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ESSEN.

to  5^(7.,  Tilsit  at  9fc7.  and  Swiss  at  11(7.  to  Is.  Owing  to  the  presence  of
collieries  in  the  vicinity  the  price  of  coal  is  low.  Paraffin  is  the  illuminant
almost  solely  used  by  the  working  classes.
The  following  table  shows  the  predominant  prices  paid  by  the  working
classes  in  October,  1905,  and  September,  1907.  It  will  be  seen  that  most  of
the  commodities  included  in  this  list  show  a  marked  advance  in  prices  :—

Predominant  Prices  paid  by  the  Working  Classes  in  October,  1905,
and  September,<  1907.

Commodity.

Predominant  Price.

October,  1905.

September,  1907.

Coffee  ...
Sugar  :—
Loaf  ...
White  Granulated
Bacon  ;  Smoked  :—
Fat  ...
Streaky
Eggs  ...
Cheese  ;—
Dutch
Limburg
Swiss
Tilsit
Butter...
Margarine
Potatoes
Flour  :—
Wheaten
Rye
Bread  :—
White
Grey
Black
Milk
Coal  ...
Coke  ...
Paraffin  Oil

per  lb.

per  Is.
per  lb.

per  7  lb.

per  4  lb.

per  quart,
per  cwt.
per  gallon.

9\d.  to  11(7.
2\d.
2j(7.,  2#
8f(7.  to  10|(7.
91(7.  „  101  <7.
11  to  15
8§(7  to  9p7.
5(7.  ,,  51,(7.
11(7.  to  Is.
9#
Is.  1(7.  to  Is.  31(7.
6(7.  to  8f(7.
21(7.
10f(7.  to  111(7.
9^(7.  „  101(7
71(7.  to  8f(7.
61(7.
3(7.  to  41(7.
2W.
81(7.  to  11(7.
101,(7.  to  Is.  01(7.
91(7.  to  9f(7.

9f(7.  to  11(7.

21(7.
21(7.
8g(7.
8f(7.  to  94(7.
11  ..  Id

9^(7.  to  101(7.
51(7.
11(7.  to  Is.
9^(7.
Is.  1(7.  to  Is.  31(7.
7(7.  „  8#
21(7.  „  2f(7.
Is.  01(7.  „  Is.  1(7.
Is.  1(7.

8^(7.
61(7.  to  7f(7.
31(7.  „  61(7.
"  21(7.
91(7.  to  Is.  01(7.
111(7.  „  Is.  11(7.
101(7.  to  11(7.

Meat.

The  following  table  shows  the  slaughterings  in  the  municipal  slaughterhouses ­
  for  the  years  1894,  1895,  and  the  three  years  1903-1905,  with  the
estimated  weight  in  meat  per  head  of  population  for  each  year  :—

1894.

1895.

Oxen  and  Steers...
Cows  ...  ...  ...
Young  Cattle  (up  to  21  years)
Calves
Pigs  ...  ...  ...
Sheep  and  Goats...
Horses

Estimated  meat  consumption  as  )
above  ...  •••  ...  |
Approximate  population  of
area  served  by  rhe  muni-  l
cipal  slaughterhouses  ...  )

Consumption  per  head  ...

1,104
5,392
1,662
9,965
29,088
5,491
405

cwts.
110,400
130,964

lb.
92-7

1,060
5,925
1,609
9,531
35,124
5,061
346

cwts.
122,600
137,060

lb.
98-4

1903.

4,929
8,937
2,834
14,505
62,690
4,454
760

cwts.
230,500
194,646

lb.
1303

1904.

6,361
7,850
3,103
15,519
71,352
4,681
848

cwts.
254,000
206,276

lb.
135  4

1905.

7,981
7,264
3,593
15,501
63,676
4,910
1,125

cwts.
253,000
219,099

lb.
1270