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General Post Office, Wellington, 15th May, 1931. G. McNamaba, Secretary.

POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK.— GENERAL STATEMENT. Table showing the Business of the Post Office Savings-bank in New Zealand, by Ten-year Periods, from 1868 to the 31st December, 1918, and Yearly Periods thereafter to the Year ended 31st March, 1931.

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Branches' w , , Average Average Number Number Nu ™ ber Total Amount Amoult °, the Post Number o' Total Amount Total Amount of Amount of Excess of Excess of AccSU Acc^Us Savings- — ™Sr « ™ n bank Open the Year. during the the Yefr dnlin S during the Year, during the Year. āl X™S at Close inclusive of Open at the Close the *eai. aunngtne the year. the Yea?r. „ tbe , r the of the Interest to the Account at of the Year. Year. Year. Year. Close of the Year. Close of the Year. j £ s. d.' £ s. d. ! £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.j ! £ s. d. £ s d Year ended 31st Mar., 884 1,695,14324,531,569 1 3 14 9 51,473,02728,063,338 6 0j 19 1 0 .. 3,531,769 4 91,763,824 17 3 98,298 73.012 878,043 47,668 547 1 1 54 5 9 1931 Year ended 31st Mar., 882 1,700,460128,561,854 4 10 16 15 11 1,342,113,29,575,993 16 10 22 0 9 .. 1,014,139 12 01,806,414 0 1 97,932 73,471 852,757 49,436,491 8 7 57 19 5 1930 Year ended 31st Mar., 879 1,618,656 27,252,381 9 0 16 16 91,285,256 28,111,940 16 9 21 17 6 .. 859,559 7 91,745,050 5 4 93,111 69,540 828,296 48,644,217 0 6 58 14 7 1929 Year ended 31st Mar., 870 1,570,493 27,611,066 5 1 17 11 7 1,274,906 30,584,997 14 4 23 19 10 .. 2,973,931 9 31,747,155 13 9 93,331 72,433 804,725 47,758,726 2 11 59 6 11 1928 Year ended 31st Mar., 875 1,509,909 29,456,383 2 7 19 10 21,224,76430,149,628 17 3 24 12 4 .. 693,245 14 81,767,426 2 8 97,713 72,041 783,827 48,985,501 18 5 62 9 11 1927 Year ended 31st Mar., 870 1,446,530 31,833,621 9 5 22 0 1 1,197,985 32,602,505 17 2 27 4 3 .. 768,884 7 91,731,577 17 2104,447 81,440 758 15547 911 321 10 5 63 3 11 1926 Year ended 31st Mar., 855 1,371,009 29,582,897 2 9 21 11 7 1,108,29130,413,609 3 11 27 8 10 .. 830.712 1 21,680,919 10 10 95,595 70,604 735,148 46,948 628 1 0 63 17 3 1925 Year ended 31st Mar., 846 1,261,14129,598,372 4 8 23 9 41,075,037 29,510,320 19 6 27 9 0 88,051 5 2 .. 1,649,976 4 8 92,465 73,098 710 157 46 098 420 11 4 64 18 3 1924 Year ended 31st Mar., 840 1,175,10426,682,426 11 4 22 14 2 1,081,300 27,769,262 16 3 25 13 8 .. 1,086,836 4 11 1,605,525 1 10 78,490 66,630 690,790 44,360,393 1 6 64 4 4 1923 Year ended 31st Mar., 831 1,227,59129,125,997 10 0 23 14 6 1,119,662 30,236,231 6 5 27 0 0 .. 1,110,233 16 51,599,907 2 0 89,859 75,748 678.930 43,841 704 4 7 64 11 6 1922 fifteen months ended 819 1,664,206 44,302,852 5 4 26 12 5 1,458,008 41,162,486 9 10 28 4 83,140,365 15 6 .. 1,818,534 5 2 152,930118,894 664,819 43,352,030 19 0 65 4 2 31st March, 1921 Totals for 1919 .. 794 1,289,16129,758,448 9 7 23 1 8 994,247 25,962,378 2 6 26 2 33,796,070 7 1 .. 1,178,935 6 6 118,109 77,531 630,783 38,393,130 18 4 60 17 4 1918 .. 786 1,213,35318,101,104 18 1 14 18 4 727,72914,938,841 10 0 20 10 73,162,263 8 1 .. 1,059,471 17 8 76,869 53,015 590,205 33,418,125 4 9 56 12 5 ,, 1908 .. 593 706,101 9,674,075 4 0 13 14 0 484,672 9,417,820 10 3 19 8 8 256,254 13 9 .. 379,808 6 7 80,133 57,829 342,077 12,159,293 18 1 35 10 11 „ 1898 .. 409 281,749 3,279,611 7 5 11 12 10 196,764 3,194,893 16 7 16 4 9 84,717 10 10 .. 128,128 16 6 37,265 26,628 169,968 4,957,771 5 5 29 3 5 „ 1888 .. 290 145,355 1,544,747 7 11 10 12 6 96,204 1,387,471 1 10 14 8 5 157,276 6 1 .. 78,080 6 0 21,307 16,543 84,488 2,048,441 10 9 24 4 10 1878 .. 147 69,908 762,084 12 0 10 18 0 42,746 742,053 14 3 17 7 2 20,030 17 9 .. 31,664 12 9 13,005 9,634 32,132 819,071 8 2 25 9 9 ,, 1868 .. 55 13,014 194,535 11 6 14 18 11 6,365 107,094 17 3 16 16 6 87,440 14 3 .. 4,880 7 3 3,282 1,186 4,252 163,518 15 7 38 9 1 •(■Totals from 1st Feb. to 46 6,977 96,372 7 10 13 16 3 1,919 26,415 18 9 13 15 3 69,956 9 1 .. 1,241 5 0 2,520 364 2 156 71 197 14 1 33 0 5 31st. Dec., 1867 * Termination of Savings-bank year altered from 31st December to 31st March, with effect from 31st March, 1921. f The Post Office Savings-bank was established in the Dominion in February, 1867.