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Table No. 6.— 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, 1908.

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Postal Districts. 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 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, incrusive of Interest to the Close of the Year. Average Amount standing to the Credit of each Open Account at Close of the Year. £ s. d. £ »• d. £ s. d. £ »■ d. £ s. d. £ s. d. I S. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland 156 102,571 1,639,950 9 6. 15 19 9 77.152 1,550,688 3 5 20 2 0 89,262 6 1 60,168 8 1 12,628 8,259 5o,938j 1,970,414 6 11 38 13 8 Blenheim 9 8,429 •134,116 5 5 15 18 3 5,914 138,534 6 3 23 8 6 4,418 O IO » 5,872 1 5 804 5,605 180,995 o 4 1,043 32 5 10 Christchurch .. •• 66 116,530 1,620,240 18 8 13 18 1 83,330 1,622,175 12 3 19 9 4 1,934 13 7 64,883 6 2 10,624 7.769 R 58,973 2,064,223 12 3 35 o 1 Dunedin 54 88,767 1,163,464 16 4 13 2 2 57.440 1,128, 180 19 2 19 12 10 35,283 17 2 54,547 18 1 8,ni 5,720 43,348 1,727,001 6 2 39 16 10 Gisborne 13 15,099 218,464 4 3 14 9 5 12,208 211,455 17 n 17 6 5 7,008 6 4 6,611 6 3 2,246 1.327 7>26g| 214,953 18 6 29 11 5 Greymouth 13 12,576 178,945 17 11 14 4 7 6,845 153. r 52 6 1 I 22 7 6 25.793 11 10 I 8|26o 18 2 I 1.7481 1,103 6,402 275,986 14 11 43 2 2 Hokitika 7 2,272 40,749 9 8 17 18 9 1 1.449 39,042 7 9 26 18 11 1,707 1 11 2,817 10 8 328 278 1,812 89,802 12 6 49 11 2 Invercargill 29 23,452 349,300 3 6 14 17 11 14.177 334,716 5 S 23 12 2 14,583 17 10 17.815 3 3 2,949 1.985 14,073! 563,288 3 6 40 o 6 Napier 30 35,124 461,071 15 7 13 2 6; 22,765 457,069 4 11 20 1 7 4,002 10 8 18,387 12 11 4.308 3.213 16,810 580,853 9 9 34 11 1 Nelson 20 13,080 207,188 17 6 15 16 10 9,337 216,898 1 9 23 4 7 9.709 4 3 10,299 2 1 1.55i 1,120 8,950| 315,569 11 4 35 5 2 New Plymouth 12 15.136 236,853 12 4 15 13 o 9,839 229,064 8 9 23 5 7 7.789 3 7 9,174 6 ill 2,017 1,489! I 8,424 291,292 17 7] 34 11 7 Oamaru 10 7.750 145,423 19 9 18 15 3 5.450 134,838 10 7 24 14 10 10,585 9 2 6,654 1 5 928! 721 4,562 214,050 13 o : 46 18 5 Thames 17 19,211 246,164 19 10 12 16 3 1 1,466 235.910 7 6 20 11 6 10,254 12 4 10,068 13 1 2,526 1.787 10,641 325,936 18 3 30 12 7 Timaru 16 18,617 293,476 11 4 15 15 3 12,930 297,575 15 2 23 o 3' 4.099 3 10 12,973 15 9 2,213 1,627 10,123 399,861 18 7 39 10 o Wanganui 43 38,264 530,331 14 9 13 17 2 25,647 531,504 15 9 20 14 6 i,i73 1 o 18,743 7 6 5,2041 3,870 i8,357 589,376 4 4 32 2 2 Wellington 80 179,275 2,084,461 6 6 11 12 7 123,737 2,026,761 12 1 16 7 7 57,699 14 5 67,401 10 1 20,311 15,762 71,463 2,186,487 7 6 30 11 li Westport 18 9,948 123,870 1 2 12 9 o 4,986 110,251 15 3 22 2 3 13,618 5 11 5.129 4 9j 1,398 995 4,326 169,199 2 8 39 2 3 J Totals for Dominion in 1908 593 706,101 9.674,075 4 o 13 14 o. 484,672 9,417,820 10 3 19 8 8 256,254 13 9, 27,000 379,808 6 7 80,133 57.829 342,077, 12,159,293 18 * o 5'44 35 10 11