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Table No. 3. Table showing the Number and Amount of Transactions at Money-order Offices during the Year 1927, and Savings-bank Offices of New Zealand during the Year 1927-28.

Money-orders. Savings-banks. Postal District. Issued. Paid. Number Deposits. Number Withdrawals. | of New of J Accounts Accounts Number. Commission. Amount. Number. Amount. opened. Number. Amount. closed. Number. Amount. I ; ! ; I 1 1 L £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland .. .. .. .. 143,413 4,678 0 0 822,897 16 4 187,043 1,154,744 15 11 16,449 274,907 4,956,307 13 0 13,962 245,458 5,412,133 14 1 Blenheim .. .. .. .. 9,482 286 13 9 56,759 19 7 5,084 36,712 0 3 1,004 15,706 ' 276,560 6 8 742 13,820 i 331,628 12 4 I Christchureli .. .. .. 71,540 2,323 2 0 442,776 13 4 73,539 604,734 16 8 11,337 243,119 4,342,985 7 8 7,840 211,134 4,811,263 8 3 Dunedin .. .. .. .. 66,407 2,045 1 0 378,637 11 8 63,138 409,726 10 11 5,870 115,339 2,114,471 13 4 5,705 97,991 2,530,598 15 4 Gisborne .. .. .. .. 19,669 629 11 9 123,177 12 7 9,783 79,365 9 6 2,377 35,576 598,472 1 6 1,723 28,432 636,003 6 8 Greymouth.. .. .. .. 21,647 660 1 9 121,808 10 9 10,283 66,214 4 7 1,261 17,430 308,081 7 8 1,071 12,342 376,858 2 9 Hamilton .. .. .. .. 78,644 2,242 3 3 479,203 6 0 40,735 253,486 1 1 7,276 87,804 1,343,922 9 6 4,906 59,334 1,410,693 3 7 Invercargill .. .. .. 34,157 994 7 0 186,120 111 23,077 142,330 4 3 3,968 38,231 835,019 17 10 3,499 32,934 1,013,896 11 6 Napier .. .. .. .. 37,104 1,143 9 9 238,369 11 2 25,116 193,729 17 0 4,710 70,177 1,287,775 10 1 3,733 58,165 1,393,878 5 3 Nelson .. .. .. .. 17,123 535 14 3 99,805 16 5 12,242 84,156 15 7 1,562 26,609 472,300 3 0 1,138 20,827 512,788 6 4 New Plymouth .. .. .. 33,556 964 11 0 197,324 15 0 22,024 157,021 4 4 3,969 56,657 1,072,354 5 9 3,084 43,707 1,243,577 6 1 Oamaru .. .. .. . • 10,239 278 2 6 90,665 10 9 4,861 35,046 16 6 1,125 16,001 356,546 10 1 815 13,865 414,500 18 0 Palmerston North .. .. .. 43,540 1,201 6 6 290,194 18 10 28,438 186,058 2 9 5,597 78,671 1,436,946 9 7 3,636 62,584 1,587,289 8 5 Thames .. .. .. .. 30,529 , 879 17 9 180,064 4 2 13,016 89,447 2 3 2,827 35,509 522,919 0 10 2,141 19,715 593,287 11 11 Timaru .. .. .. 20,790 565 2 10 221,499 7 10 11,116 73,594 9 5 2,497 39,740 860,302 2 1 1,769 33,679 955,461 0 3 Wanganui .. .. • 41,108 1,095 11 9 251,469 15 7 22,904 152,513 10 6 3,857 65,431 1,071,712 15 0 3,333 53,657 1,213,955 1 7 Wellington .. .. .. 106,359; 3,613 3 11 693,533 13 10 128,777 872,569 19 3 16,469 340,384 5,551,234 6 1 12,622 258,644 5,931,385 19 9 Westport .. .. .. 14,327 412 17 0 71,331 8 6 4,438 26,415 6 4 712 10,033 155,922 1 4 468 5,597 170,950 17 11 Western Samoa .. .. .. 2,250 120 16 0 25,146 6 8 217 1,687 9 11 265 1,973 34,914 13 3 207 1,462 31,091 5 2 Rarotonga.. .. .. .. 1,597; 105 12 6 24,303 1 8 609 14,923 15 10 199 1,196 12,317 10 10 39 1,559 13,755 19 2 Grand totals, 1928 .. 803,481 I 24,775 6 3 4,995,090 2 7 686,440 4,634,478 12 10 93,331 1,570,493 27.611,066 5 1 72,433 1,274,906 30,584,997 14 4 II I