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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, 1927.

Number Average °A« 0St Number a™™!? Number Average Number Number B ™.™r Total Amount Amount Omce G f miii <- / " of Amount Excess of Excess of of of standing to the standing to Savings- Deposits To * a T !. Amount ot each with- Total Amount of of each Deposits over "Withdrawals Interest Accounts Accounts Credit of all the Credit Postal Districts. n,?™ „t received "'.""Purine received drawals Withdrawals Withdrawal Withdrawals over Deposits for the opened closed . Q Open Accounts, of each Open at during received during received duriDg dnring the Period. during during during Period. during during "V* "P™ inclusive of Open Ac- * he * the the Period. during the » s> the " the Period. the Period. the the Interest to the count at Close of period. pJSJU Period. Period. Period. Period. £1JPS Close of the Period. Close of the 1 eriod. renod. the Period. Period. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland.. .. 1 185 266,075 5,459,959 5 11 20 10 5 239,895 5,488,781 4 1 22 17 7 .. 28,821 18 2 285,816 17 1 18,218 13,802 137,514 8,021,885 13 6 58 6 9 Blenheim.. .. 15 15,645 294,820 18 8 18 16 11 13,295 321,942 0 5 24 4 4 .. 27,121 1 9 23,224 6 4 1,106 824 10,394 632,120 12 5 60 16 4 Christchurch .. 73 229,023 4,570,001 8 7 19 19 1 197,183 4,613,610 8 0 23 8 0 .. 43,608 19 5 281,103 3 11 11,244 7,800 116,363 7,820,623 10 4 67 4 2 Dunedin .. .. 74 119,140 2,293,983 18 10 19 5 ij 97,603 2,466,279 3 7 25 5 5 .. 172,295 4 9 175,456 8 3 6,233 5,838 72,297 4,738,960 10 3 65 11 0 . Gisborne .. .. J 28 33,848 622,133 8 10 18 7 7 28,163 661,264 18 11 23 9 7 .. 39,131 10 1 40,182 4 9 2,334 1,789 19,865 1,103,928 13 3 55 11 5 ' ' Greymouth .. 24 16,'670 345,379 0 6 20 14 5 11,565 375,490 12 3 32 9 5 .. 30,111 11 9 30,355 11 9 1,342 1,093 13,049 811,553 16 2 62 3 11 Hamilton.. .. | 85 81,613 1,397,821 0 4 17 2 7 57,222 1,381,079 16 1 24 2 9 16,741 4 3 .. 81,647 8 2 7,653 4,930 36,466 2,309,016 1 0 63 6 5 Invercargill .. 37 36,630 755,099 3 5 20 12 4 30,952 854,381 15 1 27 12 1 .. 99,282 11 8 68,411 2 1 2,685 2,364 29,080 1,836,335 1 10 63 2 11 Napier .. .. 38 66,451 1,421,243 10 4 21 7 9 57,091 1,511,741 14 5 26 9 7 .. 90,498 4 1 82,251 17 11 4,887 4,118 37,572 2,258,861 14 4 60 2 5 Nelson .. .. 31 24,896 454,880 5 2 18 5 5 20,326 476,679 12 8 23 9 0 .. 21,799 7 6 34,656 3 3 1,449 1,232 16,435 948,743 14 3 57 14 7 New Plymouth .. 40 54,770 1,223,139 19 8 22 6 8 42,526 1,270,552 4 0 29 17 7 .. 47,412 4 4 69,936 7 3 3,964 3,103 29,562 1,940,023 11 5 65 12 6 Oamaru .. .. 11 14,793 353,305 14 6 23 17 8 13,009 395,100 3 7 30 7 5 .. 41,794 9 1 25,364 9 10 1,027 724 9,334 677,992 5 1 72 12 9 *Palmerston North., j 43 75,275 1,560,725 12 8 20 14 8 59,905 1,534,631 2 4 25 12 5 26,094 10 4 .. * 84,630 16 9 6,232 3,473 29,624 2,374,669 0 7 80 3 3 Thames .. .. 1 41 33,641 564,843 4 0 16 15 10 19,032 604,963 2 2 31 15 9 .. 40,119 18 2 39,970 10 4 3,682 2,181 22,241 1,096,289 16 2 49 5 10 Timaru .. .. 18 37,294 909,435 7 4 24 7 9 31,867 927,869 2 5 29 2 4 .. .18,433 15 1 60,207 19 11 2,462 1,816 22,480 1,650,975 14 11 73 8 10 Wanganui .. 45 65,460 1,175,801 17 10 17 19 3 54,195 1,228,668 18 0 22 13 5 .. 52,867 0 2 71,340 1 3 4,272 3,330 35,324 1,981,717 7 10 56 2 0 Wellington .. 59 325,755 5,845,818 14 7 17 18 11 243,089 5,830,618 18 9 23 19 9 15,199 15 10 .. 297,495 1 0 17,441 12,921 138,055 8,353,653 3 9 60 10 3 Westport .. .. 19 9.733 160,766 1 6 16 10 5 5,411 156,489 17 9 28 18 5 4,276 3 9 .. 12,930 6 11 707 487 6,140 362,813 9 5 59 1 10 Western Samoa .. 3 2,208 36,441 1 11 16 10 1 1,247 37,761 3 10 30 5 8 .. 1,320 1 11 1,679 2 1 577 182 1,370 44,970 18 4 32 16 6 Rarotonga .. 6 989 10,783 8 0 10 18 1 1,188 11,722 18 11 9 17 5 .. 939 10 11 766 3 10 198 34 662 20,367 3 7 30 15 4 Totals for year ended 875 1,509,90929,456,383 2 7 19 10 21,224,76430,149,628 17 3 24 12 4I .. 693,245 14 81,767,426 2 8 97,713 72,041 783,82748,985,501 18 5 62 9 11 31st March, 1927 1