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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, 1907.

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Postal Districts. Number of PostOffice 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 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 of the Year. £ S. d. £ s. d.l £ *■ d. £ »■ d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. . d. £ S. d. £ s - d. £ *• d. Auckland 142 94,111 1,526,825 12 IOi 16 4 6] 65,648 1,272,828 10 7 19 7 9 253,997 2 3 52,895 18 2 11,927 7,537 46,570! 1,820,983 12 9 39 2 o Blenheim 8 8,028 141,244 9 9 17 11 11 5,730 121,433 5 3 21 3 IO 19,811 4 6 1 5,382 13 3 1,061 710 5,366 179,540 19 9 33 9 2 Christchurch .. 66 114,152 I , 664 , 097 2 4 14 n 7 80,646 1,515,265 1 7 18 15 9 148,832 o 9 8 4 io,97i 8,868 56,118! 2,001,274 19 8 35 13 3 Dunedin 52 82,844 1,114,678 16 O 13 9 1 56,053 1,005,899 1 11 17 18 n 108,779 14 1 50,430 15 9 7,595 5,974 40,957! 1,637, I0 9 10 11 39 19 5 Gisborne 10 13,304 2IO,4I2 3 2 15 16 4 10,145 175,689 16 10 17 6 4 34j722 6 4 5,584 15 1 2,121 i,335 6,350] 201,334 5 11 3i 14 1 Greymouth 13 10,852 152,500 8 4 14 1 I 5,889 127,051 1 11 21 11 6] 25,449 6 5 7,3H 5 10! 1,467] 1,010 5,757] 241,932 4 11 42 o 6 Hokitika 7 2,055 40,849 16 8 19 17 7 1,472 35,343 8 2 24 o 3 5,506 8 6 2,621 1 7 294 285 1,762 85,277 19 11 48 8 o Invercargill 29 21,327 363,937 10 5l 17 1 4 13,249 300,087 16 7 22 13 o 63,849 13 10 15,945 13 3 2,843 1,849 13,109 530,889 2 5 40 10 o Napier 28 32,991 465,787 12 1 14 2 4! 19,885 380,278 8 8 19 2 6 85,509 3 5 16,096 4 4 4,257! 2,846 15.715 558,463 6 2 35 10 9 Nelson 18 11,836 232,405 15 5 19 12 9 8,380 224,957 7 5 26 16 11! 7,448 8 oj 9,850 13 4 1.544 1,264 8,519 314,979 13 6 36 19 6 New Plymouth 12 14,331 226,357 8 3 15 15 11 8,376 186,508 4 5 22 5 4 39,849 3 10] 8,083 1 1! 1,906 1,329} 7,896 274,329 7 i| 34 14 10 Oamaru 10 7,074 132,147 8 5 18 13 7 5,491 129,269 9 5 23 IO IO I 2,877 19 o : 6,347 10 5 821 809 4,355] 196,811 2 5 45 3 10 Thames 18 17,497 244, 261 16 7! 13 19 2 10,101 204,745 9 1 20 5 5 39,516 7 6 8,975 8 2 2,342] ' 1,693 9,902 305,613 12 10 30 17 3 Timaru 15 J 7,733 307,780 10 o! 17 7 2 12,540 274,554 13 7 21 17 ill 33,225 16 5 11,931 1 1 2,152 1,636 9,537! 390,987 6 a 40 19 11 Wanganui 39 34,485j 526,364 1 10! 15 5 3 20,870 431,026 8 o 20 13 1 95,337 13 10 16,389 14 3: 5,038 3,445 17,023! 571,805 17 10 33 11 10 Wellington 79 159,798 1,877,858 8 10 1 59,877 9 4; 4,457 13 «| 11 15 o 105,071 1,631,930 14 10 15 10 8 245,927 14 oj 17,122 12,128 66,914] 2,061,386 3 o 30 16 2 Westport 17 8,572] 124,154 18 8] 14 9 8 4,250 108,254 1 9 25 9 5 15,900 16 it 1,210 926 3,923] I50.45 1 I 2 O 38 7 o 1 Totals for Colony in 1907.. I 563 650,990 9,351,663 19 7 14 7 4 433,796 8,125,123 o o iS 14 7I1,226,540 19 7 19,000 1 4-20 343,424 7 2 74,671 53,644 319,773 11,523. 230 x 7 9 36 o 9