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matter is also largely in demand and is sold at 1 hd. and 1|d. per quart, whilst
an interior quality costs \d. a quart.
The price of coal ranged from Is. 2Jd. to Is. 5d. per cwt. in October,
1905, and from Is. 4d. to Is. hd. in May, 1907. For heating purposes,
however, the working classes burn almost exclusively briquettes, which can
be obtained at about eight for a penny, whilst for cooking they use a kind of
coke, obtained from lignite, the soft coal mined in the district, for which
they pay from 11 ^d. to Is. 3d. per cwt. A careful housewife burns about
\ cwt. of this coke per week. The paraffin sold is almost entirely American
and costs 11 d. per gallon.
The following table summarises the predominant prices paid by the
working classes in October, 1905, and May, 1907. The chief differences in the
prices of these two periods are to be noted in bacon, which had fallen about
1 d. per lb. ; and in wheaten flour and rye bread, which had both risen.
Predominant Prices paid by the Workinq Ciasses in October. 1905, and
1907.
Commodity.
Predominant Price.
October, 1905.
May, 1907.
Coffee ...
Sugar :—
Loaf ... ...
White Granulated
Bacon :—
Fat ...
Streaky
Eggs ...
Cheese :—
Country
Limburg
Butter :—
Fresh
Margarine
Potatoes
Flour :—
Wheat
Rye ...
Bread, Grey (Rye)
Milk
Coal
Coke
Paraffin Oil
per lb.
per Is.
per lb.
r
per 7 lbs.
per 4 lbs.
per qt.
per cwt.
per gal.
1 Id.
2\d., 2fd.
2fd., 2\d.
8\d. to 11 d.
8fd.
lid.
13,14
3d.
5fd.
Is. Id. to Is. 2fd.
8fd.
2fd. to 3fd.
11 Id. to Is. Ofd.
lOd. „ Is. Ofd.
4\d. ,, 5fd.
2#
Is. 2fd. to Is. 5d.
llfd. „ Is. 3d.
lid.
lid.
2fd., 2fd.
2fd., 2fd.
8|d.
8fd.
13,14
3d.
5&d.
Is. Id. to Is. 2fd.
8fd.
2|d. to 4fd.
Is. Ofd.
lOd. to Is. Ofd.
5fd.
2&d.
Is. 4d. to Is. 5d.
llfd. to Is. 3d.
lid.
Meat.
A walk through the working-class districts of Brunswick is quite sufficient
to convince the observer that the consumption oí bacon and pork far exceeds
that of beef and mutton. For whilst shop windows abound in which the
former are exposed for sale, those containing beef and mutton are met with only
at rare intervals. The following Table shows the number and the kind of
animals slaughtered during the years 1901-1905 inclusive :—
Year.
Cows and
Oxen.
Pigs.
Calves.
Sheep and
Goats.
Horses.
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
10,134
10,513
10,747
11,263
11,774
62,065
62,758
70,295
76,272
75,020
10,873
9,665
10,389
10,777
11,009
13,981
14,131
13,719
14,694
12,735
258
258
241
234
321
It will be observed that while the number of pigs killed annually has
increased considerably during the last three years, the increase in the case of
beef and veal has been slight, while there has been a decrease in the case of
sheep and goats. The return shows that in 1905, 87 more horses were killed
