✨ Postal 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 December, 1897.
| POSTAL DISTRICTS. | Money-order Offices open at End of Quarter. | MONEY-ORDERS. | SAVINGS-BANKS. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issued. | Paid. | Accounts. | Number of Deposits. | Number of Withdrawals. | Amount of Deposits. | Amount of Withdrawals. | Excess of Deposits over Withdrawals. | Excess of Withdrawals over Deposits. | |||||
| Number. | Amount. | Number. | Amount. | Opened. | Closed. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | ||||
| Auckland .. .. | 85 | 15,805 | 52,240 11 10 | 13,429 | 50,381 7 4 | 84 | 1,188 | 966 | 8,363 | 7,203 | 109,197 11 11 | 109,722 1 5 | .. |
| Blenheim .. .. | 8 | 1,217 | 3,663 13 7 | 545 | 2,051 19 7 | 8 | 111 | 93 | 804 | 654 | 7,607 15 1 | 9,721 13 8 | .. |
| Christchurch .. .. | 49 | 9,018 | 27,409 15 1 | 7,829 | 27,914 7 3 | 49 | 1,224 | 927 | 11,355 | 9,967 | 134,493 14 0 | 152,096 3 6 | .. |
| Dunedin .. .. | 46 | 9,319 | 26,813 18 2 | 7,951 | 30,067 13 5 | 43 | 946 | 792 | 8,887 | 7,195 | 107,975 5 1 | 105,695 14 9 | 2,279 10 4 |
| Gisborne .. .. | 3 | 838 | 2,575 10 6 | 286 | 985 16 7 | 3 | 160 | 97 | 955 | 593 | 8,824 18 9 | 7,509 11 7 | 1,315 7 2 |
| Greymouth .. .. | 10 | 2,160 | 6,750 5 7 | 895 | 3,199 6 5 | 10 | 145 | 115 | 816 | 743 | 11,057 12 7 | 11,124 16 7 | .. |
| Hokitika .. .. | 6 | 900 | 2,810 13 4 | 468 | 1,692 8 8 | 6 | 35 | 39 | 330 | 301 | 4,804 8 5 | 4,627 15 0 | 176 13 5 |
| Invercargill .. .. | 27 | 3,559 | 9,611 0 11 | 1,703 | 6,300 15 3 | 27 | 279 | 264 | 1,800 | 1,540 | 21,061 1 9 | 25,300 12 3 | .. |
| Napier .. .. | 22 | 4,689 | 13,675 5 2 | 2,359 | 8,398 19 1 | 21 | 458 | 286 | 2,847 | 1,949 | 30,796 14 1 | 25,448 16 2 | 5,347 17 11 |
| Nelson .. .. | 13 | 1,739 | 5,552 5 0 | 1,364 | 4,942 9 3 | 13 | 151 | 120 | 1,257 | 984 | 19,574 15 8 | 20,522 10 9 | .. |
| New Plymouth .. .. | 7 | 2,510 | 7,228 6 7 | 1,305 | .5,139 18 1 | 7 | 190 | 155 | 1,345 | 1,016 | 17,941 14 11 | 15,240 12 6 | 2,701 2 5 |
| Oamaru .. .. | 9 | 1,276 | 5,128 5 10 | 837 | 3,928 11 1 | 9 | 109 | 110 | 848 | 786 | 9,954 18 10 | 12,376 16 2 | .. |
| Thames .. .. | 15 | 5,453 | 18,548 17 3 | 1,703 | 7,288 11 8 | 15 | 407 | 479 | 2,672 | 2,479 | 26,097 3 2 | 31,448 7 7 | .. |
| Timaru .. .. | 12 | 2,022 | 5,959 12 7 | 845 | 3,341 19 0 | 12 | 217 | 178 | 1,459 | 1,198 | 27,363 11 10 | 19,424 8 11 | 7,939 2 11 |
| Wanganui .. .. | 24 | 4,632 | 16,204 12 6 | 2,061 | 7,583 5 5 | 22 | 458 | 349 | 2,666 | 1,982 | 33,543 11 10 | 31,969 3 10 | 1,574 8 0 |
| Wellington .. .. | 48 | 13,515 | 40,789 16 3 | 10,853 | 40,929 12 6 | 45 | 1,706 | 1,296 | 13,645 | 10,369 | 155,317 10 2 | 151,483 17 0 | 3,833 13 2 |
| Westport .. .. | 12 | 1,825 | 5,425 7 10 | 453 | 1,618 0 3 | 12 | 103 | 98 | 700 | 624 | 7,499 14 3 | 8,148 6 6 | .. |
| Total 4th quarter in 1897 | 396 | 80,477 | 249,887 18 0 | 54,886 | 205,765 0 10 | 386 | 7,887 | 6,364 | 60,749 | 49,583 | 733,112 2 4 | 741,861 8 2 | .. |
| Total 4th quarter in 1896 | 379 | 73,075 | 232,902 6 7 | 51,583 | 198,297 17 10 | 371 | 7,250 | 5,481 | 56,237 | 45,243 | 687,647 2 4 | 624,973 13 7 | 62,673 8 9 |
General Post Office,
Wellington, 25th January, 1898.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.
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🚂 Quarterly Statement of Money-Order and Savings-Bank Transactions by Postal District for Quarter Ended 31 December 1897
🚂 Transport & Communications25 January 1898
Money Orders, Savings Banks, Postal Districts, Statistics, Quarterly Report, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Wellington, 1897
- W. Gray, Secretary