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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, 1928.

Number _ Average °A£°® t Number Number Average Number Number Nu ™ ber Total Amount Amount carinas of T „ t> . nfpnl-h of Amount Excess of Excess of of of Accounts Standing to the standing to KprTks. Deposits SJ™?. With- Total Amount of of each Deposits over Withdrawals Interest Accounts Accounts Credit of all the Credit Postal Districts. received drawals Withdrawals Withdrawal Withdrawals over Deposits for the opened closed n, " Open Accounts, of each the durin g the Period during duriug during the Period. during during during Period. during during inclusive of Open Acriosenf the the Period. during the the the Period. the Period. the the Interest to the count at the Period. Period Period. Period. Period. Period. pe r jod Close of the Period. Close of Period. ' ' the Period. . - £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland .. .. 187 274,907 4,956,307 13 0 18 0 7 245,458 5,412,133 14 1 22 1 0 .. 455,826 1 1 284,396 2 4 16,449 13,962 140,000 7,850,455 14 9 56 1 6 Blenheim .. .. 15 1 15,706 276,560 6 8, 17 12 2 13,820 331,628 12 4 23 19 11 .. 55,068 5 8 22,558 9 0 1,004 742 10,656 599,610 15 9 56 5 4 Christchurch .. 73 243,119 4,342,985 7 8 17 17 3 211,134 4,811,263 8 3 22 15 9 .. i 468,278 0 7 280,655 6 10 11,337 7,840 119,860 7,633,000 16 7 63 13 8 Dunedin .. .. 74 115,339 2,114,471 13 4 18 6 81 97,991 2,530,598 15 4 25 16 6 .. ' 416,127 2 0 168,985 11 6 5,870 5,705 72,462 4,491,818 19 9 61 19 9 Gisborne .. .. 26 35,576 598,472 1 6 16 16 5 ! 28,432 636,003 6 8 22 7 5 .. 37,531 5 2 39,407 19 3 2,377 1,723 20,519 1,105,805 7 4 53 17 10 Greymouth.. .. 24 17,430 308,081 7 8 17 13 6 12,342 376,858 2 9 30 10 8 .. 68,776 15 1 29,615 13 2 1,261 1,071 13,239 772,392 14 3 58 6 10 Hamilton .. .. 87 87,804 1,343,922 9 6 15 6 1 59,334 1,410,693 3 7 23 15 6 .. 66,770 14 1 83,144 8 0 7,276 4,906 38,836 2,325,389 14 11 59 17 6 Invereargill .. 38 38,231 835,019 17 10 21 16 10 32,934 1,013,896 11 6 30 15 9 .. 178,876 13 8 65,326 17 1 3,968 3,499 29,549 1,722,785 5 3 58 6 1 Napier .. .. 39 70,177 1,287,775 10 1 18 7 o! 58,165 1,393,878 5 3 23 19 3 .. j 106,102 15 2 80,560 19 2 4,710 3,733 38,549 2,233,319 18 4 57 18 8 Nelson .. .. ; 32 26,609 472,300 3 0 17 15 0 20,827 512,788 6 4 24 12 5 .. 40,488 3 4 34,733 4 0 1,562 1,138 16,859 942,988 14 11 55 18 8 I New Plymouth .. 37 56,657 1,072,354 5 9 18 18 6 43,707 1,243,577 6 1 28 9 0 .. : 171,223 0 4 66,405 10 6 3,969 3,084 30,448 1,835,206 1 7 60 5 6 Oamaru .. .. 11 16,001 356,546 10 1 22 5 8 13,865 414,500 18 0 29 17 11 .. 57,954 7 11 24,120 9 3 1,125 815 9,644 644,158 6 5 66 15 10 Palmerston North .. 43 78,671 1,436,946 9 7 18 5 4 62,584 1,587,289 8 5 25 7 3 .. 150,342 18 10 83,549 7 6 5,597 3,636 31,585 2,307,875 9 3 73 1 3 Thames .. .. 39 35,509 522,919 0 10 14 14 6 1 19,715 593,287 11 11 30 1 10 .. 70,368 11 1 39,050 15 2 2,827 2,141 22,927 1,064,972 0 3 46 9 0 Timarn .. .. ' 18 39,740 860,302 2 1 21 12 11. 33,679 955,461 0 3 28 7 5 .. ' 95,158 18 2, 59,246 7 2 2,497 1,769 23,208 1,615,063 3 11 69 11 9 I Wanganui .. .. 43 65,431 1,071,712 15 0 16 7 7 53,657 1,213,955 1 7 22 12 6 .. 142,242 6 7 69,687 12 1 3,857 3,333 35,848 1,909,162 13 4 53 5 2 Wellington.. .. 58 340,384 5,551,234 6 1 16 6 2 258,644 5,931,385 19 9 22 18 8 .. 380,151 13 8 299,646 14 4 16,469 12,622 141,902 8,273,148 4 5 58 6 0 I Westport .. .. 19 10,033 155,922 1 4 15 10 10 5,597 170,950 17 11 30 10 10 .. 15,028 16 7 13,519 3 3 712 468 6,384 361,303 16 1 56 11 11 Western Samoa .. 1 2 1,973 34,914 13 3 17 13 11 1,462 31,091 5 2j 21 5 4 3,823 8 1 .. 1,808 12 1 265 207 1,428 50,602 18 6 35 8 9 Rarotonga .. .. 5 1,196 12,317 10 10 10 6 0 1,559 13,755 19 2| 8 16 5 .. 1,438 8 4 736 12 1 199 39 822 19,665 7 4 23 18 5 Totals for year ended 870 1,570,493 27,611,066 5 1 17 11 71,274,906 30,584,997 14 4 23 19 10 .. 2,973,931 9 31,747,155 13 9 93,331 72,433 804,725 47,758,726 2 11 59 6 11 31st March, 1928 ' Totals for year ended 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 31st March, 1927 I J