. 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 53 0 5 31st Deo., 1867 * Termination of Savings-bank year altered from 31st December to 31st March, with effect from 31st March, 1921. G. McNajiaea, Secretary. General Post Office, Wellington, 27th June, 1928.