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Table No. 7. TABLE showing the proportion of POST OFFICE SAVINGS' BANK DEPOSITORS in the Colony, as compared with the Population; the average amounts of Deposits, Withdrawals, remaining to credit of open Accounts, &c., &c., for the year 1867.

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Deposits. Withdrawals. Provinces and Accounting _ _ SO The Number of Depositors, as compared with the population, is as 1 to Amount standing to credit of open Accounts, including interest. Average amount to credit of each open Account including interest. pS r3 O =3 ._ _i &, e-3 Oeeices. Population as per Census of Deer., 1867. o _! flj 0_ S P. In Amount of Deposits. Average amount deposited to each Account. Average amount of each Deposit. | i_. <" Average amount of eaeh Withdrawal. Offices opened. I ' . 48,321 £ £ s. d. £ s. d. I £ £ s. d. £ £ s. d. Auckland 12 475 1,117 102 16,967 35 14 5 15 3 9 365 13,339 36 10 11 391 4,224 10 16 7 Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Hokitika, on the 1st February, 1867 ; Westport on the 1st September ; and all the others on the 1st of April, 1867. Taranaki 1 4,359 47 93 93 2,275 48 8 1 24 9 3 35 1,253 35 16 0 43 925 21 10 3 Hawke's Bay ... 1 5,283 12 36 440 268 22 6 8 i 7 8 11 10 108 10 16 0 12 107 8 18 4 Wellington 2 21,950 281 740 78 11,269 40 2 1 15 4 7 250 7,674 30 13 11 221 3,459 15 13 0 Marlborough ... 3 4,371 35 92 125 748 21 7 2 8 2 7 32 682 21 6 3 7 97 13 17 1 Nelson 2 * 22,314 60 148 301 2,639 43 19 8 17 16 7 56 2,168 38 14 3 4-0 616 15 8 0 Westport 1 1,500 39 116 38 856 21 18 11 7 7 7 23 910 39 11 4 39 840 21 10 9 (3-reymouth 1 6,473 159 463 ! 41 7,916 4-9 15 8 17 1 11 120 5,059 42 3 2 110 2,131 19 7 5 Hokitika 1 9,060 141 368 " G4 7,070 50 2 10 19 4 2 106 4,660 43 19 3 153 2,191 15 12 6 Canterbury, E. 6 38,310 466 1,239 82 15,488 33 4 9 12 10 0 389 12,128 31 3 7 302 3,209 10 12 6 Otago 13 48,569 630 2,105 77 24,908 39 10 9 11 16 8 606 18,915 31 4 3 505 7,438 14 14 7 Southland 3 7,943 175 460 45 5,968 34 2 1 12 19 6 164 4,301 26 4 6 96 1,108 11 10 10 I I 46 218,443 2,520 6,977 I 86 96,372 38 4 10 13 16 3 2,156 71,197 33 0 5 1,919 All New Zealand ... 26,345 13 14 6 . * T„ calculations for Nelson exclude the population of Brighton, Charleston and Cobden, numbering 4,255, these places being out of the reach of the Savings' Bank system in 1867.