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Table No. 3. Table showing the Number and Amount of Transactions at the Money-order Offices during the Year 1924, and Savings-Bank Offices of New Zealand during the Year 1924-25.

Money-orders. Savings-banks. Postal District. Issued. Paid. Number Deposits. ! Number j Withdrawals. of New j ; of Accounts | j Accounts Number. Commission. Amount. Number. Amount. opened. j Number. Amount. closed. 1 Number. Amount. £ £ £ £ £ Auckland .. .. .. 133,198 5,818 803,309 158,619 1,040,909 17,910 246,951 5,469,178 13,714 ! 225,072 5,612,300 Blenheim .. .. .. 9,061 329 52,751 4,527 32,546 915 13,985 317,810 757 j 11,810 304,988 Christehurch .. .. .. 65,918 2,863 428,136 68,189 553,065 10,308 207,435 4,597,190 7,085 180,607 4,797,923 Dunedin .. .. .. 60,062 2,272 356,222 60,291 408,880 6,552 116,961 2,406,685 5,286 92,232 2,621,457 Gisborne .. .. .. 17,228 688 115,480 9,134 76,129 3,059 31,721 668,572 1,609 23,755 611,747 Greymouth .. .. .. 21,794 781 126,230 10,888 67,620 1,428 16,944 369,697 1,181 11,956 407,817 Hamilton .. .. .. 72,629 2,472 440,536 38,435 244,268 7,450 - 73,352 1,437,459 4,801 53,093 1,402,611 Invercargill .. .. .. 30,637 1,067 176,887 20,501 130,460 2,855 38,463 859,958 2,177 29,259 891,920 Napier .. .. .. .. 37,496 1,440 252,366 25,399 203,492 6,206 69,666 1,698,633 4,674 52,763 1,653,767 Nelson .. .. .. .. 16,225 606 96,683 12,132 84,851 1,593 23,236 505,405 1,205 19,490 532,867 New Plymouth .. .. .. 30,792 1,121 195,791 19,736 160,121 4,483 50,540 1,210,230 3,444 38,273 1,245,334 Oamaru .. .. .. 9,519 299 93,649 4,221 28,968 992 13,776 345,812 807 11,813 402,219 Thames.. .. .. .. 29,257 1,043 181,137 12,894 87,646 2,908 28,331 602,882 3,122 19,060 666,050 Timaru .. .. .. 19,038 657 201,665 9,607 69,653 2,339 33,312 867,827 1,860 28,676 979,476 Wanganui .. .. .. 39,675 1,282 259,472 21,160 140,985 4,401 60,627 1,284,302 3,292 48,268 1,274,344 Wellington .. .. .. 123,710 5,164 821,389 138,796 937,198 20,864 335,235 6,736,579 14,943 256,092 6,814,416 Westport .. .. .. 12,914 488 68,975 4,598 28,927 723 8,340 152,023 538 4,921 159,988 Western Samoa .. .. .. 1,621 104 12,409 172 1,145 256 1,392 29,043 82 j 742 26,479 Rarotonga .. .. .. 737 48 9,842 531 12,977 353 742 23,612 27 409 7,906 Grand totals .. .. 731,511 28,542 4,692,929 619,830 4,309,840 95,595 1,371,009 29,582,897 70,604 1,108,291 30,413,609