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 DECEMBER, 1927.

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 .. 187 37,796 211,603 0 1 48,563 291,425 10 3 186 3,712 3,531 62,913 66,144 1,287,776 15 9 1,371,105 15 6 .. 88,328 19 9
Blenheim .. 14 2,470 14,097 6 3 1,220 7,637 16 8 15 237 172 3,431 3,659 63,280 10 1 84,001 5 1 .. 20,720 15 0
Christchurch .. 73 18,507 107,750 4 1 18,723 130,250 11 11 73 2,318 1,907 55,356 57,881 1,102,828 2 8 1,226,445 4 0 .. 123,617 1 4
Dunedin .. 77 17,278 96,194 1 4 16,100 95,379 4 7 74 1,139 1,471 24,213 28,528 571,975 18 8 684,825 15 6 .. 112,849 16 10
Gisborne .. 26 5,104 30,715 12 10 2,449 16,497 4 11 26 596 426 8,253 7,551 153,896 6 3 160,026 19 7 .. 6,130 13 4
Greymouth .. 24 5,496 31,480 15 10 2,431 17,255 13 11 24 222 251 3,679 3,647 72,480 18 3 90,729 4 11 .. 18,248 6 8
Hamilton .. 87 20,811 118,438 2 11 10,736 70,411 9 4 87 1,611 1,184 20,755 15,937 343,492 9 2 347,098 5 4 .. 3,605 16 2
Invercargill .. 38 8,651 46,457 2 5 5,556 33,410 13 4 38 1,654 1,600 9,139 9,789 302,167 13 7 355,222 12 2 .. 53,054 18 7
Napier .. 40 9,687 55,068 6 2 6,564 43,066 16 6 39 1,087 833 16,152 15,082 321,282 12 5 343,819 7 5 .. 22,536 15 0
Nelson .. 32 4,629 26,485 13 2 3,006 20,735 8 2 32 369 280 6,258 5,547 119,276 18 5 131,240 18 9 .. 11,964 0 4
New Plymouth .. 39 8,974 50,596 12 4 5,673 36,943 14 8 37 924 676 13,287 11,232 290,095 5 1 279,246 9 5 10,848 15 8 ..
Oamaru .. 11 2,487 13,859 8 10 1,243 9,245 4 4 11 243 208 3,491 4,013 98,750 14 5 113,768 0 3 .. 15,017 5 10
Palmerston North .. 45 11,280 68,925 15 0 7,268 47,071 18 7 43 1,263 805 18,305 16,269 349,091 18 7 397,740 14 4 .. 48,648 15 9
Thames .. 40 8,146 45,629 11 7 3,426 23,232 12 9 40 628 532 8,554 5,409 137,704 3 4 153,664 4 7 .. 15,960 1 3
Timaru .. 18 5,006 33,189 5 9 2,883 19,801 1 0 18 507 402 8,869 9,212 211,807 5 7 239,888 6 6 .. 28,081 0 11
Wanganui .. 43 10,493 59,250 3 0 5,714 38,634 3 10 43 885 765 14,436 14,173 263,550 19 9 315,941 10 9 .. 52,390 11 0
Wellington .. 57 28,457 179,087 1 11 32,873 213,294 8 9 58 3,399 3,018 73,269 71,595 1,408,212 3 7 1,551,276 17 3 .. 143,064 13
Westport .. 19 3,721 17,563 5 9 1,054 6,177 10 7 19 125 127 2,106 1,789 37,296 10 1 50,676 5 0 .. 13,379 14 11
Western Samoa .. 1 584 5,049 2 9 57 328 6 8 2 79 55 497 391 12,941 15 10 7,346 17 9 5,594 18 1 ..
Rarotonga .. 6 495 9,256 5 4 217 5,493 2 10 5 62 15 414 565 4,433 1 0 5,509 1 3 .. 1,076 0 3
Totals, 4th quarter, 1927 877 210,072 1,220,696 17 4 175,756 1,126,292 13 7 870 21,060 18,258 353,377 347,913 7,152,342 2 6 7,909,573 15 4 .. 757,231 12 10
Totals, 4th quarter, 1926 879 206,411 1,221,836 17 7 172,788 1,121,722 5 4 873 23,019 17,765 346,094 342,94 7,195,824 6 1 7,900,956 7 0 .. 705,132 0 11

General Post Office, Wellington, 25th January, 1928. G. McNAMARA, Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Money-Order and Savings-Bank Transactions in Postal Districts

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25 January 1928
Money Orders, Savings Banks, Postal Districts, Quarterly Report, Statistics
  • G. McNamara, Secretary