POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK. STATEMENT SHOWING THE DEPOSITS RECEIVED AND PAID BY THE POST OFFICE SAVINGSBANKS, AND THE EXPENSES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, FOR THE YEARS ENDED 31st MARCH, 1925, AND 31st MARCH, 1924, 1923, AND 1922; ALSO FOR THE FIFTEEN MONTHS ENDED 31st MARCH, 1921, TOGETHER WITH SIMILAR PARTICULARS, BY TEN-YEAR PERIODS, FROM THE DATE POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS WERE ESTABLISHED IN THE DOMINION IN FEBRUARY, 1867.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1925 Session I, F-04

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1925. 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 YEARS ENDED 31st MARCH, 1925, AND 31st MARCH, 1924, 1923, AND 1922; ALSO FOR THE FIFTEEN MONTHS ENDED 31st MARCH, 1921, TOGETHER WITH SIMILAR PARTICULARS, BY TEN-YEAR PERIODS, FROM THE DATE POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS 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 31st March, 1925.

Number Average v, Average Number Number Average . ViL ,. . Cost of Number Number Nu ™" el " Total Amount Amount Savings of Total Amount ofwu-h o£ Amount Excess of Excess of each of of Accounts standing to the standing to Deposits rLSnoit With- Total Amount of of each Deposits over Withdrawals , Transac- Interest Accounts Accounts °r™. Credit of all the Credit Postal Districts. received drawals Withdrawals Withdrawal Withdrawals over Deposits tion, for the opened closed • n " Open Accounts, of each Open at duri received during received dnri during the Period. during during during du t^ g Deposit Period. during during inclusive of Open AcmSonf the the Period. du t £" g the the the Period. the Period. piS®,, or the the Interest to the count at Period. Period. Period. period. with- Period. Period, p' Close of the Period. Close of pjg® a Period. drawal. Period. the Period# £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland .. .. 177 246,951 0,469,177 16 1 22 2 11 225,072 5,612,300 0 6 24 18 8 .. 143,122 4 5 .. .. 269,923 14 3 17,910 13,714 129,302 7,558,927 8 7 58 9 2 Blenheim .. .. 14 13,985 317,810 9 1 22 14 6 11,810 304,988 1 2 25 16 6 12,822 7 11 .. .. .. 22,139 16 10 915 757 9,900 634,333 12 0 64 1 6 Christchureh .. 74 207,435 4,597,189 17 6 22 3 3 180,607 4,797,922 13 10 26 11 4 .. 200,732 16 4 .. .. 266,484 11 5 10,308 7,085 109,763 7,413,572 2 9 67 10 10 Dunedin .. .. 72 116,961 2,406,685 0 4 20 11 6 92,232 2,621,457 7 1 28 8 5 .. 214,772 6 9 .. .. 173,016 1 0 6,552 5,286 70,776 4,679,111 0 6 66 2 3 Gisborne .. .. 28 31,721 668,572 1 5 21 1 6 23,755 611,747 4 4 25 15 0 56,824 17 1 .. .. .. 36,724 7 5 3,059 1,609 18,482 1,051,584 12 1 56 17 11 Greymouth .. 24 16,944 369,697 2 8 21 16 5 11,956 407,816 11 9 34 2 2 .. 38,119 9 1 .. .. 29,423 5 9 1,428 1,181 12,613 788,749 11 9 62 10 8 Hamilton .. .. 84 73,352 1,437,459 9 7 19 11 11 53,093 1,402,610 15 0 26 8 4 34,848 14 1 .. .. .. 73,836 5 3 7,450 4,801 31,732 2,112,300 13 7 66 11 4 Invercargill .. 37 38,463 859,958 7 11 22 7 2 29,259 891,919 17 8 30 9 8 .. 31,961 9 9 .. .. 69,997 4 5 2,855 2,177 28,315 1,921,021 7 6 67 16 11 Napier .. .. 45 69,666 1,698,632 18 9 24 7 8 52,763 1,653,767 2 5 31 6 11 44,865 16 4 .. .. .. 84,815 0 6 6,206 4,674 37,843 2,438,874 4 6 64 8 11 Nelson .. .. 31 23,236 505,405 1 1 21 15 0 19,490 532,867 2 11 27 6 10 .. 27,462 1 10 .. .. 35,342 4 1 1,593 1,205 15,978 963,644 1 7 60 6 3 New Plymouth .. 37 50,540 1,210,229 12 8 23 18 11 38,273 1,245,334 18 8 32 10 9 .. 35,105 6 0 .. .. 66,005 2 4 4,483 3,444 27,720 1,864,779 9 0 67 5 5 Oamaru .. .. 11 13,776 345,811 9 8 25 2 0 11,813 402,218 10 0 34 1 0 .. 56,407 0 4 .. .. 25,140 18 0 992 807 8,895 668,575 5 3 75 3 3 Thames .. .. 37 28,331 602,881 10 8 21 5 7 19,060 666,049 14 0 34 18 11 .. 63,168 3 4 .. .. 38,379 7 4 2,908 3,122 20,245 1,072,190 18 9 52 19 2 Timaru .. .. 18 33,312 867,827 8 9 26 1 0 28,676 979,476 7 2 34 3 1 .. 111,648 18 5 .. .. 59,661 19 4 2,339 1,860 21,267 1,601,631 19 9 75 6 2 Wanganui .. .. 43 60,627 1,284,301 17 1 21 3 8 48,268 1,274,343 13 5 26 8 0 9,958 3 8 .. .. .. 69,740 1 1 4,401 3,292 33,662 1,987,462 1 0 59 0 10 Wellington .. 95 335,235 6,736,578 14 10 20 1 11 256,092 6,814,415 19 6 26 12 2 .. 77,837 4 8 .. .. 345,954 0 8 20,864 14,943 151,925 9,792- *6 11 64 9 2 Westport .. .. 19 8,340 152,023 4 5 18 4 7 4,921 159,988 7 1 32 10 3 .. 7,965 2 8 .. .. 12,566 9 0 723 538 5,823 41,789 14 10 58 13 11 Western Samoa .. 3 1,392 29,042 16 1 20 17 3 742 26,479 1 0 35 13 8 2,563 15 1 .. .. .. 1,344 4 5 256 82 581 41,050 15 2 70 13 1 Rarotonga .. .. 6 742 23,612 4 2 31 16 5 409 7,905 16 5 19 6 6 15,706 7 9 .. .. .. 424 17 9 353 27 326 16,131 5 6 49 9 8 Totals for year ended 855 1,371,009 29,582,897 2 9 21 11 6 1,108,29130,413,609 3 11 27 8 10 .. 830,712 1 2 95,000 919d. 1,680,919 10 10 95,595 70,604 735,148146,948,628 1 0 63 17 3 31st March, 1925 j |

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General Post Office, Wellington, 16th June, 1925. A. Markman, Secretary.

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POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS GENERAL STATEMENT. Table showing the Business of the Post Office Savings-banks in New Zealand, by Ten-year Periods, from the Date they were established in February, 1867, to the 31st December, 1918, and Yearly Periods thereafter to the Year ended 31st March, 1925.

of Post Average , „ . , p' eI '8f Number Number Na ™ ber Total Amount Amount Year SS" el"th- Dep™ver wlEwals Tranfac- Interest for Accents JggM" teCr&Tt °€r 2E. re ™ L,Ig SI SE. V — = s Ss£-; AcSat Close of Year. the Tear ' Year - . Wl , Year. Year. 2 * , e Close of the Year. Close of the Year drawal. *ear. the Year. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ p. d. Year ended 31st Mar., 855 1,371,00929,582,897 2 9 21 11 71,108,29130,413,609 3 11 27 8 10 .. 830,712 1 2 95,000 0 9-191,680,919 10 10 95,595 70,604 735,14846,948,628 1 0 63 17 3 1925 Year ended 31st Mar., 846 1,261,14129,598,372 4 8 23 9 4 1,075,037 29,510,320 19 6 27 9 0 88,051 5 2 .. 90,000 0 9-24 1,649,976 4 8 92,465 73,098 710,157 46,098,420 11 4 64 18 3 1924 Year ended 31st Mar., 840 1,175,104 26,682.426 11 4 22 14 21,081,30027,769,262 16 3 25 13 8 .. 1,086,836 4 11 70.650 0 7-511,605,525 1 10 78,490 66,630 690,79044,360,393 1 6 64 4 4 1923 Year ended 31st Mar., 831 1.227,591 29,125,997 10 0 23 14 6 1,119,662 30.236,231 6 5 27 0 0 .. 1,110,233 16 5 60,000 0 6-131,599,907 2 0 89,859 75,748 678,93043,841,704 4 7 64 11 6 1922 ♦Fifteen months ended 819 1,664.206 14,302, S52 5 4 26 12 5 1,458,00841,162,486 9 10 28 4 8 3,140,365 15 6 .. 80,000 0 6-14 1,818,534 5 2 152,930 118,894 664,819 43,352,030 19 0 65 4 2 31st March, 1921 Totals for 1919 .. 794 1,289,16129,758,448 9 7 23 1 8 994,247 25,962,378 2 6 26 2 3 3,796,070 7 1 .. 52,000 0 5-46 1,178,935 6 6118,109 77,531 630,783 38,393,130 18 4 60 17 4 1918 .. 786 1,213,353 18,101,104 18 1 14 18 4 727,729 14,938,841 10 0 20 10 7 3,162,263 8 1 .. 32,000 0 3-961,059,471 17 8 76,869 53,015 590,205 33,418,125 4 9 56 12 5 1908 .. 593 706,101 9,674,075 4 0 13 14 0 484,672 9,417,820 10 3 19 8 8 256,254 13 9 .. 27,000 0 5-44 379,808 6 7 80,133 57,829 342,077 12,159,293 18 1 35 10 11 1898 .. 409 281,749 3,279,611 7 5 11 12 10 196,764 3,194,893 16 7 16 4 9 84,717 10 10 .. 8,500 0 4-26 128,128 16 6 37,265 26,628 169,968 4,957,771 5 5 29 3 5 1888 .. 290 145,355 1,544,747 7 11 10 12 6 96,204 1,387,471 1 10 14 8 5 157.276 6 1 .. 4,000 0 3-97 78,080 6 0 21,307 16,543 84,488 2,048,441 10 9 24 4 10 1878 .. 147 69,908 762,084 12 0 10 18 0 42,746 742,053 14 3 17 7 2 20,030 17 9 .. 2,500 0 5-33 31,664 12 9 13,005 9,634 32,132 819,071 8 2 25 9 9 1868 .. 55 13,014 194,535 11 6 14 18 11 6,365 107,094 17 3 16 16 6 87,440 14 3 .. 789 0 9-77 4,880 7 3 3,282 1,186 4,252 163,518 15 7 38 9 1 Totals from 1st Feb. to 46 6,977 96,372 7 10 13 16 3 1,919 26,415 18 9 13 15 3 69,956 9 1 .. 822 1 10-18 1,241 5 0 2,520 364 2,156 71,197 14 1 33 0 5 31st Dee., 1867 * Termination of Savings-bank year altered from 31st December to 31st March, with effect from 31st March. 1921.