COST OF LIVING ABROAD.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 49, 6 December 1900, Page 15

COST OF LIVING ABROAD.

AN investigation into the comparative cost of living at the various European capitals resulted in the following facts : At Vienna the prices of most articles of food are lowest. At Madrid they are dearer than in any other capital, and such things as bread, meat, sugar, and coal are very expensive indeed. At St. Petersburg also the price of bread is still considered a luxury above the means of the working classes. Next to Vienna, Brussels is an inexpensive city ; Paris is a little higher in the scale, while London is still more expensive.

An American spends on an average £10 a year for food, a Frenchman £9 10s, a German £9, a Spaniard £6 10s, an Italian £5, Of meat the American eats lOUlb a year, the Frenchman 871 b, the German 641 b, the Italian 281 b, and the Russian 511 b. Of bread the American consumes 3801 b, the Frenchman 5401 b, the German 5601 b, the Spaniard 4801 b, the Italian 4001 b, and the Russian 6651 b.

Outside of Europe, Manila is cheaper to live in than any other city in the world.