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(a) Ratios of the quantities of certain articles of food consumed hy workmen's 
families in Germany, possessing certain incomes, to the quantities of the same 
articles consumed by working men's families in the United Kingdom with 
corresponding incomes. 
(Quantities in U.K. = 100.) 
Limits of Weekly Income. 
Bread and flour 
Meat and fish* 
Eggs 
Fresh milk ... 
Cheese 
Animal tatst 
Potatoes 
Sugar 
25s. and 
under 30s. 
30s. and 
: under 35s. 
84 
88 
106 
159 
66 
113 
151 
42 
89 
90 
90 
130 
78 
115 
148 
41 
35s. and 
under 40s. 
99 
95 
97 
140 
78 
120 
155 
41 
* Including an allowance for weight of fish in Germany and for weight of other meat 
and fish in the United Kingdom. See explanation below, 
t Butter, margarine, lard, suet, and dripping. 
(6) Ratios of the amounts spent on certain articles of food consumed by work 
men's families in Germany, possessing certain incomes, to the amounts spent 
on the same articles by working men's families in the United Kingdom with 
corresponding incomes. 
(Expenditure in the U.K. = 100.) 
Limits of Weekly Income. 
Bread and flour 
Meat and fish 
Eggs ... 
Fresh milk ... 
Cheese 
Animal fatsf 
Potatoes 
Vegetables and fruit 
Farinaceous foods (other than 
bread and flour). 
Tea, coffee, cocoa, &c. 
Sugar ... ... ... ... 
25s. and 
under 30s. 
30s. and 
under 35s. 
87 
103 
88 
132 
68 
115 
105 
114 
85 
66 
47 
92 
100 
77 
110 
75 
112 
100 
93 
71 
65 
47 
35s. and 
under 40s. 
102 
105 
79 
118 
88 
117 
115 
87 
83 
67 
47 
t Butter, margarine, lard, suet, and dripping. 
The quantities of bread and flour consumed in Germany are from 10 to 
16 per cent, less in Germany than in England in the case of the families wdth 
incomes of 25s. hut under 30s., and of 30s. but under 35s., though for the 
families with incomes of 35s. to 40s. the consumption is much the same. 
Owing to the price of grey bread in Germany being higher than that ot white 
bread in England, the expenditure of families with the higher incomes on 
bread and flour is even slightly higher in Germany than in England. 
As regards meat and fish, the German expenditure exceeds the English by 
less than 1 per cent, in the case of the families with incomes of 30 to 35 shillings, 
and in the lower and higher income classes the excess is only 3 to 5 per cent. 
A comparison of quantities offers some difficulty, for practically all the meat is 
bought by weight in Germany, while in England some 18 per cent, of the money 
spent on meat and fish is expended on “ meat not bought by weight," such as 
the miscellaneous items mentioned on the last page. In the above Table (a) a 
proportionate allowance has been made for the weight of " other meat and fish " 
in the United Kingdom budgets, on the basis of the expenditure, and a similar 
small allowance for the consumption of fish in Germany. The results are no 
doubt very rough, but probably sufficiently accurate for present purposes ; and 
it appears that the weight of meat consumed in Germany is about 12 per cent.