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 1918, 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, 1919 Session I, F-04

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1919. 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 1918, 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 and Telegraph 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, 1918.

Postal Districts. Number i of Post , Average j Office Number of . , .„ . Amount of. Number Savings-i Deposits To ft f' A "S" Bt each of Withbanks I received 0E lje P°f 1IS Deposit drawals Open at dunngthe received during the durjng the Close Year. during the the Year, of the Year. Year. I Average ! 1 Average c , Cost of : tw.,1 a „,«.,.,♦ «r ! Amount of Excess of Excess of a . each lota Amount of . ,-, , Manage- -iWfVl ,„ _,_ each Depositsover Withdrawals • TransacHnVillSv,,, Withdrawal Withdrawals over Deposits , mc . nt tion, De-' during trie Year. , . , . .. ., ..u \> during • during during the Year, during the Year. {* 11 5 posit or ! the Year. tne Year "| Withdrawal. Interest for the Year. Number ! ,.. , . Number Number of lotal Amount ot of i Accounts ' standing to he Accounts Accounts remain- Credit ol al opened , closed ing Open Open Accounts, during ! dining at Close inclusive of the Year, the Year. o, the r-. , Jl. i Y „ r Close ot the Year. I Average Amount j standing to the Credit of I each Open i Account at Close of the Year. 239 ! £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. ! 233.392 3,472,986 10 5 14 17 7 154,442 2.881,586 15 1 I ]8 13 2 591,399 15 4 £ s. d. £ ' I d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 196,651 0 3 16,293 10,537 113,939 6,225,642 19 4 £ s. d. 54 12 10 Auckland Blenheim 15 70 68 22 18 7 35 42 27 30 11 30 16 41 14.716 216,886 1 0 14 14 9 7,844 178,730 2 9 22 15 9 38.155 18 3 169,445 2,566,254 1 0 15 2 10:112,236 2,160,105 1 6 19 4 11 406,148 19 6 122,171 1,857,473 1 4 15 4 1 69,759 1,525,492 16 9 ! 21 17 4 331,980 4 7 31,129 449,387 10 7 14 8 9 19,150 369,624 16 5 : 19 6 0 79,762 14 2 12,028; 181.243 11 6 15 1 4 7,035 173,700 10 3 ! 24 13 10 1 7,543 1 3 2,979 44,993 8 5 j 15 2 1 1,513 37,869 17 2 j 25 0 7. 7,123 11 3 44,584 684,022 15 7 15 6 10 22,625 568,630 8 6 ! 25 2 8 115,392 7 1 60,414 942,318 14 1 15 11 11 32,544 765,858 7 9 23 10 8 176,460 6 4 23,248 370,794 7 11 15 18 11 12,7,00 312,972 1 8 24 12 10; 57,822 6 3 47,885 785.040 0 4 16 7 11 22,647 681.399 14 1 30 1 9' 103,640 6 3 14,122 263.647 8 2 18 13 4; 7,015 196,994 5 8 28 1 8 66,653 2 6 25,842 370,938 15 8 14 7 1! 13,876 328,478 19 9 23 13 5 .42,459 15 11 32,779 521,781 9 6 15 18 4 17,610 414.124 11 11 23 10 4 107,656 17 7 58,521 859,134 11 1 14 13 7 35,877 739.080 10 8 20 12 J. 120,048 0 5 14.690 14 6 888 655 8.389 456,270 14 1 154.402 17 11 8,765 5.812 88,300 4,866,607 19 3 127.302 16 1 6,412 4,733 63,086 3,962,882 10 6 23.595 1 0 ! 2,270 1,589 14.760 ! 753.706 15 10 15,300 1 4 83(1 779 8.639 464.1S7 5 5 4,174 16 1 213 232 : 2,456 i 127,686 3 2 47.340 19 0 2,978 2,013 24,360 | 1,446,903 12 4 55,149 11 10 4,265 2,958 j 30,477 ; 1,754,281 19 4 23,815 1 4 1,414 1.060 13.499 742.708 8 0 43,395 17 10 3,294 2,171 j 21,190 1,338,049 1 3 15,947 7 5 980 659 7,228 507,040 5 9 23.979 5 10 2,222 1,806 16,435 738,801 19 1 35,239 17 3 2,078 1,478 17,108 j 1,106,398 1 11 44,534 17 4 4.369 3,262 27,802 1,388,790 10 9 54 7 9 Christchurch 55 2 3 Dunedin 62 16 4 Gisborne 51 1 4 Greymouth 53 14 8 Hokitika 51 19 9 Invercargill 59 7 11 Napier 57 11 3 Nelson 55 0 5 New Plymouth .. 63 2 11 Oamaru 70 3 0 Thames 44 19 1 Timaru .. 64 13 5 Wanganui 49 19 1 Wellington 96 19 311,6114,394,227 17 1 14 2 l! 186,254 ' 3,498,262 9 8,18 15 8 895,965 7 5 8,487 ! 119,974 14 5 14 2 7 4,602 105,924 0 5 l 23 0 4I 14,050 14 0 224,4:34 5 11 19,026 12,755 127,090 7,247,987 4 10 9.517 6 9 572 516 5,447 ' 290,119 13 11 57 0 7 Westport 53 5 3 Totals for 1918 786 1,213,35318.101,104 18 1 ! 14 18 4| 727,729 114,938,841 10 0 20 10 1 ] 3,162.263 8 1 32,000 3-96 1,059,471 17 8 1 76,869 53.015 590,205 33,418,125 4 9 56 12 5

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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, 1918.

By Authority : Marcus F. Marks, Government Printer, Wellington.— 1919. Price 3d. j

General Post Office, Wellington, loth August, 1919

W. R. Mobkis, Secretary.

iNumiieri . .. . n r p . . Average niumber Average Office' Number ofj T|| . Amount of j Number A.erase j Cos. ol Cost h of Number Number of ng™' the Amount S of Deposit# 1 ~ ° f each' ° : v4hd™i, .ntere.tfor AccoLts Accounts TrSaT — d ? t £ Year ' Open at duringthej received dur.ng ,he d during the Year. Withdrawal Withdrawal. over Deposit. duri tion De- the Year. opened closed ingOpen 0^ e n n ck t s C i ™ e U o n £ tS ' each Open ,heC£se Year. *-■ during the Uhe Ye!.. . du„„ g ,h. Y«, y J r Inte" the Account at Year? j j j ! I <rETOl - Year. Close of the Year. ! the Year | ! £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.| £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. j £ s. d. £ s. d. Totals for 191S .. .. 786 1,213,35318,101,104 18 1 14 18 4 727,72914,938,841 10 o 20 10 7 3,162,263 81 .. 32,000 o 3-961,059,471 17 8 76,869 53,015 590, 205 33,418; 125 4 9 56 12 5 „ 19*7 •• •• 79 1 1,211,90917,106,529 5 4 14 2 3 718,90714,461,169 3 7 20 2 42,045,360 19 .. 32,000 o 3'97 947,821 6 o 82,200 53,921 566,35129,196,389 19 o: 51 H 0 1916 .. .. 786 1.118,10115,576,408 3 9 13 18 7 688,77812,957,420 3 10 18 16 212,618,987 19 11 .. 32,000 o 4-25 817,855 19 3 84,833 55,846 538,07225,603,208 11 3 47 11 7 I 9 I 5 •• •• 787 97° > 759 13, 7° 6 ,057 5 8 14 2 5 657,23711,294,973 16 5 17 3 92,411,083 93 .. 30,000 o 4 42 707,252 3 9 83,244 57,421 509,08522,166,364 12 1 43 10 1914 .. .. 766 884,40511,904,322 19 8 13 9 2 657,62210,603,018 6 3 16 2 61,301,304 13 5 .. 30,000 o 4-67 615,310 9 4 78,519 53,851 483,26219,048,028 19 1 39 M I 9 I 3 •• •• 747 907,876111,286,702 7 5 12 8 8 634,80111,041,454 8 10 17 7 ioj 245,247 18 7 .. 30,000 o 467 555,908 9 7 81,260 54,865 458,59417,131,413 16 4 37 7 ? » : 9 12 •• •• 7 2 4 877,88911,725,182 16 5 13 7 1 589,38811,449,711 3 7 19 8 6 275,471 12 10 .. 29,000 o 474 511,598 18 8 85,529 58,896 432,19916,330,257 8 2 37 '5 • I 9 11 -• .. 687 823,832111,627,367 14 3 14 2 3 546,02210,662,045 15 2 19 10 6 965,321 19 1 .. 29,000 o 508 472,874 18 5 85,912 60,931 405,56615,543,186 16 8 38 6 6 1910 .. .. 647 768,824 ! IO,7O8,938 16 10: 13 18 7 520,413 9,695,514 16 1 18 12 711,013,424 09 .. 28,000 o 5-21 424,668 1 o 78,566 57,695 380,58514,104,989 19 2 37 1 3 . 1 9°9 ■■ 619 724,501 9,611,119 11 3 13 5 4 520,971 9,499,319 16 4 18 4 8 111,799 14 11 1 .. 27,000 o 5-20 395,804 4 5 77,400 59,763 359,71412,666,897 17 5 35 4 3 i9°8 .. .. 593 706,101 9,674,075 4 o 13 14 o 484,672 9,417,820 io 3 19 8 8; 256,254 13 9 .. 27,000 o 5-44 379,808 6 7 80,133 57.829 342,07712,159,293 18 1 35 10 11 I 9°7 •• •• 5 6 3 650,990 9,351,663 19 7 14 7 4 433,796 8,125,123 o o 18 14 711,226,540 19 7 .. 19,000 o 4 20 343,424 7 2 74,671 53,644 319,77311,523,230 17 9 36 ° 9 1906 .. .. 541 593, 764 7,907,154 12 5 13 6 4 386,536 6,907,103 17 7 17 17 511,000,050 14 10 .. 17,000 o 4-16 291,191 19 1 70,206 47,526 298,746 9,953,265 11 o 33 6 4 I 9°5 •• 5 zo 5°9,H2 6,625,744 o 10 13 o 3 346,022 5,984,184 12 2 17 5 1 1 1 641,559 8 8 .. 16,500 o 4-63 259,081 7 6 60,015 43. 1: 3 276,066 8,662,022 17 1, 31 7 6 r 9°4 .. 5 10 469I799 5.836,54° o o 12 8 6 323,609 5,664,770 3 9 17 10 1 171,769 16 3 .. 16,000 o 4-84 200,930 6 1 57,769 42,280 259,164 7,761,382 o 11 29 18 11 I9°3 •• .. 493 444.5 10 5.661,592 15 2 12 14 9 301,076 5,343,828 5 o 17 15 o' 317,764 10 2; .. 15,000 o 4-83 187,130 2 8 57,047 40,837 243,675 7,388,681 18 7 30 6 5 I 9° 2 •• 48 1 411,215 5,069,619 6 2 12 6 7 273,454 4,708,771 11 2 17 4 5 360,847 15 ol .. 14,000 o 4-90 172,926 1 7 53,587 38,558 227, 465 1 6,883,787 5 9 30 5 3 I9°i .. .. 466 380,808 4,611,456 6 1 12 2 2 247,854 4,230,193 6 2 17 1 4 381,262 19 11 .. 11,500 o 439I 159,198 4 o 50,046 35,018 212,436! 6,350,013 9 2 29 17 10 1900 .. .. 445 347,056 4,170,428 15 3 12 o 4 227,079 3,827,416 7 3 16 17 1 343,012 80 .. 10,500 o 439 146,169 2 5 46,086 31,724 197,408 5,809,552 5 3 29 8 7 !899 .. .. 427 3 I 3.783 3.644,980 9 10 11 12 4 206,940 3,417,298 19 8 16 10 3 227,681 10 2 .. 9,500 o 438 134,917 19 3 41,362 28,284 183,046 5,320,370 14 10 29 1 4 „ 1898 .. .. 409 281,749 3,279,611 7 5 11 12 10 ig6,764 [ 3,194,893 16 7: 16 4 9; 84,717 10 ioj .. 8,500 o 4-26; 128,128 16 6l 37,265 26,628 169,968 4,957,771 5 5 29 3 5 1897 .. .. 388 267,615 3,187,219 2 4 1 11 18 2 179,555 2,891,169 5 8 16 2 o: 296,049 16 8 .. 8,000 o 4-29 137,240 8 o 36,394 24,821 159,331 4,744,924 18 1 29 15 7 „ 1896 .. .. 371 242,283 2,881,152 16 3 11 17 10, 167,248 2,591,558 19 4 15 9 10 289,593 16 ii; .. 7,000' o 410 126,497 16 3I 32,982 22,907 147,758! 4,311,634 13 5 29 3 7 i8 95 •• •• 357 2I 7,393 2,794,506 16 o 12 17 1 159,904 2,369,333 6 7 14 16 4 425,173 9 5, .. 7,000 o 4-45 129,489 19 6 30,261 22,001 i37,683 ! 3,895,543 o 3 28 5 10 „ 1894 .. .. 348 204,545 2,252,862 6 n ! 11 o 3 152,136 2,268,624 8 4 14 18 3 .. ! 15,762 1 5 6,500 o 437 114,643 4 11 28,669 21,93° 129,423 3,340,879 11 4 25 16 3 1893 .. .. 327 202,276 2,386,089 10 7 II 15 II 136,739 2,122,521 16 8 15 10 5 263,567 13 11 .. 6,500 o 4'6o 114,760 1 1 29,755 I 9.599 122,684 3,241, 998 7 10 26 8 6 1892 .. .. 318 186,945 1,878,270 6 4! 10 o 11: 120,628 1,821,348 18 i ! 15 2 o 56,921 8 3 .. 5,500| o 429 111,301 13 1 26,232 18,171 112,528' 2,863,670 12 10 25 9 0 1891 .. .. 311 176,971 1,842,987 15 2 10 8 3 111,603 1,693,515 9 3 15 3 5 149,472 5 11 .. 5,000 o 416 104,098 17 o 25,131 17,872 104,467 2,695,447 11 6 25 16 o 1890 .. .. 296 162,938 1,658,543 3 5 10 3 6 106,868 1,500,437 9 5: 14 o 9 158,105 14 o .. 5,ooo! o 4-45 92,319 o 6| 23,719 17,256 97,208, 2,441,876 8 7' 25 2 4 1889 .. .. 294 153,920 1,515,281 11 3 9 16 10 99,185 1,457,081 5 o 14 13 9 58,200 63 .. 4,000 o 379 84,809 17 1 21,778: 15,521 90,745 2,191,451 14 1 24 2 11 1888 .. .. 290 145,355 x ,544, 747 7 n 10 12 6 96,204 1,387,471 1 10 14 8 5; 157,276 61! .. 4,000' o 397' 78,080 6 o 21,307 16,543! 84,488' 2,048,441 10 g, 24 4 10 1887 .. .. 283 136,197 1,312,151 15 9 12 8 89,962 1,182,409 7 6 13 2 10 129,741 13 11 .. 4,000, o 424 67,363 15 3 20,368 15,515! 79,724 1,813,084 18 8; 22 14 10 1886 .. .. 271 137.989 1.248,405 6 11 9 o 11 89,182 1,336,287 6 4 14 19 8 .. 87,881 19 5 4,000: o 423 65,825 9 6 21,671 16,757: 74,871 1,615,979 9 6 21 11 8 1885 .. .. 256 I3 i .373 I.34 1 . 001 3 2 : 10 4 1 84,832 1,264,305 8 3 14 18 o 76,695 14 11 .. 4,000 o 444 62,228 3 11 20,661 16,421 69,957 '.638,035 19 5 23 8 4 1884 .. .. 243 129,279 1,227,909 11 4 9 9 11 80,800 1,195,931 o 11 14 16 o 31,978 10 5 .. 4,000 o 457 57,381 13 7 20,228 16,447' 65,717 1,499,112 o 7 22 16 3 1883 .. .. 222 i27,6ogj 1,178,474 41948 78,405 1,295,719 18 3 16 10 6 .. 117,245 14 2 4,000 o 466 56,046 17 3 20,386 15,9671 61,936 1,409,751 16 7 22 15 2 1882 .. .. 207 I29,952j 1,325,852 2 ii| 10 4 o 69,308 1,142,599 o 1 16 9 8, 183,253 2 10; .. 4,ooo{ o 4821 54,909 13 1 1 21,014, I 4.5°5| 57.517 I .47°.95° r 3 6 25 n 5 . 1881 .. .. 190 125,855 1,189,012 2 7| 9 8 11 60,137' 902,195 1 8; 15 o ij 286,817 0 11 •• 3>5°°! o 4'52 42,204 19 o; 25,059 12,718: 51,008 1,232,787 16 9 24 3 4 » 1880 .. .. 178 81,660 864,441 18 10 10 11 9 57,446 780,504 13 4 13 11 8 83,937 56 .. | 3,500: o 604 32,822 12 4 ; 16,137: 12,217; 38,667, 903,765 16 10 23 7 6 1879 .. .. 165 71,865 812,399 11 ill 11 6 1 54,698 876,180 19 3 16 o 4 1 .. 63,781 7 4J 3,000! o 5-69! 31,715 18 2 15,401 12,786! 34,747' 787,005 19 o 22 12 11 „ 1878 .. .. 147 69,908 762,084 12 ol 10 18 o 42,746 742,053 14 3; 17 7 2 20,030 17 9i .. | 2,500 o 5'33' 31,664 12 9 j 13,0051 9,634; 32,132 819,071 8 2 25 9 9 » i8 77 •• 138 60,953 681,294 13 2' 11 36 39.363 667,023 7 5 16 18 io| 14,271 59 .. 2,500, o 598 29,193 14 6 11,235 8,591 28,761 767,375 17 8 26 13 7 1876 .. .. 124 57.295 664,134 12 6| 11 11 9 39,486 696,281 7 4 17 12 8 .. 32,146 14 10 2,500; o 620 28,762 4 7 11,255 9>47 z 26,117 723,910 17 5 27 14 4 1875 .. .. 119 56,129 657,653 4 o, 11 14 4 36,977 729,759 17 9 19 14 8 .. 72,106 13 9' 2,500! o 6 44 28,565 3 5 11,273 8,681 24,334 727,295 7 8 29 17 9 1874 .. .. 103 52,627 699,249 14 3 13 5 8 29,778 620,155 8 9 20 16 5 79,094 56 .. 2,250 o 655 26,935 6 8 10,346: 5,736 21,742 770,836 18 o 35 9 0 1873 .. .. 97 39.223 580,542 5 5; 14 16 2 21,268 425,908 3 5 20 o 5 154,634 20 .. 1,800 o 714J 20,106 16 10 7,382 3,816 17,132 664,807 5 10 38 16 1 1872 .. .. 92 31,681 430,877 o o! 13 12 o 17,254 313,176 7 11 18 3 o 117,700 12 1 .. 1.556 o 763 14,711 o 5 6,205 3,188 13,566 490,066 7 o 36 2 5 l8 7 I ■■ • • 81 24,642 3 I2 ,33 8 18 4 12 13 6 14,773; 261,347 16 3 17 13 9! 50,991 2 1 .. 1,35 1 ! o 8'23j 11,291 10 iol 4,6i5 ! 2,383: 10,549! 357,654 '4 6 33 18 1 „ 1870 .. .. 70 20,489 264,328 5 7! 12 18 ol H.934 209,509 13 2 17 11 i| 54,818 12 5 .. 1,264 o 9'36 : 9,242 3 11 4,304 2,277, 8,317 295,372 1 7 35 10 3 „ 1869 .. .. 59 17,133 240,898 5 9' 14 1 2; 5,292: 180,518 4 1 19 8 7j 60,380 18 .. 1,186 o 1077 7,412 8 o 3,839: 1,801 6,290 231,311 5 3 36 : 5 5 1868 .. .. 55 13,014 194,535 11 6 14 18 11 6,365 107,094 17 3: 16 16 61 87,440 14 3 789 o 977! 4,880 7 3 3,282' 1,186: 4,252 163,518 15 7 38 9 1 Totals from 1st Feb. to 31st 46 6,977 96,372 7 10 13 16 3 1,919 26,415 18 g, 13 15 3I 69,956 91 .. 822 1 10181 1,241 5 ol 2,520 364 2,156 71,197 14 1 33 ° 5 Dec., 1867 11 1 I I I I'll Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given ; printing (800 copies), £4.