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Table No. 8. Post-Office Savings-Bank. Balance-sheet for the Year ended 31st December, 1903. Dr - £ s. d. Cr. £ s d Balance to credit of depositors, Ist Withdrawals during 1903 .. . 5 343 828 5 6 January, 1903 6,883,787 5 9 Balance to credit of depositors, 31st ' ' Deposes during 1903 .. .. 5,661,592 15 2 December, 1903 .. .. .. 7 388 681 18 7 Interest credited to depositors, 1903 .. 187,130 2 8 £12J32,510 3 7 £12,732,510 3 7 Liabilities and Assets. Dr - & s. d. Cr. £ s d Balance to credit of depositors, 31st Securities (vide Table No. 7).. . 7 385 929 7 8 December, 1903 .. .. .. 7,388,68118 7 . Cash in Post-Office account .. 2 752 10 11 Balance of assets over liabilities .. 248,163 811 i Accumulated profits .. 248,163 811 £7,636,845 7 6 ; £77636,845 7 6 Profit and Loss. Interest credited to depositors during 1903 187,130 2 8 Balance forward, Ist January, 1903 . 223 636 1 4 Paid Public Account, for expenses of Interest received during bavings-bank management during 1903 15,000 0 0 1903.. £243 304 19 4 Savings-bank profits carried to postal Accrued interest on 31st revenue .. .. .. .. 22,000 0 0 December, 1903 .. 64,892 17 8 Balance to next account .. .. 248,163 8 11 £308,197 17 0 Less accrued interest on 31st Deoem.ber, 1902 .. 59,654 3 9 248,543 13 3 Savings-bank fines .. .. .. 113 17 0 £472,293 11 7 £472,293 11 7

Table No. 9. Return showing the Total Number of Post-Office Savings-Bank Accounts open on the 31st December, 1903, classified according to the Balances at Credit, compared with the Number open at the end of 1902.

Postal District. I Not i Exceeding exceeding i £20 and £20. up to £50. Exceeding Exceeding Exceeding £50 and £100 and £200 and up to £100. up to £200. up to £300. Exceeding £300 and up to £400. Exceeding ©S £400 and g*i up to £500.i K M ! H.S Total Number of Accounts open. Auckland Blenheim Christchurch .. Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth.. Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport 23,437 3,603 3,269 361 33,314 4,743 \ 23,808 3,990 j 2,683 410 2,945 505 1,043 206 6,618 . 1,266 8,129 : 1,085 4,953 i 810 4,850 717 2,360 489 5,962 830 4,981 894 9,449 1,251 34,623 ! 5,384 2,139 343 2,410 2,340 985 251 219 82 3,149 2,675 936 2,039 2,251 805 259 176 . 63 377 323 i 125 172 165 52 836 699 ■ 247 703 622 233 536 461 175 457 363 114 345 ' 320 107 504 , 422 164 558 468 185 747 623 i 222 3,419 3,262 I 926 230 200 : 78 275 24 366 230 12 42 12 67 81 52 30 27 48 62 62 381 24 147 10 170 146 10 21 10 29 40 39 29 6 21 34 30 148 15 150 13 148 126 13 18 5 28 18 18 12 10 19 29 36 194 8 33,347 4,229 45,501 33,995 3,626 4,356 1,665 9,790 10,911 7,044 6,572 3,664 7,970 7,211 12,420 48,337 3,037 243,675 Totals, 1903 174,563 26,887 174,563 26,887 17,592 15,589 5,499 1,795 905 845 Totals, 1902 161,989 25,520 161,989 16,621 14,657 25,520 5,473 1,619 860 726 227,465