§ Mr. LYLEasked the President of the Board of Trade if, taking all the chief articles of popular consumption, he will give the average War prices and the average prices now in comparative form?
§ Sir M. BARLOWAs prices generally were rising throughout the War, it would be necessary, in order to compute the
AVERAGE PRICES, in the United Kingdom generally, returned to the Ministry of Labour as paid by working-class consumers for the undermentioned commodities (a) at July, 1914 (6) at various dates during the war, and (c) at 1st June, 1922. Commodity. July, 1914. 1st July, 1915. 1stJuly, 1916. 1st July, 1917. 1st July, 1918. 1st Nov., 1918. 1st June, 1922. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. British beef— Ribs per lb. 0 9¾ 1 14 1 3¾ 1 7¼ 1 6 1 8 1 6¾ Thin Plank per lb. 0 6½ 0 9½ 0 11¾ 1 3¾ 1 1 1 3 0 11¼ Beef Chilled or Frozen— Ribs per lb. 0 7¼ 0 10½ 1 1¼ 1 4 1 6 1 8 0 10¾ Thin Flank per lb. 0 4¾ 0 7¾ 0 9¾ 1 0¼ 1 0¾ 1 2¾ 0 6¼ Mutton, British— Legs per lb. 0 10¼ 1 1¼ 1 4 1 8½ 1 7 1 8¾ 1 10½ Breast per lb. 0 6½ 0 9¼ 0 11½ 1 3¾ 0 11¾ 1 1¼ 1 1 Mutton, Frozen— Legs per lb. 0 6¾ 0 9¾ 1 0¾ 1 4 1 7 1 9 1 0¼ Breast per lb. 0 4 0 6½ 0 9 1 0 0 11 1 1 0 5¼ Bacon (streaky)* per lb. 0 11¼ 1 1¼ 1 3½ 1 7¾ 2 2¾ 2 3 1 9½ Flour per 7 lb. 0 10½ 1 3¾ 1 3½ 1 10¼ 1 4 1 4 1 6 Bread per 4lb. 0 5¾ 0 8¼ 0 8¼ 0 11½ 0 9 0 9 0 10¼ Tea per lb. 1 6½ 1 11½ 2 3¾ 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 3¼ Sugar (granulated) per lb. 0 2 0 3½ 0 5¼ 0 6 0 7 0 7 0 5½ Milk per quart 0 3½ 0 3¾ 0 4¾ 0 5½ 0 6 0 8¼ 0 5¼ Butter— Fresh per lb. 1 2½ 1 4¾ 1 7 1 11¾ 2 4½ 2 6 1 10 Salt per lb. 1 2 1 4¼ 1 6¾ 1 11¼ 2 4½ 2 6 1 9 Cheese (Canadian or U.S.) per lb. 8¾ 0 11½ 1 1¼ 1 6¼ 1 5 1 1 8 1 1 Margarine per lb. 0 7¼ 0 7½ 0 8½ 1 0½ 1 0 1 2 0 7 Eggs (fresh) each 0 1¼ 0 1½ 0 1¾ 0 2¼ 0 4¼ 0 6¼ 0 1¾ Potatoes per lb. 0 4¾ 0 4¾ 0 10 0 11¾ 0 7½ 0 7¾ 0 10¼ * If this kind is seldom dealt with in a locality, the Returns quote the price of another kind locally representative.