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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, 1918, and Yearly Periods thereafter to the Year ended 31st March, 1924.

By Authority : W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington.— 1924.

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Y T esr. Number; of Post Office Number of Savings- Deposits banks received Open at during the i the Year. Close of j the Year Total Amount of Deposits received during the Year. Average Amount of Number each of With- Total Amount of Deposit drawals Withdrawals received during during the Year, during the the Tear. Year. Average Amount of Excess of each With- Deposits over drawal Withdrawals during ; during the Year, the Year, j 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. ; i Year ended 31st Mar., 1924 Year ended 31st Mar.. 1923 Year ended 31st Mar., 1922 *Fifteen months ended 31st March, 1921 Totals for 1919 £ s. d. 846 ;1,261, 14129,598,372 4 8 840 1,175,104 26,682,426 11 4 831 1.227,59129,125,997 10 0 819 1,664,206 44,302,852 5 4 794 1,289,16129,758,448 9 7 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 23 9 41,075,037 29,510,320 19 6 27 9 Oj 88,051 5 2 £ s. d. £ 90,000 s. d. 0 9-24 £ s. d. 1,649,976 4 8 £ s. d. 46,098,420 11 4 £ s. d. 64 18 3 92,465 73,098 710, 157 < 22 14 2 1,081,300J27,769,262 16 3 25 13 S 23 14 61,119,682J30,236,231 6 5 27 0 0 1,086,836 4 11 70,650 0 7-51 1,605,525 1 10 78,490 66,630 690,790' 44,360,393 1 6 64 4 4 1,110,233 16 5 60,000 0 6-13 1,599,907 2 0 89,859 75,748 678,93043,841,704 4 7 64 11 6 26 12 51,458,00841,162,486 9 10 28 4 8 3,140,365 15 6 80,000 0 6-14 1,818,534 5 2 152,930 118,894 664,81943,352,030 19 0 65 4 2 23 1 8 994,247 25,962,378 2 6 26 2 3 3,796,070 7 1 52,000 0 5-46 1,178,935 6 6 118,109 77,531 630,783: 38,393,130 18 4 60 17 4 1918 786 11,213, 35318,101,104 IS 1 14 18 4 727.729 14.938,84110 0 20 10 7:3,162,263 8 1 i 32,000 0 3-96 1,059,471 17 8 76,869 53,015 590,205 : 33,418,125 4 9 56 12 5 .-_ 1908 593 706,101 9,674,075 4 0 13 14 0 484,672 9,417,820 10 3 19 8 8 256,254 13 9 11 12 10 196,764 3,194,893 16 7 16 4 9 84,717 10 10 1 27,000 0 5-44 379,808 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 8,500 0 4-26 128,128 16 6 37,265 26,628 169,968 4,957,771 5 5 29 3 5 1888 1878 290 145,355 1,544,747 7 11 147 69,908 762,084 12 0 10 12 6 96,204 1,387,471 1 10 14 8 5 157.276 6 1 10 18 0 42,746 742,053 14 3 17 7 2 20,030 17 9 14 18 II 6,365 107,094 17 3 16 16 6 87,440 14 3 4,000 2,500 0 3-97 0 5-33 78,080 6 0 31,664 12 9 21,307 13,005 16,543 9,634 84,488 32,132 2,048,441 10 9 819,071 8 2 24 4 10 25 9 9 I 789 0 9-77 4,880 7 3; 3,282 1868 Totals from lst Feb. to 31st Dec. 1867 55 13,014 194,535 11 6 46 6,977 96,372 7 10 1,186 4,252 163,518 15 7 38 9 1 13 16 3 1,919 26,415 18 9 13 15 3: 69,956 9 1 822 1 10-18 1,241 5 0 2,520 364 2,156 71,197 14 1 33 0 5 1 * Termination of Savings-bank rear altered from 31st December to 31st March, with effect from 31st March, 1921. General Post Office, Wellington, 7th June, 1924. G. Mackamaba, Acting-Secretary.