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matter is also largely in demand and is sold at 1 hd. and 1|d. per quart, whilst 
an interior quality costs \d. a quart. 
The price of coal ranged from Is. 2Jd. to Is. 5d. per cwt. in October, 
1905, and from Is. 4d. to Is. hd. in May, 1907. For heating purposes, 
however, the working classes burn almost exclusively briquettes, which can 
be obtained at about eight for a penny, whilst for cooking they use a kind of 
coke, obtained from lignite, the soft coal mined in the district, for which 
they pay from 11 ^d. to Is. 3d. per cwt. A careful housewife burns about 
\ cwt. of this coke per week. The paraffin sold is almost entirely American 
and costs 11 d. per gallon. 
The following table summarises the predominant prices paid by the 
working classes in October, 1905, and May, 1907. The chief differences in the 
prices of these two periods are to be noted in bacon, which had fallen about 
1 d. per lb. ; and in wheaten flour and rye bread, which had both risen. 
Predominant Prices paid by the Workinq Ciasses in October. 1905, and 
1907. 
Commodity. 
Predominant Price. 
October, 1905. 
May, 1907. 
Coffee ... 
Sugar :— 
Loaf ... ... 
White Granulated 
Bacon :— 
Fat ... 
Streaky 
Eggs ... 
Cheese :— 
Country 
Limburg 
Butter :— 
Fresh 
Margarine 
Potatoes 
Flour :— 
Wheat 
Rye ... 
Bread, Grey (Rye) 
Milk 
Coal 
Coke 
Paraffin Oil 
per lb. 
per Is. 
per lb. 
r 
per 7 lbs. 
per 4 lbs. 
per qt. 
per cwt. 
per gal. 
1 Id. 
2\d., 2fd. 
2fd., 2\d. 
8\d. to 11 d. 
8fd. 
lid. 
13,14 
3d. 
5fd. 
Is. Id. to Is. 2fd. 
8fd. 
2fd. to 3fd. 
11 Id. to Is. Ofd. 
lOd. „ Is. Ofd. 
4\d. ,, 5fd. 
2# 
Is. 2fd. to Is. 5d. 
llfd. „ Is. 3d. 
lid. 
lid. 
2fd., 2fd. 
2fd., 2fd. 
8|d. 
8fd. 
13,14 
3d. 
5&d. 
Is. Id. to Is. 2fd. 
8fd. 
2|d. to 4fd. 
Is. Ofd. 
lOd. to Is. Ofd. 
5fd. 
2&d. 
Is. 4d. to Is. 5d. 
llfd. to Is. 3d. 
lid. 
Meat. 
A walk through the working-class districts of Brunswick is quite sufficient 
to convince the observer that the consumption oí bacon and pork far exceeds 
that of beef and mutton. For whilst shop windows abound in which the 
former are exposed for sale, those containing beef and mutton are met with only 
at rare intervals. The following Table shows the number and the kind of 
animals slaughtered during the years 1901-1905 inclusive :— 
Year. 
Cows and 
Oxen. 
Pigs. 
Calves. 
Sheep and 
Goats. 
Horses. 
1901 
1902 
1903 
1904 
1905 
10,134 
10,513 
10,747 
11,263 
11,774 
62,065 
62,758 
70,295 
76,272 
75,020 
10,873 
9,665 
10,389 
10,777 
11,009 
13,981 
14,131 
13,719 
14,694 
12,735 
258 
258 
241 
234 
321 
It will be observed that while the number of pigs killed annually has 
increased considerably during the last three years, the increase in the case of 
beef and veal has been slight, while there has been a decrease in the case of 
sheep and goats. The return shows that in 1905, 87 more horses were killed