112 
BREMEN. 
The following were the prices usually paid by the working classes for meat 
in October, 1905, and at the time of the investigator’s visit in April, 1907. In 
the interval pork had fallen by nearly 2d. per lb., but the prices of beef, mutton 
and veal had remained substantially the same :— 
Predominant Prices paid by the Worhinq Classes in October. 1905, and 
Aprs'/, 1907. 
Predominant Price per lb. 
Description of Cut. 
October, 1905. 
April, 1907. 
Beef :— 
Ribs 
Silverside 
oy. j with bone 
n ( without bone 
Steak ... ... 
Flank 
Mutton :— 
Leg ... ... 
Shoulder 
Breast 
Neck 
Chops 
Veal :— 
Hindquarter 
j with bone 
Shin 
Loin 
Pork :— 
Leg 
Foreloin 
Belly- 
Spare Rib 
Chops 
Shoulder 
without bone 
8fd. to 9fd. 
9# 
5 \d. 
8fd. to lid. 
Is. Id. 
8fd. 
lid. 
9\d. 
9#d. 
8#d. 
lid. 
Is. to Is. Id. 
lid. to Is. 
Is. Id. 
5\d. 
lid. 
9# 
lid. 
9#d. 
9#d. 
lid. 
8fd. to 9|d. 
9&d. 
5\d. 
8fd. to lid 
Is. Id. 
8# 
lid. 
9|d. 
9# 
8 3 d. 
lid. 
Is. to Is. id. 
lid. to Is. 
Is. Id. 
5\d. 
lid. 
8^d. 
8&d. 
7K 
7%d. 
8|d. 
Prices of meat and coal are high at Bremen, but other commodities are at 
about the usual level. Taking Berlin as 100, the index number for food other 
than meat is 101 ; for meat, 116 ; for coal, 110 ; and for all commodities 
together 105. The index number for rent and prices combined is 94.