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POST-OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS.— GENERAL STATEMENT. Table showing the Business of the Post-Office Savings-banks in New Zealand, Year by Year, from the Date they were established, in February, 1867; to the 31st December, 1903.

Number of Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the Year. Number of Deposits received during the Year. Total Amount of Deposits received during the Year. Average Amount of each Deposit received during the Year. Number of Withdrawals during the Year. Total Amount of Withdrawals during the Year. Average Amount of each Withdrawal during the Year. Excess of Deposits over Withdrawals during the Year. Excess of Withdrawals over Deposits during the Year. Cost of Management during the Year. Average Cost of each Transaction, Deposit or Withdrawal. Interest for the Year. Number of Accounts Opened during the Year. Number of Accounts Closed during the Year. Number of Accounts remaining Open at Close of the Year. Total Amount standing to the Credit of all Open Accounts, inclusive of Interest to the Close of the Year. Average Amount standing to the Credit of each Open Account at Close of the Year. Postal District*. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d £ S. d.i £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland Blenheim 116 8 J 58,774 5,2671 859, 096 8 6 72,128 12 o 14 12 4 44,265 13 13 11 3,869 819,850 12 1 69,498 4 4 18 10 5 17 J 9 3 39,245 16 g 2,630 7 8 .. 28,925 2 7; 2,875 i 8: 8,259 745 5,593 33,347 557 4,229 6,45i 45, 5 01 1,141,813 6 5 112,227 4 Io l 34 4 9 26 10 9 Christchurch .. 6 4 I 82,796 1,090,906 15 2 13 3 6j 58,214 1,025,763 11 5 17 12 5 65,143 3 9 34,368 5 4 9,O77 1,353,021 1 2 29 14 9 Dunedin I 51 64,372 767,057 16 4 11 18 4 41,990 730,371 o o 17 7 11 36,686 16 4 28,907 1 8 6,961 5,i8i 33,995 846 3,626 1,125,066 7 8 33 1 11 Gisborne 6 7,364 88,873 2 1 12 1 4 5,620 83,804 9 9 14 18 3 5,068 12 4 2,434 17 4] 1,115 96,534 19 5 26 12 5 '/' Greymouth 10 7,542 105,165 15 2 13 18 11 4,533 93,3O7 1 9 20 11 8| 11,858 13 5 I I •• 4,008 14 11! 1,099 843 4,356 269 1,665 1,644 9,79O 1,946 io,gn 159,846 10 2 36 13 11 Hokitika 7 1,874 28,358 6 4 15 2 8j 1,255 29,599 12 9 23 11 8 1,241 6 5 1,850 12 8 312 69,012 II 3 41 9 o Invercargill 27 15,107 204,413 16 5 13 10 7 9.555 190,442 5 4 19 18 7 13,971 11 1 ■•• 8,463 1 10 2,218 328,235 19 el 33 i° 7 Napier 26 J 19,388 218,329 13 7 11 5 3 ii,952 196,326 3 5 16 8 6 22,003 10 2 7,782 19 ij 2,671 313,192 6 10! 28 14 1 Nelson 15 9,654 137,196 18 11 14 4 3 6,143 126,813 12 11 20 12 10 10,383 5 2 787 1 5 • • •• 5,957 18 9 1,210 810 7,044 1,482 6,572 232,142 2 7 32 19 1 New Plymouth 11 11,819 162,080 9 3 13 14 3 [ 7,996| 162,867 10 8 20 7 4 I 4,700 12 6 1,776 179,132 13 11 27 5 2 Oamaru 10 6,224 86,005 8 2 13 16 4 4,011 80,435 16 7 20 II I 5,569 11 7 3,535 18 8 908 705 3,664 I,496J 7,97O 1,124 7.211 2,513 12,420 650 3.037 135,677 17 8 37 o 7 Thames 19 12,765 141,516 12 1 11 1 9J 8,573 14 10 4 7,894 138,548 3 9 16 3 3 2,968 8 4 5,485 16 ij 1,853 212,223 14 3 26 12 6 Timaru 14 12,322 178,877 0 o 166,010 14 o 21 o 7 12,866 6 o ■• 6,348 16 7 1,714 248,911 8 5 34 10 4 Wanganui 28 20,053 277,776 6 5 13 7 1 I3,i35 259,669 12 5 19 15 5 18,106 14 o 7,894 on 3,436 323,036 9 11 26 o 2 Wellington 65 103,409 1,171,457 5 1 11 6 7 69,023 1,102,404 10 4 15 19 5 69,052 14 9 30,950 17 3 12,829 1,254,940 3 5| 25 19 3 Westport 16 5,780 72,352 10 6 12 10 4 3,048 68,115 3 6 22 6 11 4,237 7 ° 2,640 4 ioj 864 103,667 1 8 34 2 8 Totals for Colony in 1903 .. 493 444,510 5,661,592 15 2 12 14 9 301,076 5,343,828 5 o 17 15 o 317,764 10 2 15,000 o 4-83: 187,130 2 8 57,047 40,837] 243,675! 7,388,681 18 7 30 6