POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK. STATEMENT SHOWING THE DEPOSITS RECEIVED AND PAID BY THE POST OFFICE SAVINGSBANK FOR THE YEARS ENDED 31st MARCH, 1931, AND 31st MARCH, 1930, 1929, 1928, 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 1868, THE FIRST COMPLETE YEAR OF POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK WORKING IN NEW ZEALAND. (THE POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE DOMINION IN FEBRUARY, 1867.)

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1931 Session I-II, F-04

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1931. NEW ZEALAND.

POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK. STATEMENT SHOWING THE DEPOSITS RECEIVED AND PAID BY THE POST OFFICE SAVINGSBANK FOR THE YEARS ENDED 31st MARCH, 1931, AND 31st MARCH, 1930, 1929, 1928, 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 1868, THE FIRST COMPLETE YEAR OF POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK WORKING IN NEW ZEALAND. (THE POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE DOMINION IN FEBRUARY, 1867.)

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly pursuant to Section 91 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1928.

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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, 1931.

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Number of • Branches Average Average of the Number Amount Number Average Post of Number Number Total Amount Amount u Post Office of Total Amount of each ° m t * * Amount Excess of Excess of Manacrp °f of a 4-0 standing to the standing to Savings- Deposits „f Denosits Deposit M lth " Total Amount of of each Deposits over Withdrawals H ™¥" Interest Accounts Accounts Credit of all the Credit Postal Districts. bank received rP ™jved duriiie received cta™als Withdrawals Withdrawal Withdrawals over Deposits PS? for the opened closed Open Accounts, of each Open at during the Period during durlog during the Period. during during during Period. during during inclusive of Open Acthe the the Penoct. aurmg the the the Period. the Period. p i|® the the a ' f C^ se Interest to the count at Close of Period. Period p e"°<i. Period. reiiuu. Period. Period. Close of the Period. Close of the erioa. ttie p er i 0( j t Period. f £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. . £ £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland .. .. 183 265,743 3,964,694 1 6 14 18 5; 261,920 4,632,633 15 5 17 13 9 667,939 13 11 278,359 14 2 15,400 13,604 145,933 7,553,992 0 4 51 15 3 Blenheim .. .. 16 16,987 250,648 17 2 14 15 1 15,762 287,523 9 7 18 4 10 36,874 12 5 22,227 17 5 1,116 809 11,493 596,348 17 7 51 17 9 Christchurch .. 73 266,618 3,903,253 6 4 14 12 10 248,395 4,361,633 16 4 17 11 2 458,380 10 0 289,721 11 1 11,565 7,928 130,764 7,809,371 18 8 59 14 5 Dunedin .. .. 79 114,333 1,688,212 19 8 14 15 4 100,491 2,089,308 17 3 20 15 10 401,095 17 7 , 157,061 5 8 6,520 5,279 75,143 4,134,453 11 6 55 0 5 Gisborne .. .. 26 37,418 520,440 13 1 13 18 2 32,769 591,238 19 0 18 0 10 70,798 5 11 40,611 7 2 2,248 1,781 22,509 1,110,242 4 9 49 6 6 Greymouth .. 25 21,855 316,959 5 10 14 10 1 15,145 354,466 16 8 23 8 1 37,507 10 10 30,377 12 5 1,647 1,090 14,550 819,279 2 11 56 6 2 Hamilton .. .. 92 102,678 1,416,102 8 3 13 15 10 79,523 1,565,808 19 3 19 13 10 149,706 11 0 88,367 0 4 8,272 5,634 46,904 2,428,208 8 0 51 15 5 Invercargill .. 38 39,316 565,339 14 7 14 7 7 34,971 723,830 0 6 20 14 0 " 158,490 5 11 61,109 3 1 3,240 2,333 .31,652 1,593,688 10 5 50 7 0 Napier .. .. 42 74,548 1,185,125 15 6 15 18 0 «6,694 1,352,797 16 5 20 5 8 167,672 0 11 81,232 19 5 4,816 4,003 41,796: 2,218,759 18 4 53 1 9 Nelson .. .. 31 32,215 477,593 0 5 14 16 6 Ī26,470 556,010 14 11 21 0 1 78,417 14 6 38,507 1 4 2,296 1,331 19, 10lj 1,028,089 19 4 53 16 6 New Plymouth .. 37 66,684 962,115 17 4 14 7 8 50,455 1,155,110 0 8 22 17 11 192,994 3 4 65,881 8 8 5,419 3,440 34,216 1,780,688 10 7 52 0 10 Oamaru .. .. 12 18,299 320,982 7 5 17 10 10 17,397 358,226 16 7 20 11 10 " 37,244 9 2 24,383 4 9 1,338 865 10,810 663,150 6 6 61 6 11 Palmerston North .. 41 88,222 1,306,775 11 4 14 16 3 76,559 1,522,428 16 11 19 17 9 ~ 215,653 5 7 ( -r 87,832 18 0 5,708 3,730 37,6421 2,380,833 12 10 63 8 4 Thames .. .. 43 34,971 491,284 5 6 14 1 0 23,583 600,888 14 3 25 9 7 109,604 8 9 39,407 3 0 2,975 2,272 25,283 1,051,596 13 5 41 11 11 Timaru .. .. 18 42,405 759,927 3 1 17 18 5 39,611 912,511 16 10 23 0 9 152,584 13 9 60,315 11 4 2,440 1,857 25,210 1,598,975 0 2 63 8 6 Wanganui .. .. 41 63,049 886,496 19 9 14 1 3 53,215 1,050,550 10 4 19 14 10 164,053 10 7 67,090 1 0 3,598 3,130 37,769 1,814,226 16 7 48 0 8 Wellington .. 61 396,735 5,324,248 18 9 13 8 5 319,600 5,722,100 17 11 17 18 1 397,851 19 2 314,472 9 1 18,496 13,077 157,499 8,641,672 10 4 54 17 5 Westport .. .. 19 10,357 147,598 11 2 14 5 0 7,563 173,191 10 5 22 18 0 25,592 19 3 14,548 1 11 839 569 7,279 383,794 8 2 52 14 6 Western Samoa .. 2 1,792 29,271 1 10 16 6 8 1,657 36,299 5 10 21 18 2 ,7,028 4 0 1,462 6 7 241 204 1,475 38,954 1 10 25 4 11 Rarotonga.. .. 5 918 14,498 2 9 15 15 11 1.247 16,776 10 11 13 9 1 2,278 8 2 856 0 10 124 76 1,115 22,220 8 10 20 0 8 Totals for year ended 884 1,695,14324,531,569 1 3 14 9 51,473,027 28,063,338 6 0 19 1 0 3,531,769 4 9110,5001,763,824 17 3 98,298 73,012 878,043 47,668,547 1 l' 54 5 9 31st March, 1931 — Totals for year ended 882 1,700,46028,561,854 4 10 16 15 11 1,342 113 29,575,993 16 10 22 0 9 1,014,139 12 0109,5001,806,414 0 1 97,932 73,471 852,757 49,436,491 8 7 57 19 5 31st March, 1930

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General Post Office, Wellington, 15th May, 1931. G. McNamaba, Secretary.

POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK.— GENERAL STATEMENT. Table showing the Business of the Post Office Savings-bank in New Zealand, by Ten-year Periods, from 1868 to the 31st December, 1918, and Yearly Periods thereafter to the Year ended 31st March, 1931.

Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given ; printing (445 copies), £5.

By Authority: W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington.— 1931.

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Branches' w , , Average Average Number Number Nu ™ ber Total Amount Amoult °, the Post Number o' Total Amount Total Amount of Amount of Excess of Excess of AccSU Acc^Us Savings- — ™Sr « ™ n bank Open the Year. during the the Yefr dnlin S during the Year, during the Year. āl X™S at Close inclusive of Open at the Close the *eai. aunngtne the year. the Yea?r. „ tbe , r the of the Interest to the Account at of the Year. Year. Year. Year. Close of the Year. Close of the Year. j £ s. d.' £ s. d. ! £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.j ! £ s. d. £ s d Year ended 31st Mar., 884 1,695,14324,531,569 1 3 14 9 51,473,02728,063,338 6 0j 19 1 0 .. 3,531,769 4 91,763,824 17 3 98,298 73.012 878,043 47,668 547 1 1 54 5 9 1931 Year ended 31st Mar., 882 1,700,460128,561,854 4 10 16 15 11 1,342,113,29,575,993 16 10 22 0 9 .. 1,014,139 12 01,806,414 0 1 97,932 73,471 852,757 49,436,491 8 7 57 19 5 1930 Year ended 31st Mar., 879 1,618,656 27,252,381 9 0 16 16 91,285,256 28,111,940 16 9 21 17 6 .. 859,559 7 91,745,050 5 4 93,111 69,540 828,296 48,644,217 0 6 58 14 7 1929 Year ended 31st Mar., 870 1,570,493 27,611,066 5 1 17 11 7 1,274,906 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 1928 Year ended 31st Mar., 875 1,509,909 29,456,383 2 7 19 10 21,224,76430,149,628 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 1,446,530 31,833,621 9 5 22 0 1 1,197,985 32,602,505 17 2 27 4 3 .. 768,884 7 91,731,577 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 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 1,261,14129,598,372 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 Year 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 Year ended 31st Mar., 831 1,227,59129,125,997 10 0 23 14 6 1,119,662 30,236,231 6 5 27 0 0 .. 1,110,233 16 51,599,907 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 5 1,458,008 41,162,486 9 10 28 4 83,140,365 15 6 .. 1,818,534 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 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 73,162,263 8 1 .. 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 .. 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 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 5 157,276 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 33 0 5 31st. Dec., 1867 * Termination of Savings-bank year altered from 31st December to 31st March, with effect from 31st March, 1921. f The Post Office Savings-bank was established in the Dominion in February, 1867.