Postal and Savings Bank Transactions




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, 1927.

POSTAL DISTRICTS. Money-order Offices open at End of Quarter. MONEY-ORDERS. SAVINGS-BANKS.
Issued. Paid. Savings-bank Offices open at End of Quarter. 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 188 85,197 205,511 7 1 46,569 299,490 0 6 185 4,877 3,335 67,109 56,590 1,219,338 4 1 1,261,967 10 8 .. 42,629 6 7
Blenheim 14 2,368 14,130 18 6 1,379 10,898 11 1 15 326 226 4,153 3,331 76,966 10 2 77,392 14 8 .. 426 4 6
Christchurch 73 17,960 116,851 1 11 18,491 174,558 7 6 73 3,086 1,854 57,120 48,420 1,033,346 11 7 1,059,479 7 1 .. 26,132 15 6
Dunedin 77 16,277 94,486 8 7 15,352 105,305 16 2 74 1,617 1,382 28,749 22,228 493,502 19 8 530,351 1 4 .. 36,848 1 8
Gisborne 27 5,086 33,269 12 5 2,657 24,754 15 8 27 610 524 8,720 6,723 150,103 13 7 148,916 4 7 1,187 9 0 ..
Greymouth 24 5,298 29,663 12 9 2,761 16,961 13 0 24 345 261 3,900 2,938 73,065 3 8 87,863 11 11 .. 14,798 8 3
Hamilton 86 19,533 128,206 12 3 10,576 63,129 11 9 85 2,001 1,157 21,340 13,090 331,615 17 0 281,449 4 4 50,166 12 8 ..
Invercargill 37 8,630 48,198 17 1 6,035 38,684 14 6 37 709 592 8,871 7,453 175,251 8 6 180,658 2 0 .. 5,406 13 6
Napier 40 9,219 66,088 1 4 6,410 55,648 7 7 38 1,321 978 17,524 13,442 341,712 0 9 358,772 19 1 .. 17,060 18 4
Nelson 32 4,072 23,843 7 0 3,327 21,777 3 3 31 402 299 6,462 4,623 113,135 13 8 118,864 2 8 .. 5,728 9 0
New Plymouth 40 8,310 50,123 15 0 5,604 43,685 16 1 40 1,094 758 14,403 9,619 281,620 2 4 250,580 2 6 31,039 19 10 ..
Oamaru 11 2,612 31,701 6 3 1,119 8,300 5 3 11 263 178 3,762 2,955 77,443 4 0 88,191 17 0 .. 10,748 13 0
Palmerston North* 45 10,983 80,262 10 4 7,029 46,368 11 11 43 1,479 872 19,650 13,360 379,828 11 4 342,224 14 4 37,603 17 0 ..
Thames 40 7,291 43,941 18 1 3,316 23,196 9 7 41 675 539 8,443 4,564 133,938 15 3 144,124 2 10 .. 10,185 7 7
Timaru 18 5,497 76,182 10 1 2,915 18,543 3 4 18 740 445 9,657 7,333 216,301 2 9 211,382 9 4 4,918 13 5 ..
Wanganui 44 10,280 68,297 10 9 6,128 39,879 0 10 45 1,082 950 16,737 12,536 279,593 18 6 261,570 8 11 18,023 9 7 ..
Wellington 57 25,988 177,207 1 1 31,802 236,545 13 8 59 4,661 3,158 83,531 58,588 1,335,096 15 7 1,352,742 5 0 .. 17,645 9 5
Westport 19 3,567 18,000 15 7 1,170 7,318 2 6 19 169 118 2,252 1,284 36,930 5 3 34,839 7 8 2,090 17 7 ..
Western Samoa 1 532 7,638 19 6 65 580 9 4 3 173 53 608 334 8,633 7 4 9,656 1 5 .. 1,022 14 1
Rarotonga 6 305 6,468 5 1 60 1,146 0 5 6 33 9 196 386 1,880 18 0 2,585 4 11 .. 704 6 11
Totals, 1st quarter, 1927 879 199,005 1,320,074 10 8 172,765 1,236,722 13 11 874 25,663 17,588 383,187 289,797 6,759,305 3 0 6,803,611 12 3 .. 44,306 9 3
Totals, 1st quarter, 1926 876 196,135 1,337,787 15 6 170,745 1,245,115 15 2 870 25,884 18,877 360,830 295,190 7,333,534 3 7 7,409,719 3 4 .. 76,184 19 9

General Post Office, Wellington, 26th April, 1927. G. McNAMARA, Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Money-Order and Savings-Bank Transactions

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26 April 1927
Money-orders, Savings-banks, Postal districts, Quarterly report
  • G. McNamara, Secretary