Post Office Savings-Bank Statistics




POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK.—GENERAL STATEMENT.

TABLE SHOWING THE BUSINESS OF THE POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK IN NEW ZEALAND, BY TEN-YEAR PERIODS, FROM 1868 TO THE 31ST DECEMBER, 1913, AND YEARLY PERIODS THEREAFTER TO THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH, 1933.

Year. Number of Branches of the Post Office Savings-bank open at the Close of the Year. Number of Deposits received during the Year. Total Amount of Deposits received during the Year. Average Amount of each Deposit received during the Year. Number of Withdrawals during the Year. Total Amount of Withdrawals during the Year. Average Amount of each Withdrawal during the Year. Excess of Deposits over Withdrawals during the Year. Excess of Withdrawals over Deposits during the Year. Interest for the Year. Number of Accounts opened during the Year. Number of Accounts closed during the Year. Number of Accounts remaining open at Close of the Year. Total Amount standing to the Credit of all Open Accounts, inclusive of Interest to the Close of the Year. Average Amount standing to the Credit of each Open Account at Close of the Year.
Year ended 31st Mar., 1933 873 1,214,105 £16,933,176 8 1 £14 0 1 1,475,079 £19,635,928 4 9 £13 6 3 £.. £2,702,751 16 8 £1,475,873 10 5 72,538 152,531 797,097 £42,028,620 14 8 £52 14 7
Year ended 31st Mar., 1932 882 1,418,250 £19,463,985 10 6 £13 14 6 1,535,368 £25,488,081 4 0 £16 12 0 .. £6,024,095 13 4 £1,611,047 13 4 78,674 79,627 877,090 £43,255,499 0 11 £49 6 4
Year ended 31st Mar., 1931 884 1,695,143 £24,531,569 1 3 £14 9 5 1,473,027 £28,063,338 6 0 £19 1 0 .. £3,531,769 4 9 £1,763,824 17 3 98,298 73,012 878,043 £47,668,547 1 1 £54 5 9
Year ended 31st Mar., 1930 882 1,700,460 £28,561,854 4 10 £16 15 11 1,342,113 £29,575,993 16 10 £22 0 9 .. £1,014,139 12 0 £1,806,414 0 1 97,932 73,471 852,757 £49,436,491 8 7 £57 19 5
Year ended 31st Mar., 1929 879 1,618,656 £27,252,381 9 0 £16 16 9 1,285,256 £28,111,940 16 9 £21 17 6 .. £859,559 7 9 £1,745,050 5 4 93,111 69,540 828,296 £48,644,217 0 6 £58 14 7
Year ended 31st Mar., 1928 870 1,570,493 £27,611,066 5 1 £17 11 7 1,274,906 £30,584,997 14 4 £23 19 10 .. £2,973,931 9 3 £1,747,155 13 9 93,331 72,433 804,725 £47,758,726 2 11 £59 6 11
Year ended 31st Mar., 1927 875 1,509,909 £29,456,383 2 7 £19 10 2 1,224,764 £30,149,628 17 3 £24 12 4 .. £693,245 14 8 £1,767,426 2 8 97,713 72,041 783,827 £48,985,501 18 5 £62 9 11
Year ended 31st Mar., 1926 870 1,446,530 £31,833,621 9 5 £22 0 1 1,197,985 £32,602,505 17 2 £27 4 3 .. £768,884 7 9 £1,731,577 17 2 104,447 81,440 758,155 £47,911,321 10 5 £63 3 11
Year ended 31st Mar., 1925 855 1,371,009 £29,582,897 2 9 £21 11 7 1,108,291 £30,413,609 3 11 £27 8 10 .. £830,712 1 2 £1,680,919 10 10 95,595 70,604 735,148 £46,948,628 1 0 £63 17 3
Year ended 31st Mar., 1924 846 1,261,141 £29,598,372 4 8 £23 9 4 1,075,037 £29,510,320 19 6 £27 9 0 £88,051 5 2 .. £1,649,976 4 8 92,465 73,098 710,157 £46,098,420 11 4 £64 18 3
Year ended 31st Mar., 1923 840 1,175,104 £26,682,426 11 4 £22 14 2 1,081,300 £27,769,262 16 3 £25 13 8 .. £1,086,836 4 11 £1,605,525 1 10 78,490 66,630 690,790 £44,360,393 1 6 £64 4 4
Year ended 31st Mar., 1922 831 1,227,591 £29,125,997 10 0 £23 14 6 1,119,662 £30,236,231 6 5 £27 0 0 .. £1,110,233 16 5 £1,599,907 2 0 89,859 75,745 678,930 £43,841,704 4 7 £64 11 6
*Fifteen months ended 31st March, 1921 819 1,664,206 £44,302,852 5 4 £26 12 5 1,458,008 £41,162,486 9 10 £28 4 8 £3,140,365 15 6 .. £1,818,534 5 2 152,930 118,894 664,819 £43,352,030 19 0 £65 4 2
Totals for 1919 .. 1,289,161 £29,758,448 9 7 £23 1 8 994,247 £25,962,378 2 6 £26 2 £3,796,070 7 1 .. £1,178,935 6 6 118,109 77,531 630,783 £38,393,130 18 4 £60 17 4
,, 1918 .. 1,213,353 £18,101,104 18 1 £14 18 4 727,729 £14,938,841 10 0 £20 10 £3,162,263 8 1 .. £1,059,471 17 8 76,869 53,015 590,205 £33,418,125 4 9 £56 12 5
,, 1908 .. 706,101 £9,674,075 4 0 £13 14 0 484,672 £9,417,820 10 3 £19 8 8 £256,254 13 9 .. £379,808 6 7 80,133 57,829 342,077 £12,159,293 18 1 £35 10 11
,, 1898 .. 281,749 £3,279,611 7 5 £11 12 10 196,764 £3,194,893 16 7 £16 4 9 £84,717 10 10 .. £128,128 16 6 37,265 26,628 169,968 £4,957,771 5 5 £29 3 5
,, 1888 .. 145,355 £1,544,747 7 11 £10 12 6 96,204 £1,387,471 1 10 £14 8 5 £157,276 6 1 .. £78,080 6 0 21,307 16,543 84,488 £2,048,441 10 9 £24 4 10
,, 1878 .. 69,908 £762,084 12 0 £10 18 0 42,746 £742,053 14 3 £17 7 2 £20,030 17 9 .. £31,664 12 9 13,005 9,634 32,132 £819,071 8 2 £25 9 9
,, 1868 .. 13,014 £194,535 11 6 £14 18 11 6,365 £107,094 17 3 £16 16 6 £87,440 14 3 .. £4,880 7 3 3,282 1,186 4,252 £163,518 15 7 £38 9 1
†Totals from 1st Feb. to 31st Dec., 1867 46 6,977 £96,372 7 10 £13 16 3 1,919 £26,415 18 9 £13 15 3 £69,956 9 1 .. £1,241 5 0 2,520 364 2,156 £71,197 14 1 £33 0 5
  • Termination of savings-bank year altered from 31st December to 31st March, with effect from 31st March, 1921.

† The Post Office Savings-bank was established in the Dominion in February, 1867.

General Post Office, Wellington, 10th July, 1933.

G. McNAMARA, Secretary.



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💰 Finance & Revenue
10 July 1933
Savings-Bank, Financial Statistics, Deposits, Withdrawals, Interest, Accounts
  • G. McNamara, Secretary