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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, 1927.

By Authority: W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington.— 1927.

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Number ! I j Number , . . Average of Post Average . Number Number] Total Amount Amount nilicc Number of \nionntof Xjimbfir Average of of ■ .standing to tbfi standing to Salines- Dmosfts Total Amount * . 0 f With- Total Amount of Am °untof Excess of Excess of Accounts Accounts' A . coou ? ts Credit of all the Credit Year banks received deposits Deposit drawals Withdrawals each With- Deposits over Withdrawals Interest for opened closed . rer^® ,in " Open Accounts, of each Onen at during received during ree £ ived during during the Year drawal Withdrawals over Deposits the Tear. d ", ring during ln S O p en inclusive of Open the the Year. Year ' during the the Yefr. g .*>™« during the Year, during the Year. the the at Close Iut t t0 th6 Account at Close of Year. the Year. Year. Year. 5'. Close of the Year. Close of the Year j the Year, £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. <1. £ s. d £ s. d. 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s d. £ s. <1. Year ended 31st Mar., 875 1,509,909,29,456,383 2 7 19 10 21,224.764 30,149,628 17 3 24 12 4 .. 693,245 14 81,767,426 2 8 97,713 72,041 783,827 48,985,501 18 5 62 9 11 1927 Year ended 31st Mar., 870 1,446,53031,833,621 9 5 22 0 1 1,197,98532,602,505 17 2 27 4 3 .. 768,884 7 91,731,577 17 2104,447 81,440 758,155 47,911,321 10 5 63 3 11 1926 j i Year ended 31st Mar., 855 ll ,371,009 29,582,897 2 9 21 11 7 1,108,291130,413,609 3 11 27 8 10 .. 830,712 1 21,680,919 10 10 95,595 70,604 735,148 46,948,628 1 0 63 17 3 1925 Year ended 31st Mar., 846 1,261,141 29,598,372 4 8 23 9 4 1,075,037 29,510,320 19 6 27 9 0 88,051 5 2 .. 1,649,976 4 8 92,465 73,098 710,157 46,098,420 11 4 64 18 3 1924 ! Year ended 31st Mar., S40 1,175,104 26,682.426 11 4 22 14 2 1,081,300,27, 769, 262 16 3 25 13 8 .. 1,086,836 4 11 1,605,525 1 10 78,490 66,630 690,790 44,360,393 1 6 64 4 4 1923 Year ended 31st Mar., 831 1.227,591 29,125,997 10 0 23 14 6 1,119,662 30.236,231 6 5 27 0 0 .. 1,110,233 16 5 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 14,302,852 5 4 26 12 5 1,458,008 41,162,486 9 10 28 4 8 3,140,365 15 6 .. 1,818,534 5 2 152,930 118,894 664,819 43,352,030 19 0 65 4 2 31st Mareb, 1921 Totals for 1919 .. 794 1,289,161 29,758,448 9 7 23 1 8 994,247 25,962,378 2 6 26 2 3 3,796,070 7 1 .. 1,178,935 6 6 118,109 77,531 630,783 38,393,130 18 4 60 17 4 1918 .. i 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 .. 1,059,471 17 8 76,869 53,015 590,205 33,418,125 4 9 56 12 5 1908 .. j 593 706,101 9,674,075 4 C 13 14 0 484,672 9,417,820 10 3 19 8 8 256,254 13 9 .. 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 11 12 10 196,764 3,194,893 16 7 16 4 S 84,717 10 10 128,128 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 78,080 6 0 21,307 16.54S 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 .. 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 C 87,440 14 3 .. 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 .. 1,241 5 0 2,520! 364 2,156 71,197 14 1 33 0 5 31st Dec., 1S67 I * Termination of Savings-bank year altered from 31st December to 31st March, with effect from 31st March, 1921. General Post Office. Wellington, 13th June, 1927. G. McNamaea, Secretary.