Postal Transactions Statistics




STATEMENT showing the NUMBER, Amount, &c., of MONEY-ORDER and SAVINGS-BANK TRANSACTIONS in the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of the COLONY of NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 31st March, 1898.

POSTAL DISTRICTS. Money-order Offices open at End of Quarter. MONEY-ORDERS. Savings-Bank Offices open at End of Quarter. SAVINGS-BANKS.
Issued. Paid. Accounts. Number of Deposits. Number of Withdrawals. Amount of Deposits. Amount of Withdrawals. Excess of Deposits over Withdrawals.
Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Opened. Closed. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Auckland .. .. 87 14,029 48,343 19 2 13,306 49,121 2 8 87 1,380 1,082 9,692 7,100 122,302 8 1 132,931 11 10 ..
Blenheim .. .. 8 1,200 3,648 10 11 587 2,044 13 3 8 175 137 1,063 649 12,765 15 0 13,506 3 6 ..
Christchurch .. .. 49 7,857 27,627 13 4 7,508 30,489 18 2 49 1,648 1,136 13,913 9,218 173,844 11 3 161,440 11 4 12,403 19 11
Dunedin .. .. 46 8,498 26,559 17 4 8,735 35,493 9 5 43 1,321 875 10,444 6,648 117,631 16 0 114,086 19 2 3,544 16 10
Gisborne .. .. 3 763 2,384 15 5 274 1,105 17 6 3 195 133 1,226 676 14,034 9 5 10,074 1 0 3,960 8 5
Greymouth .. .. 10 1,762 5,305 3 8 945 3,295 4 5 10 190 125 1,007 765 14,464 3 2 13,240 3 0 1,224 0 2
Hokitika .. .. 6 698 1,978 0 11 463 1,992 11 9 6 52 51 420 336 5,408 5 6 7,217 7 4 ..
Invercargill .. .. 27 3,451 10,624 2 8 2,003 7,123 6 9 27 403 307 2,482 1,491 26,707 17 4 29,240 4 6 ..
Napier .. .. 23 4,212 12,825 11 6 2,504 8,949 1 7 21 469 342 3,417 1,903 38,477 1 11 34,567 4 4 3,909 17 7
Nelson .. .. 13 1,586 4,994 4 11 1,531 6,160 14 3 13 209 163 1,469 1,084 19,929 14 0 22,995 18 9 ..
New Plymouth .. .. 7 2,582 8,921 9 6 1,603 7,022 1 7 7 300 177 1,762 1,012 22,585 2 8 17,974 0 2 4,611 2 6
Oamaru .. .. 9 1,246 6,618 10 0 754 2,961 17 8 9 166 136 1,074 785 13,397 6 1 13,308 11 3 88 14 10
Thames .. .. 15 4,579 14,799 4 3 1,583 6,576 1 1 15 476 383 2,675 2,099 27,552 2 9 30,395 13 0 ..
Timaru .. .. 12 2,143 8,684 9 1 831 3,192 19 2 12 273 211 1,739 1,135 22,869 1 11 27,036 4 6 ..
Wanganui .. .. 24 4,179 15,823 14 7 2,334 7,871 16 8 23 584 433 3,239 1,983 40,390 5 8 39,023 3 11 1,367 1 9
Wellington .. .. 49 12,537 39,713 8 7 10,976 42,196 14 11 46 2,148 1,375 15,315 9,792 158,945 16 10 150,638 13 4 8,307 3 6
Westport .. .. 12 1,794 5,657 8 11 397 1,582 8 8 12 127 79 808 534 10,136 8 3 10,146 17 1 ..
Total 1st quarter in 1898 400 73,116 244,510 4 9 56,334 217,179 19 6 391 10,116 7,145 71,745 47,160 841,442 5 10 827,823 8 0 13,618 17 10
Total 1st quarter in 1897 383 68,577 232,210 11 6 53,674 208,669 5 3 375 9,764 6,476 68,009 43,024 822,397 1 0 738,871 14 3 83,525 6 9

General Post Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1898.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Money-Order and Savings-Bank Transactions by Postal Districts for Quarter ended 31st March 1898

🚂 Transport & Communications
25 April 1898
Money Orders, Savings Banks, Postal Districts, Statistics, Quarterly, Revenue, Deposits, Withdrawals, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin
  • W. Gray, Secretary