POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK. STATEMENT SHOWING THE DEPOSITS RECEIVED AND PAID BY THE POST OFFICE SAVINGSBANKS, AND THE EXPENSES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, FOR THE YEAR 1913, TOGETHER WITH SIMILAR PARTICULARS, YEAR BY YEAR, FROM THE DATE POST OFFICE SAVINGSBANKS WERE ESTABLISHED IN THE DOMINION IN FEBRUARY, 1867.

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POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK. STATEMENT SHOWING THE DEPOSITS RECEIVED AND PAID BY THE POST OFFICE SAVINGSBANKS, AND THE EXPENSES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, FOR THE YEAR 1913, TOGETHER WITH SIMILAR PARTICULARS, YEAR BY YEAR, FROM THE DATE POST OFFICE SAVINGSBANKS WERE ESTABLISHED IN THE DOMINION IN FEBRUARY, 1867.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly pursuant to Section 82 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908.

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POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS.— GENERAL STATEMENT. Table showing the Business of the Post Office Savings-banks in the various Postal Districts in New Zealand during the Year ended the 31st December, 1913.

Postal Districts. Number of Post Office Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the ! Year. Number of Deposits received duringthe Year. Average t . , . . Amount of Number Total Amount each 0l 'With- Total Amount of ot Deposits . Deposit drawals Withdrawals received durmg the KC £ Wei dnring during the Year. r - during the i the Year. Year. Average Amount of Excess of each Deposits over Withdrawal Withdrawals during during the Year, the Year. Fxcess of I CoSt of Withdrawals Mana f over Deposits , me . m duringthe' Yea, £"£_ Average Cost of each Transaction, Deposit or Withdrawal. I uterest for the Year. ! Number — .„, .„ . Average Number Number: of 1 Amount of of Accounts , he standing to Accounts Accounts 1 remain- „ Ka ' t °' au the Credit ol opened closed ing Open Open Account , each Open during : during : at Close inclusive or . , Account at the Year.! the Year.! of the ri„ f i v! ! Close of Year. Close of the Year. j the y ear . £ s. d. £ s. d. 2,385,282 19 5 13 5 5 £ s. d. £ ! ! Auckland .. 214 179,725 Blenheim .. 14 10,172 136,691 £ s. d. 2,301,270 1 8 £ s. d. 16 16 9 £ s. d. 84.012 17 9 (1. £ s. d. 100,188 19 0 I jl8,799 10,738 83,364 £ s. d. 3,146,396 13 10 £ s. d. 37 14 10 •• 155,660 17 9 15 6 1 7,152 155,733 1 4 21 15 6 72 3 7 8,293 19 1 1,077 851 6,986 ; 250,759 1 4 35 17 11 Christehurch ..- 70 140,951 1,739,413 11 9 12 6 10 104,407 1, 697, 945 3 7 16 5 3 41,468 8 2 86,853 10 1 9,938 6,701 73,936 2,691,023 17 7 36 7 11 Dunedin .. 66 1102,134 1,268,927 5 8 12 8 6 69,585 11,277,536 17 7 18 7 2l 8,609 11 II 76,400 6 10 | j 7,043 I 5,075 53,123 .2,308,536 2 9 43 9 2 Gisborne .. 21 26.013 301,109 0 0 11 11 6 18,446 286,682 9 1 15 10 10 14,426 10 11 ■• 11,463 14 3 j 2,688 1,816 11,711 361,923 14 7 30 18 1 Greymouth .. 16 14,478 174,969 8 4 12 1 8 8,581 170,168 7 10 19 16 7 4,801 0 6 ■• 11,560 15 2 1,398 1,179 8,009 352,084 15 8 43 19 3 Hokitika .. 8 j 2,691 36,687 2 2 13 12 8 1,674 39,805 3 2 23 15 7 3,118 1 0 3,492 19 7 263 240 2,320 102,810 5 3 44 6 4 Invercargill .. 31 31,129 Napier .. .. 41 46,809 462,215 7 1 14 17 0 21.496 467,251 19 3 21 14 9 5,036 12 2 27,365 10 3 3,153 2,235 19,326 818,822 10 9 42 7 5 599,236 6 8 J. 2 16 0 29,010 569,019 15 3 19 12 3 30,216 11 5 26,733 11 10 4,737 3,107 23,517 839,537 9 3 35 14 0 Nelson .. .. 26 16,437 231,276 0 0 14 1 5 11,093 245,705 12 2 22 3 0 1 14,429 12 2 13,882 17 11 1,646 1,018 11,366 412,128 11 11 3_6 5 2 New Plymouth .. 18 20,931 284,223 10 11 13 11 7 13,145 275,560 11 6 20 19 3 8,062 19 5 14,307 15 6 2,216 1,569 11,542 437,253 1 3 37 17 8 Oamaru.. .. 11 9,363 161,355 16 2 17 4 8 6,205 151,513 6 7 24 8 4 9,842 9 7 9,531 11 11 940 627 5,744 287,690 0 11 50 1 8 Thames .. 27 21,459 | 270,697 5 3 12 12 4 13,380 275,847 17 5 20 12 4 5,150 12 2 14,863 1 8 2,469 1,884 13,440 454,276 5 11 33 16 0 Timaru .. .. 16 24,259 358,608 0 6 j 14 15 8 16,632 346,233 3 6 20 16 4 12,374 17 0 18,689 17 6 2,573 1,755 13,821 569,890 8 1 41 4 8 Wanganui .. 54 i 50,246 611,608 2 8 12 3 5 32,108 599,875 3 1 18 13 8| 11,732 19 7 26,448 10 8 5,195 3,761 24,860 813,945 14 8 32 14 10 Wellington .. 95 200,149 2,125,671 2 6 10 12 5 138,771 2,051,139 12 11 14 15 7 74,531 9 7 98,632 7 9 j] 116,056 11,164 90,295 3,073,270 2 4 34 0 9 o Westport .. 19 10,930 119,760 10 7 10 19 2 6,425 130,166 2 11 20 5 2 10,405 12 4 7,199 0 7 1,069 1,145 5,234 211,065 0 3 40 6 6 . i Totals for 1913.. j 747 907,876 11,286,702 7 5 12 8 8 !634,801 11,041,454 8 10 17 7 10 245,247 18 7| ; 30,000 4-67 |555,908. 9 7 81,260 54,865 458,594 17,131,413 16 4 37 7 2

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POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS.— GENERAL STATEMENT. Table showing the Business of the Post Office Savings-banks in New Zealand, Year by Year, from the Date they were established, in February, 1867, to the 31st December, 1913.

Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not giveu; printing (1,550 copies), £3. By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.— 1914.

Number of PostOffice Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the Year. Number of Deposits received diningthe Year. Total Amount of Deposits received during the Year. Average Amount of each Deposit received during the Year. Number of Withdrawals during the Year. Total Amount of Withdrawals during the Year. Average Amount of each Withdrawal during the Year. Excess of Deposits over Withdrawals during the Year. Excess of Withdrawals over Deposits during the Year. Cost of Management during the Year. Average Cost of each Transaction, Deposit or Withdrawal. Interest lor the Year. Number i of Accounts opened during the Year. Number of Accounts closed daring the Year. Number of Accounts remaining Open at Close of the Year. Total Amount standing to the Credit of all Open Accounts, inclusive of Interest to the Close of the Year. Average Amount standing to the Credit of each Open Account at Close of the Year. Totals for 1913 .. „ 1912 .. „ 191 1 .. . 1910 1909 1908 1907 „ ■ 1906 .. 1904 .. 1903 1902 1901 1900 1899 .. 1898 .. 1897 .. 1896 .. 1895 .. 1894 .. 1893 ■■ 1892 .. 1891 1890 .. 1889 .. 1888 .. 1887 .. 1886 .. 1885 .. 1884 .. 1883 1882 .. 1881 .. 1880 .. 1879 .. 1878 .. 1877 .. 1876 1875 .. 1874 .. 1873 .. 1872 .. 1871 1870 .. 1869 .. 1868 .. Totals from 1st Feb. to 31st Dec, 1867 747 724 687 647 619 593 563 520 510 493 481 466 445 427 409 388 37 1 357 348 327 318 3" 296 294 290 283 271 256 243 222 207 190 178 165 147 138 124 119 103 97 92 81 70 59 55 46 907,876 : 877,889: 823,832 768,824 724,501 706,101 650,990 593,764 509, 112 469,799 444, 5 10 411,215 380,808 347,056 313,783 281,749 267,615 242,283 217,393 204,545 202,276 186,945 176,971 162,938 153,920 145,355 136,197 137,989 13-1,373 129,279 127,609 129,952 125,855] 8i,66ol 71,865 69,908; 60,953 57,295 56,129 52,627 39,223 31,681 24,642 20,489 17,133 13,014 6,977 £ ■• d. 11,286,702 7 5 11,725,182 16 5 11,627,367 14 3 10,708,938 16 10 9,611, 119 11 3 9,674,075 4 o 9,351,663 19 7 7,907,154 12 5 6,625,744 o 10 5,836,540 ° o I 5,661,592 15 2 5,069,619 6 2 4,611,456 6 I 4,170,428 15 3 3,644,980 9 10 3,279,611 7 5 3,187,219 2 4 2,881,152 16 3 2,794,506 16 o 2,252,862 6 11 • 2,386,089 10 7 1,878,270 6 4 1,842,987 15 2 i 1,658,543 3 5 1 1,515,281 11 3 1,544,747 7 " 1,312,151 1 5 i 1,248,405 6 11 : 1,341,001 3 2 1 1,227,909 11 4 ' 1,178,474 4 1 : 1,325,852 2 II 1,189,012 2 7 1 864,441 18 IO 812,399 II II il 762,084 12 O i 681,294 13 2 664,134 12 6 ' 657,653 4 o 699,249 14 3 i 580,542 5 5 430,877 o o 312,338 18 4 1 264,328 5 7 I 240,898 5 9 194,535 11 6 96,372 7 10 12 8 8 13 7 1 14 2 3| 13 18 r 13 5 4 1 13 14 o 14 7 4 13 6 4 13 o 3 12 8 6 12 14 9 12 6 7 12 2 2 12 o 4 11 12 4 11 12 10 11 18 2 11 17 10 12 17 1 11 o 3 11 15 11 10 o 11 10 8 3 10 3 6 9 16 10 10 12 6 9 12 8j 9 o 11 10 4 1 9 9 11 9 4 8; 10 4 oj 9 8 11 10 11 9 11 6 il 10 18 o 11 3 6 11 11 9 11 14 4 13 5 8 14 16 2 13 12 o; 12 13 6 12 18 o 14 1 2 14 18 11 13 16 3 634,801 589,388 546,022 520,413 520,971 484,672 433,796 386,536 346,022 323,609 301,076 273,454 247,854 227,079 206,940 196,764 179,555 167,248 159,904 152,136 136,739 120,628 in, 603 106,868 99,i85| 96,204] 89,962 ! 89,582] 8 4,832 ; 8o,8ool 78,405) 69,308; 60,137; 57,446| 54,698] 42,746; 39,363! 39,486; 36,977i 29,778! 21,268] 17,254: 14,773: ",934 9,292 6,365 1,919 £ s. d. 11,041 ,'454 8 10 ".449, 7 11 3 7 10,662,045 15 2 9,695,514 16 1 9,499,319 16 4 9,417,820 10 3 8,125,123 o 0 6,907,103 17 7 5,984,184 12 2 5.664.770 3 9 5,343,828 5 o 4.708.771 11 2 4,230,193 6 2 3,827,416 7 3 3,417,298 19 8 3,194,893 16 7 2,891,169 5 8 2,591,558 19 4 2,369,333 6 7 2,268,624 8 4 2,122,521 16 8 . 1,821,348 18 1 1,693,515 9 31 1,500,437 9 5 i,457,o8i 5 o ! 1,387,47! I IO 1,182,409 7 6 1,336,287 6 4 1,264,305 8 3 i,i95,93i o 11 i 1,295,719 18 3 1,142,599 o 1 902,195 1 8 1 780,504 13 4 876,180 19 3 742,053 14 3 667,023 7 5 696,281 7 4 729,759 17 9 620,155 8 9 425,908 3 5 313,176 7 11 261,347 16 3 209,509 13 2 180,518 4 1 107,094 17 3 26,415 18 9 £ s d. 17 7 10 19 8 6 19 10 6 18 12 7 18 4 8 19 8 8 18 14 7 17 17 5 17 5 11 17 10 1 17 15 o 17 4 5 17 1 4 16 17 1 16 10 3 16 4 9 16 2 o 15 9 10 14 16 4 H l8 3 15 10 5 15 2 o 15 3 5 14 o 9 14 13 9 14 8 5 13 2 10 14 ig 8 14 18 o 14 16 o 16 10 6 16 9 8 15 o 1 13 11 8 16 o 4 17 7 2 16 18 10 17 12 8 19 14 8 20 16 5 20 o 5 18 3 o J 7 13 9 17 11 1 19 8 7 16 16 6 13 15 3 £ ■■ d. 245,247 18 7 275,471 12 10 965,321 19 I 1,013,424 o 9 111,799 14 11 256,254 13 9 1,226,540 19 7 1,000,050 14 10 641,559 8 8 171,769 16 3 317,764 10 21 360,847 15 0 381,262 19 ill 343,012 8 o 227,681 10 2 84,717 10 10 296,049 16 8 289,593 16 11 425,173 9 5 263,567 13 11 56,921 8 3 149,472 5 11 158,105 14 o 58,200 6 3 157,276 6 I 129,741 13 11 £ s. d. ■■ ,. ., 15,762 1 5 £ 30,000 29,000 29,000' 28,000 27,000 27,000 19,000 17,000 16,500 16,000 15,000 14,000 11,500 10,500 9,500 8,500 8,000 7,000 7,000 6,500 6,500 5,500 5,000 5,000! 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4 000 4,000 4,000 3,500 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,250 1,800 1,556 1,351 1,264 1,186 789 822 s. d. o 4-67 0 474 o 5-08 o 5-21 o 5-20 o 5'44 o 4-20 o 4-16 o 4-63 o 4-84 o 4-83 o 490 o 439 0 4-39 o 438 o 4-26 o 429 o 410 0 4'45 o 437 o 460 o 4-29 o 416 o 4-45 o 379 o 3 97 o 424 0 4-23 o 444 o 4'57 o 4'66| o 4-82 o 4-52 o 6-04 o 5-69 o 533 o 598 o 620 o 644 o 655 0 714 o 763 o 823 o 9-36 o 1077 0 977 1 1018 £ s. d. 555,908 9 7 81,260 511,598 18 8 85,529 472,874 18 5 85,912 424,668 1 o 78,566 395,804 4 5 77,400 379,808 6 7 80,133 343,424 7 2 74,671 291,191 19 1 70,206 259,081 7 6 60,015 200,930 6 1 57,769 187,130 2 8 57,047 172,926 1 7 53,587 159,198 4 O| 50,046 146,169 2 5 46,086 134,917 19 3 4 X ,362 128,128 16 6 37,265 137,240 8 o 36,394 126,497 16 3 32,982 129,489 19 6 30,261 114,643 4 II! 28,669 114,760 1 I 29,755 111,301 13 1 26,232 104,098 17 o 25,131 92,319 o 6 23,719 84,809 17 I 21,778 78,080 6 oi 21,307 67,363 15 3 20,368 65,825 9 6, 21,671 62,228 3 11 2O,66ij 57,381 13 7 20,228 56,046 17 3 20,386 54,909 13 11 21,014 42,204 19 o 25,059 32,822 12 4 16,137 31,715 18 2 15,401 31,664 12 9 13,005 29,193 14 6 11,235 28,762 4 7 11,255 28,565 3 5 ",273 26,935 6 8 10,346 20,106 16 10 7,382 14,711 o 5 6,205 11,291 10 10 4,615 9,242 3 11 4,304 7,412 8 o 3,839 4,880 7 3 3,282 1,241 5 o 2,520 54,865 58,896 60,931] 57,695] 5S,763l 57,829 53,644 47,526 43,ii3 42,280 40,837 38,558 35,oi8 31,724 28,284 26,628 24,821 22,907 22,001 21,930 19,599 18,171 17,872 17,256 15,521 i6,543 15,515 i6,757 i6,42ij l6,447 15,967 14,505 12,718 12,217 12,786 9,634 8,591 9,472 8,681 5,736 3,816 3,188 2,383 2,277 1,801 1,186 364 458,594 432,199 405,566 380,585 359,714 342,077 319,773 298,746 276,066; 259,164 243,675 227,465 212,436 197,408 183,046 169,968 159,331 147,758 137,683 129,423 122,684 112,528 104,467 97,208 90,745 84,488 79,724 74,871 69,957 65,7*7 61,936 57,517 51,008! 38,667: 34,747; 32,132! 28,761, 26,117 24,334 2I,7 4 2 ! I7, I 32! 13,566 io,549 8,317 6,290 4,252 2,156 17,131,413 16 4 16,330,257 8 2 r5,543, 186 16 8 104, 989 19 2 t.2, 666, 897 17 5 r 2,159,293 18 I ii,523, 2 3O 17 9 9,953,265 11 o 8,662,022 17 1 7,761,382 on 7,388,681 18 7 6,883,787 5 9 6,350,013 9 2 5,809,552 5 3 5,320,370 14 10 4,957,771 5 5 4,744,924 18 1 4,311,634 13 5 3,895,543 ° 3 3,340,879 11 4 3,241,998 7 10 2,863,670 12 10 2,695,447 " 6 2,441,876 8 7 2,191,451 14 1 2,048,441 10 9 1,813,084 18 8 I,6i5,979 9 6 1,638,035 19 5 1,499,112 o 7 1,409,751 16 7 1,470,950 13 6 1,232,787 16 9 903,765 16 10 787,005 19 o 819,071 8 2 767,375 17 8 723,910 17 5 727,295 7 8 770,836 18 o 664,807 5 10 490, 066 7 o 357,654 14 6 295,372 1 7 231,311 5 3 163,518 15 7 71,197 14 1 £ s - d. 37 7 2 37 15 8 38 6 6 37 1 3 35 4 3 35 10 11 36 o 9 33 6 4 31 7 6 29 18 11 30 6 5 30 5 3 29 17 10 29 8 7 29 1 4 29 3 5 29 15 7 29 3 7 28 5 10 25 16 3 26 8 6 25 9 o 25 16 o 25 2 4 24 2 11 24 4 10 22 14 IO 21 II 8 23 8 4 22 l6 3 22 15 2 25 " 5 24 3 4 23 7 6 22 12 II 25 9 9 26 13 7 27 14 4 29 17 9 35 9 o 38 16 1 36 2 5 33 18 1 35 10 3 36 15 5 38 9 1 33 o 5 •• 87,881 19 5 ' 76,695 14 11 1 31,978.10 5 .. 183,253 2 10 286,817 o 11 83,937 5 6 117,245 14 2 63,781 7 4 20,030 17 91 < 14,271 5 91 32,146 14 10 72,106 13 9 79,094 5 6 154,634 2 o 1 117,700 12 1 1 50,991 2 1 54,818 12 5 60,380 1 8 87,440 14 3 69,956 9 1 ..