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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, 1926.

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Number Avnrmnt Number Average Cost of Cost of Number Number u Total Amount Amount o" in ® OI " Total Amount of each of Amount Excess of Excess of Ma naee- each of of 4„™ 1Ilt , standing to the standing to Deposits rwnsit With- Total Amount of ! of each Deposits over Withdrawals I Transae- Interest Accounts Accounts Credit of all the Credit Postal Districts. „ b ™ ® ( received J? 1 °, * ir „ ra( .5 v ed drawals Withdrawals Withdrawal Withdrawals over Deposits duvinc tion ' for the opened closed jnTJS'p" Open Accounts, of each °p?° at during re ?h» p«rind 8 dnriZ dmir g during the Period. during during during a, i£° g Deposit Period. during during Ttr& inclusive of Open Acthe the Penoa. du t £" g the the the Period. the Period. p. or the the a ' f C ;£? e Interest to the count at Period. piS®, Period. Period. period. with _ Period. Period. SlJtt Close of the Period. Close of Period drawal. Period. the p erioa _ i ' ~ " j £ s. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. dj £ d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland .. .. 183 256,587 5,703,521 16 3 22 4 7 236,944 5,774,583 19 7 24 7 5 .. 71,062 3 4; .. .. 277,025 9 4 17,493 13,697 133,098 7,764,890 14 7 58 6 9 Blenheim .. .. 15 14,923 302,510 12 8 20 5 5 12,572 323,977 0 2 25 15 5 .. 21,466 7 6 .. .. 23,150 3 4 965 753 10,112 636,017 7 10 62 17 11 Christchurch .. 73 218,973 5,020,935 11 9 22 18 7 195,312 5,127,256 2 7 26 5 0' .. 106,320 10 10! .. .. 275,877 13 11 12,513 9,357 112,919 7,583,129 5 10 67 3 1 Dunedin .. .. 74 118,005 2,398,705 4 7 20 6 6! 97,277 2,516,006 0 0 25 17 1 .. 117,300 15 5. .. .. 173,989 1 8 6,546 5,420 71,902 4,735,799 6 9 65 17 3 Gisborne .. .. 28 33,351 683,308 17 0 20 9 9 26,637 671,748 4 2 25 4 4 11,560 12 10 .. .. .. 39,732 13 8 2,410 1,572 19,320 1,102,877 18 7 57 1 8 Greymouth .. 25 16,961 372,385 1 0 21 19 1 11,742 379,575 14 11 32 6 8 .. 7,190 13 11 .. .. 29,750 18 4 1,291 1,104 12,800 811,309 16 2 63 "7 8 Hamilton .. .. 84 77,484 1,503,788 8 3 19 8 2 55,894 1,483,785 8 7 26 10 11 20,002 19 8 .. 78,323 15 4 7,097 5,086 33,743 2,210,627 8 7 65 10 3 Invercargill .. 37 38,203 816,987 19 0 21 7 8 32,040 941,597 14 5 29 7 8 .. 124,609 15 5 .. .. 70,794 19 4 2,792 2,348 28,759 1,867,206 11 5 64 18 6 Napier .. .. 37 66,884 1,609,284 8 0 24 1 2 57,493 1,865,550 13 6 32 8 11 .. 256,266 5 6 .. .. 84,500 1 6 5,228 6,268 36,803 2,267,108 0 6 61 12 1 Nelson .. .. 31 24,049 462,370 7 8 19 4 6 20,384 525,000 0 0 25 15 1 .. 62,629 12 4 .. .. 34,872 9 3 1,458 1,218 16,218 935,886 18 6 57 14 1 New Plymouth .. 40 54,213 1,270,954 4 4 23 8 11 41,066 1,285,992 5 2 31 6 4 .. 15,038 0 10 .. .. 67,758 0 4 4,159 3,178 28,701 1,917,499 8 6 66 16 2 Oamaru .. .. 11 14,152 372,340 3 10 26 6 3 12,644 371,759 11 7 29 8 1 580 12 3| .. ; .. .. 25,266 6 10 894 758 9,031 694,422 4 4 76 17 11 *Palmerston North .. 43 61,656 2,220,069 17 4 36 0 2 42,089 1,249,553 16 8 29 13 9 970,516 0 8 .. .. .. 68,690 7 6 13,695 2,146 26,865 2,263,943 13 6 86 1 2 Thames .. .. 41 29,320 627,829 5 0 21 8 3 18,828 642,652 1 1 34 1 8 .. 14,822 16 1 .. .. 39,071 1 4 2,792 2,297 20,740 1,096,439 4 0 52 16 4 Timaru .. .. 18 35,374 923,546 8 2 26 2 2 31,277 975,256 6 11 31 3 7 .. 51,709 18 9 .. .. 59,279 9 1 2,389 1,822 21,834 1,609,201 10 1 73 14 0 Wanganui.. .. 44 63,727 1,311,045 2 0 20 11 6 53,168 1,406,563 11 0 26 9 1 .. 95,518 9 0.. .. 71,300 14 9 4,357 3,637 34,382 1,963,244 6 9 57 2 0 Wellington .. 59 310,943 6,044,287 4 11 19 8 9 245,652 6,868,608 5 0 27 19 4 .. 824,321 0 1 .. .. 297,118 15 5 17,040 20,114 133,535 8,040,958 6 11 60 4 4 Westport .. .. 18 8,509 132,471 13 5 15 11 4 5,029 141,412 8 11 28 4 0 .. 8,940 15 6 .. .. 12,757 19 5 .606 509 5,920 345,606 18 9 58 7 7 * WesternSamoa .. 3 2,326 42,475 12 10 18 5 3 1,138 40,475 10 10 35 7 4 2,000 2 0 .. .. .. 1,561 1 0 513 119 975 44,611 18 2 45 15 1 Rarotonga .. 6 890 14,803 11 5 16 13 4 799 11,151 2 1 13 19 1 3,652 9 4 .. .. .. 756 15 10 209 37 498 20,540 10 8 41 4 11 Totals for year ended 870 1,446,530 31,833,621 9 5 22 0 11,197,985 32,602,505 17 2 27 4 3 .. 768,884 7 9 ! 95,000 8-62 1,731,577 17 2104,447 81,440 758,15547,911,321 10 5 63 3 11 31st March, 1926 1 ! 1 ■ * Palmerston North created a chief office, 1st July, 1925.