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1898. NEW ZEALAND.

POST-OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly pursuant to Section 14 of " The Post-Office Savings-Bank Act, 1867."

STATEMENT SHOWING THE DEPOSITS RECEIVED AND PAID BY THE POST-OFFICE SAVINGSBANKS AND THE EXPENSES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH FOR THE YEAR 1897; TOGETHER WITH SIMILAR PARTICULARS, YEAR BY YEAR, FROM THE DATE POST-OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS WERE ESTABLISHED IN THE COLONY, IN FEBRUARY, 1867.