Enclosure 3.
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Extract from the Hongkong Daily Press of 22nd August, 1921.
THE COST OF LIVING IN HONGKONG.
Interesting Figures.
The current number of the British Chamber of Commerce Journal (Shanghai) contains an article on the cost of living in Shanghai, Tientsin, Hongkong, and Burma with comparative figures showing "some of the leading items of expenditure". The following tables are given for Hongkong:-
Item.
(a)
Young Bachelor.
(b) (c)
Young Married Couple.
(d) (e)
(1)
Bread
Fresh Milk
12 17
per lh,
24 to 30 cents per pint.
Sharing Board- Hotel
rented
ing
Rented Boarding Hotel
House House
Eggs
24 48
17
11
doz.
mess with House
two others
(b) Imported:
Tinned Milk
Butter
35 to 55 cents per tin
$1.25 to $1.35 per Ib.
1. House Rent
45
Tea -
.90 $1.00
11
C'offee
.70
$1.00
2. Food
50
"
31
}
150
300
{
138
250
540
120
Jams
11
.50 .75 per tin
Preserved Fruits
++
.60 $1.00
Cheese
.85 $1.20 ໂຕ.
3. Sodas, Wines,&c.
16
15
15
per
Bacon
.50
.80
Ham
GO
.70
F
4. Tobacco, Papers,
8
8
20
20
20
20
8
8
Fish:
&c.
Fillets
about 70 cents per 1b.
Haddocks
11
Kippers
60 50
T
+
Red Herrings
25
11
זי
Wines and Spirits:
Sherry
$38.00 to $ 63 per doz.
5. Lighting
6. Quests
7. Amusements
4
.
10
10
10
15
20
20
20
Port
Champagne Claret - Whisky Brandy
Reer
30.00
85
88.00
107
13
(quarts)
20.00
53
>
40.00
48
14
40.00
50
*
3.25
4
(pints)
•
8. Club Bills
9. Clothes
10. Laundry
- & &
25
25
25
25
25
25
5
11. Furniture, &c.
12. Car and Chauffeur
∞
0
1
t
t
9 8 8 8 10 12 13
25
-
20
15
20
20
25
25
25
75
76
75
15
9
223.200
13. Chair
20
20
14. Insurance
25
25
22
220
20
25
15. Servants
21
5
10
5
9 R 8
40
40
40
25
R
25
25
55
25
25
Total in Mex.Dollars 283
308
463
596
512
807
Total in sterling at
rate of exchange at time of writing
£127.64...
.£37.0.10 £40.6.7 £60.5.10 878.0.1 £67.0.3 £105.15.
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