(W 2)
AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES.
A. STAPLE FOODSTUFFS, ETC., OF WAGE EARNING CLASSES.
1936
1935
Rice (3rd Grade),
4.9 cents per catty
6.3
cents per catty
Fresh fish,
.23.8 "
"
20.9
15
99
Salt fish.......
.22.5
21.2
11
"
#+
*
Beef,
.35.2
ד
32.8
**
"}
Pork,.......
.39.9
41.7
"J
""
*
Oil,
.15.A
23.7
11
"
11
+
Firewood,....
10
11 catties
10
12.2 catties
17
"1
B.—OTHER FOODSTUFFS, ETC.
$ c.
$ c.
Wheaten Flour,
**
Bread,
Horued Cattle (large, for slaughter),
per bag of 50 lbs. per lb. per bend,
3.00 to
3.50
0.10
3
0.12
40.00 to
80.00
Sheep,
Goats, (for slaughter),
Kwine,
Milk,
15.00 to
20.00
11
7.00
to
12.00
"
per picul.
18.00 to
22.00
per piut.
0.24 to
0.36
Butter, Fresh, supply very limited,
per 11,
0.10 to
1,10
-
Sait,
Cherse,
Beef, (native)..
0.80 to
1.05
FF
1.00 10
1.60
"
0.20
to
0.45
+1
(Australian Frozen),
Mutton, (native),
"
(Australian frozen),
Pork, (native),.
"
(Australian frozen),
Rice,...
0.35
to
1.00
"
0.32
to
0.38
*1
0.36
to
0.60
11
0.20 to
0.45
"
None
"
0.05
10
ད
0.07
*
Coffee, (raw),
Тен,
Sugar.
0.30 10
0.35
*
1.00 to
2.40
0.08
to
0.22
Salt (Table),
Wine,
Brandy, Beer,....
51
iu 2-lb. jur,
per dozen quarts,
0.58 to 48.00 36.00 to
0.75
to
120.00
204.00
*
**
6.00 to
8.00
3)
17
"
Tobacco (Tins),
>>
(Cakes),
per pint. per lb.
3.60 to
8.00
7.20
to
8.40
5.50
2
7.20
IMPROVEMENTS IN AGRICULTURE AND MANUFACTURES † INTRODUCED THIS YEAR.
Nil.
† See V 1 and 2.
Progress of any IMPROVEMENTS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED,
Nil.