INCREASE IN PRICE OF MEAT SINCE 1913
OFFICIAL TABLE SHOWING THE HIGHER COST. The following interesting table, showing tho average increase in wholesale meat prices between: October, 1913, and Octobei, 1915, is issued by the Board of Trade: 'In-. • 1913. 1915 . crease. Per cwt. Per cwt. Per lb. Beef. 1 s. d. s. d. Pence. Scotch short sides 67 8 .88 8 2.25 English 58 7i 76 5 1.69 Irish (port killed) 56 3J 14 1 1.91 Argentine, chitted: Hindquarter ... 52 6 77 7 2.69 Forequarter ...33 10 59 6 2.75 Mutton. Scotch 74 1 92 2. 1.94 English .67 1 86 11 : 2.13 • New Zealand . frozen 43 2 71 .2 8.00 • ■ Argentine : frozen 40 10 63. 7 2.44 Australian frozen 37 0J 58. 4 2.28 Lamb. British ..67 8 93 4 2.75 New Zealand , frozen 53 11$ 77 7 2.53 Australian frozen 47 3 .72 4 2.69 Pork. British * 72 4 101 6 . 3.13 It should be • remembered, adds the announcement, that the expenses of retailing have increased as well as the wholo sale prices of meat. The average increases in retail prices may, consequently, be somewhat greater than the increases shown above, without increasing the profits of the retailer.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2662, 6 January 1916, Page 3
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201INCREASE IN PRICE OF MEAT SINCE 1913 Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2662, 6 January 1916, Page 3
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