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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, 1910.

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Number of Post- Average Office Number of A Amount of Number Savings- Deposits of Deuosits cach olWithI'ostal Districts, banks received IjTj" , h . Deposit drawals Open at ! duringthe re « ,ve « *»"»« tbe received during the Close Year. duringthe the Year. of the Year. Year. Total Amount of Withdrawals during the Year. Average Average Cost ol C° st of Amount of rXxccssol Excess ol ,, * f each each Deposits over Withdrawals „„,.*. TransacWithdravval Withdrawals over Deposits anrintr tion ! c " during during the Year. during the Year. . y e ar Posit or the Year. - ' Withdrawal. r £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ d. Number -r„.«i *«,,. Average Number Number of A mo unt , Amou^ t of of Accounts stand ng to he standing „, Interest tor Accounts Accounts remain- r> a.™ > the Credit ot the Year. opened closed ing Open upen Account- each Open during during at Close hiteVwt to ?ne Account at the Year, the Year. of the ,■ ' ' „, ? ,h„ v„r Close of Year. ( lose of the Year. ; thc Year . £ s. d. £ s d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland 175 126,049 1,985,993 9 11 15 15 1 92,895 £ S. d. 1,7(14,215 12 1 18 19 10 221,777 17 10 70,056 11 7 14,591 9,494 60,266 2,391,970 3 3 39 13 10 Blenheim .. 11 9,141 144,888 19 9 15 17 0 6,059 129,967 II 4 21 9 0 14,921 8 5 18 5 11 119,755 7 4 18 16 I 136,657 7 7 6,426 16 5 1,024 817 6,142 211,126 2 10 34 7 6 70,602 4 10 10,693 7,873 64,371 2,330,208 12 9 36 4 0 61,685 8 5 7,752 5,806 47,283 2,010,754 3 5 42 10 6 Christohurch .. 69 125,697 1,782,478 0 7 14 3 7 90,889 1,662,722 13 3 Dunedin . . 57 95,773 1,293,584 10 5 13 10 2 61,583 1,157,927 2 10 Gi8borne .. 15 19,532 258,297 18 1 13 4 6 13,428 Greymouth .. 15 15,901 217,835 17 7 13 14 0 9,289 222,694 12 0 199,658 0 7 16 11 8 35,003 6 1 7,812 5 8 2,391 1,542 8,822 273,544 14 10 31 0 2 21 9 11 18,177 17 0 .. 10,260 13 0 1,987 1,580 7,410 330,790 5 0 44 12 1 .. Hokitika .. 7 2,340 40,166 11 6 17 3 4 1,680 36,533 6 11 21 14 10 3,633 17 23 4 9 04,743 14 2 3.030 12 10 313 269 1,898 95,130 17 7 50 2 5 20,571 6 1 : 3,220 2,175 10,112 678,490 6 7 42 2 3 Inveroargill .. 30 26,866 442,071 17 2 16 9 1 16,239 Napier .. .. 34 36,825 521,950 0 10 14 3 6 23,410 Nelson .. .. 20 14,131 < 227,815 II 11 16 2 5 9,904 New Plymouth .. 16 17,936 283,916 19 3 15 10 7 11,163 377,328 3 l) 467,082 11 2 209,400 3 1 247,800 2 9 19 19 0 54,807 9 8 21 2 10 18,415 8 io 19,829 13 2 4,152 3,083 18,658 060,704 3 1 : 35 8 3 10,968 10 7 1,617 1,172 9,689 367,274 2 3 30 17 6 22 4 1 36,066 16 6 10,779 3 11 2,212 1,716 9,583 357,674 19 3 37 6 6 I 24 11 6 14,569 3 2 21 10 9 40,258 18 II 21 14 I 15.001 12 5 19 7 2 41,720 14 5 7,585 4 7 986 763 6,008 ! 244,848 19 9 48 17 10 11,400 6 3 2,010 1,801 11,791 380,703 13 9 32 10 0 14,032 0 7 2,434 1,701 11,405 409,371 0 8 40 18 9 19,201 15 5 4,787 3,0Jo 20,115 636,962 0 6 31 13 1 Oamaru .. 10 8,651 150,758 19 2 18 2 S 5,786 142,189 16 0 Thames.. .. 22 20,195 292,305 13 1 14 9 6 11,703 252,046 14 2 Timaru .. .. 16 22,253 358,120 2 10 16 1 10 14.382 312,128 10 5 Wanganui .. 48 39,774 534,058 13 8 13 8 7 25,435 492,331 19 3 Wellington .. 84 176,211 2,019,767 17 6 119 3 120,907 Westport .. 18 11,549 148,927 13 7 12 17 1 1 5,661 1,887,758 9 8 133,669 7 7 15 12 3 132,000 7 10 23 12 3 15,258 0 0 74,546 I 1 16,458 13,173 77,223 2,479,885 10 8 32 2 3 5,807 0 7 1,339 ! 1,120 4,743 189,493 17 0 39 19 I Totals for Dominion 647 768,824 10,708,938 16 10 13 18 7 520,413 in 1910 768,824 10,708,938 16 10 13 18 7 520,413 9,695,514 16 9,695,514 16 1 1 18 12 7 1,013,424 0 9 28,000 5-21 424,668 1 0 78,566 57,095 380,585 14,104,989 19 2 37 1 3