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COST OF LIVING AND SUPPLIES

Report for the week ending Friday. 7. 7. 39.

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Fresh Vegetables

Freshwater Fish

Saltwater Fish

Supplies and prices approximately

normal.

Poultry

Meat

The following table gives the numbers of animals slaughtered at Kennedy Town and Mataukok Slaughterhouses

during the last ten months :-

Daily

Cattle

She en

Swine

Total

Average

September (30) 5,994

811

36,429

43,234

1.441

October (31)

5,956

894

40,512

47,362

1,528

November (30)

6,510

1,115

39,105 46.730

1,558

December (31 )

6,985

1,418

46,004

54,407

1,755

January (31)

7,081

1.237 48,156

56,474

1,822

February (28)

5,538

1,045

45,122

51,705

1,847

March (31)

6,513

1,009

42,487

50,009

1,613

April (30)

6,954

1,049

45,723 53.726

1,791

May (31)

June (30)

8,098 1,215

7,896

47,564 56,877

1,835

1,097 48,475 57,468

1,915

Firewood

Average number of catties per dollar.

Pine (chopped)

59

Pine (unchopped)

Singapore (chopped)

Singapore (unchopped)

Sandakan (chopped)

Sandakan (unchopped)

Miscellaneous (unchopped)

66

67

74

67

74

8 8 6 2 6 2 &

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