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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, 1932.

General Post Office, Wellington, 15th August, 1932. G. McNamara, Secretary.

By Authority: W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington.— 1932.

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Number of Average a Number Number Number Total Amount Amount A ~° f Total Amount of D S£er wSSwIls Interest for Aclt, — «*?<» tS ™* S S? dSSL IS over Deposits « g *" °E5l$SW* tteYe«. to g he & & *"£8 during the Year, during the Tear. ™ at Close Account at at the Close Year. the Year. Tear Tear of the clos6 o( the Year. Close of of the Year. Yeai. the Year. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Year ended 31st Mar., 882 1,418,25019,463,985 10 6 13 14 61,535,368 25,488,081 4 016 12 0 .. 6,024,095 13 61,611,047 13 4 78,674 79,627 877,090 43,255,499 0 11 49 6 4 1932 Year ended 31st Mar., 884 1,695,143 24,531,569 1 3 14 9 51,473,027 28,063,338 6 0 19 1 0 .. 3,531,769 4 91,763,824 17 3 98,298 73,012 878,04347,668,547 1 1 54 5 9 1931 year ended 31st Mar., 882 1,700,460 28,561,854 4 10 16 15 11 1,342,11329,575,993 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 91,285,25628,111,940 16 9 21 17 6 .. 859,559 7 91,745,050 5 4 93,11] 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 71,108,29130,413,609 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 61,119,662 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 1,458,00841,162,486 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* 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 6118,109 77,531 630,78338,393,130 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 57,829 342,07712,159,293 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 tTotals from 1st Feb. to 46 I 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-hank year altered from 31st December to 31sfc March, with effect from 31st March, 1921. t The Post Office Savings-hank was established in the Dominion in February, 1867.