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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.