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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, 1917.

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By Authority: Marcuh F. Masks, - Government Printer, Wellington.— 1918.

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General Post Office, W. R. MobriS, Wellington, 15th October, 1918. Secretary.

Year. NumDer 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 Average of With- Total Amount of Amount of Excess of drawals Withdrawals ." ch . ?'P, 0 h s '" °_Z during during the Year. Withdrawal Withdrawals the Yea' 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 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. Totals for 1917 .. 1916 .. 1915 •■ 1914 •- 1913 •- 1912 .. 1911 .. 1910 .. 1909 .. 1908 .. i9°7 1906 .. i9°5 •• 1904 •• 1903 •• „ 1902 1901 „ 1900 .. .. . . 1899 .. 1898 .. 1897 •• 1896 .. 1895 •■ 1894 .. 1893 .. 1892 .. 1891 .. 1890 .. 1889 .. 1888 .. 1887 .. 1886 .. 1885 .. 1884 .. 1883 .. 1882 .. 1881 .. „ 1880 .. 1879 .. 1878 .. . 1877 •• 1876 .. 1875 .. „ 1874 ..- 1873 .. 1872 .. „ 1871 .. 1870 .. 1869 .. 1868 .. Totals from 1st Feb. to 31st Dec, 1867 791 1,211,909! 786 1.118,101 787 ! 970,759, 766 j 884,405 747 907,876 724 877,889 687 823,832 647 768, 824 619 , 724,501 593 706,101 563 650,990 54 1 593,764 520 509,112 510 469,799 493 444,51°! 481 411,215! 466 380,808 445 347,056 427 313,783 409 I 281,749 388 267,615 371 242,283 357 217,393 348 204,545 327 202,276 318 186,945 311 176,971 296 162,938 294 153,920 290 145,355 283 136,197 27 1 137,989 256 131,373 243 129,279 222 127,609 207 129,952 190 125,855 178 81,660 165 7 I >865 147 69,908 138 60,953 124 57,295 119 56,129 103 52,627 97 39,223 92 31,681 81 24,642 70 20,489 59 17,133 55 13,014 46 6,977 £ s. d. £ s. d.j 17,106,529 5 4 14 2 3 ! 718,907.: 15.576.408 3 9 13 18 7 688,7781: 13,706,057 5 8, '4 2 5; 657,237,: 11,904,322 19 8 13 9 2 1 657,622: 11,286,702 7 5 12 8 8 634,801 11,725,182 16 5 13 7 1 589,388 11,627,367 14 3 14 2 3! 546,022. 10,708,938 16 10 13 18 7 520,413! 9,611,119 11 3 13 5 4 520,971 9,674,075 4 o 13 14 o 484,672! 9,351,663 19 7 14 7 4 433,796, 7,907,154 12 5: 13 6 4 386,53 6 | 6,625,744 ° I0 13 o 3 346,022 5,836,540 o o 12 8 6 323,609 5,661,592 15 2 12 14 9 301,076; 5,069,619 6 2 12 6 7 273,454, 4,611,456 6 1 12 2 2 247,854! 4,170,428 15 31 12 o 4 227,079! 3,644,980 9 10 11 12 4 206,940! 3,279,611 7 5 11 12 10 196,764 3,187,219 2 4 II 18 2 179,555 2,881,152 16 3 11 17 10] 167,248: 2,794,506 16 o 12 17 1 159,904! 2,252,862 6 11 11 o 3 152,136! 2,386,089 10 7 11 15 11 136,739 1,878,270 6 4 10 on 120,628, 1,842,987 15 2 10 8 3 111,603! 1,658,543 3 5 10 3 6 io6,868 ! 1,515,281 n 3 9 16 10 99,185 I i544.747 7 IX i° 12 6 96,204) 1,312,151 15 9 12 8 89,962 1,248,405 6 n 9 o n 89,182 1,341,001 3 2 10 4 1 84,832 1,227,909 11 4 9 9 11 80,800 1,178,474 41948 78,405. I t3 2 5,852 2 n 10 4 o 69,308 1,189,012 27 9 8 11 60,137 864,441 18 10 10 11 9 57,446, 812,399 n n n 6 1 54,698: 762,084 12 o 10 18 o 42,746: 681,294 13 2 11 3 6, 39.363! 664,134 12 6 nu g 39,486 657.653 4 ° 11 14 4 36,977, 699,249 14 3 13 5 8 29,778! 580,542 5 5 14 16 2 21,268 430,877 o o 13 12 o 17,254 312,338 18 4 12 13 6 14,773; 264,328 5 7 12 18 o 11,934! 240,898 5 9 14 1 2 9,292' !94.535 « 6 14 18 11 6,365! 96,372 7 10 13 16 3 i,9i9 £ s- d - £ s - d, 14,461,169 3 7 20 2 A. 12,957,420 3 10 18 16 2: n,294,973 16 5 17 3 9 10,603,018 6 3! 16 2 6 11,041,454 8 10; 17 7 10 11,449,711 3 71 19 8 6i 10,662,045 15 2 19 10 6, 9.695.514 16 1 18 12 7 9,499,319 16 4 18 4 8 9,417,820 10 3 19 8 8 8,125,123 o o 18 14 y 6,907,103 17 7 ,17 17 5 5,984,184 12 2 17 5 n 5.664.770 3 9 17 10 1 5,343,828 5 o 17 15 o 4.708.771 n 2 17 4 5 4,230,193 6 2 17 1 4 3,827,416 7 3 16 17 1 3,417,298 19 8 16 10 3 3,194,893 l6 7 16 4 9 2,891,169 5 8! 16 2 0 2,591,558 19 r 5 9 10 2,369,333 6 7 14 16 4 2,268,624 8 4 14 18 3 2,122,521 16 8 15 10 5 1,821,348 18 1 15 2 o 1.693.515 9 3 15 3 5 1,500,437 9 5 14 o 9 1,457,081 5 o 14 13 9 1,387,471 1 10 14 8 5 I 1,182,409 7 6, 13 2 IO : 1,336,287 6 4 14 19 8 1,264,305 8 3! 14 18 o 1,195,931 o n 14 16 o 1,295,719 18 3 16 10 6 1,142,599 o 1 16 9 8 902,195 1 8 15 o 1 780,504 13 4 13 11 8 876,180 19 3 16 0 4 742,053 14 3 17 7 2 667,023 7 51 16 18 10 696,281 7 4 17 12 8 729,759 17 9 19 14 8 620,155 8 9 20 16 5 425,908 3 5 20 o 5 313,176 7 11 18 3 o 261,347 16 3; 17 13 9 209,509 13 2 17 11 1 180,518 4 1 19 8 7 107,094 17 3 16 16 6! 26,415 18 9 13 15 3! I £ s. d. 1 £ s. d. 2,645,360 19 2,618,987 19 n 2,411,083 93 1,301,304 13 5 245,247 18 7 ! 275,471 12 10. , 965,321 19 1 1,013,424 09 111,799 14 11, 256,254 13 9 1, 226, 540 19 7| 1,000,050 14 IOj 641, 559 8 81 171,769 16 3j 317,764 10 2] 360,847 15 oj 381,262 19 n 343,012 80! 227,681 IO 2 84,717 IO IO 296,049 16 8 289,593 16 11 425,173 9 5 ! ! 15,762 1 5 263,567 13 11 56,921 83, 149,472 5 11! 158,105 14 o: 58,200 63 157,276 6 " 1 129,741 13 11 87,881 19 5 1 76,695 14 n - 31,978 10 5 [117,245 14 2 183,253 2 10 286,817 on! 83,937 5 6! I 63,781 7 4 20,030 17 9 1 14,271 59! i .. ! 32,146 14 10 72,106 13 9 i 79,094 56 : 154,634 20 ■ 117,700 12 1 1 50,991 21 54,818 12 5 • 60,380 18 ', 87,440 14 3 !: 69,956 91] £ 32,000 32,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 29,000! 29,000 28,000 27,000 27,000 19,000 17,000 16,500 16,000 15,000 14,000 11,500] 10,500 9,500 8,500 8,000 7,000 7,000 6,500 6,500, 5,5oo 5,ooo| 5,ooo ! 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,600 4,000 4, ooo, 4,000: 3,5oo 3,5°° 3,000 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,250 1,800 i,35ij 1,264 1,186 789 822 s. d. ! £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. o 3'97 : 947,821 6 o 82,200 53,921 566,35129,196,389 19 o 51 n o o 4-25 817,855 19 3 84,833 55,846 538,07225,603,208 n 3 47 n 7 o 442 707,252 3 9 83,244 57,421 509,085; 22,166, 364 12 1 43 10 10 o 467: 615,310 9 4 78,519 53,851 483,262.19,048,028 19 1 39 8 4 o 467 555,9o8 9 7 81,260, 54,865 458,59417,131,413 16 4 37 7 2 o 4 74 5H,598 18 8j 85,529 58,896! 432,19916,330,257 8 2 37 15 8 o 508 472,874 18 5 85,912] 60,931, 405,56615,543,186 16 8 38 6 6 o 521 424,668 1 o 78,5661 57,695 380,58514,104,989 19 2 37 1 3 o 5-20 395,804 4 5 77,400! 59,763 359,71412,666,897 17 5 35 4 3 o 544 379,8o8 6 7 80,133 57,829 342,07712,159,293 18 1 35 10 11 o 4-20' 343,424 7 2 74,671! 53,644 3!9,77311,523,230 17 9 36 o 9 o 4-16 291,191 19 i, 70,206 47,526 298,746 9,953,265 11 o 33 6 4 o 4-63 259,081 7 6 60,015! 43,113 276,066 8,662,022 17 1 31 7 6 o 4-84; 200,930 6 1 57,769, 42,280 259,164 7,761,382 o n 29 18 11 o 4-83! 187,130 2 8 57,047! 40,837] 243,675 7,388,681 18 7 30 6 5 o 4-90: 172,926 1 7 53,587, 38,558! 6,883,787 5 9 30 5 3 o 439 I 59, I 9 8 4 ° 5 0 ,°4 6 35,oi8 : 212,436 6,350,013 9 2 29 17 10 o 439! 146,169 2 5 46,086! 31,724 197,408! 5,809,552 5 3 29 8 7 o 4-38! 134,917 J 9 3 4!,362, 28,284 183,046! 5,320,370 14 10 29 1 4 o 426 128,128 16 6 37,265! 26,628 169,968 4,957,771 5 5j 29 3 5 o 4-29, 137,24° 8 0 36,394 24,821 I59.33 1 4,744,924 18 1 1 29 15 7 o 410 126,497 16 3 32,982 22,907 147,758, 4,311,634 13 5 29 3 7 o 4-45 129,489 19 6 : 3°,26ij 22,001 137,683! 3,895,543 o 3 23 5 10 o 4-37 114,643 4 Ii: 28,669! 21,93° i 2 9,423! 3,340,879 11 4! 25 16 3 o 4-60] 114,760 1 1 29,755 19,599 122,684 3,241,998 7 10 26 8 6 o 4'2g! 111,301 13 1 26,232 18,171 112,528 2,863,670 12 10 25 9 o o 416 104,098 17 oj 25,131; 17,872 104,467! 2,695,447 IZ 6 25 16 o o 92,319 o 6, 23,719 17,256 97,208 2,441,876 8 7 25 2 4 ° 379 84,809 17 1 21,778 15,521 90,745, 2,191,451 14 1 j 24 2 n o 3'97l 78,080 6 o 21,307: 16,543 84,488! 2,048,441 10 9 24 4 10 o 424! 67,363 15 3 20,368; i5,5 I 5 79,724 1,813,084 18 8 22 14 10 o 423 65,825 9 6 21,671: 16,757 74,871 1,615,979 9 6 21 n 8 o 444' 62,228 3 n 20,661 16,421 69,957 r ,638, 035 19 5! 23 8 4 o 457 57,381 13 7 20,228 16,447 65,717 1,499,112 o 7I 22 16 3 o 4-66, 56,046 17 3 20,386 15,967! 61,936 1,409,751 16 7 22 15 2 o 482: 54,909 13 "i 21,014] 14,505 57,517 1,470,950 13 6 25 11 5 o 452! 42,204 19 0 25,059 12,718 51,008 1,232,787 16 9 24 3 4 o 604 32,822 12 4 16,137: 12,217 38,667: 903,765 16 10 23 7 6 o 5'6g 31,715 18 2 15,401! 12,786 34,747! 787,005 19 o 22 12 II o 533 31,664 12 9 13,005 9,634 32,132, 819,071 8 2 25 9 9 o 5-98 29,193 14 6| 11,235 8,591 28,761 767,375 17 8 26 13 7 o 620 28,762 4 7 11,255 9,472 26,117! 723,910 17 5 27 14 4 o 644 28,565 3 5 11,273 8,681 24,334 727,295 7 8 29 17 9 o 6-55 26,935 6 8 10,346; 5,736! 21,742; 770,836 18 o 35 9 0 o 714 20,106 16 10! 7,382 3,816 17,132 664,807 5 10 38 16 1 o 763 14,711 o 5 6,205 3,i88 13,566 490,066 7 o 36 2 5 o 823J 11,291 10 ioj 4,615 2,383 10,549 357,654 14 6 33 18 1 o 936! 9,242 3 "I 4,304! 2,277 8,317 295,372 1 7 35 10 3 o 10-771 7,4 12 8 o 3,839 1,801 6,290 231,311 5 3 36 15 5 0 977; 4,88o 7 3 3,282! 1,186; 4,252 163,518 15 7 38 9 1 1 1018 1,241 5 o! 2,520; 364; 2,156! 7i,!97 14 1 33 o 5 1 1.1