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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,1906.

Number of PostOffice 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 Vccounts Opened during the Year. Number I of \ccounts| Closed during :he 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 oi each Open Account at Close of the Year. Postal Districts. I £ s. d. £ s - d.j £ s. d. £ B. d. £ »■ d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ *■ d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland 130 78,126! 1,200,273 14 3 15 7 3 55,6i9 1,037,361 5 1 18 13 o 162,912 9 2 43,828 9 3 10,1595 6,458 42,180 1,514,090 12 4 5,015 154.347 2 o 35 17 " Blenheim 8 7,715 II 4,344 l6 5 14 16 5 5,014 103,621 16 3 2O 13 4 10,723 O 2 4,698 3 11 1,005! 648 30 15 7 Christchurch .. 67 105,021 1,460,428 14 9 13 18 1 72,129 1,256,827 8 1 17 8 6\ 203,601 6 8 i 51,705 14 11 11,264 7,183 7,671! 5,9O5 54,015 1,791,202 10 7 39,336 1,477,959 1 1 33 3 3 37 « 5 Dunedin 52 80,887! 1,034,384 6 11 12 15 9 52,901 940,002 19 o I? T 5 5 94,381 7 11 44,709 19 3 Gisborne 8 11,825 169,983 5 2, 14 7 6 8,641 130,896 17 3 15 3 o 39,086 7 11 4,364 4 10 1,899 I -. 067! 5,564 161,027 4 ° 28 18 10 Greymouth 13 9,746; 126,900 4 6 13 ° 5 5,!9 6 117,073 6 2 22 10 8 9,826 18 4 I 6,37 8 3 8 1,236! 829 5,300 209,168 12 8i 1,753 77. 1 5<> 9 IO 12,115 451,093 15 4 J 39 9 4 Hokitika 7 2,ii8J 31,430 14 10 14 16 10 1,201 26,305 8 11 21 18 I 5,125 5 11 2,381 2 3 3o6| 239 44 o 3 Invercargill 28 20,199 308,663 19 9 1 5 5 7 n,956 251,363 17 6 21 O 6 57,300 2 3 13,273 19 7 2,8o8| 1,877 37 4 8 Napier 28 29,706] 366,218 19 9 12 6 7 17,227 315,779 6 5 18 6 7 50,439 13 4 13,336 16 8 3,820! 2,581 14,304 456,857 18 5 31 18 9 Nelson 17 11,897! 203,548 3 7 1 184,550 4 4 23 1 4 18,997 l 9 3| • 9,030 8 11 1,369 987 8,239 297,680 12 2! ' 36 2 7 17 2 2 8,001 New Plymouth 12 12,636 171,939 19 io| 13 12 2 7, 8 4° 148,716 10 11 18 19 5! 23,223 8 11 6,652 3 10! ! 1,591; 1,259 7,319; 226,397 2 2 30 18 8 Oamaru * ■ ■ 10 8,3241 132,735 5 9 15 18 11 5,131 110,876 9 4 21 12 2 21,858 16 5 5,563 16 8| 1,060 801 4,343 187,585 13 o 9,253 257,121 17 2: '■ 43 3 10 Thames 18 15,332 186,602 7 7 12 3 5 9,005 167,104 9 2 18 11 2 19,497 18 5 7,642 7 8 1 2,042 1,478 27 15 9 Timaru 15 16,951 261,285 19 11 15 8 3 10,600 14 2 1 17,267 230,299 14 5 21 14 6 30,986 5 6 10,285 J1 5 2,173; I ,456| j 4,431! 2,896; 16,428; 11,190 9,021; 345,830 9 2 :: 38 6 9 Wanganui 37 28,725! 405,083 12 9; 333.348 18 1 19 6 1 7 I ,734 H 8i 12,927 3 7 0 ! 460,078 9 9 1 29 16 4 Wellington 74 I47.4O7 1,650,385 17 4] 11 3 11 95,280! i,479,39i 12 1 15 10 6 i7o,994 5 3 50,526 15 4: 61,920; 1,755,580 19 8 ii 28 7 I ■ Westport 17 7,149 82,944 9 4l 11 12 1 3,5281 73,583 14 7 20 17 1 9,360 14 9 11 3,886 17 4 944 672 3,639; 130,093 I 2; ! 35 15 o Totals for Colony in 1906.. ! 541 593,764 7,907,154 12 5 13 6 4 386,536 6,907,103 17 7 1,000,050 14 IO 17,000 o 4"i6 291,191 19 1 7O,2o6j 47,526 298,746 9,953,265 11 4 33 6 17 17 5