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Table No. 5.— 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, 1903.

Postal Districts. Number of PostOffice Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the Year. Number of Deposits received during the 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 Excess of each Deposits over Withdrawal Withdrawals during during the Year, 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 for the Year. Number of Accounts Opened during the Year. Number of Accounts Closed during 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. £ s. d. £ s- d. £ s. d. £ s. d.j £ s- d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s- d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland 116 58,774 859,096 8 6 14 12 4 44,265 819,850 12 1 18 10 5 39,245 16 5 28,925 2 7 8,25g 1,141,813 .6 5 34 4 9 5,593 33,347 Blenheim 8 5,267 72,128 12 o 13 13 11 3,869 69,498 4 4 17 19 3 2,630 7 8 2,875 1 8 745 557 4,229 112,227 4 i° 26 10 9 Christchurch .. 64 82,796 1,090,906 15 2 13 3 6 58,214 1,025,763 11 5 17 12 5 65,143 3 9 34,368 5 4 9,077 6,45i 45,501 1,353,021 1 2 29 14 9 Dunedin 51 64,372 767,057 16 4 11 18 4 41,990 730,371 o o 17 7 11 36,686 16 4 28,907 1 8 6,961 5,i8i 33,995 1,125,066 7 8j 1 33 1 11 Gisborne 6 7,364 88,873 2 1 12 1 4 5,620 83,804 9 9 14 18 3 5,068 12 4 1 2,434 17 4 1,115 846 3,626 96,534 19 5 26 12 5 Greymouth 10 7,542 105,165 15 2 13 18 11 4,533 93,307 1 9 20 11 8 ",858 13 5 4,008 14 11 1,099 843 4,356 159,846 10 2 36 13 11 Hokitika 7 1,874 28,358 6 4 15 2 8 1,255 29,599 12 9 23 11 8 1,241 6 5 1,850 12 8 312 269 1,665 69,012 11 3 41 9 o Invercargill 27 15,107 204,413 16 5 13 10 7 9,555 190,442 5 4 19 18 7 I3,g7i 11 1 8,463 1 10 2,218 1,644 9,79o 328,235 19 Oj 33 10 7 Napier 26 19,388 218,329 13 7 11 5 3 11,952 196,326 3 5 16 8 6 22,003 IO 2 7,782 19 1 2,671 1,946 10,911 313,192 6 10 28 14 1 Nelson ., 15 9,654 137,196 18 1 14 4 3 6,H3 126,813 12 11 20 12 10 10,383 5 2 5,957 18 9 1,210 810 7,044 232,142 2 7 32 19 1 New Plymouth 11 11,819 162,080 9 3 13 14 3 7,996 162,867 10 8 20 7 4 787 1 5 4,700 12 6 i,776 1,482] 6,572 179,132 13 11 27 5 2 Oamaru 10 6,224 86,005 8 2 13 16 4 4,011 80,435 16 7 20 11 1 5,56g 11 7 3,535 18 8 908 705 3,664 135,677 17 8 37 o 7 Thames 19 12,765 141,516 12 1 11 1 9 8,573 138,548 3 9 16 3 3 2,968 8 4 5,485 16 1 1,853 i,496 7,97o 212,223 I 4 3 26 12 7 Timaru 14 12,322 178,877 o o 14 10 4 7,894 166,010 14 o 21 o 7 12,866 6 o . 6,348 16 7 i,7i4 1,124 7,211 248,911 8 5 34 10 4 Wanganui 28 20,053 277,776 6 5 13 7 1 13,135 259,669 12 5 19 15 5 18,106 14 o „ 7,894 on 3,436 2,513 12,420 323,036 9 11 26 o 2 Wellington 65 103,409 i,i7i,457 5 1 11 6 7 69,023 1,102,404 10 4 15 19 5 69,052 14 9 30,950 17 3 2,640 4 10 I2,82g 8,727 48,337 1,254,940 3 5 25 19 3 Westport 16 5,78o 72,352 10 6 12 10 4 3,048 68,115 3 6 22 6 11 4,237 7 o 864 650 3,037 103,667 1 8 34 2 8 Totals for Colony in 1903 .. 493 444,5IO| 5,661,592 15 21 12 14 9| 301,076 5,343,828 5 o| 17 15 01 317,764 10 2 15,000 o 4-83 187,130 2 8 40,837 243,675 7,388,681 18 7 57,047 30 6 5