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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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