THE COST OF LIVING.
A .VALUABLE COMPILATION. '' ; Wellington, Last Night. . ; j For some time the Government Statistician has been engaged in com- ■" piling an index number to show with • a fair degree of accuracy the variations in the cost of living. So far as tha , figures have.been taken, they'-reveal an , increase in the cost of living for the last December quarter of roughly 6% •• ■per cent, for the whole Dominion, ap- ~ ■ y parently caused by the -war. . The en->, quiry as it concerns the four chief centre# has been carried as far back as 1801. No official figures have yet been mado available, but it is known that considerable increases have occurred, the chief item being house rent, which, taking 1000 as the standard number, has jumped from 800 to over 1200. In thfi period under review meat has increased 1 about fifty per cent.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 215, 19 February 1915, Page 5
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145THE COST OF LIVING. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 215, 19 February 1915, Page 5
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