138
SINGLE MAN (per month).
Hong Kong.
Kowloon,
Central.
Eastern.
Western.
Yaumati.
Average.
$ c.
$ c.
$ c.
وشا
Summer
5.40
5.50
5.40
5.30
5.40
Food
Winter
6.00
6.00
3.80
5.80
5.90
Summer
4.50
4.00
5.00
4.50
4.50
Housing & Light
Winter
4.50
4.00
5.00
4.50
4.50
Summer
1.00
1.00
0.90
0.90
0.95
Clothes
Winter
2.00
1.80
1.80
1.80
1.85
Suminer
10.90
10.50
11.30
10.70
10.85
Total
Winter
12.50
11.80
12.60
12.10
12.25
MAX AND WIFE.
Central.
Eastern.
Western.
Yaumati.
Average.
$. c.
$ c.
C.
$ c.
$ c.
Sunimer
9.20
9.80
9.50
9.50
9.50
Food
Winter
10.00
10.50
10.20
10.20
10.20
Summer
7.00
6.00
7.00
7.00
6.75
Housing & Light
-
Winter
7.00
6.00
7.00
7.00
6.75
Summer
2.00
1.80
1.70
1.80
1.80
Clothes
Winter
3.50
3.20
3.00
3.20
8.20
Summer
18.20
17.60
18.20
18.30
18.10
Total
Winter
20.50
19.70
20.20
20.40
20.20
EACH CHILD.
Central.
Eastern.
Western. Yaumati.
Average.
$ 0.
$ c.
$ c.
C.
$ c.
Summer
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
Food
Winter
2.50
2.50
2.40
2.60
2.50
Sunner
0.60
0.60
0.60
0.60
0.60
Housing & Light
Winter
0.60
0.60
0.60
0.60
0.00
Summer
0.80
0.30
0.40
0.50
0.37
Clothes
Winter
0.40
0.40
0.50
0.60
0.47
Suminer
2.90
2.90
3.00
3.10
.2.97
Total
Winter
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.80
3.57
144. Admittedly, these figures are not the result of a properly conducted survey and there is no item in respect of miscellaneous expenditure, but the figures do show the large proportion of income expended on housing.