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INDEX NUMBER OF WHOLESALE PRICES
The following Price Index has been constructed on the basis of the declared quanlitics and c.i.f. values of commodities imported into Hong Kong.
Foodstuffs
Groups.
Textiles
Metals and Minerals
Miscellaneous
Average
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1922
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100.
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1936.
1937.
1938.
1939.
113.3
136.2
131.6
131.0
99.4
117.7
116.1
106.2
107.2
146.1
147.3
145.0
92.5
124.4
127.3
125.9
103.1
131.1
120.6
129.0
INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES.
Beans
Beef
Eggs...
Foodstuffs.
Flour (Wheat)...
Salt Fish
Fruits, Fresh
Lard
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Milk (Condensed)
Mutton
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1922 = 100.
1936.
1937.
1938.
1939.
121.4
145.4
135.9
113.1
161.1
198.9
178.2
236.0
93.0
107.7
103.3
150.7
104.4
141.2
116.1
90.7
97.5
106.9
100.2
121.1
256.2
310.0
303.2
272.5
113.2
146.2
105.6
80.4
109.5
115.6
130.3
137.7
172.7
183.7
187.5
172.7
94.4
94.9
131.3
100.2
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131.3
151.3
111.6
123.3
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97.3
151.9
124.4
155.0
88.0
102.8
134.7
124.0
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92.2
124.7
118.1
109.0
193.0
125.8
113.9
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106.3
123.5
120.9
109.00
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71.8
02.2
86.0
1082
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55.5
56.1
59.5
20.3
84.7
112.4
123.9
1462
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Ponnut Oil
Perk
Potatoes
Poultry
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Rice (Broken) ...
Rice (White)
Sugar (Raw)
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Vegetables (Dried, etc.)
Vermicelli
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