Postal and Savings Bank Statistics




STATEMENT showing the Number, Amount, &c., of Money-order and Savings-bank Transactions in the several Postal Districts of the Dominion of New Zealand during the Quarter ended 31st March, 1922.

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. Excess of Withdrawals over Deposits.
Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Opened. Closed. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Auckland* 177 29,019 184,832 1 0 35,395 251,686 4 3 172 4,056 3,897 50,991 53,152 1,252,551 4 11 1,356,159 5 10 .. 103,608 0 11
Blenheim 16 2,251 13,881 4 0 1,431 13,219 7 4 16 274 234 3,154 3,049 65,232 7 10 78,053 13 7 .. 12,821 5 9
Christchurch 71 14,249 102,066 13 6 14,981 143,026 17 9 71 2,667 1,803 45,893 41,865 1,010,712 5 2 1,050,173 18 0 .. 89,461 12 10
Dunedin 77 12,945 77,402 18 5 14,003 106,692 2 4 73 1,513 1,412 26,346 21,790 510,190 0 10 554,305 17 10 .. 44,115 17 0
Gisborne 25 3,680 25,313 16 11 2,022 16,062 14 11 25 516 474 6,638 6,101 127,350 18 8 142,864 8 10 .. 15,513 10 2
Greymouth* 44 7,420 45,981 15 6 3,718 25,156 0 11 44 1,634 1,607 6,231 5,439 235,544 0 7 254,927 17 1 .. 19,383 16 6
Hamilton 83 16,817 106,950 16 1 9,411 64,954 19 6 83 2,050 1,108 15,966 13,200 343,896 10 4 347,245 7 4 .. 3,348 17 0
Invercargill 37 6,933 41,100 15 5 5,007 33,854 2 10 37 673 560 8,440 7,566 185,447 6 7 206,310 9 6 .. 20,863 2 11
Napier 48 8,590 62,133 10 6 5,967 50,898 12 3 45 1,043 921 13,967 11,593 288,441 15 9 304,887 16 5 .. 16,446 0 8
Nelson 29 3,890 24,216 5 7 3,227 23,323 13 6 29 327 293 4,889 4,741 114,068 12 6 126,816 1 4 .. 12,747 8 10
New Plymouth 35 6,868 44,924 16 3 4,486 46,116 0 9 34 840 734 10,825 8,388 230,603 3 5 227,152 18 1 3,450 5 4 ..
Oamaru 11 2,111 30,584 17 0 884 5,994 5 4 11 234 212 3,135 2,590 72,699 10 3 91,361 3 10 .. 18,661 13 7
Thames 38 6,756 44,366 9 7 3,832 24,893 4 3 38 654 614 6,049 4,832 124,374 6 5 143,687 1 5 .. 19,312 15 0
Timaru 16 4,396 67,950 6 3 2,316 18,326 9 1 16 596 459 7,216 6,262 188,812 1 8 210,029 14 7 .. 21,217 12 11
Wanganui 41 9,411 78,771 7 2 4,835 34,191 11 7 41 991 908 18,540 11,766 265,399 8 6 280,203 11 3 .. 14,804 2 9
Wellington 93 28,022 192,574 15 0 34,220 235,244 2 6 95 4,300 3,517 69,377 59,701 1,353,114 14 7 1,384,454 8 2 .. 31,339 13 7
Western Samoa 1 511 4,009 12 7 50 191 8 1 1 43 43 296 237 7,805 11 8 8,673 16 6 .. 868 4 10
Totals, 1st quarter in 1922 842 163,869 1,147,062 0 9 145,285 1,093,831 17 2 831 22,411 18,796 292,953 262,272 6,376,243 19 8 6,767,307 9 7 .. 391,063 9 11
Totals, 1st quarter in 1921 830 161,487 1,292,234 18 3 142,076 1,196,337 17 9 819 28,741 23,761 323,361 301,584 7,893,358 16 2 7,501,715 5 6 391,643 10 8 ..
  • New postal district of Greymouth, absorbing Hokitika and Westport districts, created on 1st January, 1922.

General Post Office, Wellington, 1st May, 1922. R. B. MORRIS, Secretary.



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🚂 Quarterly Money-order and Savings-bank Transactions

🚂 Transport & Communications
1 May 1922
Statistics, Money Orders, Savings Banks, Postal Districts, Quarterly Report
  • R. B. Morris, Secretary