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POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS.— GENERAL STATEMENT. Table showing the Business of the Post Office Savings-banks in the various Postal Districts in New Zealand during the Year ended 31st March, 1924.

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Postal Districts. Number of Post Office Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the Period. Number ol Deposits received during the Period. A,™,1St Number Average i Tntnl Amount ofVaph of ' Amount : Excess of rSAtSSJc "With- Total Amount of I of each Deposits over S„„ voSKSi drawals Withdrawals Withdrawal Withdrawals the Period g during duri "S during the Period. during during the Period. aa^ s the the the Period. Period. Pel " iod - Peri ° d - - Excess of Withdrawals over Deposits during the Period. Cost of Management during the Period. Average Cost of each Transaction, Deposit or Withdrawal. Interest for the Period. Number of Accounts opeDed during the Period. Number of Accounts closed during the Period. Number Total Ammmt Accounts a *??S!?*? 1 ft e remain- „ Cred A lt of a " ltiy.1 Interest to the Period. Cl0Be of the Period - Average Amount standing to the Credit of each Open Account at Close of the Period. I l Auckland 182 226,033 £ s. d.' 5,659,240 17 5| £ s. d. 25 0 9 £ s. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. 5,851,899 6 1 26 14 7 £ s. d. 192,658 8 8 £ d. £ s. d.| 266,781 16 8 17,504 14,042 £ s. d. £ s. d. 7,432,125 18 9 59 8 1 218,938' 125,106 Blenheim .. Christehurch Dunedin Gisborne 16 73 72 23 13,255 195,394 109,912 26,418 314,082 15 4 23 13 11 11,725 305,748 13 8 26 1 6 8,334 1 8! 21,841 7 10 898 765 9,742 599,371 7 3 61 10 6 4,662,092 15 0 23 17 2 176,700 4,584,432 2 4 25 18 11 77,660 12 8 139,910 16 5 263,445 19 5 174,622 3 10 10,276 7,290 106,540 7,347,820 7 8 68 19 4 2,430,422 19 4; 560,255 12 6| 22 2 3 89,567 2,570.333 15 9 28 13 11 5,987 5,311 69,510 4,720,867 6 3: 67 18 4 21 4 2 22,975 566,019 13 10; 24 12 9 5,764 1 4! I 34,244 6 7 1,846 1,596 17,032 958.035 7 7 56 5 0 Greymouth.. Hamilton 25 83 15.746 68,176 351,572 9 3 22 6 7 11,276! 379,792 8 2 33 13 s| 28,219 18 11 11,739 2 9 29,755 7 6 70,050 2 0 69,270 6 0 82,000 19 7 1,332 1,199 12,366 797,445 15 1 64 9 9 1,424,641 7 9 20 17 II 52,402! 1,367.038 16 71 26 1 9 57,602 11 2 869,059 1 1 29 9 7 1,661.080 16 6 32 15 2 22,502 15 0 7,035 4,582 29,083 2,003,615 13 9 08 17 10 Invercargill 36 35,888 857,319 18 4j 23 17 9 29,482 2,605 2,197 27,637 1,882.985 12 10 68 2 8 Napier .. 45 61,886 1,683,583 11 6 27 4 1 50,706 6,948 5,974 36,311 2,309,193 7 8 63 11 10 Nelson 31 21,565 500,827 10 7 23 4 6 18,758 488,598 8 9 26 0 IT 12,229 1 10 34,171 7 7 1,505| 1,213 15,590 955,763 19 4 61 6 2 New Plymouth 34 48,407 1,342,774 1 1 27 14 9 36,953 1,286,560 10 11 34 16 4' 56,213 10 2 64,292 1 3 5,309 4,436 26,681 1,833,879 12 8 68 14 4 - Oamaru. 11 13,845 370,454 17 3 26 15 2 11,649 371,536 8 11 31 17 111,081 11 8 25,229 10 2 1,011 ■ 768; 8,710 699,841 7 7 80 7 0 Thames 38 28,075 631,871 19 9 22 10 1 19,050 602,604 11 3 31 !2 8 29,267 8 6 38,920 18 2 2,8541 2,241 20,459 1,096,979 14 9 53 12 5 Timaru 18 33,162 922,010 10 10 27 16 1 26,971 921,036 1 3 1 34 2 11 974 9 7 J 59,799 1 2 67,310 5 3 2,361 1,782 | 20,788 1,653,618 18 10 79 10 11 Wanganui 43 54,188 1,157,301 6 10 21 7 2 45,977 1,138,049 8 7 24 15 0 19,251 18 3 3,959 3,195 32,553 1,907,763 16 3 58 12 1 Wellington 95 300,650 6,544,298 6 1 21 15 4 245,338 6,341,122 5 5 25 16 11 203,176 0 8 17,797 6 8 334,062 18 9 12,748 2 6 20,166 15,747 146,004 9,524,781 0 11 65 4 9 Westport 18 -7,446 163,104 8 10 21 18 1 5,847 180,901 15 6 30 18 10 729 661 5,638 337,188 8 6 59,16 1 Western Samoa , .. 3 1,095 22,516 17 0 20 11 3 723 24,506 14 11 33 17 11 1.989 17 111 1,429 10 5 140 99 407 37,142 15 8 91 5 2 Totals lor year ended 31st March, 1924 846 1,261,141 29,598,372 4 8 23 9 4 1,075,037 29,510,320 19 6 27 9 0 88,051 5 2 90,000 9-24 1,649,976 4 8 92,465 73,098 710,157 46,098,420 11 4 64 18 3