CO129-584-17 Cost of living figures 20-2-1940 - 20-12-1940 — Page 7

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

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DECEMBER, 1940.

AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES.

A. STAPLE FOODSTUFFS, ETC., OF WAGS EARNING CLASSES. (CHINESE).

1.

Rice (3rd Grade)

2.

Fresh Fish

Salt Fish

3.

Beef

4.

5.

Pork

6.

Oil

9.

Firewood

8.

Chinese Wine (Rice ferment)

12 cents per catty.

62 cents per catty.

55 cents per catty.

80 cents per catty.

90 cents per catty.

32 cents per catty.

12 cents for 4 catties.

per catty

(one catty = 11⁄2 lbs.)

55 cents to $1.40.

B. -

OTHER FOODSTUFFS, ETC.

$

c.

9.

Theaten Flour

per bag of 50 lbs.

5.20 to

5.80

10..

Bread

per lb.

0.10

0.20

11.

Horned Cattle (large, for

slaughter)

1

per head.

60.00

* 155.00

12.

Sheep

13.

Goats (for slaughter)

14.

Swine

15.

Milk

16.

Butter, Fresh, supply very

limited

17.

Butter, salt

18.

Lard

19.

Cheese

20.

Beef (Native)

21.

Beef (Australian frozen)

10

#

24.00

#

32.00

11.00

#

22.00

per picul.

62.00

64.00

·

per pint.

0.30

0.38

per lb.

1.04

n

1.30

##

22. Mutton (Native)

23.

Mutton (Australian frozen)

24.

Pork (Native)

#4

#

0.38 # 0.45

#

M

0.85 炼 2.00

#

#

0.48

##

0.80

0.50

#1

1.00

tt

0.45

0.60

0.52

#

1.00

0.53

14

1.00

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