8.-6.

Table No. 26. New Zealand Banking, 1870-1889. —Notes and Bills discounted

Table No. 27. Bank Advances in Australasian Colonies, 1870-1889.

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Year. £ 1870 .. .. 2,236,672 Average per Head o: Population. = 9-00 1371 .. .. 1,879,060 = 7-04 1872 .. .. 1,584,358 -5-67 1873 .. .. 2,116,664 = 7-15 1871 .. .. 3,739,501 -10-94 1875 .. .. 4,382,582 = 11-66 1876 .. .. 4,744,845' = 11'89 1877 .. .. 4,911,715 = 11-78 1878 .. .. 5,980,798 = 18'88 Average pur head of population, I 1Q n a ,■ nRi om 1870-70-£10-72 ., ..} 18'J " " t>>Ool,JoJ -=13-07 1880 .. .. 4,627,098 =9-54 1881 .. .. 4,218,559 =-8-42 1882 .. .. 4,520,316 =8-78 1883 .. .. 4,673,895 -8-64 1884 .. .. 4,365,216 = 7-84 1885 .. .. 4,419,107 1886 .. .. 4,406,395 = 7-48 1887 .. .. 3,604,937 = 5-97 1888 .. .. 3,171,896 = 5-22 Average per head of population,) 1R oq 9 ar, n qaa 1880-89 = £7-30 .. .. j 8BJ " V '|MV|lfti Average per head of population, 20 years = £8 p62.

Sum of Advances for Twenty Advances per Head of Sum of Years, 1870-1889. Populations, 1870-1889. & 497,380,397 2S'25 Victoria .. STew South Wales • i 402,033,388 26-79 Jueensland 133,953,354 27-9-1 south Australia 130,264,337 25-12 Fasmania 38,947,706 16-39 Slew Zealand 225,400,643 24-74