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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, 1905.

Postal Districts, Number of PostOfficc Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the Year. Number of Deposits received duringthe 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 j Amount of ■ each Withdrawal; during j the Year, j 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 ot each Open Account at Close of the Year. Auckland "~ I I """' i £ B- d- £ b- <*• 124 1 66,693 980,947 4 4 14 14 2 51.3!° £ B. d. 901,120 5 3 £ s. d/ £ g. d. 17 11 2. 79,826 19 1 20 4 3: 18.222 3 5 17 12 7 113,148 8 2 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ b. d. 39,257 6 10 4,044 12 4 45.551 7 5 8,688i 6,055 £ ■• £ ■• d. 38>479J 1,307, 349 J 3 " 33 *9 6 Blenheim 8 ' 6,598 112,977 3 2 17 2 6 4,688; 94,754 r 9 9 849 567 4*658 138,925 17 11 29 16 6 Christchurch .. 63 89,063 [,202,388 4 2 13 10 o 61,792! 1,089,259 16 o 9,091: 6,649 49,934 1*535.895 9 o 3015 2 Dunedin Gisborne Grey mouth Hokitika 52 74,809 935,313 6 9 12 10 1; 49,016 : ! ! 6 9,343: 118,077 IT ° I2 12 9! 7>5 I0 i 11 7,985 109,798 15 8 13 15 o 5,056: I 7 1,815 27,406 7 4 15 2 o; 1,243 840, 826 6 3 in, 584 6 3 93,260 16 2 26,685 I2 6 i? 3 I 94,487 o 6 14 17 2 6,493 4 9 18 8 11 16,537 19 6 21 9 41 720 14 10 19 17 10 29,755 18 2 17 1 7! 40,302 17 11 22 5 9! 23,616 10 6 40,611 18 8 3,541 10 8 5,750 6 10 2,219 19 1 ; 11,509 19 7 \ 11,727 11 5 8,355 9 7 7,222 5,329 1,451 841 1,042! 811 277 1 299 37*570 1,338,867 13 11 35 12 9 4,732! 117,576 11 gj 24 16 11 4,893! 192,963 10 8! 39 8 9 1,686 69,644 1 8 41 62 11,184 380,519 13 6 34 o 6 Invercargill Napier Nelson 28 17,810; 253,943 I0 4 : H 5 2 11,271 27 2 4,537i 299,623 6 2 12 4 3 15,184 16 10,908 180,176 13 5; 16 IO 4 7,024 224,187 18 2 259,3 2 o 8 3 2,463 i,737 3,282! 2,186 13,065 393,o8i 8 5 30 1 9 156,560 2 11 1,287! 853 7,857 269,652 4 o 34 6 5 New Plymouth 11 10,918! 144,124 4 o 13 4 o 7,604 135,126 TO II 17 15 5 8,997 13 1 19 8 7 14,183 13 c 16 9 3 5,45 2 17 2 21 15 4! 20,862 4 2 18 9 3: 27,608 18 11 15 4 oj 139,473 n 4 21 13 11 1,868 14 2 6,006 4 6 4,824 2 4 7,003 2 7 9,139 19 4 11,266 11 1 44,655 19 6 3,6i5 5 9 I 1,484 1,254 6,987; 196,521 9 5' 28 2 6 Oamaru 10 6,942 103,721 16 2 14 18 10 4,608 89,538 3 2 933, 720 4,084 160,162 19 11 39 4 4 Thames Timaru 18 13,284 154,816 8 6 11 13 1 9,074 14 222,489 7 o 15 4 2 9,'263 149,363 11 4 1,786 1,424 8,689: 229, 981 11 1 26 9 4 201,627 2 IO 1,835 1,298 8,304 304,558 12 3 36 13 6 Wanganui 33 2 3,ii7 307.285 9 o 13 5 10 I5,i47j 279,676 IO I 3,551: 2,7291 i3.895| 375, 4 l6 " 6 27 o 4 56,682 1,534,059 19 1 27 1 3 Wellington Westport 73 i24,go3 : 1,402,090 10 9 11 46 83,060 *7 ! 5,756: 70.563 17 1 I2 5 2 3,166 1,262,616 19 5 14,006! 9,744: 68,695 2 n 768 617 3,367 116,845 9 1 34 14 1 Totals for Colony in 1905 .. : 520 j 509,112} 6,625,744 ° IO T 3 ° 3 346,022 5,984,184 12 2 17 5 11 641,559 S 8 16,500 o 4-63 259,081 7 6: 60,015 43,H3 276,066 8,662,022 17 1 31 7 • }