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Table No. 8. Post-Office Savings-Bank. Balance-sheet for the Year ended 31st December, 1902.

Table No. 9. Return showing the Total Number of Post-Office Savings-Bank Accounts open on the 31st December, 1902, classified according to the Balances at Credit, compared with the Number open at the end of 1901.

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Dr. £ s. d. Balance to credit of depositors, 1st January,1902 .. .. .. 6,350,013 9 2 Deposits during 1902 .. .. 5,069,619 6 2 Interest credited depositors, 1902 .. 172,926 1 7 Cr. £ s. d. Withdrawals during 1902 .. .. 4,708,77111 2 Balance to credit of depositors, 31st December, 1902 .. .. .. 6,883,787 5 9 £11,592,558 16 11 £11,592,558 16 11 Liabilities md Assets. Dr. £ s. d. Balance to credit of depositors, 31st December, 1902 .. .. .. 6,883,787 5 9 Balance of assets over liabilities .. 223,630 1 4 Cr. £ s. d. Securities (vide Table No. 7).. .. 6,934,459 7 8 Accumulated profits .. £223,636 1 4 Less amount invested and included in total of securities above .. 50,672 1 11 £7,107,423 7 1 172,963 19 5 £7,107,423 7 1 Profit a', id Loss. Dr. £ s. d. Interest credited to depositors during 1902 172,926 1 7 Paid Public Account, for expenses of Savings-bank management .. .. 14,000 0 0 Savings-bank profits carried to postal revenue .. .. .. .. 20,000 0 0 Interest on debentures purchased, ex div. 373 19 5 Balance to next account .. .. 223,636 1 4 Cr. £ s. d. Balance forward, 1st January, 1902 .. 195,953 18 7 Interest received ..£232,262 10 7 Interest accrued on 31st December, 1902 .. 59,654 3 9 £291,916 14 4 Less accrued interest on 31st December, 1901 .. 56,934 10 7 £430,936 2 4 234,982 3 9 £430,936 2 4

Postal District. Not exceeding £20. Exceeding 420 and up to £50. Exceeding £50 and up to £100. Exceeding Exceeding Exceeding Exceeding £100 and £200 and £300 and £400 and up to £200. up to £300. up to £400. up to £500. j>8 ' Total y§ Number of m sd . Accounts 3.5 ' open. Auckland Blenheim Christchurch .. Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth.. Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport 21,157 3,077 30,235 22,518 2,514 2,805 1,023 6,247 7,523 4,795 4,569 2,238 5,663 4,545 8,770 32,315 1,995 3,361 375 4,491 3,897 360 499 216 1,178 1,061 716 748 488 821 806 1,229 4,963 311 2,499 252 3,116 2,462 232 309 141 807 712 468 430 322 491 545 615 3,020 200 2,227 218 3,324 2,114 169 297 152 643 ! 573 412 j 357 ! 282 ; 406 j 437 545 2,296 205 895 65 1,116 776 42 126 59 231 194 162 98 88 142 187 209 1,016 67 262 27 318 207 20 34 14 02 05 47 39 25 50 52 61 311 25 160 14 144 139 9 12 9 31 34 25 18 9 24 21 39 162 10 120 13 131 102 11 18 8 17 24 19 19 9 16 28 29 152 10 30,681 4,041 42,875 32,215 3,357 4,100 1,622 9,216 10,186 6,644 6,278 3,461 7,613 6,621 11,497 44,235 2,823 Totals, 1902 161,989 25,520 23,743 16,621 14,657 5,473 1,619 860 ! 726 227,465 Totals, 1901 153,593 14,705 12,797 4,765 1,394 768 671 212,436