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Table No. 4. Table showing the Number and Amount of Transactions at the Money-order and Savings-bank Offices of New Zealand during the Year 1916.

Table No. 5. Statement showing the Number of British Postal Orders of each Denomination sold and paid in the Dominion of New Zealand during the Financial Years 1915-16 and 1916-17.

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Money-orders. Savings-l >aiiks. Postal District, issued. Paid. Number of New Accounts opened. Deposits. Number of Aeco mils closed. Withdrawals. Number. Co^*Amount. Number. Amount, Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Auckland Blenheim .. Dhi-istchurch Dunedin .. Glisborno Clroymouth Hokitika Invcrcargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru riiames I'imaru Wanganui Wellington Westport 164,500 9,102 55,865 55,044 17,539 17,233 3,418 26,045 34,967 1.6,799 28,150 8,158 28,231 16,360 37,666 137,958 12,320 3,984 187 1,473 1,316 445 388 68 556 806 365 608 148 547 339 756 3,715 265 £ 805,528 44,106 305,719 264,387 101,756 82,775 16,326 126,750 2011,244 86,280 160,605 65,780 I 16,030 148,690 227,587 758,181 57,343 167,733 4,796 66,923 56.564 6,923 7,708 2,568 17,040 23,888 13,418 16,149 4,516 1.2,156 9,778 22,631 129,432 4,961 £ 901,549 42,951 398,927 312,396 |,43,364 ' 42,777 12,258 92,811 162,078 85,621 122,080 26,444 75,538 60,194 135,722 744,999 26,763 17,611 995 9,103 7,326 2.482 1,012 260 3,292 4,578 1,709 4,507 967 2,608 2,450 4,561 20,042 730 215,461 12,708 1.57.621 119.405 28,582 13,651 2,7.15 39,905 f56,260 21,165 43,688 11,480 24,553 29,082 53,147 279,433 9,245 £ 3,017,957 188,156 2,142,947 1,667,592 404,674 176,555 40,644 600,741 845,668 347,445 779,263 192,889 343,465 • 486,674 737,002 3,482,527 122,209 10,883 695 6,547 4,781 1,736 992 284 2.098 3,088 1,114 2,169 767 1,924 1,764 3,782 12,489 733 144,259 7,094 108,056 70,871 17,21.1 7,637 1,666 21,241 30,223 12,232 20,473 7,380 14,034 18,237 31,375 171,306 4,877 £ 2,449,771 152,922 1,916,304 1.477,426 321,290 180,679 44,332 459,623 658,984 293,456 548,310 199,357 299,298 458,533 627,853 2,752,555 116.727 Grand totals .. 669,355 15,966 3,607,087 507,184 3,286,472 84,833 1,118,1.01 115,576,408 55,840 088,778 12,957,420

Sold. Paid. Denomination. 1915-16. 1916-17. 1915-16. 1916-17. s. d. 0 6 1 0 1 6 2 0 2 6 3 0 3 6 4 0 4 6 5 0 *5 6 *6 0 *6 6 *7 0 7 6 *8 0 *8 6 »9 0 •9 6 10 0 *10 6 •11 0 ♦11 6 •12 0 12 6 *13 0 •13 6 *14 0 •14 6 15 0 •15 6 •16 0 •16 6 •17 0 17 6 •18 0 •18 6 •19 0 •19 6 20 0 •21 0 1,816 4,990 2,159 4,421 5,629 3,235 1,257 2,353 874 14,001 2,408 16,439 1,685 4,731 2,124 4,241 5,895 3,079 1,133 2,289 939 14,637 2,352 18,058 248 997 305 948 1,517 465 240 342 105 2,515 49 203 81 135 258 118 29 43 39 2,849 73 57 38 132 122 56 26 82 24 748 16 27 14 21 42 28 15 16 29 9,663 302 183 902 309 932 1,371 520 217 346 102 2,579 71 169 69 117 272 102 29 49 25 2,798 82 46 33 141 123 71 33 77 29 784 17 36 16 21 44 34 14 19 22 10,093 280 1,197 1,195 3,605 3,753 788 850 36,687 41,648 Number 101,859 108,612 23,017 23,177 £14,474 Value .. £57,352 £63,456 £14,062 * British Postal Orders .st September, 1910. of these denominations were withdrawn from issue at all ollices in the Dominion on the