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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, 1931.

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Number of • Branches Average Average of the Number Amount Number Average Post of Number Number Total Amount Amount u Post Office of Total Amount of each ° m t * * Amount Excess of Excess of Manacrp °f of a 4-0 standing to the standing to Savings- Deposits „f Denosits Deposit M lth " Total Amount of of each Deposits over Withdrawals H ™¥" Interest Accounts Accounts Credit of all the Credit Postal Districts. bank received rP ™jved duriiie received cta™als Withdrawals Withdrawal Withdrawals over Deposits PS? for the opened closed Open Accounts, of each Open at during the Period during durlog during the Period. during during during Period. during during inclusive of Open Acthe the the Penoct. aurmg the the the Period. the Period. p i|® the the a ' f C^ se Interest to the count at Close of Period. Period p e"°<i. Period. reiiuu. Period. Period. Close of the Period. Close of the erioa. ttie p er i 0( j t Period. f £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. . £ £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland .. .. 183 265,743 3,964,694 1 6 14 18 5; 261,920 4,632,633 15 5 17 13 9 667,939 13 11 278,359 14 2 15,400 13,604 145,933 7,553,992 0 4 51 15 3 Blenheim .. .. 16 16,987 250,648 17 2 14 15 1 15,762 287,523 9 7 18 4 10 36,874 12 5 22,227 17 5 1,116 809 11,493 596,348 17 7 51 17 9 Christchurch .. 73 266,618 3,903,253 6 4 14 12 10 248,395 4,361,633 16 4 17 11 2 458,380 10 0 289,721 11 1 11,565 7,928 130,764 7,809,371 18 8 59 14 5 Dunedin .. .. 79 114,333 1,688,212 19 8 14 15 4 100,491 2,089,308 17 3 20 15 10 401,095 17 7 , 157,061 5 8 6,520 5,279 75,143 4,134,453 11 6 55 0 5 Gisborne .. .. 26 37,418 520,440 13 1 13 18 2 32,769 591,238 19 0 18 0 10 70,798 5 11 40,611 7 2 2,248 1,781 22,509 1,110,242 4 9 49 6 6 Greymouth .. 25 21,855 316,959 5 10 14 10 1 15,145 354,466 16 8 23 8 1 37,507 10 10 30,377 12 5 1,647 1,090 14,550 819,279 2 11 56 6 2 Hamilton .. .. 92 102,678 1,416,102 8 3 13 15 10 79,523 1,565,808 19 3 19 13 10 149,706 11 0 88,367 0 4 8,272 5,634 46,904 2,428,208 8 0 51 15 5 Invercargill .. 38 39,316 565,339 14 7 14 7 7 34,971 723,830 0 6 20 14 0 " 158,490 5 11 61,109 3 1 3,240 2,333 .31,652 1,593,688 10 5 50 7 0 Napier .. .. 42 74,548 1,185,125 15 6 15 18 0 «6,694 1,352,797 16 5 20 5 8 167,672 0 11 81,232 19 5 4,816 4,003 41,796: 2,218,759 18 4 53 1 9 Nelson .. .. 31 32,215 477,593 0 5 14 16 6 Ī26,470 556,010 14 11 21 0 1 78,417 14 6 38,507 1 4 2,296 1,331 19, 10lj 1,028,089 19 4 53 16 6 New Plymouth .. 37 66,684 962,115 17 4 14 7 8 50,455 1,155,110 0 8 22 17 11 192,994 3 4 65,881 8 8 5,419 3,440 34,216 1,780,688 10 7 52 0 10 Oamaru .. .. 12 18,299 320,982 7 5 17 10 10 17,397 358,226 16 7 20 11 10 " 37,244 9 2 24,383 4 9 1,338 865 10,810 663,150 6 6 61 6 11 Palmerston North .. 41 88,222 1,306,775 11 4 14 16 3 76,559 1,522,428 16 11 19 17 9 ~ 215,653 5 7 ( -r 87,832 18 0 5,708 3,730 37,6421 2,380,833 12 10 63 8 4 Thames .. .. 43 34,971 491,284 5 6 14 1 0 23,583 600,888 14 3 25 9 7 109,604 8 9 39,407 3 0 2,975 2,272 25,283 1,051,596 13 5 41 11 11 Timaru .. .. 18 42,405 759,927 3 1 17 18 5 39,611 912,511 16 10 23 0 9 152,584 13 9 60,315 11 4 2,440 1,857 25,210 1,598,975 0 2 63 8 6 Wanganui .. .. 41 63,049 886,496 19 9 14 1 3 53,215 1,050,550 10 4 19 14 10 164,053 10 7 67,090 1 0 3,598 3,130 37,769 1,814,226 16 7 48 0 8 Wellington .. 61 396,735 5,324,248 18 9 13 8 5 319,600 5,722,100 17 11 17 18 1 397,851 19 2 314,472 9 1 18,496 13,077 157,499 8,641,672 10 4 54 17 5 Westport .. .. 19 10,357 147,598 11 2 14 5 0 7,563 173,191 10 5 22 18 0 25,592 19 3 14,548 1 11 839 569 7,279 383,794 8 2 52 14 6 Western Samoa .. 2 1,792 29,271 1 10 16 6 8 1,657 36,299 5 10 21 18 2 ,7,028 4 0 1,462 6 7 241 204 1,475 38,954 1 10 25 4 11 Rarotonga.. .. 5 918 14,498 2 9 15 15 11 1.247 16,776 10 11 13 9 1 2,278 8 2 856 0 10 124 76 1,115 22,220 8 10 20 0 8 Totals for year ended 884 1,695,14324,531,569 1 3 14 9 51,473,027 28,063,338 6 0 19 1 0 3,531,769 4 9110,5001,763,824 17 3 98,298 73,012 878,043 47,668,547 1 l' 54 5 9 31st March, 1931 — Totals for year ended 882 1,700,46028,561,854 4 10 16 15 11 1,342 113 29,575,993 16 10 22 0 9 1,014,139 12 0109,5001,806,414 0 1 97,932 73,471 852,757 49,436,491 8 7 57 19 5 31st March, 1930