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As a matter of fact, if we divide the average amount paid for bread and flour 
by the number of pounds consumed, we find the following average prices paid 
per lb. in all the successive income groups :— 
Limits of Income. 
Under 25s. 
25s. and under 30s. 
30s. „ „ 35 s. 
35s. „ „ 40s. 
40s. and over 
Average price per lb. paid for 
Bread 
1-32 d. 
l-33d. 
137(7. 
1-34(7. 
1-38(7. 
It will be seen that while there is a slight rise in the price paid as we pass 
from the poorer to the better-off classes, the rise is so small and so irregular 
that it cannot mean any appreciable consumption of white bread. That cost 
alone does not condition the dietary is also indicated by the fact, to which 
attention has been already directed, that mutton, although largely consumed in 
England, is practically not eaten at all by the German working classes in spite 
of the price being fully Id. a lb. less than that of pork. The consumption of 
horseflesh has been fully dealt with above (p. xxiii), and no more need be said 
on the subject here. 
(iii.) Wages and Hours of Labour. 
Wages.—The predominant rates of weekly wages for the building, 
engineering and printing trades of Germany—the only occupations (apart from 
municipal employments) which are found in practically all the towns 
investigated—were given in the Table on p. xxx above. A corresponding Table 
for England and Wales will be found on p. xxxiii of the Report on the United 
Kingdom. Bringing the data together, we have the following comparative 
Table :— 
Predominant Weekly Wages in England and Wales and in Germany. 
Trade. 
Predominant range of Weekly Wages at 
October, 1905, in 
England and 
Wales. 
Germany. 
Ratio of Mean Pre 
dominant Wage in 
Germany to Mean 
Predominant Wage 
in England, taken 
as 100. 
Building Trades 
Bricklayers 
Masons 
Carpenters ... 
Plumbers ... 
Painters 
Labourers ... 
Engineering Ti udes 
Fitters 
Turners 
Smiths 
Patternmakers 
Labourers ... 
Printing Trade:— 
Compositors 
All the above trades (average) 
37 s. 6(7. to 40s. 6(7. 
37s. 2(7. ,, 39s. 4(7. 
36s. 2(7. „ 39s. 4(7. 
35s. 4(7. „ 39s. 9(7. 
31s. 6(7. „ 37s. 6(7. 
23s. 6(7 „ 27s. 
32s. to 36s. 
32s. „ 36s. 
32s. ,, 36s. 
34s. „ 38s. 
18s. „ 22s. 
28s. „ 33s. 
26s. 11(7. to 31s. 3(7, 
26s. 11(7. „ 31s. 3(7. 
24s. to 28s. 6(7. 
24s. „ 29s. 8(7. 
19s. 6(7. to 24s. 
26s. to 32s. 
27s. „ 33s. 
28s. 6(7. to 33s. 
25s. 6(7. 30s. 
18s. to 22s. 
24s. 9(7. to 25s. 11(7. 
75 
77 
70 
78 
86 
85 
88 
90 
77 
100 
83 
83 
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