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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, 1914.

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Number of Post Office Savingsbanks Open at tbe 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 Excess of each Deposits over Withdrawal! Withdrawals during i during the Year, 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 Total Amount Number of standing to the of Accounts Credit of all Accounts remam- Open Account-, closed .ngOpen P inchlsive of daring at Close , , he the Year. of the , c , - h y Year. Average Amount standing to the Credit of each Open Account at Close of the Year Postal Districts. £ s. d. 2,481,801 12 3 £ S. d. 13 19 3 £ s. d. 2,238,807 14 9 £ s. d. 15 6 3 £ s. d. 242,993 17 6 £ s. d. £ d. d. £ s. d. 112,849 1 5 £ s. d. 3,502,239 12 9 £ s. d. 39 5 3 Auckland 221 177,746 146,198 17,401 11,565 89,200 Blenheim 16 10,443 164,948 3 0 15 15 10 7,250 143,126 7 6 19 14 10 21,821 15 6 9,036 10 0 1,082 722 7,346 281,617 6 10 38 6 9 Christchurch 70 134,845 1,822,795 19 2 13 10 4 107,282 1,637,017 19 3 15 5 2\ 185,777 19 11 96,309 9 5 9,492 6,327 77,101 2,973,111 6 11 38 11 3 Dunedin 66 96,889 1,295,879 9 0 13 7 61 69,536 1,181,565 16 7 16 19 10' 114,313 12 5 82,145 12 2 6,621 4,995 54,749 2,504,995 7 4 45 15 1 Gisborne 21 23,685 313,873 18 7 13 5 0 18,458 281,911 2 10 15 5 6 31,962 15 9 13,016 15 0 2,446 1,913 12,244 406,903 5 4 33 4 8 Greymouth 18 13,302 168,975 9 2 12 14 0 8,194 147,720 12 1 18 0 7 21,254 17 1 12,587 17 0 1,318 1,037 8,290 385,927 9 9 46 11 1 Hokitika 8 2,524 44,172 15 4 17 10 0 1,761 40,143 11 11 22 15 11 4,029 3 5 3,718 14 8 311 249 2,382 110,558 3 4 46 8 3 Invercargill 31 28,692 428,017 14 6 14 18 4 21,856 427,967 14 3 19 11 7 50 0 3 28,666 8 5 2,815 2,104 20,037 847,538 19 5 42 6 0 Napier 43 47,241 655,676 1 0 13 17 7 31,210 561,611 1 4 17 19 11 94,064 19 8 30,384 19 10 4,802 3,060 25,259 963,987 8 9 38 3 3 Nelson 26 15,937 243,117 12 6 15 5 1 11,374 220,883 13 1 19 8 5 22,233 19 5: 14,740 19 5 1,524 1,050 11,840 449,103 10 9 37 18 7 New Plymouth .. 18 20,217 307,733 0 8 15 4 5 13,428 286,416 14 10 21 6 7 21,316 5 10 15,751 1 6 2,112 1,555 12,099 474,320 8 7 39 4 1 Oamaru 11 9,286 179,761 5 3 19 7 2 6,624 157,168 8 4 23 14 7 22,592 16 11 10,425 14 8 960 690 6,014 320,708 12 6 53 6 6 Thames 30 20,777 291,083 5 6 14 0 2 14,039 269,297 7 2 j 19 3 8 21,785 18 4 16.262 12 5 2,427 1,807 14,060 492,324 16 8 35 0 4 Timaru 16 23,753 415,740 2 9 17 10 1 17,498 330,009 6 10 18 17 2 i 85,730 15 11; 21,437 5 5 2,411 1,660 14,572 677,058 9 5 46 9 3 Wanganui Wellington 55 98 49,604 200,200 655,710 8 3 13 4 5 11 12 1 34,389 583,681 18 7 16 19 6 72,028 9 8 ! 29,421 18 11 111,529 12 3 5,230 3,623 26,467 915,396 3 3 34 11 9 36 11 11 2,322,820 14 6 143,202 1,984,206 5 9 13 17 1 338,614 8 9 16,656 10,669 96,282 3,523,414 3 4 Westport 18 9,264 112,215 8 3 12 2 3 5,323 111,482 11 2 20 18 10 732 17 1 7,025 16 10 911 825 5,320 218,823 14 2 41 2 8 Totals for 1914 766 884,405 11,904,322 19 8 13 9 2 657,622 10,603,018 6 3 16 2 6 1,301,304 13 5 30,000 4-67 615,310 9 4 78,519 53,851 483,262 19,048,028 19 1 39 8