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 1919, 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, 1920 Session I, F-04

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1920. 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 1919, 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, 1919.

Postal Districts. Number of Post Office Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the Year. Number of Deposits received duringthe Year. Average -p . , A „ . Amount of : Number Total Amount each ofWith . of Deposits D . d , received during the Year - duringthe the Year. Year. Average Total Amount of Amou " t of - Ex « ss of Withdrawals ,,,. t e l f. ch , ?'?°5 ts °™ r during the Year. Withdrawal Withdrawals * during during the Year, the Year. 1 I . I I Average j Cost of ! Cost .„ of Excess of Manaee- eacn Withdrawals *"„" Transacover Deposits durin? tion, Deduring the Year. . „J> posit or the Year. Wi(h _ I drawai. Interest for the Year. I I I I Number Number Number of of of Accounts Accounts Accounts remainopened closed ing Open during during at Close the Year, the Year. of the j Year. ! Total Amount ! Av " era «e j- . .i ■ Amount standing to the .„ _• r . ,.. a c m standing to Credtofa . r i-. r ,-. . . the Credit of Open Accounts, ; , ,-. i. , . t \ each Open inc usive of . „ \ . t . * . .u Account at Interest to the r . f Close of the Year. <£«£ Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne 239 15 70 68 22 259,736 15,234 189,211 128,884 33,772 £ s. d. 6,182,853 9 7 386,453 11 1 4,537,262 17 1 2,961,865 12 3 698,156 18 5 £ s. d. 23 16 1 25 7 4 23 19 7 22 19 7 20 13 5 215,118 11,029 155,167 97,032 25,131 £ s. d. 5,109,090 6 8 320,825 10 4 3,799,569 13 4 2,612,043 0 7 609,447 16 11 £ s. d. £ s. d. 23 15 01,073,763 2 11 29 1 9 65,628 0 9 24 9 9 737,693 3 9 26 18 5 349,822 11 8 24 5 0 88,709 1 6 28 13 6 26,190 0 4 28 1 8 1,794 6 5 31 0 11 159,721 2 6 29 14 4 184,313 0 10 £ s. d. £ d. £ s. d. 221,599 4 0 27,471 15,172 126,238 16,638 16 3 1,396 939 8,846 175,832 15 0 14,429 8,679 94,050 140,155 17 9 10,503 6,806 66,783 26,741 7 3 3,299 2,140 15,919 16,186 16 1 1,238 1,056 8,821 4,462 2 8 364 297 2,523 51,938 10 11 4,622 3,079 25,903 61,702 18 11 6,692 4,128 33,041 £ s. d. £ s. d 7,521,005 6 3 59 11 7 538,537 11 1 60 17 7 5,780,133 18 0 61 9 2 4,452,860 19 3 66 13 6 869,217 5 3 54 12 1 506,564 1 10 57 8 6 133,942 12 3 53 1 9 1,658,563 5 9 64 0 7 2,000,297 19 1 60 10 10 Greymouth 18 13,133 273,263 16 8 20 16 2 8,616 247,073 10 4 Hokitika 7 2,761 59,924 15 1 21 14 1 2,070 58,130 8 8 Invercargill 35 45,642 1,126,379 13 9 24 13 7 31,135 966,658 11 3 Napier 41 64,983 1,530,388 0 3 23 11 0 45,292 1,346,074 19 5 Nelson New Plymouth .. 27 31 24,030 49,603 650,046 6 0 1,287,215 4 7 27 1 0 25 19 0 17,748 31,563 563,613 16 11 1,153,310 16 0 31 15 2 86,432 9 1 36 10 9 133,904 8 7 37 0 6 75,538 0 3 30 19 2 87,948 16 7 26,976 16 4 2,277 1,543 14,233 46,983 11 8 5,413 3,262 23,341 18,420 13 11 1,413 970 7,671 26,236 11 6 3,713 2,464 17,684 856,117 13 5 60 3 0 1,518,937 1 6 65 1 6 600,998 19 11 78 6 11 852,987 7 2 48 4 8 Oamaru 11 13,963 427,946 3 1 30 13 0 9,518 352,408 2 10 Thames 35 27,346: 649,506 7 6 23 15 0 18,138 561,557 10 11 Timaru 16 35,016 939,763 13 0 20 16 9 24,202 775,744 0 11 32 1 1 164,019 12 1 25 7 1 156,835 2 10 39,984 0 3 3,500 f 2,315 18,293 49,424 17 11 6,344 4,255 29,891 | 1,310,401 14 3 71 12 8 j 1,595,050 11 6 53 7 3 Wanganui 41 62,985 1,373,324 6 0 21 16 1 47,976 1,216,489 3 2 Wellington 98 314,734] 6,514,388 17 7 20 14 0 248,795 6,111,321 16 1 24 11 3 403,067 1 6 245,940 3 10 24,693 19,730 132,053 7,896,994 10 2 59 16 0 Westport 20 [ 8,128 159,708 17 8 19 13 0 5,717 159,018 12 2 27 16 4 690 5 6 9,710 2 3 742 696 5,493 300,520 18 54 14 2 Totals for 1919 794 1,289,161 29,758,448 9 7 23 1 8 994,247 25,962,378 2 6 26 2 3 3,796,070 7 1 52,000 5-46 1,178,935 6 6 118,109 77,531 630,783 38,393,130 18 4 60 17

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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, 1919.

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Year. Number of Post Office Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the Year. Number of Deposits received duringthe Year. Total Amount of Deposits received during the Year. Average Amount of each Deposit received during the Yeir. Number of Withdrawals during the Year. Total Amount of Withdrawals during the Year. Average Amount of each Withdrawal during the Year. Excess of Deposits over Withdrawals during the Year. Excess of Withdrawals over Deposits during the Year. Cost of Management during the Year. Average Cost of each Transaction, Deposit or Withdrawa I. Interest for the Year. Number Number of of Accounts Accounts opened closed during during the Year, the Year. Number —„,.,, A ,„. . Average of T J . " K Amount Accounts standing to he standi t0 remain- Credit of all , he Credit ol in.. Open Open Accounts, each 0pe n a? Close <T IVt Account at ol the Interest to the _ , Year. Close oi ,he Year the Year. Totals for 1919 .. 1918 .. 1916 .. 1915 ■• 1913 • • 1911 .. 1910 .. 1908 .. 1907 .. 1906 .. 1905 .. 1904 • • 1902 .. „ 1901 1900 .. 1899 .. 1898 .. 1897 .. 1896 .. . 1895 .. 1894 .. 1893 •• 1892 .. 1891 .. 1890 .. 1889 .. 1888 .. 1887 .. 1886 .. 1885 .. 1884 .. 1883 .. 1882 .. 1881 .. 794 786 791 786 787 766 747 724 687 647 619 593 563 541 520 510 493 481 466 445 427 409 388 371 357 348 327 318 311 296 294 290 283 271 256 243 222 207 190 1,289,16112 i,2i3,353p 1,211.909 i 1.118,101 1 970.759] 884,405,] 907, 876 1 ] 877,8891 823,8321 768,824] 724,501 ] 706,101 650,990! 593.764 509, 112 469,799; 444,5io 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. I3i,373 [ 129,279 127,609 I29.952J 125,855: £ s. d. j29,758,448 9 7 18,101,104 18 1 17,106,529 5 4 15,576,408 3 9 '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 IO 5,836,540 o o 5,661,592 15 2 5,069,619 6 2 4,611,456 6 1 j 4,170,428 15 3 3,644,980 9 10 1 3,279,611 7 5 3,187,219 2 4 ; 2,881,152 16 3 l] 2,794,506 16 o I; 2,252,862 6 II >; 2,386,089 IO 7 i 1,878,270 6 4 : 1,842,987 15 2 ! 1,658,543 3 5 1 1,515,281 11 3 i 1,544,747 7 " ' 1,312,151 1 5 )| 1,248,405 6 11 J 1,341,001 3 2 ) 1,227,909 11 4 > 1,178,474 4 1 ! 1,325,852 2 II i! 1,189,012 2 7 £ s. d. 23 1 8 ! 14 18 4. 14 2 3 ! 13 18 7 14 2 5 13 9 2 12 8 8 13 7 1 14 2 3 13 18 7 13 5 4 13 14 o 14 7 4 13 6 4 13 o 3 12 8 6 12 14 9 12 6 7 12 2 2 1204 II 12 4 II 12 IO II 18 2 11 17 IO 12 17 I II O 3 II 15 II IO O II 10 8 3 10 3 6 9 16 IO IO 12 6 9 12 8 9 O II 10 4 1 9 9 11 9 4 8 10 4 o 9 8 11 994,2472 727.729 h 718,907:1 688,7781 657,237] 657,622 1 634,801 1 589,388 : 546,022 1 520,413 520,971 484,672 433,796: 386,536 346,022 323,609 301,076 273,454 247,854 227,079 206,940 196,764 179,555 167,248 159,904 152,136 136,739 120,628 in, 603 106,868 99,185 96,204 89,962 89,182 84,832 80,800 78,405 69,308 60,137 ! £ s. d. 25,962,378 2 6 14,938,841 10 o 114,461,169 3 7 12,957,420 3 10 11,294.973 16 5' 10,603,018 6 3 11,041,454 8 10 ii,449,7ii 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 0 6,907,103 17 7 5,984,184 12 2 5.664.770 3 9 5,343,828 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 1 2,268,624 8 4 1 2,122,521 16 8 I 1,821,348 18 1 1 1,693.515 9 3 '< 1,500,437 9 5 ; 1,457,081 5 o I 1,387,471 X IO '. 1,182,409 7 6 '■ 1,336,287 6 4, ! 1,264,305 8 3 ) i,i95,93i 0 II > 1,295,719 18 3 i 1,142,599 o 1 1 902,195 1 8 i s. d. 26 2 3; 20 IO 7; 20 2 42 18 16 2: 17 3 916 2 6 1 17 7 10 19 8 6 19 10 6 18 12 7 ; 18 4 8 19 8 8 18 14 7: 17 5 11 17 10 1 17 15 o i? 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 15 2 o 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 £ s. d. 3,796.070 7 1 3,162,263 8 1 2,645,360 1 9 2,618,987 19 11 2,411,083 9 3 1,301,304 13 5 245,247 18 7 275,471 12 10 965,321 19 1 1,013,424 o 9 111,799 14 11 256,254 : 3 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 i 227,681 10 2 11 84,717 IO IO ij 296,049 16 8 1 289,593 16 11 425,173 9 5 £ s. d. - • • £ 52,000 32,000 32,000 32,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 29,000 29,000 28,000 27,000 27,000 19,000 17,000 16,500 16,000 15,000 14,000 11,500 10,500 9,500 8,500 8,000 7,000 7,000 6,500 6,500 .5,500 5,000 5,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4, oooi 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 3.500 s. d. o 5-46 o 3'96 o 3'97 o 4'25 o 4'42 o 4-67 o 467 o 474 o 5'° 8 O 5'2I o 5-20 o 5-44 o 4-20 o 4'i6 o 4' 6 3 o 4'84 o 4'83 o 4 90 o 439 o 4'39 o 438 o 4'26 o 4-29 o 4'io o 4"45 o 4'37 o 460 o 4-29 o 416 o 4'45 o 379 o 397 o 4-24 o 4'23 o 4'44 o 4'57 o 466 Q . 4'82 o 4'52 £ s. d.| 1.178,935 6 6118,109, 77,531 1,059,471 17 8 76,869; 53,015 947,821 6 o 82,200! 53,921 817.855 19 3 84,8331 55,846 707,252 3 91 83,244! 57,421 615,310 9 4] 78,519 53.851 555,908 9 7I 81,260] 54,865 511,598 18 8. 85,529 58,896 472,874 18 5 85,912' 60,931: 424,668 1 o 78,566 57,6951 395,804 4 5 77,400 55,763 379,808 6 7 80,133' 57,829 343,4 2 4 7 2 74,671; 53,644 291,191 19 1 70,206' 47,526 259,081 7 6, 60,015] 43.H3 200,930 6 I 57,769] 42,280 187,130 .2 8 1 57,o 4 7 ! 40,837 172,926 1 7 53,587 38,558 159,198 4 o 50,046 35,018 146,169 2 5| 46,086; 31,724 134.917 19 3 41,362] 28,284 128,128 16 6 37,265 26,628 137,240 8 o 36,394! 24,821 126,497 16 3 32,982] 22,907 129,489 19 6 30,261 22,001 114,643 4 11 28,669 21,930 114,760 1 1 29,755 19,599 111,301 13 1 26,232 18,171 104,098 17 o 25,131' 17,872 92,319 o 6 23,719 17,256 84,809 17 1 21,778 15,521 78,080 6 o 21,307 16,543 67.363 15 3 20,368 15,515 65,825 9 6 21,671 16,757 62,228 3 ill 20,661! 16,421 57.38i 13 7 20,228; 16,447 56,046 17 3 20,386] 15,967 54.909 13 " 21,014 H.505 42,204 19 o 25,0591 12,718 £ s. d. £ s. d. 630,7 8 3 38,393,i3o 18 4 60 17 4 590,20533,418,125 4 9 56 12 5 566,35129,196,389 19 o 51 11 o 538,07225,603,208 11 3 47 11 7 509,08522,166,364 12 1 43 10 10 483,26219,048,028 19 1 39 8 4 458,594 17.131.413 16 4 37 7 2 432,19916,330,257 8 2 37 15 8 405,56615,543,186 16 8 38 6 6 380,58514,104,989 19 2 37 1 3 359,71412,666,897 17 5 35 4 3 342,07712,159,293 18 1 35 10 11 319,77311,523,230 17 9 36 o 9 298,746 9,953,265 11 o 33 6 4 276,066 8,662,022 17 1 31 7 6 259,164 7,761,382 o 11 29 18 11 243,675 7.388,681 18 7 30 6 5 227,465 6,883,787 5 9 30 5 3 212,436 6,350,013 9 2 29 17 10 197,408 5,809,552 5 3 29 8 7 183,046 5,320,370 14 10 29 1 4 169,968 4,957,771 5 5 29 3 5 i59,33i 4,744,924 18 1 29 15 7 147,758 4,311,634 13 5 29 3 7 137.683 3,895,543 o 3 28 5 to 129,423 3,340,879 11 4 25 16 3 122.684 3,241,998 7 io 26 8 6 112,528 2,863,670 12 10 25 90 104,467 2,695,447 11 6 25 16 o 97,208 2,441,876 8 7 25 2 4 90,745 2,191,451 14 1 24 2 11 84,488 2,048,441 10 9 24 4 10 79,724 1,813,084 18 8 22 14 10 74,871 1,615,979 9 6] 21 11 8 69,957 1,638,035 19 5! 23 8 4 65,717 1,499,112 o 7 22 16 3 61,936! 1,409,751 16 7 22 15 2 57,5I7| 1,470,950 13 6 25 11 5 51,008 1,232,787 16 9 24 3 4 ■• •• 15,762 1 5 1 i 263,567 13 11 1 56,921 8 3 i 149,472 5 " I 158,105 14 0 ) 58,200 6 3 i 157.276 6 1 ) 129,741 13 11 t . 87,881 19 5 ) 76,695 14 11 > 3i,978 10 5 .. 117.245 14 2 i i| 183,253 2 10 [| 286,817 o 11] < ' - ~ I

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General Post Office, Wellington, 16th June, 1920. E. B. Mobbis, Secretary.

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, &c.— continued.

By Authority : Mabotjs F. Masks, Government Printer. Wellington.— 1920.

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Year. Number of Post Office Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the Year. Number of Deposits received duringthe Year. Total Amount of Deposits received during the Year. Average Amount of each Deposit received during the Year. Number of Withdrawals during the Year. Total Amount of Withdrawals during the Year. Average Amount of each Withdrawal during the Year. Excess of Deposits over Withdrawals during the Year. Excess of Withdrawals over Deposits during the Year. Cost of Management during the Year. Average Cost of each Transaction, Deposit or Withdrawal. Interest for the Year. Number of Accounts opened during the Year. Number of Accounts closed during the Year. Number of Accounts remaining Open at Close of the Year. Total Amount Avera S? standing to the , Am ,° unt , ,- j-i. c 11 standingto Credit of all . ,-. 5. . r\ k _ the Credit ot Open Accounts, t, r\ inclusive of «chOpen Interest to the Account a. Close of the Year. <*«* Totals for 1880 .. 1879 .. 1878 .. . 1877 •• 1876 .. 1875 .. . 1874 •■ 1873 .. 1872 .. 1871 .. 1870 .. 1869 1868 .. Totals from 1st Feb. to 31st Dec, 1867 178 165 147 138 124 119 103 97 92 81 81,660 71,865 69,908 6o,953 57.295 56,129 52,627 39,223 31,681 24,642 20,489 I7, r 33 13,014 6,977 £ b. d. 864,441 18 IO 812,399 II II 762,084 12 O 681,294 x 3 2 664,134 12 6 657.653 4 o 699,249 14 3 580,542 5 5 430,877 o o 312,338 18 4 264,328 5 7 240,898 5 9 194,535 11 6 96,372 7 10 10 11 g 11 6 1 10 18 o 11 3 6 11 11 9 11 14 4 13 5 8 14 16 2 13 12 o 12 13 6 12 18 o 14 1 2 14 18 11 13 16 3 57,446 54,698: 42,746 39,363 39,486 36,977 29,778: 21,268; 17,254 14,773 11,9341 9,292 6,365 1,919; £ s - d - 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. 13 11 8 16 o 4 17 7 2 16 18 IO 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. 83,937 5 6 20,030 17 9 14,271 5 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 £ s. d. £ 3,500 63,7 8 i 7 4 3,ooo 2,500 2,500 32,146 14 10 2,500 72,106 13 9 2,500 2,250 1,800 i,556 i,35i 1,264 1,186 789] 822 s. d. o 604 0 5 69 o 533 o 5-98 O 6'20; o 6"44 o 6-55 o 714 o 7-63 o 823 o 9'36 o 1077I 0 977| 1 10-18 £ s. d. 32,822 12 4 31,715 18 2 31,664 12 9 29,193 14 6 28,762 4 7 28,565 3 5 26,935 6 8 20,106 16 10 14,711 o 5 n,2gi 10 10 9,242 3 11 7,412 8 o 4,880 7 3 1,241 5 ol 16,137 15,401 13,005 H,235 11.255 11,273 10,346 7,382 6,205 4.615 4.304 3.839 3,282 2,520 12,217 12,786 9,634 8,591 9,472 8,681 5,736 3,816 3,188 2,383 2,277 1,801 1,186 364 38,667 34,747 32,132 28,761 26,117 24,334 21,742 17,132] 13,566 io,549 8,317 6,290 4,252 2,156 £ - d. 903,765 16 IO 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 £ 8. d. 23 7 6 22 12 11 25 9 9 26 13 7 27 H 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 70 59 55 46 13 15 3l