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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 31st March, 1923.

Postal Districts. Number of Post Office Number of Savings- Deposits banks : received Open at duringthe the Close Period. of the Period. Total Amount of Deposits received (hiring the Period. Average ... , A- . dumber mount of ,..... oach • j ™.'Ji i Total Amount of Deposit | a r„J"7 Withdrawals received 11, y during the Period, duringthe „ , Period. Perlod - . Average Amount of Excess of each Deposits over Withdrawal Withdrawals during during the Period, the Period. Excess of C° st ol Withdrawals Manageover Deposits , ment during dl " ln S the Period. „ tnc . Period. Average Cost of each Transaction, Deposit or Withdrawal. Interest for the Period. Number of Accounts opened during the ; Period. Number Nu ™ ber Total Amount of , , standing to the . . Accounts - ,.. & c ., Accounts „, . credit of a . , remain- ,-, . c osed . Open Accounts, . ing Open -. , . . ' during VXl inclusive of the of the interest to the Period. p er , 0( t Close of the Period. Average Amount standing to the Credit of each Open Accountat Close of the Period. Auckland 178 £ s. d. 205,580 4,984,450 3 6 £ s. d.: 24 4 11 216,191 £ s. d. 5,520,833 12 0 £ s. d. 25 10 9 £ s. d. £ S. ci. 536,383 8 6 £ d. £ s. d. 268,078 0 1 14,734 13,354 121,644 £ s. d. 7,358,002 10 9 £ s. d. 60 9 9 Blenheim 16 11,919 257,482 11 4 21 12 1 11,301 257,302 3 7 22 15 4 180 7 9 20,207 11 9 790 671 9,609 569,195 17 9 59 4 8 Christchurch 71 186,2381 4,376,758 14 2 23 10 0 177,615 4,358,433 0 0 24 10 9 18,325 14 2 253,005 14 11 172,699 14 6 34,013 19 11 31,073 3 4 9,624 7,186 | 103,554 7,006,713 15 7 67 13 3 Dunedin 72 108,571 2,406,719 19.10 22 3 4 94,055 2,479,849 16 0 26 7 4 73,129 16 2 5,670S 5,317 68,834 4,686,155 18 10 68 1 7 Gisborne 25 24,930 505,156 17 1 20 5 3 24,890 548,297 0 11 22 0 7 43,140 3 10 1,640 1,676 16,782 929,555 2 4 55 7 9 Greymouth 25 18,818 419,271 5 1 22 5 7 14,827 526,273 14 5 35 9 11 107,002 9 4 1,560 2,161 12,233 795,910 6 6 65 1 3 Hamilton 84 63,697 1,330,199 6 10 34,846 797,807 12 9 20 17 8 52,914 1,334,755 14 9 25 4 6 : 4,556 7 11 65,597 0 11 66,764 8 111 7,044 4,417 26,630 1,875,963 0 7 70 8 11 Invercargill 36 22 17 11 30,30b 827,720 19 1 27 6 2 29,913 6 4 2,467 2,168 27,229' 1,825,454 9 7 67 0 10 Napier 45 55,287 1,280,139 15 9 23 3 1 48,435 1,297,853 1 2 26 15 11 17,713 5 5 78,890 9 5 3,824 3,395 35,3371 2,204,689 13 1 62 7 10 Nelson .. 30 19,816 469,531 2 0 23 13 10 19,435 543,758 14 2 27 19 8 74,227 12 2 34,185 3 8 1,361 1,140 15,298 909,363 9 11 59 8 10 New Plymouth .. 34 43,422 1,035,533 4 5 23 10 11 34,747 1,026,926 8 8 29 11 1 8,606 15 ' i 60,180 9 5 24,220 18 9 37,455 13 2 57,275 12 3 65,002 6 0 3,250 2,765 25,808 1,713,374 1 3 66 7 9 Oamaru 11 12,950 356,247 1 6 27 10 2 11,219 337,351 8 2 30 1 5 18,895 13 4 967 695 8,4671 675.693 9 1 79 16 1 Thames 38 25,695 539,071 4 9 20 19 2 18,898 568,472 16 8 30 1 8 29,401 11 11 2,627 2,178 19,846; 1,028,791 8 1 51 16 9 Timaru 18 31,139 904,832 10 1 29 1 2 27,401 885,219 19 1 32 6 1 19,612 11 0 2,289 1,790 20,209! 1,592,845 8 1 78 16 4 Wanganui 43 51,194 1,106,918 2 0 21 12 5 48,8571 1,130,060 11 9 23 2 5 23,142 9 9 3,576 3,399 31,789 1,821,201 12 9 57 5 10 Wellington 95 275,093 5,686,751 9 8 1 20 13 5 246, 29i 6,020,616 10 7 24 8 11 333,865 0 111 325,328 5 3 15,520 13,668 141,585 8,987,542 1 6 63 9 8 *Westport 18 4,878 196,312 0 11 40 4 11 „ -»X 3,262: 83,760 13 5 25 13 7 112,551 7 6 10,443 10 10! 1,407 576 5,570 342,237 12 8 61 8 10 Western Samoa .. 1 1,027 29,243 9 8| 28 9 7 646 21,776 11 10 33 14 2 7,466 17 10 1,102 18 9 140 74 366 : 37,703 3 2 1103 0 3 • Totals for year ended 31st March, 1923 I 840 840 1,175,1041 26,682,426 11 4 22 14 21,081,300 27,769,262 16 3 25 13 8 1,086,836 4 11 70,650 7-51 1,605,525 1 10! 78,490! 60,630 690,790| J44,360,393 1 6 64 4 * Westport reconstituted a postal district on 1st September, 1922. Previously included in Greymouth District.