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Table No. 6—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, 1905.

Postal Dtstrlctt. Number of PostOffice Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the Year. Number of Deposits received during the 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 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 ot the Year. £ S. d. £ 8. d. £ 8. d. £ 8. d. £ 8. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. £ 8. d. £ 8. d. £ 8. d. Auckland 124 66,6g3 g8o, g 4 7 4 4 14 14 2 5i.3i6 901,120 5 3 17 II 2 79,826 19 1 39,257 6 10 8,688! 6,055 38,479! 1,307,349 13 "I 33 19 6 Blenheim 8 6,598 "2,977 3 2 17 2 6 4,688 94-754 19 9 20 4 3 18,222 3 5 4,044 12 4 849 567 4,658 138,925 17 II 2g 16 6 Christchurch .. 65 89,063 1,202,388 4 2 13 10 o 61,792 i,o8g,23g 16 o 17 12 7 113,148 8 2 45,551 7 5 9,091 6,649 49,934 1,535,895 9 o 30 15 2 Dunedin 52 74, 8og 935,313 6 9 12 IO I 49,016 840,826 6 3 17 3 1 94,487 o 6 40,611 18 8 7,222 5.329 37,570 1,338,867 13 11 35 12 9 Gisborne 6 9,343| 118,077 11 o 12 12 9 7.5io 111,584 6 3 14 17 2 6,493 4 9 3,541 10 8 1.45i 841 1 4,732 117,576 11 9; 24 16 11 Greymouth 11 7,985 109,798 15 81 13 15 o 5,056 g3,26o 16 2 I 18 8 II| 16,537 19 6 5,750 6 10 1 1,042! 811 4,8g3 192,963 10 81 39 8 9 Hokitika 7 1,815 27,406 7 4 15 2 o| 1.243 26,685 '12 6 21 9 4 720 14 10 2,219 19 1 277 299 1,686 69,644 1 8 41 6 2 Invercargill 28 17,810 253,943 16 4 14 5 2 11,271 224,187 18 2 19 17 10 29.755 18 2 11,509 19 7 2,463 1.737 11,184 380,519 13 6 34 o 6 Napier 27 24,537 2gg,623 6 2 12 4 3 15.184 259,320 8 3 17 1 7 40,302 17 11 11,727 11 5 3,282 2,186 13,065 393,o8i 8 5 30 1 g Nelson 16 io,go8 180,176 13 5 16 10 4 7.024 156,560 2 11 22 5 91 23,616 10 6 8,355 9 7 1,287 853 7,857 269,652 4 o 34 6 5 New Plymouth 11 io,gi8 144,124 4 o 13 4 o 7,604 135,126 10 11 17 15 5 8,997 13 1 6,006 4 6 1,484 1.254 6,987; 196,521 9 5 28 2 6 Oamaru 10 6,g42 103,721 16 2 14 18 10 4,608 89,538 3 2 19 8 7 14,183 13 Oj 4,824 2 4 933 720 4,0841 160,162 19 11 39 4 4 Thames 18 13,284 154,816 8 6\ 11 13 1 9,o74 149,363 " 4 16 9 3 5.452 17 2 7.003 2 7 1,786] 1,424 8,689! 229, g8i 11 1 26 9 4 Timaru 14 i4. 6 3i 222,489 7 o 15 4 2 9,263 201,627 2 10 21 15 4 20,862 4 2 9,139 19 4 1,835 i,2g8 8,304! 304,558 12 3 36 13 6 Wanganui 33 23."7 307,285 9 o 13 5 10 15,147 279,676 IO I 18 9 3 27,608 18 11 1 1,266 11 1 3,55i 2,72g I3,8g5 375,4i6 11 6 56,682 1,534.059 19 1 27 o 4 Wellington 73 124,903 1,402,090 10 9 11 4 6 83,060 1,262,616 19 5 15 4 o 139,473 " 4i 44,655 19 6 14,006 9,744 27 1 3 Westport 17 5,756 70,563 17 1 12 5 2 3,166 68,695 2 11 21 13 " 1,868 14 2I 3,615 5 9 768 617 3,367 116,845 9 1 34 14 1 I I Totals for Colony in 1905 .. 520 509,112 6,625,744 o 10 13 O 3 346,022 5,984,184 12 2 17 5 II 641,559 8 8 16,500 jo 4-63 259,081 7 6| 60,015! 43,"3 276,066 8,662,022 17 I 31 7