Postal Financial 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, 1899.

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 .. 96 14,110 £ s. d. 54,539 7 4 13,722 £ s. d. 56,033 3 1 96 1,523 1,219 9,724 7,957 129,673 3 10 137,165 8 0 ..
Blenheim .. 7 1,320 4,084 1 4 578 2,387 19 11 7 181 132 1,124 751 15,003 18 5 17,587 1 8 ..
Christchurch .. 52 8,142 31,065 5 0 7,571 32,023 9 6 52 1,818 1,168 14,686 10,210 174,528 10 4 177,356 6 3 ..
Dunedin .. 46 9,377 31,174 19 7 9,230 37,890 9 0 43 1,485 927 11,970 7,068 141,870 4 8 125,723 15 7 16,146 9 1
Gisborne .. 4 895 3,012 3 6 297 1,400 11 9 4 236 156 1,176 814 14,885 18 8 14,705 6 4 180 12 4
Greymouth .. 10 2,115 6,981 7 0 1,015 3,779 0 4 10 211 133 1,104 830 13,833 3 6 12,773 2 11 1,060 0 7
Hokitika .. 6 738 2,035 19 1 500 1,871 12 0 6 87 59 400 345 8,521 2 2 8,115 0 9 406 1 5
Invercargill .. 27 3,828 12,027 8 8 2,239 7,851 3 6 27 397 275 2,558 1,576 30,782 1 7 33,364 7 10 ..
Napier .. 23 4,346 13,670 1 4 2,601 9,435 11 1 21 550 354 3,825 2,154 38,445 2 8 33,664 7 2 4,780 15 6
Nelson .. 13 1,697 5,209 5 0 1,576 6,086 8 4 13 238 158 1,570 1,128 23,364 12 11 25,319 6 3 ..
New Plymouth .. 7 2,689 9,355 17 10 1,689 7,323 4 10 7 361 233 2,020 1,113 26,772 10 3 23,798 4 8 2,974 5 7
Oamaru .. 10 1,435 10,079 12 8 768 3,025 5 2 10 181 143 1,163 746 17,725 14 9 17,800 10 0 ..
Thames .. 17 4,126 12,763 11 11 1,647 6,111 14 10 17 388 313 2,350 1,907 25,294 10 6 27,030 17 8 ..
Timaru .. 13 2,458 15,346 7 5 995 3,590 3 5 13 339 197 2,103 1,242 22,533 12 6 22,401 16 3 131 16 3
Wanganui .. 24 4,864 17,417 13 11 2,575 8,820 14 8 23 705 398 3,619 1,973 46,055 1 1 37,115 11 11 8,939 9 2
Wellington .. 53 12,971 43,713 15 9 12,104 46,349 18 8 52 2,084 1,525 15,708 10,589 172,782 18 2 162,421 8 4 10,361 9 10
Westport .. 12 1,803 5,312 15 6 497 1,805 13 0 12 151 104 921 635 10,158 6 10 11,082 7 9 ..
Total 1st quarter in 1899 420 76,914 277,789 12 10 59,604 235,786 3 1 413 10,935 7,494 76,021 51,038 912,230 12 10 887,424 19 4 24,805 13 6
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

General Post Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1899.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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🚂 Quarterly Statement of Money-Order and Savings-Bank Transactions by Postal District

🚂 Transport & Communications
22 April 1899
Money Orders, Savings Banks, Postal Districts, Financial Statistics, March 1899, New Zealand, Quarterly Report
  • W. Gray, Secretary