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Table No. 5. POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS. —GENERAL STATEMENT. Table showing the Business of the Post Office Savings-banks in New Zealand, by Ten-year Periods, from the Date they were established in February, 1867. to the 31st December, 1918, and Yearly Periods thereafter to the Year ended 31st March, 1928.

Number of Post Office Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the Year Number of Deposits received during the Year. Average m . a p . Amount of Number iotal Amount each Q f With- Total Amount of of Deposits Deposit i drawals Withdrawals received during reeelvea ; during , during the Year, tne t ear. during the. the Year. Year. i Average j Amount of ! Excess of each With-! Deposits over drawal Withdrawals during during the Year, the Year. Excess of Withdrawals over Deposits during the Year. Interest for the Year. Number of Accounts opened during the Year: Number of Accounts closed during the Year. Number of Accounts remaining Open at Close of the Year. Average Total Amount Amount standing to the standing to Credit of all the Credit Open Accounts, of each inclusive of Open Interest to the .Account a t Close of the Year. ; Close of the Year. l r ear. i £ s. d.i £ s. d. 93,331 72,433 804,725 47,758,726 2 ll 1 59 6 11 £ s. d. £ s. d. 27,611,066 5 1 17 11 7 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,274.906 30,584,997 14 4i 23 19 10 .. 5 £ s. d. 2,973,931 9 3 £ s. d. 1,747,155 13 9 Year ended 31st Mar., 870 1928 Year ended 31st Mar., 875 1927 Year ended 31st Mar., 870 1926 Year ended 31st Mar., 855 1925 Year ended 31st Mar., 846 1924 Year ended 31st Mar., 840 1923 Year ended 31st Mar., 831 1922 *Pifteen months ended : 819 31st March, 1921 Totals for 1919 .. 794 : 1,570,493 1,509,909 1,446,530 1,371,009 1,261,141 1,175,104 1,227,591 1,664,206 1,289,161 29,456,383 2 7 19 10 2 31,833,621 9 5 22 0 1 29,582,897 2 9 21 11 7 29,598,372 4 8 23 9 4 1,224,764 30,149,628 17 3J 24 12 4 1,197,985 32,602,505 17 2 27 4 3\ 1,108,29130,413,609 3 11 27 8 10 1,075,037 29,510,320 19 6 27 9 0 88,051 5 2 693,245 14 8; 768,884 7 9 830,712 1 2 1,767,426 2 8 1,731,577 17 2 1,680,919 10 10! 1,649,976 4 8 97,713 72,041 783,827 48,985,501 18 5 62 9 11 104,447 81,440 758,155;47,911,321 10 5 63 3 11 95,595 70,604: 735,148 46,948,628 1 0 63 17 3 92,465 73,098 710,157 46,098,420 11 4: 64 18 3 78,490 66,630 690,790 44,360,393 1 6 64 4 4 89,859 75,748 678,930:43,841,704 4 7 64 11 6 152,930118,894; 664,819 43,352,030 19 0 65 4 2 118,109 77,531 630,783 38,393,130 18 4 60 17 4 76,869 53,015 590,205 33,418,125 4 9 56 12 5 80,133 57,829 342,077 12,159,293 18 1 35 10 11 37,265 26,628 : 169,968 4,957,771 5 29 3 5 21,307 16,543 S4,488J 2,048,441 10 9 24 4 10 13,005 9,634 32,132 819,071 8 2 25 9 9 3,282 1,186 4,252 163,518 15 7 38 9 1 26,682,426 11 4 22 14 2 1,081,300 27,769,262 16 3! 25 13 8 .. ] 1,119.66230.236,231 6 527 0 0 .. ] 1,086,836 4 11 1,110,233 16 5 1,605,525 1 10 29,125,997 10 0 23 14 6 1,599,907 2 0 44,302,852 5 4 26 12 5 11,458,00841,162,486 9 10 28 4 83,140,365 15 6 1,818,534 5 2 29,758,448 9 7 23 1 8 994,247:25,962,378 2 6 26 2 33,796,070 7 1 727,729jl4,938,841 10 0 20 10 7 3,162.263 8 1 1,178,935 6 6 1918 ..786 : 1,213,353 18,101,104 18 1 14 18 4 1,059,471 17 8 1908 .. j 593 | | 706,101 9,674,075 4 0, 13 14 0 484,672! 9,417,820 10 3 19 8 8 256,254 13 9 196,764 3,194,893 16 7 16 4 9 84,717 10 10 96,204 1,387,471 1 10 14 8 5 157,276 6 1 379,808 6 7 1898 .. 409 | 1888 .. 290 1878 .. 147 I 1868 .. 55 Totals from 1st Feb. to 46 31st Dec. 1867 | 281,749 j 145,355 69,908 13,014 6,977 3,279,611 7 5 11 12 io! 128,128 16 6 1,544,747 7 llj 10 12 8j 78,080 6 0 762,084 12 0. 10 18 0J 42,746 742,053 14 3 17 7 2 20,030 17 9 6,365 107,094 17 3 16 IS 6 87,440 14 3 l,919j 26,415 18 9 13 15 3 69,956 9 1 31,664 12 9 - 194,535 11 6 14 18 11 4,880 7 3 96,372 7 10 13 16 3 1,241 5 o; ; 2,520 364 2,156 71,197 14 1 33 0 5 I I ! * Termination of Savings-bank year altered from 31st December to 31st March, with effect from 31st March, 1921.