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Table No. 3. Table showing the Number and Amount of Transactions at Money-order Offices during the Year 1926, and Savings-bank Offices of New Zealand during the Year 1926-27.

Money-orders. Savings-banks. Postal District. Issued. ! Paid. Number Deposits. j Number Withdrawals. of New ; of : . Accounts | Accounts Number. I Commission. Amount. Number. j Amount. opened. Number. ! Amount. i closed. Number. Amount. _ . £ s. d. £ s. d. j i £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland .. .. .. .. 141,619 4,655 14 2 818,648 5 2 ! 179,679 : 1,145,940 3 0 18,218 266,075 5,459,959 5 11 13,802 239,895 5,488,781 4 1 Blenheim .. .. .. .. 9,401 279 2 9 53,754 17 4 4,702 ; 34,600 5 9 1,106 15,645 294,820 18 8 824 13,295 321,942 0 5 Christchureh .. .. .. 71,730 j 2,367 14 0 456,152 7 0 73,126 596,494 15 11 11,244 229,023 4,570,001 8 7 7,800 197,183 4,613,610 8 0 Dunedin .. .. .. .. 65,338 2,036 10 0 376,727 3 10 67,187 450,537 18 5 6,233 119,140 2,293,983 18 10 5,838 97,603 2,466,279 3 7 Gisborne .. .. .. .. 20,248 648 11 6 131,977 8 7 9,852 81,750 1 3 2,334 33,848 622,133 8 10 1,789 28,163 661,264 18 11 Greymouth.. .. .. .. 22,152 678 3 3 124,574 15 10 10,699 68,962 9 2 1,342 16,670 345,379 0 6 1,093 11,565 375,490 12 3 Hamilton .. .. .. .. 76,490 2,201 18 3 471,527 16 6 39,677 249,671 9 10 7,653 81,613 1,397,821 0 4 4,930 57,222 1,381,079 16 1 Invercargill .. .. .. 33,851 991 19 6 191,275 15 1 22,748 143,794 4 4 2,685 36,630 755,099 3 5 2,364 30,952 854,381 15 1 Napier .. .. .. .. 35,503 1,111 10 6 231,592 17 2 24,464 199,853 19 9 4,887 66,451 1,421,243 10 4 4,118 57,091 1,511,741 14 5 Nelson .. .. .. .. 16,561 517 5 6 100,201 17 0 12,375 85,393 13 11 1,449 24,896 454,880 5 2 1,232 20,326 476,679 12 8 New Plymouth .. .. .. 34,031 1,006 11 9 207,326 17 5 21,333 157,787 14 6 3,964 54,770 1,223,139 19 8 3,103 42,526 1,270,552 4 0 Oamaru .. .. .. .. 10,075 274 10 6 96,759 19 3 4,919 30,084 4 0 1,027 14,793 353,305 14 6 724 13,009 395,100 3 7 Palmerston North .. .. .. 44,056 1,185 5 9 303,476 6 3 28,783 195,166 16 7 6,232 75,275 1,560,725 12 8 3,473 59,905 1,534,631 2 4 - Thames .. .. .. .. 30,226 907 10 6 187,530 10 4 13,309 j 89,327 18 5 3,682 33,641 564,843 4 0 2,181 19,032 604,963 2 2 Timaru .. .. .. .. 20,996 583 6 9 217,222 12 8 10,860 73,797 10 0 2,462 37,294 909,435 7 4 1,816 31,867 927,869 2 5 Wanganui .. .. .. .. 41,379 1,120 15 9 256,905 13 11 22,429 149,329 16 9 4,272 65,460 1,175,801 17 10 3,330 54,195 1,228,668 18 0 Wellington .. .. .. 101,793 3,544 11 0 688,113 7 1 125,678 ' 868,853 0 1 17,441 325,755 5,845,818 14 7 12,921 243,089 5,830,618 18 9 - - ' . I Westport .. .. .. .. 14,129 425 15 6 73,527 15 9 4,771 29,001 2 1 707 9,733 160,766 1 6 487 5,411 156,489 17 9 WesternSamoa .. .. .. 2,331 136 3 0 30,487 10 7 213 1,481 11 11 577 2,208 36,441 111 182 1,247 37,761 3 10 Rarotonga.. .. •• .. 1,201 73 1 6 15,343 10 7 611 14,268 13 0 198 989 10,783 8 0 34 1,188 11,722 18 11 Grand totals .. .. 793,110 24,746 1 5 5,033,127 7 4 677,415 4,666,097 8 8 97,713 1,509,909 29,456,383 2 7 72,041 1,224,764 30,149,628 17 3