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Table No. 7. POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS GENERAL STATEMENT. Table showing the Business of the Post Office Savings-banks in New Zealand, by Ten-year Periods, from the Date they were established in February, 1867, to the 31st December, 1918, and Yearly Periods thereafter to the Year ended 31st March, 1924.

Year. Number of Post Office Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the Year Number of Deposits received during the Year. Total Amount of Deposits received during the Year. Average Aversion Amount of Number _..... Amount of 1 Excess of Deposit , ESS. ! T tt£=i 0t e-h With- over Excess of Withdrawals over Deposits during the Year. Average Cost of Cost of Manage- each ment Transacduring tion, Dethe posit or Year, j WithI drawal. Interest for the Year. Number of Accounts opened during the Year. Kiimhar Average Number juniper _ 0| . a ] Amount Amount of .™l. f . standing to the standingto Accounts remain Credit of all the Credit closed . J2rr" Open Accounts, of each during T?AffiS? inclusive of Open the I« tiJe Interest to the Account at Year. 2™ Close of the Year. Close of lear - the Year. Year ended 31st Mar., 846 1924 Year ended 31st Mar., 840 1923 Year ended 31st Mar., 831 1922 * Fifteen months ended 819 31st March, 1921 Totals for 1919 . - 794 1,261,141 £ s. d. 29,598,372 4 8 £ s. d. 23 9 4 £ s. d. 1,075,037 29,510,320 19 6 1,081,300 27,769,262 16 3 £ s. d. 27 9 0 £ s. d. 88,051 5 2 £ s. d. £ 90,000 s. d. 0 9-24 £ s. d. 1,649,976 4 8 92,465 73,098 710,157 £ s. d. £ s. d. 46,098,420 11 4 64 18 3 1,175,104 26,682,426 11 4 22 14 2 25 13 8 1 1,086,836 4 11 70,650 0 7-51 1,605,525 1 10 78,490 66,630 690,790 44,360,393 1 6 64 4 4 1.227,591 29,125,997 10 0 23 14 6 1,119,662 30,236,231 6 5 27 0 0 1 1,110,233 16 5 60,000 0 6-13 1,599,907 2 0 89,859 75,748 678,930 43,841,704 4 7 64 11 6 1,664,206 44,302,852 5 4 26 12 5 1,458,00841, 162, 4S0 9 10 28 4 8 3,140,365 15 6 80,000 0 6-14 1,818,534 5 2 152,930 118,894 664,819 43,352,030 19 0 65 4 2 1,289,161 29,758,448 9 7 23 1 8 994,247 25.962,378 2 6 26 2 3 3,796,070 7 1 52,000 0 5-46 1,178,935 6 6 118,109 77,531 630,783 38,393,130 18 4 60 17 4 IV „ 1918 .. 786 1,213,353 18,101,104 18 1 14 18 4 727.729 14,938,841 10 0 20 10 7 3,162,263 8 1 32,000 0 3-96 1,059,471 17 8 76,869 53,015 590,205 33,418,125 4 9 56 12 5 1908 .. 593 1898 .. 409 1888 .. 290 1878 .. 147 1868 .. 55 Totals from 1st Feb. to 46 3lst Dec, 1.867 706,101 281,749 145,355 9,674,075 4 0 3,279,611 7 5 : 1,544,747 7 11 13 14 0 11 12 lol I 10 12 0 484,672 9,417,820 10 3 196,764 3,194,893 16 7 96,204 1,387,471 1 10 19 8 8 16 4 9 14 8 51 256,254 13 9 84,717 10 10 157.276 6 1 27,000 8,500 4,000 0 5-44 0 4-26 0 3-97 379,808 6 7 128,128 16 6 78,080 6 0 80,133 37,265 21,307 57,829 26,628 16,543 342,077 169,968 84,488 12,159,293 18 1 35 10 11 4,957,771 5 5| 29 3 5 2,048,441 10 9 24 4 10 69,908 762,084 12 0 10 18 0 42,746 742,053 14 3 17 7 2 20,030 17 9 2,500 0 5-33 31,664 12 9 13,005 9,634 32,132 819,071 8 2 25 9 9 13,014 194,535 11 6 14 18 11 6,365 107,094 17 3 16 16 6 87,440 14 3 69,956 9 1 789 0 9-77 4,880 7 3 3,282 1,186 4,252 163,518 15 7J 38 9 1 6,977 96,372 7 10 13 16 3 1,919 26,415 18 9 13 15 3 822 1 1018 1,241 5 0 2,520 364 2,156 71,197 14 1 33 0 5 J I * Termination of Savings-bank year altered from 31st December to 31st March, with effect from 31st March, 1921.