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Table No. 5. 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, 1933.

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„ . Average ' Number Number Total Amount Amount Number of Average Average of of . t _ standing to the standingto Branches Number of Amount of Number Amount of Excess of Excess of Accounts Accounts Credit of all the Credit of the Post ne-oosits Total Amount each of With- Total Amount of each With- Deposits over "Withdrawals Interest for opened closed • „ „ Open Accounts, of each Office received of Deposits Deposit drawals Withdrawals drawal Withdrawals over Deposits the Year. during during ™FpRse inclusive of Open Savings- during received during lece ived duriDg during the Year. during during the Year, during the Year. the the of the Interest to the Account at bank open the Year the Year. during the the Year. the Year Year. Year. -ypnr Close of the Year. Close of at the Close *eai. * ear - the Year, ol the Year. r j 1 -P s d ' ■ £ s. d. £ s. d. Year ended 31st Mar., ! 873 1,214,10516, *1.176 8 "l it 0 "l 1,475,07919,631,928 4 % 13 6 *8 * .. * 2,702,751 16 81,475,873 10 5 72,538 152, 531 1 797,097 42,028,620 14 8 52 14 7 31st Mar., i 882 1,418,25019,463,985 10 6 13 14 61,535,36825,488,081 4 0 16 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 Year'ended 31st Mar., 884 1,695, 14324,53! ,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 73,012 878,043 47,668,547 1 1 54 5 9 Year^ended 31st Mar., 882 1,700,460 28,561,854 4 10 16 15 11 1,342,113 29,575,993 16 ,0 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 31st Mar., 879 1,618,656 27,252,381 9 0 16 16 9 1,285,256 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 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 3!,747, 155 13 9 93,331 72,433 804,725 47,758,726 2 1! 59 6 11 Yesufeiided 31st Mar., 875 1,509,909 29,456,383 2 7 19 10 2 1,224,76430,149,628 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 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 9 1,731,577 17 2104,447 81,440 758,155 47,911,321 10 5 63 3 11 31st Mar., 855 1,371,009 29,582,897 2 9 21 11 71,108, 29130,413,609 3 ,1 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 Year'ended 31st Mar., 846 1,261, 14129,598,372 4 8 23 9 4 1,075,037 29,510,320 19 6 27 9 0 88,051 5 2 .. 1,649,976 4 8 92,465 73,09. 710,157 46,098,420 11 4 64 18 3 Yearned 31st Ma,, 840 1,175,10426,682,426 11 4 22 14 21,081,300 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 Ye^fended 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 5 1,599,907 2 0 89,859 75,748 678,930 43,841,704 4 7 64 11 6 *Kfteen months ended 819 1,664,206 44,302,852 5 4 26 12 51,458,008 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 2 794 1,289,16129,758,448 9 7 23 1 8 994,247 25,962,378 2 6 26 2 33,796,070 f 1 - 11,178,985 • «"8,10* 77,531 630,783 38,393,130 18 4 60 17 4 I 786 1,213,35318,101,104 18 1 14 18 4 727,72,14,938,841 10 0 20 10 73,162,263 8 1 !l,059, 471 17 8 76,869 53,015 590,20533,418,125 4 9 56 12 5 593 706,101 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 11 409 281,749 3,279,611 7 5i 11 12 10 196,764 3,194,893 16 7 16 4 9 84,717 10 10 j 128,128 16 6 37,265 26,628 169,968 4,957,771 290 145,355 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 10 147 69,908 762,084 !2 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 •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 t Totals from 1st Feb. to 46- 6,977 96,372 7 lo! 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 HI 2867 , TermInation o( savings-bank year alt ere d from 31st December to 31s t March, with eflect from 31st March, W t The Post Office Savings-bank was established in the Dominion in February, 1867.