Bakers' Profits
■ ■;. ' ■♦ — ~ .-. A correspondent of the Post writes a a letter, under the heading "** The Price of - Bread," from which we quote the follow* ing ■:,— " Probably it , will' surprise moil people to know what the profits oflbakcre really are. A ton of flour, according to the quotations in last Saturday's Post, can be purchased for £11. That quantity of flour, according to ■' a- moderate » ' computation, will make 1440 two- pound loaves, which at 4d each amounts to £24! V >ome bakers manage to make more than that quantity of loaves out of theamonat of flow specified." We have heard ; i much of the great profits of oneytrade and another, but were not' before- aware , jthkt the business of a';"baker r --rssVeo- . lucrative as it it represented to be by the ' correspondent in question. .... He -does not,: however, appear to make allowance far wages, rent, taxes, and bad debts, and !«0 ' the, profits are almost certain to be overestimated by an outsider. .
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/FS18831204.2.19
Bibliographic details
Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 78, 4 December 1883, Page 2
Word Count
161Bakers' Profits Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 78, 4 December 1883, Page 2
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in