8.—6.

Table No. 22. Wool purchased by Local Woollen Mills.

Table No. 23. Classified Balances at Credit of Depositors on 31st December, 1889, in the Post Office Savings-Bank.

Table No. 24. Australasian Savings-banks Returns at 31st December, 1888.

Table No. 25. Railway Revenue and Expenditure compared for Five Years ended 31st March, 1890.

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Year. lb. No. of Mills. 1S82 2,200,000 3 1883 1,900,000 3 1884 1,580,000 3 1885 1,922,932 5 1886 1,879,999 5 1887 2,001,155 7 1888 4,079,503 7 1889 3,550,004 7

Year. Not exceedi us £20. Between £20 and £50. Between £50 and £100. I Between Between Between £100 £200 £300 and £200. and £300. and £400. Between Total Num£400 Over £500. ber all and £500. Accounts. 1886 57,368 8,243 4,852 3,112 883 I 219 117 140 194 219 I 77 74,871 102 79,724 122 84,488 135 90,669 1887 60,043 ■ 9,140 5,381 3,031 1,021 I 266 1888 62,831 9,918 5,690 4,082 4,402 I 1,279 i 1,319 ! 372 403 1889 67,167 10,880 6,084

New South Wales Victoria Queensland South Australia Western Australia Tasmania New Zealand Number Amount .Depositors. of Deposits. & 128,297 i 4,037,075 247,425 '. 4,881,198 43,003 i 1,011,870 62,365 ! 1,759,592 3,090 30,808 23,090 I 469,928 103,046 j 2,691,693 |_ Average Amount per Depositor. £ s. a. 31 9 5 19 14 7 37 9 8 28 4 8 9 19 0 20 7 0 26 2 5 Average Amount per Head of Population. £ s. a. 8 14 4 4 9 6 4 3 2 5 12 5 0 14 1 3 4 4 4 8 7 Depositors per Cent. o( Population. 11-82 22-68 11-10 19-59 7-35 15-80 10-96 Total Australasia 610,322 ; 15,482,770 I 25 7 i 4 4 4 10-90

Revenue. Expenditure. Excess of Revenue over Expenditure. 1885-86 1886-87 1887-88 1888-89 1889-90 i '' £ 1,044,305 992,187 981,826 1,001,134 1,093,840 5,112,792 £ 693,775 695,771 699,750 641,118 656,698 3,387,112 £ - 350,530 296,416 . 282,076 360,016 436,642 Total 1,725,680