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Table No. 6.— 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, 1915.

Postal Districts. Number ; of Post Office Number of Savings- . Deposits banks ] received Open at ! duringthe the Close Year. of the j Year, j Average _ _. . . Amount of Number Total Amount £ach of With- Total Amount of otiJeposits Deposit drawals' ' Withdrawals - received during the nc^ ved during i during the Year. ar - -3 duringthe the Year. Year. i Avera S e ! Cost of Amount of Excess of Excess of ,, each Deposits over Withdrawals 1 zr~A Withdrawal Withdrawals over Deposits j d ™v!,„ during during the Year, during the Year. : . y e ar the Year. -1 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 Tota , AmQunt Accounts standing to the remain- Credit of all ingOpen Open Accounts, ■n* rin-P inclusive of of the to the Y ear Close of the Year. Average Amount standing to the Credit of each Open Account at Close of the Year. I Auckland 229 188,273 _ £ s. d. 2,622,810 7 4 170,376 12 1- £ s. d. 13 18 7 15 12 2 143,081 6,950 £ s. d. 2,166,843 18 8 151,108 15 3 £ s. d.i 15 2 11 21 14 10 £ s. d. £ s. d. 455,966 8 8 19,267 16 10/1 .. -; 362,999 14 7 £ d. £ s. d. 128,910 2 8 16,988 10,271 16 0 947 10,994 766 95,194 7,527 £ s. d. 4,087,116 4 1 311,156 19 8 £ s. d. 42 18 8 41 6 9 Blenheim 16 j 10,915 Christchurch 72 144,128 2,079,387 6 3 14 8 7 105,579 1,716,387 11 8 16 5 2 110,253 2 0 9,397 6,324 80,174 3,446,364 3 6 42 19 9 Dunedin 66 106,999 1,478.885 14 0 13 16 51 68,365 1,227,182 3 3 17 19 01 251,703 10 9J I 92.950 7 6 1 6,729 4,763 56,715 2,849,649 5 7 50 4 11 - Gisborne 21 I 24,291 319,716 ; ,0 0 186,382 17 2 13 3 3 13 15 6 17,675 8,095 283,769 10 11 173,311 17 3 337,747 flO 16 1 1 21 8 2 - 35,946 9 1 13,070 19 11 1,899 5 8 73,100 5 11 14,681 8 2 ! 2,400 13,779 19 1 j 1,248 1,907 1,046 12,737 8,492 457,531 2 7 412,778 8 9 35 18 5 48 12 2 Greymouth 19 13,532 Hokitika 9 ! 2,441 315,847 16 2 14 13 9 1,557 24 4 10 3,922 18 3 285 245 2,422 112.581 15 11 46 9 8 Invercargill 32 33,072 487,500 3 4 14 14 10 20,433 414,39y 17 5 20 5 7 31,548 2 2 j 3,077 2,146 20,968 952,187 7 6 45 8 3 Napier 45 i 47,998 713.090 0 4 : ' 298,537 19 5 14 17 2 16 8 7 31,125 617,770 5 1 19 17 0 95,319 15 3 35,227 7 4 4,265 3,239 26,285 1,094,534 11 4 41 12 10 Nelson 27 ' 18,169 11,010 237,363 16 6 21 11 2 61,174 2 11 16,777 17 8 I 1,639 1,030 12,449 527,055 11 4 42 6 9 I New Plymouth .. 30 ! 29,871 602,808 19 8 20 3 7 - 14,533; 318,035 6 4 21 17 8 284,773 13 . 4j 35,430 14 20,479 11 1 5,571 1,552 16,118 779,573 13 0 48 7 4 Oamaru 11 10,501 213,538 ■? 5 5 310,356 1 10 517,250 18 11 20 6 8 14 2 1 19 6 6 6,652 178,108 4 1 26 15 6 12,006 11 3 1,037 685 6,366 368,145 5 1 57 16 7 Thames . .. 30 22,007 13,452 281,666 4 4 20 18 9 28,689 17 6 17.661 17 8 2,482 1,842 14,700 538,676 il 10 36 12 9 Timaru .. 3 6 j 26,765 16,843 411,494 13 7 24 8 7 I - ■ 105,756 5 41 25,875 6 4 2,468 1,737 15,303 808,690 1 1 52 16 11 Wanganui 43 i 50,779 724,566 8 6 14 5 5 34,924 760,085 11 3 21 15 3 35,519 2 9 618,846 8 5J 6,456 7 10 31,991 6 I 4,759 6,574 24,652 911,868 6 7 36 19 10 Wellington ! 103 1232,256 2,820,646 13 2 124,355 2 ll '-1 12 2 11 14 3 10 151,733 2,201,800, .4 ;;9 14 10 3 133,027 16 3 19,166 11,751 103,697 4,275,288 8 0 41 4 7 Westport 18 8,762 5,230 117,898 14 3 22 10 10! 7,886 14 3 786 820 5,286 233,166 16 3 44 2 2 !_ Totals for 1915 787 970,759 13,706,057-5 8 14 2 5 657,237 11,294,973 16 5 17 3 9j 2,411,083 9 3; 30,000 4-42 707,252 3 9 j 83.244 57,42] 509,085 ;22,166,364 12 1 43 10 11