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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.

By Authority : Marcus F. Masks, Government Printer, Wellington.— 1921.

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Year. Number of Post Office Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the Year. Number of Deposits received dnringthe Year. Tatal Amount of Deposits received during the Year. Average Amount of each Deposit received during the Year. Number Average of With- Total Amount ol Am °u"< °f ! Excess of drawals Withdrawals , v ., e h a , ch , J D , e ,P° 5 ! ts °" r during during the Year. Withdrawal Withdrawals rhp Veir during during the Year. tne Year. lhe Ycat 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 of each Open Account at Close of the Year. * Period ended 31st March, 1921 Totals for rgi9 1918 .. 190S .. .. 1898 .. i 819 1.664,206 1 794 r 289.161 : 786 1213,353: 593 706,101 409 281,749 I s. d. / s. d. 44.302,852 5 4 26 12 5 1,458,008 29,758.448 9 7 23 1 8 991-247 i8.ior,i04 18 1 14 18 4 727 729 j 9,674,075 4 o 13 14 o 484,672 3,279,611 7 5 11 12 10 196,764 { s. d.l I s. d. £ s. d. 41,162,486 9 10 28 4 8:3,140,365 15 6 2 6 26 2 33.796.070 7 1 r4,938 841 10 o 20 ro 7j3.r62.263 8 1 9,417,820 10 3 19 8 8 256,254 13 9 3,i94. 8 93 16 7 16 4 9 84,717 10 10 1 )387,47i 1 10 14 8 5 157,276 6 1 74 2 .°53 M 3 17 7 2 20,030 17 9 107,094 17 3 16 16 6 87,440 14 3 26,415 18 9 13153 69,956 9 1 £ I s. d. £ j s d. 80,000' o 6-14 52,000; o 5*46 32,000 o 3-96 27,000 o 544 8,500 o 426 4,000 o 3'97 2,500 o 5-33 789 o 977 822 1 io"i8 £ s. d. 1,818,534 5 2 1,178,935 6 6 '. 059,47 1 17 8 379,808 6 7 128,128 16 6 152,930 118, log 76,869 80,133 37,265 rr8,8g 4 77.531 53-OI5 57.829 26,628 £ s. d. £ s. d. 664,81943,352,030 r9 o 65 4 2 630,783 38.393, 1 3° l8 4 60 17 4 590,205 33,418, r25 4 9 5 6 1 - 5 342,07712,159,293 18 1 35 10 11 169,968 4,957,771 5 5| 2 9 3 5 1888 .. .. 2 9° '45,355 1,544,747 7 " 10 I 2 6, 96,204 78,080 6 o 21,3071 i6,543 84,488 2,048,441 10 9 24 4 ic L, 31,664 12 9 9,634 1878 .. 147 69,9081 762,084 12 ol 10 18 o 42,746 13,005 32,132! 819,071 8 2 25 9 g 1868 .. 55 I3,°M| ■94,535 11 6 14 18 11 6,365 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 6,977 96,372 7 10 13 16 3 1,919 1,241 5 o 2,520 364 2,156 7 I , I 97 M 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. General Post Office, Wellington, 17th September, 1921. R. B. Morris, Secretary.