woollen and cotton goods, etc. etc.
which are
imported, naturally
price as Exchange falls,
rise in price
and even rents, the most
in this
expensive item of living -Colony, have been steadily
rising.
The seven
I which I
gave up
when I went on
roomed house
in
June last
leave, and for
which I paid
one hundred
dollars a month has been let
dollars a
forty Clarks having
Ks
307 ·
year . European having small salaries find.
it very difficult to procure suitable and decent dwellings
that their means will permit
them to
oooupy.
The Bank's and.
large Mercantile Firme provide accommodation for the European Members of their staff. "The
$100.
question
is
presenting itself for
$120
consideration by the Senior
Members of the Civil Service
whether they could not live at
they
home in greater comfort
on
[
since
for One hundred and -
thousand
twenty dollars a month - One
four
=
hundred and
$1440.
forty
their