STATIONMENT showing the NUMBER AMOUNTS of MONEY-ORDER and SAVINGS-BANK TRANSACTIONS in the sevoral POSTAL DISTRICTS of the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 31st March, 1918.

SAVINGS-BANKS.

                                Money-Orders.
Postal Districts.             Accounts.             Paid.             Number     Amount.     Amount of     Number     Excess of    Excess of
                                        Amount       Amount         Deposits.   With-        Deposits over    Withdrawals
                                                    Opened.       Closed.         drawais.      Withdrawals.    over
                                                                                               Deposits.

Auckland                           215        41,197            208          5,100           31,714           571,503 10 2     736 5 7
Blenheim                            13         2,245             13           1,201            1,734            37,114 4 4      542 11 8
Christchurch                        72        15,519             72           95,297           25,325          409,393 7 10    24,121 7 1
Dunedin                             68        14,680             65           1,868            1,279           24,457          16,615    21,175 10 2
Gisborne                            20         4,075             20            1,720           11,417 5 2           750           4,465           3,675 6 9
Greymouth                           16         3,941             16            1,986            3,207            304              8,840 2 10
Hokitika                             8          936              8             739             3,132 16 2           73            6,716           80,794 1 1
Invercargill                       33         7,765             31            5,006           22,797 9 5           807            521            47,815 14 5
Napier                              46         8,558             41            5,557           40,619 15 0           802            1,852           110,661 7 1
Nelson                              24         4,082             24            3,432           20,372 16 9           257            4,093           144,131 18 0
New Plymouth                        18         4,537             18            3,573           23,655 13 5           407            5,524           146,513 16 0
Oamaru                              11         2,556             11            1,024            5,715 19 6           135            2,339            6,752           2,382 3 0
Thames                              26         6,409             26            3,155           15,390 6 4            617            4,816           63,835 4 5
Timaru                              16         4,937             16            2,479           13,721 8 2            663            419             3,779           4,518 11 2
Wanganui                            54        12,345             52            6,826           32,606 12 2           1,505            946            72,441 17 7
Wellington                          91        28,054             92           29,803         161,724 12 5            131,014          4,347           2,735           60,803 8 8
Westport                            20         3,827             19            1,348            9,136 12 6            337            325             2,540           11,638 8 11

Totals 1st quarter in 1913          751       165,658           766        635 12 7           150,998          221,546          13,850          22,108          2,775,095 14 0
Totals 1st quarter in 1912          710       159,574         111,576 3 0             16,449           24,849          219,618              8,774 5 11

W. R. MORRIS Secretary.

General Post Office Wellington 22nd April 1918.