General Post Office, D. Kobbktson, Wellington, 24th May, 1912. Secretary.

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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, 1911.

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Number of PostOffice 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 Number each I ofWithDeposit j drawals received during during the the Year. 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. Number of Accounts opened during the Yea/. 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 Accou s. inclusive of Interest to the Close of the Year. Average Amount standing to the Credit of each Open Account at Close of the Year. Interest for the Year. Totals for 191 1 .. .. j 1910 .. 1909 .. .. ; 1908 .. .. ! 1907 ., 1906 1905 1904 1903 .. 1902 1901 1900 1899 .. 1898 .. 1897 •■ 1896 1895 .. 1894 •• 1893 •• 1892 1891 .. 1890 1889 1888 .. 1887 1886 1885 .. 1884 '.. 1883 .. 1882 .. 1881 .. 1880 1879 .. 1878 .. 1877 .. 1876 1875 .. 1874 .. 1873 .. 1872 .. 1871 .. 1870 1869 1868 .. Totals from 1st Feb. to 31st Dec, 1867 . 687 647 619 593 563 541 520 510 493 481 466 445 427 409 388 37i 357 348 327 3iS 311 296 294 290 283 271 256 243 222 823,832: 768,824: 724,501 706,101 650,990 593,764 509,112 469,799 444,510 411,215 380,808 347,056 313,783 281,749 267,615 242,283 217,393 204,545 202,276 186,945 176,971 162,938 153,920 145,355 136,197 137,989 131,373 129,279 127,609 129,952 125,855 81,660 71,865 69,908 6o,953 ! 57,295 56,129 52,627 39,223 3I,68l 24,642 20,489 17,133 I3,OI4 6,977 / s. d. 11,627,367 14 3 10,708,938 16 10 9,611,119 11 3 9,674,075 4 o 9,351,663 19 7 7,907,154 12 5 6,625,744 o IO 5,836,540 o o 5,661,592 15 2 5,069,619 6 2 4,611,456 6 1 4,170,428 15 3 3,644,980 9 10 3,279,611 7 5 3,187,219 2 4 2,881,152 16 3 2,794,506 16 o 2,252,862 6 n 2,386,089 10 7 1,878, 270 6 4 1,842,987 15 2 1,658,543 3 5 1,515,281 11 3 1,544,747 7 " 1,312,151 1 5 1,248,405 6 II 1,341,001 3 2 1,227,909 n 4 1,178,474 4 1 1,325,852 2 n 1,189,012 2 7 864,441 18 10 812,399 H H 762,084 12 O 681,294 J 3 2 664,134 12 6 657,653 4 O 699,249 14 3 580,542 5 5 430,877 O O 312,338 18 4 264,328 5 7 240,898 5 9 194,535 11 6 96,372 7 10 £ s. d. J 4 2 3 13 18 7 13 5 4 13 14 o 14 7 4 13 6 4 13 o 3 12 8 6 12 14 9 12 6 7 12 2 2 12 o 4 II 12 4 II 12 10 II 18 2 11 17 IO 12 17 I II O 3 II 15 II 10 O II 10 8 3 10 3 6 9 16 10 10 12 6 9 12 8 9 o ii, 10 4 1. 9 9 11 948 10 4 o 9 8 11 10 11 9 11 6 1 10 18 o 11 3 6 11 11 9 11 14 4 13 5 8 14 16 2 13 12 o 12 13 6' 12 18 o! 14 1 2; 14 18 n| 13 16 3! 546,022 520,413 520,971 484,672 433,796 386,536 346,022 323,609 301,076 273,454 247,854 227, 079 206,940 196,764 179,555 167,248 159,904 152,136 136,739 120,628 III, 603 106,868 99,185 96,204 89,962 89,182 84,832 80,800 78,405 69,308 60,137 57,446 54,698 42,746 39,363 39,486 36,977 29,778 21,268 17,254 14,773 n,934 9,292 6,365 1,919 £ s. d. 10,662,045 15 2 9.695.514 16 1 9,499,3 r 9 16 4 9,417,820 10 3 8,125,123 o o 6,907,103 17 7 5,984, 184 12 2 5.664.770 3 9 5,343,828 5 o 4.708.771 11 2 4, 2 3 0 ,i93 6 2 3,827,416 7 3 3,417,298 19 8 3, I 94,893 16 7 2,891,169 5 8 2,591,558 19 4 2,369,333 6 7 2,268,624 8 4 2,122,521 16 8 1,821,348 18 1 1.693.515 9 3 1,500,437 9 5 1,457,081 5 o !,387,47! 1 10 1,182,409 7 6 1,336,287 6 4 1,264,305 8 3 i,i95,93i o 11 1,295,719 18 3 1,142,599 o 1 902,195 1 8 780,504 13 4 876,180 19 3 742,053 14 3 667,023 7 5 696,281 7 4 729,759 17 9 620,155 8 9 425,908 3 5 313,176 7 11 261,347 16 3 209,509 13 2 180,518 4 I 107,094 17 3 26,415 18 9 £ s d. 19 10 6 18 12 7: 18 4 8 19 8 8 18 14 7: 17 17 5: 17 5 11 17 10 1 17 15 o 17 4 5 17 1 4 16 17 1 16 10 3 16 4 9 16 2 o 15 9 10 14 16 4 14 18 3 15 10 5 15 2 o 15 3 5 14 o 9 14 13 9 14 8 5 13 2 10 14 19 8 14 18 oj 14 16 oj 16 10 6 16 9 8 15 o 1 13 11 8 16 o 4 17 7 2 16 18 10 17 12 8 19 14 8 20 16 5 20 o 5 18 3 o 17 13 9 17 11 1 19 8 7 16 16 6 £ s. d. 965,321 19 1 1,013,424 o 9 111,799 14 11 256,254 13 9 1,226,540 19 7 1,000,050 14 10 641,559 8 8 171,769 16 3 317,764 10 2 360,847 15 o 381,262 19 n 343,012 8 o 227,681 10 2 84,717 10 10 296,049 16 8 289,593 16 n 425,173 9 5 263,567 13 11 56,921 8 3 149,472 5 11 158,105 14 o 58,200 6 3 157,276 6 1 1 129,741 13 11 £ s. d. •• • • 1 • •• 15,762 1 5 1 " •• £ 29,000 28,000 27,000 27,000 19,000 17,000 16,500 16,000 15,000 14,000 11,500 10,500 9,500 8,500 8,000 7,000 7,000 6,500 6,500 5,500 5,000 5,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 3,500 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,250 1,800 1,556 1,351 1,264 1,186 789 822 s. d. o 508 o 5-21 o 520 o 544 o 420 o 4-16 o 4-63 o 4-84 o 4'83 o 490 o 4'39 o 439 o 438 o 4'26 o 429 o 4'Io o 4'45 o 437 o 460 o 429 o 4'i6 o 4'45 o 379 o 3'97 o 4'24 o 423 o 4'44 o 4'57 o 466 o 482 o 4-52 o 604 o 5-69 o 533 o 598 o 620 o 644 o 655 o 7-14 o 763 o 823 o 936 o io'77 0 977 1 1018 £ s - d. 472,874 18 5 424,668 1 o 395,804 4 5 379,808 6 7 343,424 7 2 291,191 19 1 259,081 7 6 200,930 6 1 187,130 2 8 172,926 1 7 159,198 4 o 146,169 2 5 134,917 19 3 128,128 16 6 137, 240 8 o 126,497 16 3 129,489 19 6 H4,643 4 11 114,760 1 1 111,301 13 1 104,098 17 o 92,319 o 6 84,809 17 1 78,080 6 o 67x3 6 3 15 3 65,825 9 6 62,228 3 11 57,38i 13 7 56,046 17 3 54,909 13 11 42,204 19 o 32,822 12 4 31,715 18 2 31,664 12 9 29,193 14 6 28,762 4 7 28,565 3 5 26,935 6 8 20,106 16 10 14,711 o 5 n,2gi 10 10 9,242 3 n 7,412 8 o 4,880 7 3 1,241 5 o 85,912 78,566 77,400 80,133 74,671 70,206 60,015 57,769 57,047 53,587 50,046 46,086 41,362 37,265 36,394 32,982 30,261 28,669 29,755 26,232 25,131 23,719 21,778 21,307 20,368 21,671 20,661 20,228 20,386 21,014 25,059 16,137 15,401 13,005 ",235 11,255 10,346 7,382 6,205 4,615 4,304 3,839 3,282 2,520 60,931 57,695 59,763 57,829 53,644 47,526 43,"3 42,280 40,837 38,558 35,oi8 31,724 28,284 26,628 24,821 22,907 22,001 21,930 19,599 18,171 17,872 17,256 15,521 i6,543 15,515 i6,757 16,421 i6,447 15,967 14,505 12,718 12,217 12,786 9,634 8,59i 9,472 8,681 5,736 3,816 3,188 2,383 2,277 1,801 1,186 364 405, 566 380,585 359,714 342,077 319,773 298, 746 276,066 259,164 243,675 227,465 212,436 197,408 183,046 169,968 159,331 147,758 137,683 129,423 122,684 112,528 104,467 97,2o8 90,745 84,488 79,724 74,871 69,957 65,717 61,936 57,517 51,008 38,667 34,747 32,132 28,761 26,117 24,334 21,742 17,132 13,566 10,549 8,317 6,290 4,252 2,156 £ s. d. 15,543,186 16 8 14,104,989 19 2 12,666,897 17 5 12,159,293 18 1 11,523,230 17 9 9,953,265 11 o 8,662,022 17 1 7,761,382 on 7,388,681 18 7 6,883,787 5 9 6,350,013 9 2 5,809,552 5 3 5,320,370 14 10 4,957,771 5 5 4,744,924 18 1 4,311,634 13 5 3,895,543 ° 3 3,340,879 11 4 3,241,998 7 10 2,863,670 12 10 2,695,447 11 6 2,441,876 8 7 2,191,451 14 1 2,048,441 10 9 1,813,084 18 8 i,6i5,979 9 6 1,638,035 19 5 1,499,112 o 7 1,409,751 16 7 i,47o,95o 13 6 1,232,787 16 9 903,765 16 10 787,005 19 o 819,071 8 2 767,375 17 8 723,910 17 5 727,295 7 8 770,836 18 o 664,807 5 10 490, 066 7 o 357,654 14 6 295,372 1 7 231,3" 5 3 163,518 15 7 71,197 14 1 £ s d 38 6 6 37 1 3 35 4 3 35 10 11 36 o 9 33 6 4 31 7 6 29 18 n 30 6 5 30 5 3 29 17 10 29 8 7 29 1 4 29 3 5 29 15 7 29 3 7 28 5 10 25 16 3 26 8 6 25 9 o 25 16 o 25 2 4 24 2 11 24 4 10 22 14 10 21 II 8 23 8 4 22 16 3 22 15 2 25 II 5 24 3 4 23 7 6 22 12 II 25 9 9 26 13 7 27 14 4 29 17 9 35 9 o 38 16 1 36 2 5 33 18 1 35 10 3 36 15 5 38 9 1 33 o 5 87,881 19 5 'I 76,695 14 n j 31,978 10 5 117,245 14 2 . ■• 207 190 178 165 147 138 124 119 103 97 92 81 70 59 55 46 ; 183,253 2 10 286,817 o II ; 83,937 5 6 :] 20,030 17 9 1! 14,271 5 9 63,781 7 4 i 32,146 14 10 72,106 13 9 i 79,094 5 6 i I54>634 2 o ) 117,700 12 1 I 50,991 2 1 54,818 12 5 ' 60,380 1 8 i 87,440 14 3 I 69,956 9 1 ■• 13 15 3 I I