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Table No. 3. POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS.— GENERAL STATEMENT. Table showing the Business of the Post Office Savings-banks in New Zealand, by Ten-year Periods, from the Date they were established in February, 1867, to the 31st December, 1919, and for the Period ended 31st March, 1921.

Year. Number of Post Office 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, inclusive of Interest to the Close of the Year. Average Amount standing to the Credit oi each Open Account at Close of the Year. 44,302,852 5 4 £ s. d. 26 12 5 £ s. d. £ s. d. 41,162,486 9 10 28 4 8 £ s. d. 3,140,365 15 6 I s. d. £ 80,000 s. d. o 6*14 £ s - d - 1,818,534 5 2 £ s. d, 43.352,030 19 o £ s. d. &5 4 2 'Period ended 31st March, 819 1,664,206 1,458,008 152,930 118,894 664,819 1921 Totals for 1919 794 1,289,161 29,758,448 9 7, 23 1 8 994.247 25,962,378 2 6: 26 2 3' 3,796,070 7 1 52,000 o 5-46 1.178,935 6 6 Il8,I09 77.531 630,783 38,393,130 18 4 60 17 4 1918 .. 786 I.2I3,353i i 18,101,104 18 1 14 18 4! 727,729 14,938,841 10 o 20 10 7 3,162,263 8 1 32,000 o 3-96 i,059,47i 17 8 76,869 53.015 590,205! 133,418,125 4 9 56 12 5 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 o 5'44 379,808 6 7 80,133 57.829 342,077 12,159,293 18 1 35 10 n 1898 .. 409 281,749 3,279,611 7 5 1 II 12 IO 196,764 3,194.893 16 7I 16 4 9 84,717 10 10 8,500 o 4*26 128,128 16 6 37,265 26,628 169,968 4.957.771 5 5; 29 3 5 1888 .. 290 145,355 1.544.747 7 « 10 12 6: 96,204 1.387. 47i 1 10 14 8 5 157,276 6 1 4,000 o 3'97 78,080 6 o 21,307 i6,543 84,488, 2,048,441 10 9 24 4 10 1878 .. 147 69,908 762,084 12 o 10 18 o 42,746 742,053 14 3! 17 7 2 20,030 17 9 2,500 o 533 31,664 12 9 13,005 9,634 32,132 819,071 8 2 25 9 9 1868 55 I3»OI4 194.535 11 6 14 18 11 6,365 107,094 17 3 16 16 6 87,440 14 3 789 o 977 4,880 7 3 3,282 1,186 4,252! 163,518 15 7 38 9 1 Totals from 1st Feb. to 31st Dec, 1867 46 6,9771 96,372 7 10 13 16 3! 1,919 26,415 18 9 13 15 3 69,956 9 1 822 1 1018 1,241 5 o 2,520 364 2,156 71,197 14 1 33 o 5 * Termination of Savings-bank year altered from 31st December to 31st March, with effect from 31st March, 1921. The above figures thus relate to a period of fifteen months.