MUNICH. 381 The following comparison, published by the Municipal Statistical Office, of the mean retail prices of different kinds of meat during a period of 10 years consists of averages based on the abattoir and market quotations and returns obtained from 100 shops in nine parts of the town :— Mean Prices of Meat in Pence per lb. in the Retail Trade from 1896 to 1905* 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. Ox beef, best „ second ... Cow beef Veal Mutton (shoulder) best. Mutton (shoulder) second. Pork d. 7f H 7 6 6f H d. P 6 % n d. P Si n d. ÏÎ 7 3 n d. 7| n 7 7* 71 P 3 d. P n 7 Si d. 1 7 7* Si d. I 6| 8* d, I 7| Munich in the main obtains its meat supplies from the agricultural districts of Bavaria and from Austria. About half the beef is of Bavarian origin, and Austria sends a large part of the remainder, while East and West Prussian beef comes through the Berlin market. The mutton is mostly Bavarian, and some of it is of exceptional quality. The veal is either Bavarian or Austrian, whilst Bavaria and North Germany now supply nearly all the pork. Prices at Munich are high. The level of prices at Berlin being taken as 100, the index numbers for Munich are—for meat, 107 ; for other food, 109 ; for coal, 100 ; and for all commodities, 107. The index number for rent and prices combined is 107.