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COST OF LIVING IN GT. BRITAIN.
WAR-TIME RISE 80 PER CENT.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 28RD 1919.
TYPICAL FAMILY BUDGETS. Combining food with other expenses, the final increases in the cost of living as a whole were found to be, for skilled
A very interesting and instructive re-workmen's families, 67 per cent,, for sami. port has been presented by the Treasury skilled 75 per cent., and for unskilled The committee set out in committee appointed, under the chairman 81 per cent: ship of Lord Sumner, to inquire into (1) tabular form approximate estimates of the actual increase since Jane, 1004, in the average weekly expenditure of a the cost of living to the working-classes, standard "* urban family of each of the and (8) any counterbalancing factors three classes in July, 1914, and June, (apart from increases of wages) which 1918. Below are reproduced the tables for may have arisen under war conditions skilled and unskilled workers:--- The items of expenditure taken into ac count are food, rent, clothing, fuel, in surance, household sundries, and rail Food way and tramway fares, and the conclu-Sundries........ Fuel and light. sions arrived at are based on a large num. Itent.... ber of family budgets collected in the Fares most important centres of population intothing Great Britain. Briefly, the committee) find that between July, 1814, and July,. 1918, the average increase in weekly ex- penditure wae :-**
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Food, 80 per cent.; clothing, per in the separate estimates the general rate
Cent.
All the items of expenditure enumer ated, 74 per cent.
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By September last A further rise prices had raised the average increase to nearly 60 per cent.
occur.
of increase of expenditure cannot reason- ably, the committee believe, be placed
at more than 80 per cent. or less than 68
per cent. They recognise fully that garcumstances of particular special Decupations and localities prevent these average figura being universally appile- able without modification; but they estab lish a standard from which modifications can be made when evidence of the need of exceptional treatment is presented,
have
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lo estimating the expenditure in 1884. the commitice relied, as regards food, an the collection of household budgets made by the Board of Trade in 11:04. During the decade no considerable changes took
A slight reduction appears to place in die nude or standard of living, and allowances have been made for such taken place in the equivalent value in changes as there is reason to believe did calories of the food consumption of the As regards expenditure on itens skilled class recorded in the budges col other than foud, detailed information was leeted, perhaps 3 per cent. This appeara obtained from a large number of different to be due to the proportions. in towns which include a large proportion bread and bacon are consumed, and a of the industrial population. It was light rendjustment between the wo found that the charges for rent and fares would, in fact, wipe out the reduction. have changed very little since 1914: in The standard of the unskilled class mea- formation obtained from representativesared on the same basis has risen very insurance companies and from the Chief slightly, owing to the ingroused consump Registrar of Friendly Societies indicates tion of bacon. The committes think it is that the same is true of insurance rates.
practicable to recompute at For the expenditure before the war on tervals any further change in the cost fuel and household requisites, recourse of living. They have made a preliminary was had to the list of prices published estimate for the date September 1st, 1918, by the Board of Trade in its 1912 inquiry and find that prices and expenditure have To obtain the necessary data for 1916, increased since June, so that the increase the commitice circulated 10,000 budget over July, 1914, was in September nearly fozunk. A considerable number of these 80 per cent.. as compared with 74 per cent. wele returnod, and it is stated that they in June. bore strong internal evidence of having! been carefully and intelligently filled up. In reducing to averages results obtained from families, composed of persons of both sexes of varying ages, it is necessary to reduce persons of all kinds to a un form standard unit. This is done by expressing the consumption of women and children in terms of that of men. On this basis, the standard family of the employed-at-home class adopted by the committee consists of 4.57 equivalent men or units," including 12 sup plementary earners.
PROSPEROUS WORKERS.
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With regard LU counter-balancing facture," the Committee have come to the conclusion that these matters do not lend themselves to quantitative determination. The virtual disappearance of unemploy ment, however, constituted a most sub staatial counter weight to the rise in the cost of living. Economically speaking, higher employment, fuller employment and more prontable employment result in; improvements of the worker's position turn, under war conditions, which, in contribute largely to the vollective benefit of the famly, of which the worker forts For the standard family, as defined part.
Allotments, in the Committee's opinion, above, the increase in weekly expenditure on food between June, 1914, and June, are not among the counter-bancing fac
So far as they 1918, was from 24s. 11d. to 47s. 3d-thuttora to be inquired into.
The estimate for 1814 go, these are counter-advantages pro- , 90 per cent. may possibly be too low by Bd. or 1s.;duced by war conditions, but, in the main, if it is raised by the latter sam, the in- allotment produce is to be regarded
the fruit of individual effort, enterprise, An in- crease would be 82 per cent. ereuse of 80 per cent. may, therefore, be and outlay, and as a form of extra car regarded as the maximum. The resultings, whien are the just remuneration of may also be stated thus, that the increase extra, work,
The Committee conclude.
FOOD AND CLOTHING,
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THE P. & O. H. N. Co's Steamer
"NORE"
From LONDON, COLOMBO and
STRAITS,
Consignes of Cargo by the store-usmed vessel are hereby lnformed that their goods are baing landed and placed AT THRIS BIS in the and Kowloon, Wharf and Godown Comp Godowns at Kowloon, where enab are hereby notified that the Cargo will Consignment will be sorted out Mark by Mark be discharged into Holt's Wharf, Kow-au delivery can be obtained as the foods loon, where it will lie at Consignes's are 1-nded.
Options Goode will be Jended barw Lese risk. The Carge will be ready for de
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Optional cargo will be landed, unless notice bas been given prior to steamer's arrival.
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All broken, chafed, and damaged goods to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on any Tuesdays and Fridays between the bours of 10.45 A.M. and Noon within the free storage period. No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the steamer's Godown, and all Goods remaining undelivered
All Olaims against the Steamer must
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instructions are gives to the contrary
Goods not clessed within a days. Incoming date of arrival will be subject to rent.
No Fire Insurance will be affected by w in any case whatever.
Damaged packages must be left in the Go- downs for examination by the consiguese, and the Company Barvayors, MƏR, GODDARD mad Dovelas, at 10 AM. on Mondays and THURSDAYS. All Claims must be presented within ten days of the steamer's arrival here, after whlok date They cannot be recognised No Claime will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowas.
P. L. KNIGHF Acting Superintendent. Hongkong, January 19th, 1919,
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION 00.
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"We have found, on the evidence of the the standard scale) 5s. for a family with budgets working class expenditure, one earner and three dependent children, that in June, vis, the working-classe, as 198. Od.; and for the standard family, a whole, were in a position to purchase after the 27th January will be subject to with two earners, 236. The committee food of substantially the same nutritive rent.
as in June, 1914. Indeed, our have endeavoured to estimate the rise in value food for skilled, semi-skilled, and an
indicate that the nu- skilled workinen het flies of has be presented to the undersigned on or skilled workmen separately. The increase in expenditure on food has been very at the later date, in spite of the rise in before the 10th February, or they will not nearly the same in money in each of the the cost of food. This conclusion is more be recognised.
No Fire Insurance will be effected three classes, namely, 68. per unit, and, than confirmed by the reports we have!
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, the therefore, the percentage increase is obtained from the medical officers to
Agente, greater for the unskilled class than for education authorities in the great citice. the skilled.
Hongkong, January 19th, 1910. From London it is officially reported, There is less difference between the ex- after inspection of all the children enter penditure of the three classes in regarding school, that the percentage of to fuel than in regard to other commodiren found in a poorly-nourished condition ties. The consumption of coal is largely ie considerably less than half the per- A similar improve affected by locality, and whore goal is centage in 1813. dear gas is more extensively need. The ment is shown by the figures furnished budgets show the rents (including rates) by Birmingham, Bolton, Bradford, Bri- paid in 1918. These budgets come only stol, Glasgow, and Nottingham. from households where the principal wage general impression, especially of the poor- carner is living with his family, and it or children, is favourable. And the view may be assumed that in general he has that parents are now better able to give For this their children the necessary food is borne not moved during the war, group renta have only increased where out by the information we have received they have been affected by rising rates, as to the number of meals provided to the increase has been trifling and not by any means universal to mark its exist ence the Committee have taken average rents in 1914 as 2d. weekly less than in 1918.
"GLEN" LINE OF STEAMERS, LTD NOTICE TO CONSIGNEWS
The FROM UNITED KINGDOM, COLOMBO
AND STRAITE
THE Steamshly
FOR STRAITE, CRYLON, BOMBAY EGYPT, MEDITER
RANEAN PORTA
LONDON.
THROUGH BILLS OF Lading Issund som BeTAVIS, AMERICAN, CONTINENTAL AND SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS.
THE Homeward Mall Steamer, carrying His Majesty's Mall, will be despatched trom this port se usual, taking Passengerm sad Cargo for the above Ports Prewengerm accommodation in the connecting ves
Bilk and Valuable Cargo for Italy, France secured before departure from Hongkong.
and London (ander arrangement) will be conveyed by this Steamer proceeding so Bombay and, there transhipped to the wand carrying Beamer for Marseilles
Parcels will be received at the Office watik
and value of all packagon are required.
For further particulars, sailing datea, oku. apply to
P. L. KNIGHT, Acting Superintendent..
London
"GLENIFFER " necessitous children by the local educa having arrived from the above ports, Con- tion authorities. It is only in very ex-lgues of Cargo by her are bereus aformed ceptional cases that education authorities that all Goods are being landed at their risk are supplying anything like as many into the hamardous and/or extra hazardous meals as before the war; in most places Godown of the Hongkong and Kowloon In the case of clothing changes have the number has fallen to about one half Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, taken place not merely in consequence (Nottingham, Stoke, and Sheffield), and hence, and/or from the wharves, delivery of rises of price, but because of the seara quarter (London and Bolton); and in may be obtained.
Goods not cleared by the Jan. 28th, city or exhaustion of particular stocks some places (as in Birmingham and Liver or sources of supply, and these have pool) it is hardly necessary to provide at BP... will be subject to rent.
All broken, not always been changes in one direction. meals at all. The last available figures
left in the Godowns where they materials has made it necessary to resort compared with the estimated number in will be examined by Mesars. Goddard & to better though more costly materials 1914, show a decline by about four-afths Douglas, on Jan. 28th, 1919, at 10 AM
Claims against the Steamor must be presented sometimes there is a movement towards bin' the country as a whole.
"With regard to the other necessaries with 20 days of arrival, otherwise shey will more showy, but less durable materiel. There appears to have been some extra for children, it is not so easy to get in- not be recognized.
No Firm Insurance will be affected by us in buying to provide for anticipated scar formation; but London contains so large city of materials or rise in prices. In proportion of the population of the any cash whatever.
Bill of Lading will be countersigned by the case of boots there is reason to believe country that it cannot but bo significant
MATHESON & Co., Lim, JARDINE, that the rise in expenditure, which is that the clothing cupboards from which
Agrotu approximately 100 per cent., in adequate exceptionally necessitous children used to
Hongkong, January 31st, 1919. to parchuse boots of the same quality receive garments before the war are no The relative importance of the cost of longer resorted to, and, on the other hand, different articles of clothing was estimated that parents who pay in in the numerous AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE. from a small number of carefully preschool boot clubs are found to be at least pared budgets, and the Committee nccept as well able to pay the sums necessary ed the usual estimate that alothing at to obtain boots at the present high prices counted before the war for about ones the much aneller sums required before 'soventh of the whole expenditure on the the war. Finally, it cannot be out of
* "BLOEMFONTEIN principal necessaries (food, fuel,, rent. place to refer to the remarkable dealine and clothing) for a family in receipt of in pauperism which has taken place du will be despatched for :- average earninga. Applying these anti-ing the war, and is still going on- inates to the ascertained, increases of dopline which has brought it much below NEW YORK VIA PANAMA CANAL
hns gver been before. Aliko in about the Middle of February. prices, they found that the increase in the witpt. expenditure on clothing from July, 1014, the metropolls and in the other grant to August, 1018, was 90 per cent, and that urban areas, it had fallen by July, 1918, the average expenditure at the former to two-thirds of what it was in July. date should ba inken at ta od. wookly. 7914.
Sometimes the exhaustion of cheaper for England and Wales, those for 1917, are to be chafed and demagod packages.. the day before salling. The contente
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