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June 1922; Italy, July 1920; Japan, June 1919 
erlands, 1923-1924; Russia, first half of 1925; 
is Switzerland, 1912 and 1921; Czechoslovakia, 
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htry (Argentina, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Fin- 
Sweden, Switzerland, the United States); in 
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considerably, as shown by the following figures: 
va 11, Tallinn 176; Netherlands, 23 (1910-1911) 
1924); Switzerland, 323 (1921); Finland, 437; 
Argentina, 1,000; Sweden, 1,400 (1923); India, 
4,850 (a figure obtained by adding together the 
1dgets in each income group); United States, 
301) and 12,096 (1918-1919). 
items of expenditure are usually classified under 
headings: food, rent, fuel and light, clothing, 
It will be noted, however, that important diver- 
à the classification : for instance, alcoholic bever- 
to, included in Sweden under the heading “food ”, 
the United States (1900-1902 and 1918-1919 
in Esthonia under the heading ‘sundries ”. 
rent” (housing) covers, in Belgium and Japan for 
ture, and in Switzerland (1912 enquiry) removal 
eas in most countries it only covers the rent of an 
welling; and so on. The differences between the 
as the basis of comparison should also be noted: 
the unit is a family of given composition; in 
nit of power of consumption such as the “quet” 2, 
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