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Table No. 7. STATEMENT of the BUSINESS of the POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS in NEW ZEALAND, Year by Year, from the date of their establishment to the 31st DECEMBER, 1871;

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NEW ZEALAND POSTAL SERVICE.

Postal Districts. ° N ° m O O 6 'o o S3 ■a S "o 2-3 T3 l'l £ S* 2 ■5 C Jm a 3 r-t rf H 03 to 3 2 ~& <1 to 'S he c o o °ft Q - fclj o 6 si e <1 o 9 "^ 3 "8 wQ 'C a 3 3 "O '3 ■« 3 e^ 8-3 SO p; ■2 sog S3 ten «n 111 . O to !h o Q 3 . c3 a, cj 03 Jj' o to o &° P4 ?> Tj © A 5 .g * "3 o £ o o* o s o o o jg -^ o P- o o £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. : £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland ... ... 17 4,584 51,366 1 10 11 4 1 3,434 52,976 5 11 ; 15 8 6 876 576 1,456 35,798 16 8 24 11 9 [ 62,335 Thames 1 1,308 16,808 0 0 12 17 0 888 13,461 15 8 15 3 2 278 80 403 8,914 4 6 22 1 4 34 Taranaki 2 666 11,576 15 6 j 17 7 7 358 6,954 3 7 19 8 6 129 43 302 11,967 17 7 39 12 7 4,480 15 Hawke's Bat 4 647 8,200 3 0 12 13 5 256 3,544 10 7 13 16 11 110 33 225 10,412 15 4 46 5 7 6,059 27 Wellington ... ... 1 9 2,444 29,391 18' 5 12 0 6 1,181 19,733 0 5 I 16 14 2 3,446 3 4 30 8 0 467 174 1,065 34,987 14 7 32 17 0 23,982 23 Marlborough 4 274 6,024 10 0 21 19 8 114 74 25 203 8,961 2 4 44 2 10 5,235 26 Kelson ... 3 714 6,558 3 6 9 3 8 347 5,366 14 7 j 15 9 4 8,326 1 5 | 18 13 4 131 40 362 8,812 18 10 24 6 10 ■ 22,438 31 Westport 1 477 7,979 7 0 16 14 6 446 86 52 242 11,787 4 1 48 14 1 Charleston 1 217 3,626 15 0 16 14 3 134 3,739 11 10 27 18 2 i 45 ! 30 133 7,269 8 8 54 13 1 Hokitika 2 875 13,419 3 0 15 6 8 545 8,946 3 1 j 16 8 3 150 97 376 20,121 10 8 '53 10 3 I 15,357 18 " 917 16 10 6 558 159 80 j 478 22,293 8 5 40 12 9 Geeymouth 1 15,154 7 0 12,526 17 9 j 22 8 11 Canterbury ... ... j 9 4,967 59,255 16 6 11 18 7 2,679 50,467 0 9 ! 18 16 9 931 361 j 2,508 77,638 12 4 30 19 1 46,801 19 Otaoo 22 5,771 71,313 15 7 12 7 1 3,328 61,717 9 3 ! 18 10 10 1,015 j 716 I 2,307 81,737 11 7 35 8 7 60,578 27 Southland 5 781 11,664 2 0 14 18 8 505 10,141 18 1 I 20 1 8 164 76 489 16,951 8 11 34 13 3 8,769 18 I £ 1,351 s. A. | 0 8f ! I ! I I i I ! i !__ Totals for Colony in 1871 81 81 24,642 312,338 18 4 12 13 6 14, 773 261,347 16 3 | 17 13 9 j 4,615 2,383 10,549 357,654 14 6 33 18 1 256, 034 25 1870 70 70 20,489 264, 328 5 7 12 18 0 11,934 1209,509 13 2 ! 17 11 1 130,518 4 1 | 19 8 7 1,264 0 9 T 5 T 4,304 2,277 I I 8,317 |295,372 1 7 I 35 10 3 250, 034 31 1869 59 59 17,133 :240, 898 5 9 14 1 2 I 9,292 1,186 I 0 10if ; 3,839 j 1,801 6,290 231,311 5 3 36 15 5 218,413 35 „ 1863 55 55 13,014 1194,535 11 6 | 14 18 11 6,385 107,094 17 3 \ 16 10 6 789 0 91 3,282 1,186 4,252 163,518 15 7 38 9 1 218,413 51 „ „ I'BOJI 1st Led. to 31st Dec. 1867 46 I 46 6,977 I 96,372 7 10 ! 13 16 3 1,919 I . ' 822 *1 10A 2,520 381 2,156 71,197 14 1 33 0 5 218,413 101 26,415 18 9 13 15 3 i * The high cost of each transaction during 1867 is attributable to the payment during that year of charges properly belonging to the subsequent years.