60. In order to estimate with greater accuracy the increase or decrease in the actual volume of the trade of the Colony, than is possible by a statement of value only, an index figure was constructed taking the year 1931 as a base. For the purposes of this index number some 185 articles were selected, including the commonest which could be enumerated by quantity. The comparison is given below:-
By Quantity By Value 1931 100 1932 92.3 84.6 1933 89.1 67.9 1934 74.8 56.4 1935 78.1 57.0 1936 84.2 61.39th March, 1937.
T. MEGARRY,
Superintendent of Imports and Exports.
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