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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