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Table No. 3. POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK.-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, for the Fifteen Months ended 31st March, 1921, and the Year ended 31st March, 1922.

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 Excess of each Deposits over Withdrawal Withdrawals during during the Year, 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 of j each Open Account at Close of the Year. £ s. d.| £ s. d. £ s. d. : £ s. d. £ s. d. £ 23 14 6 1,119,662 30,236,231 6 5 27 o o| .. 1,110,233 16 5 60,000; 26 12 5 1,458,00841,162,486 9 10 28 4 813,140,365 15 6 .. 80,000: 23 I 8: 994,24725,962,378 2 6 26 2 33.796.070 7 I .. 52,000 14 18 4 727.72914,938.841 10 o 20 10 73,162,263 81 .. 32,000 13 14 O: 484,672 9,417,820 10 3 19 8 8 256,254 13 9i .. 27,000 11 12 10 196,764 3,194,893 16 7; 16 4 9 84,717 10 10 .. 8,500 10 12 6 96,204 1,387,471 1 10 14 8 5 157,276 61 .. 4,000 10 18 o 42,746 742,053 14 3 17 7 2 20,030 17 9 .. ■ 2,500; 14 18 11 6,365 107,094 17 31 16 16 6 87,440 14 3 .. 789 13 16 3 i,9i9 26,415 18 9 13 15 3 69,956 91 .. 822 I I I s. d. 29,125,997 IO o s. d. £ s. d. o 6-13 1,599.907 2 o 89,859 75,748 678,930 £ s. d.J £ s. d. 43,847,704 4 7! 64 n 6 Year ended 31st March, 1922 831 1,227,591 •Fifteen months ended 31st March, 1921 Totals for 1919 .. ..: 819 1,664,206' - '44,302,852 5 a, o 6*14 1,818,534 5 2 152,9301118,894 664,819 43,352,030 19 o| 65 4 2 794 1,289,161! 29,758,448 9 7 o 5-46 1,178,935 6 6 118,109, 77,531 630,783 iSiWi, 1 ?, 0 18 4 6o J 7 4 1918 .. .. : 786 1.213,353 18.101,104 18 1 o 3"9 6 1,059,471 17 S 76.869J 53,015 590,205 33,418,125 4 9 56 12 5 1908 593 706, 101. 9,674,075 4 ° 0 5'44 379, 80S 6 7 80,133! 57,829 342,077 12,159,293 18 1 35 10 11 1898 .. 409 281,749: 3,279,611 7 5 o 4-26! 128,128 16 6 37,265 26,628 169,96s 4,957,771 5 5 29 3 5 1888 .. 290 145,355 1,544,747 7 " o 3'97 78,080 6 o; 21,3071 16,5431 84,488 13,005} 9,634 32,132 3,282 1,186 4,252 2,048,441 10 9; 24 4 10 1878 .. 147 69,908 762,084 12 o o 5'33 31,664 12 9 819,071 8 2 25 9 9 1868 55 I3,OM 194,535 11 6 o 977 4,88° 7 3 163,518 15 7 38 9 1 71,197 14 1 33 0 5 Totals from 1st Feb. to 31st Dec, 1867 46 6,977 96,372 7 iol 1 1018 1,241 5 o 2,520; 364 2,156 * Termination of Savings-bank year altered from 31st December to 31st March, with effec ct from 31st March, 1921.