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Except that the taste is somewhat sweetish and the colour a little dark, 
horseflesh, when carefully cooked, might very well pass for inferior beef, and 
there are those who profess a preference for it. 
The accompanying summary shows the prices most frequently paid for 
meat by the working classes of Düsseldorf, in October, 1905, and May, 1906. 
There was virtually no change in the interval. 
Description of Cut. 
Shin 
Beef :— 
Ribs 
Silverside 
( with bone 
( without bone 
Steak 
Flank 
Mutton :— 
Leg 
Shoulder 
Breast 
Neck 
Chops (trimmed) 
Veal :— 
Hind-quarter t.. 
Shoulder I ' vith bone 
Loin 
Pork :— 
Leg 
Fore Loin 
Belly 
Spare Rib 
Chops 
without bone 
Predominant price per lb. 
At October, 1905. 
8fd. 
71d. to 9 {d. 
7d. to 71d. 
11 d. 
Is. Id. 
7d. to 7Id. 
9\d. to 9|d. 
8f d. 
GW. to Id. 
6|d. to Id. 
8fd. to 9fd. 
9fd. to 10\d. 
8fd. to 9^d. 
Is. Id. 
Is. 3id. 
91d. to lid. 
9fd. to Is. 
9# 
lid. 
lid. 
At May, 1906. 
8&d. 
7|d. to 9\d. 
Id. to 7|d. 
lid. 
Is. Id. 
7d. to 7|d. 
9fd. to 9|d. 
8|d. 
8\d. to 7d. 
Gfd. to Id. 
8|d. to 9fd. 
9|d. to lOfd. 
8|d. to 9fd. 
Is. Id. 
Is. 3\d. 
9|d. to lid. 
9|d. to lid. 
9gd. 
lid. 
lid. 
Taking prices at Berlin as 100, the index number for meat at Düsseldorf 
is 108 ; for other food it is 106, and for coal 78. For all commodities it is 102. 
For rent and prices combined, the index number on Berlin (100) is 97, a figure 
well above the average. 
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