ZWICKAU. 491 Freibank in 1905, 32 tons consisted of beef, of which about a ton and a half had to be boiled, and half a ton corned or pickled, before being offered for sale. The average price was 5d. a pound. Horse-flesh, which can only be purchased at two shops where no other kind of meat must be sold, is still cheaper. The price for most of the cuts is 5d. per lb., while sausages made from horse-flesh (and sold as such) cost from 3\d. to 6%d., according to quality. The price of meat at Zwickau is high, but the prices of other articles of food are comparatively low, while coal, though cheap, is not so cheap as might be expected. The index numbers are as follows, prices at Berlin being in each case represented by 100 :—Meat, 113 ; other food, 99 ; food as a whole, 102 ; coal, 73 ; and prices generally, 98. The index number for rent and prices combined is 86, which is considerably lower than that for any other town in Saxony.