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General Post Office, Wellington, 11th June, 1926. A. Markman, Secretary.

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, 1926.

By Authority : W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington.— 1926.

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Number ■ „ . I Averase °A£ ost XT Average Averaee Tost of Number Number "1 Total Amount | Amount Savings- Deposits' Total Amount Am ° u c £ tof ofmth- Total Amount of Amount of Excess of Excess of Manage- each Accounts %r ss. re Sii? ng £s e s. e Hf ss, aSSSr. s Ir " « « s® ss: ijsl Close of Year. ttle Year ' Ye&r - With- Year. Year. S Close of the Year. Close of the Year arawai. lear. [ the Year. [ I " ~1 V~ 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. j £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. | £ 8. d. ' £ s, d.j £ s. d. Year ended 31st Mar., j 870 1,446,83031,833,621 9 5 22 0 11,197,98532,602,505 17 2 27 4 3 .. 768,884 7 9 95,000 0 8-621,731,577 17 2104,447 81,440 758,15547,911,321 10 5 63 3 11 1926 Year ended 31st Mar., 855 1,371, 009 29,582, 897 2 9 21 11 7 1,108,29130,413,609 3 11 27 8 10 .. 830,712 1 2 95,000 0 9-191,680,919 10 10 95,595 70,604 735,148 46,948,628 1 0 63 17 3 1925 Year ended 31st Mar., 846 1,261,14129,598,372 4 8 23 9 4(1,075,037 29.510,320 19 6 27 9 0 88,051 5 2 .. 90,000 0 9-241,649,976 4 8 92,465 73,098 710,15746,098,420 11 4 64 18 3 1924 Year ended 31st Mar., 840 1,175,104 26,682,426 11 4 22 14 2 1,081,30027, 769, 262 16 3 25 13 8 .. 1,086,836 4 11 70,650 0 7-511,605,525 1 10 78,490 66,630 690,790 44,360,393 1 6 64 4 4 1923 Year ended 31st Mar., 831 1,227,59129,125,997 10 ol 23 14 6 1,119,662 30,236,231 6' 5 27 0 0 .. 1,110,233 16 5 60.000 0 6 13 1,599,907 2 0 89,859 75,748 678,930 43,841,704 4 7 64 11 6 1922 •Fifteen months ended 819 1,664,206 44,302,852 5 4; 26 12 51 ,458,00841, 162,486 9 10 28 4 8 3,140,365 15 6 .. 80,000 0 6-141,818,534 5 2 152,930118,894 664,819 43,352,030 19 0 65 4 2 31st March, 1921 Totals for 1919 794 1,289,16129,758,448 9 7 23 1 8 994,247 25,962,378 2 6 26 2 3 3,796,070 7 1 .. 52,000 0 5-461,178,935 6 .6jll8,109 77,531 630,783 38,393,130 18 4 60 17 4 1918 .. 786 1,213,353 18,101,104 18 1 14 18 4 727,729 14,938,841 10 0 20 10 7 3,162,263 8 1 .. 32,000 0 3-961,059,471 17 8j 76,869 53,015 590,205 33,418,125 4 9 56 12 5 1908 593 706,101 9.674,075 4 o| 13 14 0 484,672 9,417,820 10 3 19 8 8 256,254 13 9 .. 27,000 0 5-44 379,808 6 T\ 80,133 57,829 342,077 12,159,293 18 1 35 10 11 1898 409 281,749 3,279,611 7 5 11 12 10 196,764 3,194,893 16 7 16 4 9 84,717 10 10 .. 8,500 0 4-26 128,128 16 6; 37,265 26,628 169,968 4,957,771 5 5 29 3 5 1888 290 145,355 1,544,747 7 11 10 12 6 96,204 1,387,471 1 10 14 8 5 157,276 6 1 .. 4,000 0 3-97 78,080 6 21,307 16,543 84,488 2,048,441 10 9 24 4 10 1878 147 69,908 762,084 12 0 10 18 0 42,746 742,053 14 3 17 7 2 20,030 17 9 .. 2,500 0 5-33 31,664 12 9 13,005 9,634 32,132 819,071 8 2 25 9 9 1868 .. 55 13,014 194,535 11 6 14 18 11 6,365 107,094 17 3 16 16 6 87,440 14 3 .. 789 0 9-77 4,880 7 3 3,282 1,186 4,252 163,518 15 7 38 9 1 Totals from 1st Feb. to 46 6,977 96,372 7 10 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 - 31st Dec., 1867 * Termination of Sayings-bank year altered from 31st December to 31st March, with effect from 31st March, 1921.