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expenditure on decorations was completely wiped out
and capital investment in furniture suffered to a
considerable extent on such cessation of business.
(k) Even in the matter of price control generally,
Government thought fit not to control all prices
immediately post-war but limited such control only
to certain kinds of goods and the current world
tendency is the lifting of all possible price
control; wherefor, it is respectfully suggested,
the establishment of control today for the hotel
trade is against the general trend. It is
respectfully pointed out that in the case of control
of specific goods in any retail shop, for example,
the shopkeeper is in a position to subsidise to a
certain extent the sale of controlled goods by
uncontrolled prices on other goods, whereas no
such measure is possible in the hotel trade.
(1) Historically, in 1946, the Price Control Authority
formed a committee to consider the question of hotel
control, i.e., as to whether it would be reasonable
to limit rates to figures twice as high as those
prevailing pre-war. After an enquiry extending
over several months, during which postwar hotel
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prices of commodities, such as rice, oil, firewood,
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railway fare, postage, water rates, charges for
electricity supply, etc., the committee found that
the postwar increase in hotel charges compared
favourably and the proposed control was not enforced.
(m) A comparative table (appearing hereunder) shows the
relative position of increases in prices in 1948:
PRICES OF COMMODITIES ON RATION.
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