CONTENTS 
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PREFATORY NOTE v 
MAP OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE, SHOWING GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION 
OF TOWNS INCLUDED IN THE REPORT (to face p. xi) 
GENERAL REPORT 
Introduction 
Part I.—Report on German Conditions— 
(i) Housing and Rents 
(ii) Food and Food Prices— 
Budgets of Working-class Families ... 
Retail Prices, 
(iii) Rents and Prices combined 
(iv) Wages and Hours of Labour 
(v) Relation of Hates of Wages to Rents and Prices 
(vi) Some Industrial Groups 
(vii) Changes in Prices and Wages since October, 1905— 
Changes in Prices 
Changes in Wages 
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Part II.—Comparison of Conditions in Germany and the United 
Kingdom— 
(i) Housing and Rents ... 
(ii) Prices and Budgets— 
jPrices ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 
Budgets ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 
(iii) Wages and Hours of Labour— 
ages ^ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 
Hours of Labour 
(iv) Summary of Conclusions ... 
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Appendices- 
Table A.—Geographical Grouping of Towns.—Index Numbers of Rent, 
Prices, Rent and Prices combined, and Wages ... 
Table B.—Grouping of Towns according to Population.—Index Numbers ' 
of Rent, Prices, and Rent and Prices combined 
Table C.—Towns arranged alphabetically.—Index Numbers of Rent, 
Prices, Rent and Prices combined, and Wages ... 
Table D (i).—Hours of Labour in Germany 
Table D (ii).—Hours of Labour in England and Wales 
Table E (i).—Average Monthly Prices of Grey and Black Bread from 
October, 1905 to March, 1908 
Table E (ii).—Average Monthly Prices of Beef from October, 1905 to 
April, 1908 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 
Table E (iii).—Average Monthly Prices of Pork from October, 1905 to 
April, 1908 ... i 
Table F (i).—Condensed Budgets—Germany 
Table F (ii).—Condensed Budgets—United Kingdom 
DETAILED TOWN REPORTS 
Berlin 
Aachen •••. 
* Aschaffenburg ••• . 
Barmen ... 
Bochum ... 
Bremen ... 
Breslau ... ... ••• ••• 
Brunswick 
Chemnitz... 
Crefeld 
Dantzig ... ... ... ... 
Dortmund 
Dresden ... 
Düsseldorf * 
Elberfeld 
Essen 
Hamburg (with Altona) ... • • 
Königsberg 
Königshütte ’ 
Leipzig 
Magdeburg 
Mannheim 
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