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, 1926.

| POSTAL DISTRICTS. | Money-order Offices open at End of Quarter. | MONEY-ORDERS. | | Savings-bank Offices open at End of Quarter. | SAVINGS-BANKS. | | | | | | | | |
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| | | 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. | £ s. d. |
| Auckland | .. | 187 | 35,339 | 210,860 3 8 | 43,446 | 290,802 16 2 | 183 | 4,798 | 3,537 | 63,052 | 57,321 | 1,382,715 3 6 | 1,407,619 15 10 | .. | 24,904 12 4 |
| Blenheim | .. | 14 | 2,331 | 14,308 17 7 | 1,228 | 10,767 3 7 | 15 | 240 | 70 | 3,887 | 1,116 | 79,294 15 4 | 69,921 13 1 | 9,373 2 3 | .. |
| Christchurch | .. | 73 | 18,072 | 123,959 9 0 | 18,582 | 171,809 19 1 | 73 | 3,050 | 2,153 | 53,151 | 49,418 | 1,130,993 9 8 | 1,192,417 6 8 | .. | 61,423 17 0 |
| Dunedin | .. | 78 | 15,409 | 92,531 9 9 | 18,400 | 135,179 10 7 | 74 | 1,820 | 1,493 | 29,399 | 24,461 | 584,525 18 10 | 590,702 14 11 | .. | 6,176 16 1 |
| Gisborne | .. | 28 | 5,071 | 34,645 9 2 | 2,658 | 23,242 14 1 | 28 | 653 | 415 | 8,657 | 6,715 | 151,499 2 5 | 178,098 0 9 | .. | 26,598 18 4 |
| Greymouth | .. | 25 | 5,330 | 31,397 4 3 | 2,806 | 18,200 15 8 | 25 | 336 | 314 | 3,771 | 3,180 | 86,764 12 10 | 91,112 7 3 | .. | 4,347 14 5 |
| Hamilton | .. | 85 | 19,024 | 125,041 10 0 | 10,259 | 61,500 0 11 | 84 | 1,923 | 1,275 | 19,759 | 13,289 | 357,294 1 11 | 337,468 13 8 | 19,825 8 3 | .. |
| Invercargill | .. | 37 | 8,168 | 47,326 5 9 | 5,665 | 36,740 10 0 | 37 | 666 | 598 | 8,212 | 8,780 | 175,750 7 1 | 213,967 19 10 | .. | 38,217 12 9 |
| Napier | .. | 38 | 8,828 | 61,358 8 11 | 6,345 | 56,749 14 10 | 37 | 1,316 | 1,139 | 16,733 | 13,778 | 351,621 19 8 | 355,469 3 2 | .. | 3,847 3 6 |
| Nelson | .. | 32 | 4,298 | 26,281 1 4 | 3,342 | 21,736 0 6 | 31 | 390 | 312 | 6,028 | 5,115 | 106,544 13 3 | 117,375 8 8 | .. | 10,830 15 5 |
| New Plymouth | .. | 39 | 8,485 | 55,930 9 4 | 5,549 | 45,041 8 9 | 40 | 1,123 | 788 | 14,123 | 9,899 | 309,089 0 3 | 271,862 17 0 | 37,226 3 3 | .. |
| Oamaru | .. | 11 | 2,403 | 33,776 6 1 | 1,189 | 6,571 0 4 | 11 | 204 | 181 | 3,313 | 3,075 | 85,321 14 1 | 83,012 11 4 | 2,309 2 9 | .. |
| Palmerston North* | .. | 45 | 11,287 | 88,049 12 11 | 7,263 | 49,311 1 4 | 43 | 2,092 | 801 | 19,137 | 13,961 | 433,116 19 6 | 377,397 11 1 | 55,719 8 5 | .. |
| Thames | .. | 40 | 7,478 | 48,426 15 8 | 3,502 | 22,826 11 5 | 41 | 761 | 517 | 7,503 | 4,482 | 153,007 5 9 | 135,404 8 1 | 17,602 17 8 | .. |
| Timaru | .. | 18 | 5,364 | 72,110 8 3 | 2,909 | 19,846 14 4 | 18 | 621 | 522 | 8,635 | 7,924 | 207,742 17 10 | 213,116 14 3 | .. | 5,373 16 5 |
| Wanganui | .. | 44 | 10,326 | 69,081 9 7 | 5,338 | 36,312 4 9 | 44 | 1,119 | 888 | 16,327 | 12,745 | 325,760 5 9 | 316,554 17 2 | 9,205 8 7 | .. |
| Wellington | .. | 57 | 24,863 | 178,805 18 2 | 30,844 | 227,762 15 10 | 59 | 4,407 | 3,690 | 75,784 | 58,050 | 1,368,008 10 7 | 1,408,579 9 6 | .. | 40,570 18 11 |
| Westport | .. | 18 | 3,201 | 16,173 6 1 | 1,220 | 6,894 18 5 | 18 | 155 | 140 | 2,019 | 1,306 | 31,273 1 0 | 35,431 16 4 | .. | 4,158 15 4 |
| Western Samoa | .. | 1 | 572 | 7,218 16 5 | 51 | 276 2 5 | 3 | 130 | 27 | 549 | 306 | 9,632 18 3 | 10,276 16 1 | .. | 643 17 10 |
| Rarotonga | .. | 6 | 286 | 5,504 13 7 | 149 | 4,043 12 2 | 6 | 80 | 17 | 291 | 269 | 3,577 6 1 | 3,928 18 8 | .. | 351 12 7 |
| Totals, 1st quarter, 1926 | 876 | 196,135 | 1,337,787 15 6 | 170,745 | 1,245,115 15 2 | 870 | 25,884 | 18,877 | 360,330 | 295,190 | 7,333,534 3 7 | 7,409,719 3 4 | .. | 76,184 19 9 |
| Totals, 1st quarter, 1925 | 863 | 188,041 | 1,309,966 18 7 | 162,534 | 1,233,910 6 3 | 855 | 27,436 | 17,405 | 365,880 | 258,527 | 7,540,862 1 7 | 7,135,285 11 7 | 405,576 10 0 | .. |

• Palmerston North was created a chief office on 1st July, 1925.

General Post Office, Wellington, 29th April, 1926.

A. MARKMAN, Secretary.