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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 2/64.
Foodstuffs
Textiles
Metals
Miscellaneous
Average
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Table XII, Continued.
Textiles.
2/41 1/04 1/34 1924 1931
1/41
1/51 1st Half
1932
1933
Year
1934
1922-100.
Cotton Yarn
120.5 141.4 120.1
92.3
86.8
Cotton (Dyed Plain)
100.4
94.8
88.4
77.6
62.4
Italians (Dyed Figured, Plain)..
82.2
87.5
100.0
61.8
66.7
1/53
Shirtings (White 40/43 yds.)
91.4
97.5
83.5
68.8
53.9
2/44/ 1924
1/0 1931
1/32 1932
1/41 1933
1st Half
Hemp (Manila)
137.9
116.9
97.3
80.8
66.7
Year
Gunny Bags
201.5
291:1
240.6 220.5 166.7
1934
106.1
144.3 126.5 112.5 135.8 125.2 102.3 140.9 128.1 106.3 125.4 109.7
113.4
94.0
97.0
98.9
107.8
102.3
95.7
88.4
106.8 136.0 122.4
103.5
95.9
Hessian Cloth
Silk Piece Goods
Silk Yarn (Artificial)
Blankets (Wool and Union) Flannels
138.0
64.9
83.2 73.6
72.7
91.4
85.3
75.9
72.2
64.8
94.3
45.1
45.0
40.0
32.7
105.2 156.5 124.3
101.5
96.3
Suitings and Tweeds (Woollen).
105.0 352.4 349.2
81.8 96.0
94.6
181.2 301.7
93.7
115.3
Metals and Minerals.
INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES.
2/67%.
1922=100.
Foodstuffs.
1/5
2/11/ 1/03 1/33
1924
1931
1932
1/44 1933
1st Half
Year
1934
Brass Sheets
Yellow Metal Sheathing Coal
Iron and Steel Bars
Iron and Steel Nails
Iron and Steel Plates
99.9 127.1 95.8 169.5 88.1 119.8 90.1 113.3 93.5 116.5 124.7 191.9
100.1
99.9
94.2
115.9 109.7
88.8
110.2
92.9
86.9
85.3
84.4
92.7
117.0 118.8 147.5
107.6
157.3
151.9
Lead (Pig) Kerosene
Oil Fuel
Lubricating Oil Petrol
Tin
131,2 150.8 120.3
86.6
87.3
72.0 103.7
91.0
67.6
49.0
97.0 212.0 285.5 161.7
142.2
93.5 131.8 91.1 87.5 150.4 177.4
140.6
79.6
80.9
74.6
55.9
39.3
149.4
188.8
206.8
Beans
100.3 130.9 118.6
101.3
80.3
Beef
116.9 218.0 152.3
173.2
124.1
Miscellaneous.
Eggs
94.5 131.1 104.5
96.7
82.0
Flour (Wheat)
Salt Fishi
96.4 114.0 87.6 125.9 150.0 153.4
98.5
85.7
75.0
134.7
Fruits, Fresh
123.4 306.7 274.5
Lard
106.9
250.1 138.0 114.7 101.2
218.3
Cement
75.0
71.8
61.2
41.9.
46.3
81.5
Charcoal
118.3
43.6
35.9
33.8
36.8
Milk (Condensed)
92.2
185.2 176.8 170.9
140.4
Feather (Duck)
157.4 160.7
124.1
80.8
101.2
Mutton
114.3
173.9 132.9 139.4
137.1
Firewood
89.7 114.6 110.6
104.6
98.4
Onions
Peanut Oil
Pork
Potatoes
103.1 141.1 104.1 111.6 117.1 122.1 103.6 133.8 119.8 93.4 109.0 109.6
81.6
79.2
Hardwoods
80.5
92.7
80.8
80.8
75.3
101.7
71.9
Hides (Cow)
178.8
192.8 134.5 113.1
147.4
109.6
90.5
Hides (Buffalo)
114.3
192.6 159.0 164.6
73.3
86.2
75.5
Leather (Sole)
$7.8
135.7
123.3
102.3
100.6
Poultry
111.0
175.2 147.7
117.0
90.4
Paper (Chinese)
108.8
98.3
110.0
69.4
56.4
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
Rattans
Saltpetre Softwoods
89.5
130.2
126.4 118.4
116.3
98.0 154.0
132.2 120.2
98.9
115.9
127,0 114.9
95.5
87.9
Vegetables (Dried, etc.)
96.3
64.3
56.8
45.2
42.1
Soda Ash
98.3
147.7 128.8
101.0
82.0
Vermicelli
106.5
120.2
101.7
80.3
65.2
Sulphuric Acid
85.4
131:2 127.7
136.2
144.1
Sulphate of Ammonia
96.7
875
76.8
72.4
61.1
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