478
(W 2)
AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES.
A.-STAPLE FOODSTUFFS, ETC., OF WAGE EARNING CLASSES.
1933
1934
Rice (3rd Grade),
Fresh fish,
7.6 cents par catty
5.6 cents per catty
..31.8
25.3
#7
"
»
Salt fish,......
.27.8
23.1
"
4.
11
n
Beef,
.44.4
40.6
康
17
ני
Pork,....
.51.4
41.6
>>
כו
1
??
Oil,
...........21.4
15.3
"
>>
"
b
Firewood,....
...10
9 catties
10
9.7 catties
59
"
B.-OTHER FOODSTUFFS, ETC.
C.
نا
Bread,
Sheep,
Swine,
Milk,
Wheaten Flour,
Horned Cattle (large, for slaughter),
Goats, (for slaughter).......
Butter, Fresh, supply very limited,
per bag of 50 lbs. per lb. per bead,
3.00 to
3.50
0.10 50,00 to
LO
0.12 120.00
16.00 to
22.00
17
7.50 to
13.00
per picul.
19.50 to
24.50
per pint.
0.24
to
0.36
per il.
0.40 to
1.10
Salt,.
"
Cheese,
Beef, (native)..
11
0.80
to
1.05
>>
1.00 to
1.60
0.22 to
0.45
}}
(Australian frozen),
Mutton, (native),
0.40
to
1.20
»
0.32
to
0.38
39
(Australian frozen),
+
0.36
to
0.60
25
Pork, (native),......................
22
0.22 to
0.45
13
*
(Australian frozen),
None
Rice,
0.05 to
21
0.07
Coffee, (raw),
0.30 to
0.35
3.
Tea,
1.00 to
2.40
#
Sugar.
0.08 to
0.22
"1
Salt (Table),
Wine,
Brandy,
in 2-lb. jar.
per dozen quarts.
0.58 to
0.75
48.00 to
120.00
36.00 to
I
204.00
}}
Beer,
Tobacco (Tius),
(Cakes),
}
6.00 to
8.00
??
11
per pint. per lb.
3.60 to
6.00
7.20 to
7.60
5.50
59
10
6.00
IMPROVEMENTS IN AGRICULTURE AND MANUFACTURES † INTRODUCED THIS YEAR.
Nil.
† See V 1 and 2.
PROGRESS OF ANY IMPROVEMENTS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED.
Ni.
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