POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK. STATEMENT SHOWING THE DEPOSITS RECEIVED AND PAID BY THE POST OFFICE SAVINGSBANKS, AND THE EXPENSES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, FOR THE YEAR 1916, TOGETHER WITH SIMILAR PARTICULARS, YEAR BY YEAR, FROM THE DATE POST OFFICE SAVINGSBANKS WERE ESTABLISHED IN THE DOMINION IN FEBRUARY, 1867.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1917 Session I, F-04

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1917. NEW ZEALAND.

POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK. STATEMENT SHOWING THE DEPOSITS RECEIVED AND PAID BY THE POST OFFICE SAVINGSBANKS, AND THE EXPENSES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, FOR THE YEAR 1916, TOGETHER WITH SIMILAR PARTICULARS, YEAR BY YEAR, FROM THE DATE POST OFFICE SAVINGSBANKS WERE ESTABLISHED IN THE DOMINION IN FEBRUARY, 1867.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly pursuant to Section 82 of the Post andTelegraph Act, 1908.

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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 the 31st December, 1916.

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Postal Districts. Number of Post Office Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the j Year. Number of Deposits received duringthe Year. Total Amount of Deposits received during the Year. Average Average Amount of Number Amount of Excess of each of With- lOtalAmoun of each Deposits over Deposit drawais Withdrawals Withdrawal Withdrawals received during during the Year. dnri during the Year, during the the Year. tne Year. Year. ! Average ,. , Cost of '' Cost 1 ° f Excess of m each Withdrawals ' v i» na S e - Transacover Deposits , m . tion, Deduring the Year. t ?"U n f r posit or the Year. wi(h _ drawal. Interest for the Year. Number of Accounts opened during the Year. . Number Number of of Accounts Accounts remainclosed ing Open during at Close the Year. of the Year. Total Amount standing to the Credit of all Open Accounts, inclusive of Interest to the Close of the Year. Average Amount standing to :he Credit of each Open Account at Close of the Year. 229 215,46li £ S. d. 3,017,956 15 7 £ s. d. 14 0 1 £ s. d. 2,449,770 11 4 £ s. d. 16 19 7 £ s. d. 568,186 4 3 £ s. d. £ d. £ 8. d. 150,433 12 0 10,883 £ S. d. 101,922 4,805,736 0 4 £ s. d. 47 3 0 Auckland 144,259 17,611 Blenheim 15 ; 12,708 188,155 19 7 14 16 1 7,094 152,922 6 8 21 li 1 35,233 12 11 I 11,545 15 5 123,217 11 6 104,062 16 11 995 695 7,827 357,936 8 0 45 14 7 Christchurch 72 157,621 2,142,947 0 9 13 11 10 108,656 1,916,304 3 2 17 12 8 226,642 17 7 9,103 6,547 82,730 3,796,224 12 7 45 17 8 Dunedin 67 I 119,405 1,667,591 18 8 I 13 19 3l 70,871 1,477,425 18 7 20 16 11 ! 190,166 0 1 " I 7,326 4,781 59,260 3,143,878 2 7 53 1 0 Gisborne 22 ; 28,582 404,673 18 8 14 3 2 17,211 321,290 4 7 18 13 4 83,383 14 1 17,387 15 8 ! 2,482 1,736 13,483 558,302 12 4 41 8 1 Greymouth 18 j 13,651 176,554 16 7 12 18 8 7,637 180,678 11 4 23 13 2 4,123 14 9 14,277 16 8 1,012 992 8,512 ! 422,932 10 8 49 13 8 Hokitika 9 j 2,715 40,644 5 10 14 19 4 1,666 44,331 9 11 26 12 2 3,687 4 1 3,935 5 10 260 284 2,398 112,829 17 8 41 7 0 Invercargill 34 39,905 600,740 17 0 15 1 1 21,241 459,622 16 6 21 12 9 141,118 0 6 36,240 17 0 3,292 2,098 22,162 1,129,546 5 0 50 19 4 Napier 46 56,260 1 845,667 9 3 15 0 7 30,223 658,984 2 0 21 16 0 186,683 7 3 41,448 11 5 4,578 3,088 27,775 1,322,666 10 0 47 12 4 Nelson 26 : 21,165 347,445 8 6 16 8 3 12,232 293,456 3 8 23 19 9 53,989 4 10 19,645 17 7 1,709 1,114 13,044 600,690 13 9 46 1 0 ' New Plymouth .. 30 43,688 779,262 11 1 17 16 8 20,473 548,309 12 2 26 15 7 230,952 18 II 31,686 2 7 12,952 2 1 j 4,507 2,169 18,456 1,042,212 14 6 56 9 4 Oamaru 11 11,480 192,889 9 1 16 16 0 7,386 199,357 5 8 26 19 9, 6,467 16 7 967 767 6,566 374,629 10 7 57 1 5 Thames 30 24,553 343,465 7 5 13 19 9 14,034 299,298 6 9 21 6 6 44,167 0 8 19.403 18 5 2,608 1,924 15,384 ! 602,247 10 11 39 2 11 Timaru 16. 29,082 486,673 19 6 16 14 8 18,237 458,533 8 3 25 2 10 28,140 11 3 29,022 15 8 2,450 1,764 15,989 865,853 8 0 54 3 0 Wanganui 42 53,147 737,002 8 0 13 17 4 31,375 627,852 12 7 20 0 2 109,149 15 5 .. _ 33,378 12 2 4,561 3,782 25,431 1,054,396 14 2 41 9 2 Wellington 100 279,433 19 9,245 3,482,526 15 9 122,209 2 6 12 9 3 171,306 2,752,555 3 6 16 1 4 729,971 12 3 161,015 0 3 20,642 12,489 111,850 5,166,275 0 6 46 3 9 Westport 13 4 4 4,877 116,727 7 2 23 18 8 5,481 15 4 8,201 8 1 730 733 5,283 246,849 19 8 41 14 6 Totals lor 1916 786 l,118,10115,o76,408 3 9 13 18 7 688,778 12,957,420 3 10 18 16 2 2,618,987 19 !I 32,000 4-25 817,855 19 3 , 84,833 55,846 538,072 125,603,208 11 3 47 11 7

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POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS.— GENERAL STATEMENT. Table showing the Business of the Post Office Savings-banks in New Zealand, Year by Year, from the Date they were established, in February, 1867, to the 31st December, 1916

By Authority : Marcus F. Macks, Government Printer, Wellington.— 1917.

Price 3d.

General Post Office, W. R. Morbis, Wellington, Ist May, 1917. Secretary.

Number of PostOffice Savingsbanks Open at the CIoslof the Year. j Average Numberof r , . . Amount of I Number i Deposits rn „°>. each ! of With- I Total Amount oi received „ ?LV/,?'„ ,,, Deposit ; drawais : Withdrawals duringthe during Hit received : dnring ; during the Year. Year. during the ; *he Yeai j Year. Average Amount of I Excess of each Deposits over Withdrawal; Withdrawals during i during the Year, the Year, j Excess of Withdrawals over Deposits during the Year. Average Cost of C e <£ h of Management ,. „ t-. , -_ tion, DetheTefr P° sit or the Year. wuh _ drawal. Interest for the Year. Number ; Number of of Accounts: Accounts opened j closed during j during the Year, the Year. Number of Accounts remaining Open at Close of the Year. Total Amount standing to the Credit of all Open Accounts, inclusive of Interest to the Close of the Year. Average Amount standing to the Credit of each Open Account at Close of the Year. Totals for 1916 1915 ■■ 1914 .. 1913 •■ 1912 1911 .. 1910 .. 1909 •■ 1908 .. 1907 . 1906 .. igos •■ igo4 .. 1903 .. , 1902 .. „ 1901 1900 1899 •■ 1898 .. 1897 .. 1896 .. i8g 5 .. i8g 4 .. 1893 .. I8 9 2 .. 1891 .. 1890 .. 1889 .. 1888 .. 1887 .. 1886 .. 1885-.. 1884 .. 1883 .. 1882 .. 1881 .. 1880 .. 1879 .. 1878 .. 1877 .. 1876 .. 1875 .. 1874 .. 1873 .. 1872 .. 1871 .. 1870 .. 1869 .. 1868 .. Totals from 1st Feb. to 31st , Dec, 1867 1 786 787 766 747 724 687 647 619 593 563 54 1 520 510 493 481 466 445 427 409 388 37 1 357 348 327 318 3" 296 294 290 283 271 256 243 222 207 igo 178 165 147 138 124 119 103 97 92 81 70 59 55 46 1,118,101 970,759 884,405 907,876 877,889 823,832 768,824 724,501 706, 101 650, ggo 593,764 509, 112 ; 469,799 ! 444,510 I 411,215 380,808 347,056 313,783 281,749 267,615 242,283 217,393 204,545 202, 276 186,945 176,971 162,938 153,920 145,355 136,197 137,989 131,373 I2g,27g i27,6og i2g,g52 125,855 81,660 71,865 6g,go8 60,953 57,295 56, 129 52,627 39,223 31,681 24,642 20,489 17.133 13,014 6,977 15.576,408 3 g 13,706,057 5 8 11,904,322 19 8 11,286,702 7 5 11,725,182 16 5 11,627,367 14 3 10,708,938 16 10 9,611,119 11 3 ! 9.674.075 4 o 9-351,663 19 7 7.907,154 12 5 6,625,744 o 10 5,836,540 o o 5,661,592 15 2 5,069,619 6 2 4,611,456 6 1 4,170,428 15 3 3,644,980 9 10 3,279,611 7 5 3,187,219 2 4 2,881,152 16 3 2,794,506 16 o 2,252,862 6 11 2,386,089 10 7 1,878,270 6 4 1,842,987 15 2 1,658,543 3 5 1,515,281 11 3 i>544,747 7 " 1,312,151 1 5 1,248,405 6 11 1,341,001 3 2 1,227,909 11 4 1,178,474 4 1 1,325,852 2 11 1,189,012 2 7 864,441 18 10 812,399 IJ 11 762,084 12 o 681,294 13 2 664,134 12 6 657,653 4 o 699,249 14 3 580,542 5 5 430,877 o o 312,33s 18 4 264,328 5 7 240,898 5 9 194,535 11 6 96,372 7 10 13 iS 7 688,778 14 2 5 657,237 13 9 2 657,622 12 8 8 634,801 13 7 1 589,388 14 2 3 546,022 13 18 7 520,413! 13 5 4 520,971 13 14 o 484,672 14 7 4 433,796 13 6 4 386,536 13 o 3 346,022 12 8 6 323,609 12 14 9 301,076 12 6 7 273,454 12 2 2 247,854 12 o 4 227,079 11 12 4 206,940, 11 12 10 196,764 n 18 2 179,555 11 17 10 167,248 12 17 I 159,904 11 o 3 152,136' II 15 II 136,739 10 o 11 120,628 10 8 3 111,603! 10 3 6 106,868 9 16 10 99,185; 10 12 6 96,204 9 12 8 8g,g62 g o 11 Sg,i82 10 4 1 84,832 g g 11 80,800' g 4 8 78,405: 10 4 o 6g,3o8 g 8 n 60,137 10 n 9 57,446 n 6 1 54,698 10 18 o 42,746 11 3 6 39,363 11 11 9 39,486 11 14 4 36,977 13 5 8 29,778 14 16 2 21,268' 13 12 o 17,254 12 13 6 14,773! 12 18 o n,g34. 14 1 2 9,292; 14 18 n 6,365 13 16 3 1,919! £ s. d.' 12,957,420 3 10 11,294,973 16 5 10,603,018 6 3 11,041,454 8 10 11,449,711 3 7 10,662,045 15 2 9.695.514 16 1 9,499,319 16 4 9,417,820 10 3 8,125,123 o o 6,907,103 17 7 5,984,184 12 2 5.664.770 3 9 5,343,S28 5 o 4.708.771 11 2 ! 4,230,193 6 2 ' 3,827,416 7 3 3,417,298 19 8 3,194,893 16 7 2,891,169 5 8 2,591,558 19 4 2,369,333 6 7 ' 2,268,624 8 4 2,122,521 16 8 1,821,348 18 1 1.693.515 9 3 I 1,500,437 9 5 1,457,081 5 o 1,387,47! 1 I0 1 1,182,409 7 6 I 1,336,287 6 4 1,264,305 8 3 1,195,93! ° 11 : 1,295,719 l8 3 ■ 1,142,599 o 1 902,195 1 8 780,504 13 4 876,180 19 3 742,053 14 3 667,023 7 5 696,281 7 4 729,759 17 9 620,155 8 9 425,908 3 5 313,176 7 11 261,347 16 3 209,509 13 2 180,518 4 1 107,094 17 3 26,415 18 9 £ s. d. 18 16 2: 17 3 9j 16 2 61 17 7 10 19 8 6 19 10 6 18 12 7 18 4 8 19 8 8 18 14 7 17 17 5 17 5 11 17 10 1 17 15 o 17 4 5 17 1 4 16 17 1 16 10 3 16 4 9 16 2 o 15 9 10 14 16 4 14 18 3 15 10 5 1520 15 3 5 14 o 9 14 13 9 14 8 5 13 2 10 14 19 8 14 18 o 14 16 o 16 10 6 16 9 8 15 o 1 13 11 8 16 o 4 17 7 2 16 18 10 17 12 8 19 14 8 20 16 5 20 o 5 18 3 o 17 13 9 17 11 1 19 8 7 16 16 6 £ s. d. 2,618,987 19 11 2,411,083 9 3 1,301,304 13 5 245,247 18 7 275, 47 1 12 10 965,321 19 1 1,013,424 o 9 111,799 14 11 256,254 13 9 1,226,540 19 7 1,000,050 14 10 641,559 8 8 171,769 16 3 317,764 10 2 360,847 15 o 381,262 19 11 343,012 8 o 227,681 10 2 84,717 10 10 296,049 16 8 289,593 16 11 425,173 9 5 263,567 13 11 56,921 8 3 149,472 5 11 158,105 14 o 58,200 6 3 157,276 6 1 129,741 13 n £ s. d. •* •• •• .. .. •" '■ •• 15,762 1 5 £ I s. d. S 32,000 o 4'25| 30,000 o 4-421 30,000 o 4*67 30,000 o 4-67 29,000' o 474 29,000, o 508; 28,000! o 521 27,000 o 5-20 27,000 o 5-44 19,000 O 4"20| 17,000, 0 4'i6| 16,500; o 4'63; 16,000; o 4-84] 15,000; o 4-83' 14,000 o 490' 11,500; o 4'39] 10,500! o 4-39; 9,500 o 4-381 8,500! o 4-26 8,ooo| o 4-29] 7,000, o 4-10; 7,ooo| o 4-45! 6,500 o 4-37) 6,500 o 4'6o 5,500 o 4-29J 5,000 o 4'i6: 5,000 o 4-45; 4,000 o 379I 4,000 o 3-97 4,000 o 424 4,000 o 4-23 4,000 o* 4-44! 4,000 o 4-57] 4,000 o 4'66 : 4,000 o 4-82! 3,500 o 4-52 3,500 o 6-04 3,000 o 5-69! 2,500 o 5-33 2,500 o 598 2,500 o 620 2,500; o 6-44; 2,250 o 6-55 1,800 o 7-14 i,556 o 763 1,351 o 823 1,264 o 9-36 1,186: o 1077 789 o 9-77 822 I 1018 £ s. d. 817,855 19 3 84,833 707,252 3 9 83,244 615, 3 J o 9 4 78,519 555,9o8 9 7 81,260 511,598 18 8: 85,529 472,874 18 5 85,912 424,668 1 0 78,566' 395,804 4 5 77,400 379,808 6 7 80,133 343,424 7 2. 74,671 291,191 19 1 70,206 259,081 7 6 60,015 200,930 6 1 57,769 187,130 2 8 57,047 172,926 1 7 53,587 159,198 4 0 50,046 146,169 2 5 46,086 134,917 19 3 41,362 128,128 16 6; 37,265 137,240 8 o 36,394 126,497 16 3 32,982 129,489 19 6: 30,261 114,643 4 11 28,669 114,760 1 1 29,755 111,301 13 1 26,232 104,098 17 o; 25,131 92,319 o 6 23,719' 84,809 17 I 21,778 78,080 6 o 21,307 67,363 15 3 20,368 65,825 9 6 21,671 62,228 3 11 20,661 57,38l 13 7 20,228 ! 56,046 17 3 20,386 54,909 13 11 21,014 42,204 19 o 25,059 32,822 12 4 16,137 31,715 18 2 15,401 31,664 12 9 13,005 29,193 14 6 11,235 28,762 4 7 11,255 28,565 3 5 11,2731 26,935 6 8 10,346 20,106 16 10 7,382; 14,711 o 5 6,205 11,291 10 10 4,615 9,242 3 11 4,304 7,412 8 o 3,839 4,880 7 3 3,282! 1,241 5 o 2,520! 55,846 57,421 53,851 54,865 58,896 60,931 57,695 59,763 57,829: 53,644: 47,526! 43,113 42,280 40,837 38,558 35,018 31,724 28,284 26,628 24,821: 22,907 22,001: 21,930 19,599 18,171! 17,872; 17,256; 15,521: 16,543 15,515 16,757 16,421 16,447 15,967 14,505 12,718 12,217 12,786 9,634 8,591 9,472 8,681 5,736 3,816 3,188 2,383! 2,277 1,801 1,186 364J 538,072!; 509,0851: 483,262': 458,594j 432,199 405,566 380,585 359,714 342,077; 319,773 298, 746 276,066 259,164 243,675 227,465! 2I2,436| 197,408 183,046 169,968 159,331 147,758 137,683 129,423 122,684 112,528 104,467 97,2o8 90,745 84,488 79,724! 74,871 69,957 65,717 61,936 57,517 51,008 38,667 34,747 32,132 28,761 26,117 24,334 21,742 17,132 13,566 10,S49 8,317 6,290 4,252 2,156 £ s. d. 25,603,208 11 3 22,166,364 12 1 19,048,028 19 1 17,131,413 16 4 16,330,257 8 2 I5,543,i86 16 8 14,104,989 19 2 12,666,897 17 5 12,159,293 18 1 11,523,230 17 9 9,953,265 11 o 8,662,022 17 1 7,761,382 on 7,388,681 18 7 • 6,883,787 5 9 6,350,013 9 2 5,809,552 5 3 5,320,370 14 10 4,957,771 5 5 4,744,924 l8 1 4,3H,634 13 5 3,895,543 o 3 3,340,879 11 4 3,241,998 7 io 2,863,670 12 10 2,695,447 11 6 2,441,876 8 7 2,191,451 14 1 2,048,441 10 9 ! 1,813,084 18 8 1,615,979 9 6 1,638,035 19 5 1,499,112 o 7 i,409,75i 16 7 1,470,950 13 6 1,232,787 16 9 903,765 16 10 787,005 19 o 819,071 8 2 767,375 17 8 723,910 17 5 727,295 7 8 770,836 18 o 664,807 5 10 490, 066 7 o 357,654 14 6 295,372 1 7 231,3" 5 3 163,518 15 7 71,197 14 1 47 11 7 43 10 10 39 8 4 37 7 2 37 15 8 38 6 6 37 1 3 35 4 3 35 i° 11 36 o 9 33 6 4 ,31 7 6 29 18 n 30 6 5 3° 5 3 29 17 10 29 8 7 29 1 4 29 3 5 29 15 7 29 3 7 ?! 5 10 25 16 3 26 8 6 25 9 o 25 16 o 25 2 4 24 2 11 24 4 IO 22 14 IO 21 II 8 23 8 4 22 16 3 22 15 2 25 11 5 24 3 4 23 7 6 22 12 11 87,881 19 5 76,695 14 11 31,978 10 5 117,245 m 2 183,253 2 10 286,817 o 11 83,937 5 6 63,781 7 4 •• 20,030 17 91 14,271 5 9; 25 9 9 26 13 7 27 14 4 29 17 9 35 9 o 38 16 1 36 2 5 33 18 1 35 10 3 36 15 5 38 9 1 33 o 5 32,146 14 10 72,106 13 9 79,094 5 6 154,634 2 o 117,700 12 1 50,991 2 1 54,818 12 5 60,380 1 8 87,440 14 3 69,956 9 1 .. __ .. 13 15 3 • • Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given ; Printing (800 copie?), £'6 10s.