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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, 1916.

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Postal Districts. Number of Post Office Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the j Year. Number of Deposits received duringthe Year. Total Amount of Deposits received during the Year. Average Average Amount of Number Amount of Excess of each of With- lOtalAmoun of each Deposits over Deposit drawais Withdrawals Withdrawal Withdrawals received during during the Year. dnri during the Year, during the the Year. tne Year. Year. ! Average ,. , Cost of '' Cost 1 ° f Excess of m each Withdrawals ' v i» na S e - Transacover Deposits , m . tion, Deduring the Year. t ?"U n f r posit or the Year. wi(h _ drawal. Interest for the Year. Number of Accounts opened during the Year. . Number Number of of Accounts Accounts remainclosed ing Open during at Close the Year. 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 :he Credit of each Open Account at Close of the Year. 229 215,46li £ S. d. 3,017,956 15 7 £ s. d. 14 0 1 £ s. d. 2,449,770 11 4 £ s. d. 16 19 7 £ s. d. 568,186 4 3 £ s. d. £ d. £ 8. d. 150,433 12 0 10,883 £ S. d. 101,922 4,805,736 0 4 £ s. d. 47 3 0 Auckland 144,259 17,611 Blenheim 15 ; 12,708 188,155 19 7 14 16 1 7,094 152,922 6 8 21 li 1 35,233 12 11 I 11,545 15 5 123,217 11 6 104,062 16 11 995 695 7,827 357,936 8 0 45 14 7 Christchurch 72 157,621 2,142,947 0 9 13 11 10 108,656 1,916,304 3 2 17 12 8 226,642 17 7 9,103 6,547 82,730 3,796,224 12 7 45 17 8 Dunedin 67 I 119,405 1,667,591 18 8 I 13 19 3l 70,871 1,477,425 18 7 20 16 11 ! 190,166 0 1 " I 7,326 4,781 59,260 3,143,878 2 7 53 1 0 Gisborne 22 ; 28,582 404,673 18 8 14 3 2 17,211 321,290 4 7 18 13 4 83,383 14 1 17,387 15 8 ! 2,482 1,736 13,483 558,302 12 4 41 8 1 Greymouth 18 j 13,651 176,554 16 7 12 18 8 7,637 180,678 11 4 23 13 2 4,123 14 9 14,277 16 8 1,012 992 8,512 ! 422,932 10 8 49 13 8 Hokitika 9 j 2,715 40,644 5 10 14 19 4 1,666 44,331 9 11 26 12 2 3,687 4 1 3,935 5 10 260 284 2,398 112,829 17 8 41 7 0 Invercargill 34 39,905 600,740 17 0 15 1 1 21,241 459,622 16 6 21 12 9 141,118 0 6 36,240 17 0 3,292 2,098 22,162 1,129,546 5 0 50 19 4 Napier 46 56,260 1 845,667 9 3 15 0 7 30,223 658,984 2 0 21 16 0 186,683 7 3 41,448 11 5 4,578 3,088 27,775 1,322,666 10 0 47 12 4 Nelson 26 : 21,165 347,445 8 6 16 8 3 12,232 293,456 3 8 23 19 9 53,989 4 10 19,645 17 7 1,709 1,114 13,044 600,690 13 9 46 1 0 ' New Plymouth .. 30 43,688 779,262 11 1 17 16 8 20,473 548,309 12 2 26 15 7 230,952 18 II 31,686 2 7 12,952 2 1 j 4,507 2,169 18,456 1,042,212 14 6 56 9 4 Oamaru 11 11,480 192,889 9 1 16 16 0 7,386 199,357 5 8 26 19 9, 6,467 16 7 967 767 6,566 374,629 10 7 57 1 5 Thames 30 24,553 343,465 7 5 13 19 9 14,034 299,298 6 9 21 6 6 44,167 0 8 19.403 18 5 2,608 1,924 15,384 ! 602,247 10 11 39 2 11 Timaru 16. 29,082 486,673 19 6 16 14 8 18,237 458,533 8 3 25 2 10 28,140 11 3 29,022 15 8 2,450 1,764 15,989 865,853 8 0 54 3 0 Wanganui 42 53,147 737,002 8 0 13 17 4 31,375 627,852 12 7 20 0 2 109,149 15 5 .. _ 33,378 12 2 4,561 3,782 25,431 1,054,396 14 2 41 9 2 Wellington 100 279,433 19 9,245 3,482,526 15 9 122,209 2 6 12 9 3 171,306 2,752,555 3 6 16 1 4 729,971 12 3 161,015 0 3 20,642 12,489 111,850 5,166,275 0 6 46 3 9 Westport 13 4 4 4,877 116,727 7 2 23 18 8 5,481 15 4 8,201 8 1 730 733 5,283 246,849 19 8 41 14 6 Totals lor 1916 786 l,118,10115,o76,408 3 9 13 18 7 688,778 12,957,420 3 10 18 16 2 2,618,987 19 !I 32,000 4-25 817,855 19 3 , 84,833 55,846 538,072 125,603,208 11 3 47 11 7