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POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS.— GENERAL STATEMENT. Table showing the Business of the Post Office Savings-banks in the various Postal Districts in New Zealand during the Year ended the 31st December, 1913.

Postal Districts. Number of Post Office Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the ! Year. Number of Deposits received duringthe Year. Average t . , . . Amount of Number Total Amount each 0l 'With- Total Amount of ot Deposits . Deposit drawals Withdrawals received durmg the KC £ Wei dnring during the Year. r - during the i the Year. Year. Average Amount of Excess of each Deposits over Withdrawal Withdrawals during during the Year, the Year. Fxcess of I CoSt of Withdrawals Mana f over Deposits , me . m duringthe' Yea, £"£_ Average Cost of each Transaction, Deposit or Withdrawal. I uterest for the Year. ! Number — .„, .„ . Average Number Number: of 1 Amount of of Accounts , he standing to Accounts Accounts 1 remain- „ Ka ' t °' au the Credit ol opened closed ing Open Open Account , each Open during : during : at Close inclusive or . , Account at the Year.! the Year.! of the ri„ f i v! ! Close of Year. Close of the Year. j the y ear . £ s. d. £ s. d. 2,385,282 19 5 13 5 5 £ s. d. £ ! ! Auckland .. 214 179,725 Blenheim .. 14 10,172 136,691 £ s. d. 2,301,270 1 8 £ s. d. 16 16 9 £ s. d. 84.012 17 9 (1. £ s. d. 100,188 19 0 I jl8,799 10,738 83,364 £ s. d. 3,146,396 13 10 £ s. d. 37 14 10 •• 155,660 17 9 15 6 1 7,152 155,733 1 4 21 15 6 72 3 7 8,293 19 1 1,077 851 6,986 ; 250,759 1 4 35 17 11 Christehurch ..- 70 140,951 1,739,413 11 9 12 6 10 104,407 1, 697, 945 3 7 16 5 3 41,468 8 2 86,853 10 1 9,938 6,701 73,936 2,691,023 17 7 36 7 11 Dunedin .. 66 1102,134 1,268,927 5 8 12 8 6 69,585 11,277,536 17 7 18 7 2l 8,609 11 II 76,400 6 10 | j 7,043 I 5,075 53,123 .2,308,536 2 9 43 9 2 Gisborne .. 21 26.013 301,109 0 0 11 11 6 18,446 286,682 9 1 15 10 10 14,426 10 11 ■• 11,463 14 3 j 2,688 1,816 11,711 361,923 14 7 30 18 1 Greymouth .. 16 14,478 174,969 8 4 12 1 8 8,581 170,168 7 10 19 16 7 4,801 0 6 ■• 11,560 15 2 1,398 1,179 8,009 352,084 15 8 43 19 3 Hokitika .. 8 j 2,691 36,687 2 2 13 12 8 1,674 39,805 3 2 23 15 7 3,118 1 0 3,492 19 7 263 240 2,320 102,810 5 3 44 6 4 Invercargill .. 31 31,129 Napier .. .. 41 46,809 462,215 7 1 14 17 0 21.496 467,251 19 3 21 14 9 5,036 12 2 27,365 10 3 3,153 2,235 19,326 818,822 10 9 42 7 5 599,236 6 8 J. 2 16 0 29,010 569,019 15 3 19 12 3 30,216 11 5 26,733 11 10 4,737 3,107 23,517 839,537 9 3 35 14 0 Nelson .. .. 26 16,437 231,276 0 0 14 1 5 11,093 245,705 12 2 22 3 0 1 14,429 12 2 13,882 17 11 1,646 1,018 11,366 412,128 11 11 3_6 5 2 New Plymouth .. 18 20,931 284,223 10 11 13 11 7 13,145 275,560 11 6 20 19 3 8,062 19 5 14,307 15 6 2,216 1,569 11,542 437,253 1 3 37 17 8 Oamaru.. .. 11 9,363 161,355 16 2 17 4 8 6,205 151,513 6 7 24 8 4 9,842 9 7 9,531 11 11 940 627 5,744 287,690 0 11 50 1 8 Thames .. 27 21,459 | 270,697 5 3 12 12 4 13,380 275,847 17 5 20 12 4 5,150 12 2 14,863 1 8 2,469 1,884 13,440 454,276 5 11 33 16 0 Timaru .. .. 16 24,259 358,608 0 6 j 14 15 8 16,632 346,233 3 6 20 16 4 12,374 17 0 18,689 17 6 2,573 1,755 13,821 569,890 8 1 41 4 8 Wanganui .. 54 i 50,246 611,608 2 8 12 3 5 32,108 599,875 3 1 18 13 8| 11,732 19 7 26,448 10 8 5,195 3,761 24,860 813,945 14 8 32 14 10 Wellington .. 95 200,149 2,125,671 2 6 10 12 5 138,771 2,051,139 12 11 14 15 7 74,531 9 7 98,632 7 9 j] 116,056 11,164 90,295 3,073,270 2 4 34 0 9 o Westport .. 19 10,930 119,760 10 7 10 19 2 6,425 130,166 2 11 20 5 2 10,405 12 4 7,199 0 7 1,069 1,145 5,234 211,065 0 3 40 6 6 . i Totals for 1913.. j 747 907,876 11,286,702 7 5 12 8 8 !634,801 11,041,454 8 10 17 7 10 245,247 18 7| ; 30,000 4-67 |555,908. 9 7 81,260 54,865 458,594 17,131,413 16 4 37 7 2