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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, 1916.

Postal Districts. Number of Post Office Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the Year. Numberof Deposits received duringthe Year. Total Amount of Deposits received during the Year. Average Amount of each Deposit received during the Year. .. . Number of With- Total Amount of drawals Withdrawals during during the Year, the Year. Average Amount of Excess of each Deposits over Withdrawal Withdrawals during 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 Number of of Accounts Accounts remainclosed ing Open during at Close the Year. 01 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. Auckland 229 215,461 £ S. d. 3,017,956 15 7 £ S. d. 14 0 1 144,259 £ s. d. 2,449,770 11 4 £ s. d. 16 19 7 £ s. d. 568,186 4 3 £ s. d. £ d. £ s. d. 150,433 12 0 17,611 10,883 101,922 £ s. d. 4,805,736 0 4 £ 8. d. 47 3 0 Blenheim 15 12,708 188,155 19 7 14 16 1 7,094 152,922 6 8 j 21 11 1 35,233 12 11, 11,545 15 5 995 695 7,827 357,936 8 0 45 14 7 Christchurch 72 157,621 2,142,947 0 9 13 11 10 10S,656 1,916,304 3 2 17 12 8 226,642 17 7 123,217 il 6 9,103 6,547 82,730 3,796,224 12 7 45 17 8 Dunedin 67 119,405 1,667,591 18 8 13 19 3! I ! 70,871 I 1,477,425 18 7 ! I 20 16 11 I 190,166 0 1 *' 104,062 16 11 7,326 4,781 59,260 3,143,878 2 7 53 1 0 Gisborne 22 28,582 404,673 18 8 14 3 2 17,211 321,290 4 7 18 13 4 83,383 14 1 17,387 15 8 2,482 1,736 13,483 558,302 12 4 41 8 1 Grcymouth 18 13,651 176,554 16 7 12 18 8 7,637 180,678 11 4 23 13 2 4,123 14 9 14,277 16 8 1,012 992 8,512 422,932 10 8 49 13 8 Hokitika 9 2,715 40,644 5 10 14 19 4 1,666 44,331 9 11 26 12 2 3,687 4 1 3,935 5 10 260 284 2,398 112,829 17 8 41 7 0 Invercargill 34 39,905 600,740 17 0 15 1 1 21,241 459,622 16 6 21 12 9 141,118 0 6 36,240 17 0 3,292 2,098 22,162 1,129,546 5 0 50 19 4 Napier 46 56,26o! 845,667 9 3 15 0 7 30,223 658,984 2 0 21 16 0 186,683 7 3! 41,448 11 5 4,578 3,088 27,775 1,322,666 10 0 47 12 4 Nelson 26 21,165 347,445 8 6 16 8 3 12,232 293,456 3 8 23 19 9 53,989 4 10 19,645 17 7 1,709 1,114 13,044 600,690 13 9 46 1 0 New Plymouth .. 30 43,688 779,262 11 1 17 16 8 20,473 548,309 12 2 26 15 7 230,952 18 11 31,686 2 7 4,507 2,169 18,456 1,042,212 14 6 56 9 4 Oamaru 11 11,480! 192,889 9 1 16 16 0 7,386 199,357 5 8 26 19 9 6,467 16 7 12,952 2 1 967 767 6,566 374,629 10 7 57 1 5 Thames 30 24,553 343,465 7 5 13 19 9: 14,034 299,298 6 9 21 6 6 44,167 0 S 19.403 18 5 2,608 1,924 15,384 602,247 10 11 39 2 11 Timaru .. .. j 16 29,082 486,673 19 6 16 14 8 18,237 458,533 8 3 25 2 10 28,140 11 3J 29,022 15 8 2,450 1,764 15,989 865,853 8 0 54 3 0 Wanganui 42 53,147 737,002 8 0 13 17 4 31,375 627,852 12 7 20 0 2 109,149 15 5 33,378 12 2 4,561 3,782 25,431 1,054,396 14 2 41 9 2 Wellington 10,1 279,433 3,482,526 15 9 12 9 3 171,306 2,752,555 3 6 10 1 4 729,971 12 3 161,015 0 3 20,642 12,489 111,850 5,166,275 0 6 46 3 9 Westport 19 9,245 122,209 2 6 13 4 4 4,877 116,727 7 2 23 18 8 5,481 15 4 8,201 8 1 730 733 5,283 246,849 19 8 41 14 6 Totals for 1916 786 1,118,101' 15,576,408 3 9 13 18 7 688,778 12,957,420 3 10 18 16 2! 2,618,987 19 11 32,000 4-25 817,1-55 19 3 84,833 55,846 538,072 25,603,208 11 3 47 11 7