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Appendix “A”.
Table XII.
INDEX NUMBER OF WHOLESALE PRICES.
The following Price Index has been constructed on the basis of the declared quantities and c.i.f. values of commodities imported into Hong Kong:-
Average Rate of Exchange 2/6.
Foodstuffs
Textiles
Metals
Miscellaneous
Average
1922-100.
!
2/4/
1/02 1/33
1/44
1/51/ 1st Half
1924
1931
1932
1933
Year
1934
106.1
144.3
126.5
113.4
94.0
112.5
135.8
125.2
97.0
98.9
102.3 140.9 106.3
128.1
107.8
102.3
125.4 109.7
95.7
88.4
106.8 136.6 122.4
103.5
95.9
INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES.
2/66.
1922-100.
Foodstuffs.
2/4
1924
1/03/ 1/33 1931
1/41
1/51 1st Half
1932
1933
Year
1934
Beans Beef
100.3
130.9 118.6
101.3
80 3
116.9
218.0 152.3
173.2
124.1
Eggs
94.5 131.1
104.5
96.7
82.0
Flour (Wheat)
96.4 114.0
98.5
85.7
75.0
Salt Fish
Fruits, Fresh
123.4
Lard
106.9
Milk (Condensed)
Mutton
114.3
Onions
Peanut Oil
Pork
Potatoes
87.6 125.9 150.0 153.4 306.7 274.5 250.1 138.0 114.7 101.2 92.2 185.2 176.8 170.9
173.9 132.9 103.1
141.1 104.1 111.6 117.1 122.1 103.6 133.8 119.8 93.4 109.0 109.6
134.7
218.3
81.5
140.4
139.4
137.1
81.6
79.2
101.7
71.9
109.6
90.5
86.2
75.5
Poultry
111.0
175.2 147.7
117.0
90.4
Rice (Broken)
112.3
126.1 118.3
88.9
62.8
Rice (White)
110.2
133.2
113.5
93.5
71.4
Sugar (Raw)
135.8
99.0
86.6
78.7
63.7
Vegetables (Dried, etc.)
96.3
64.3
56.8
45.2
42.1
Vermicelli
106.5
120.2
101.7
80.3
65.2