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Progress, Volume XIV, Issue 3, 1 November 1918, Page 362

Sales at April, 1914 (pre-war) ruling rates total (as per Schedule 2) .. .. 41,495 15 0 Sales at May, 1918, ruling rates total (as per Schedule 2) .. ... . . 42,149 1 9 The actual increase on price lists is therefore 43.65 per cent. Schedule No. 2. COMPARISON OF SELLING PRICES. Quantities taken are actual sales of these lines, May, 1918. 0.8. Rimu Scantling . ~ Boards 4in. Rough Lining lin. Sarking Ht. Rimu T.& G. Rusti Ht. Matai ~ or ~ 0.8 Rimu T.G.Rstic.B. O.BMatai ~ or , 0.8 Rimu Match Linin Clean 0.8. Rimu Bds. Dressing Heart Rimu . Clean Heart Rimu 271,‘200 1495 15 0 2149 1 9 The increased return is shown above 43.65 per cent. Therefore we do say the rise in selling prices is amply justified and that the sooner the miller does find out just what his timber is costing the better will he be prepared to meet arguments when the time arrives. W. R. NANKERVIS. Oh a kune Junction, June, 1918.