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of meat, which show that in 1906 the most inferior qualities of beef in Breslau 
were from 23 to 32 per cent, dearer than in 1901, while pork, which had 
dropped somewhat in price since 1905 was still more than 8 per cent, dearer 
than in 1901. 
The wholesale prices of the various qualities of beef and pork in Breslau 
in 1901-6 are given below, in shillings per 220 lbs. dead weight :— 
Price in Shillings per 220 lbs. Deadweight. 
1901. 
1902. 
1903. 1904. 1905. 1906 
Oxen :— 
1st Quality 
2nd „ 
3rd „ 
Bulls :— 
1st Quality 
2nd „ 
3rd „ 
Cows and Heifers :- 
1st Quality 
2nd „ 
3rd „ 
Pigs :— 
1st Quality 
2nd „ 
119-0 
106-1 
93-4 
112-3 
98-1 
916 
116-5 
100-0 
87-3 
115-2 
107-7 
125-6 
113‘9 
93-2 
118-6 
101-8 
93 6 
121-5 
1083 
87-7 
1148 
1038 
1291 
110-6 
89- 9 
121-7 
106-2 
90- 4 
1249 
109-2 
87 9 
104-3 
921 
132-6 
109- 0 
94-5 
124-1 
110- 1 
92-9 
126-4 
1120 
92 0 
1023 
90-1 
1384 
1229 
116-3 
129-9 
121-2 
111-1 
1300 
119 3 
113-0 
1341 
125-3 
142-0 
120-1 
115- 1 
132-1 
124- 1 
118-9 
135-5 
123-3 
1153 
125- 8 
116- 6 
Figures as to consumption of meat in Breslau, as estimated from the returns 
of the municipal slaughterhouse, are available for each of the years 1901-5, and 
are given below :— 
Pork 
Beef 
Veal ... ... ... ... 
Mutton and Goats’ Flesh ... 
Horse 
Meat Preparations (imported) 
Consumption of Meat per head of Population in Breslau. 
1901. 
1902. 
Meat of all kinds 
lbs. 
53 
43 
11 
4 
5 
10 
lbs. 
51 
41 
9 
3 
4 
9 
1903. 
1904. 
1905. 
lbs. 
56 
41 
9 
3 
3 
9 
126 
117 
121 
lbs. 
58 
40 
10 
2 
4 
10 
124 
lbs. 
50 
39 
9 
3 
4 
1906. 
lbs. 
54 
37 
9 
2 
3 
So far as the staple flesh foods, pork and beef, are concerned the effects of 
the movement of prices shown in the previous Table may in some measure be 
traced in the above consumption figures ; the continuous rise in beef prices,, 
for instance, is reflected in the reduced consumption of beef, while the fall in 
pork prices in 1902-4, and again in 1905-6, corresponds with the increased 
consumption of pork in those periods. It will be observed that the consumption 
of horse-flesh is large in comparison with other German towns, and that it 
exceeds the consumption of mutton (including goat-flesh). Considerable 
quantities of fowl and game of various kinds, the weight of which cannot be 
estimated, are also consumed in Breslau, though principally among the middle 
and well-to-do classes. 
Among the working classes the consumption of meat is undoubtedly very 
much smaller than that shown above for the whole population. Returns 
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