AND RENTALS IN CANADA AT THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY, 1926 b19-00 10-00-11-00 b19-00 20-00 12.00 16-00-18-00 e16-67 e12.00 30 13 9 27-30 10 27.7 12.5 20-00-25.00 12.00-15.00 13 18.00-20.00 16.00-18.00 14 14.00-15.00 7.00-10.00 15 18.00-20.00 10.00-12.00 16 k23.00-33-00 15.00-23.00 17 15.00 11.00 18 25.00-40-00 16-00-25-00 19 22-00-30-00 15.00-22.00 20 20.950 28.920 25.00-35-00 20.00-25.00 21 18.00-20.00 12.00-16.00 22 18.00-25.00 15.00-20.00 23 25.00-30.00 20-00-25-00 24 22-50-35-00 16-00-25-00 25 m20.00-35.00 m18.00-25.00 26 30 12.5 18-00-25-00 13.00-15.00 27 25-30 10 30-00-40-00 22-00-25-00 28 c30 13 25.00-30.00 18.00-23.00 29 c30 12 30-00-35-00 20-00-25-00 30 25 25.00-35-00 18-00-25-00 31 25-00-40-00 15-00-25-00:32 25.00 16.00-20.00 33 24.00-30.00 16.00-20.00 34 35-00-40-00 25-00-30-00 35 20.00 15.00 36 30-00-40-00 19-00-25-00 37 30-00-45.00 17.00-30-00 38 20-00-30-00 15.00-20.00 39 12.5 25-00-30-00 20-00-25-00 40 12 40.00-50.00 30-00-35-00 41 25.00-35-00 20-00-30-00 42 11-5 15-00-25.00 12.00-20.00 43 30-00-35-00 18.00-20.00 44 27-30 15 25.00 45 22.00 p 25.00-35-00 47 25.00-30.00 15.00-20.00 48 13-3 25-00-40-00 15.00-30-00 49 30 13.3 25-00-40-00 15-00-30-00 50 35-00-50.00 25.00-35-00 51 35.000 30-00-50.00 25.00-35-00 18.00-20.00 52 23.750 30.00 53 15-00-25.00 54 25.00 55 20.00 56 19.500 17.50 57 14.00 46 24.500 d6-50 12.00 35 10 r d5-00-6-00 d6.00-11.50 5.00-7.00 10-216 8.00 12.00 e6.00-800 30 12 5-628 135-4 15-1 20.125 18.00 62 20-00-30-00 18.00-25.00 63 30-00 18.00 61 25.813 20.00 35 15 30-00-35-00 20-00-25-00 64 18.00-20.00 12.00-14.00 65 29.00 25.00 66 18.00-22.00 15.00-17.00 67 22-00-30-00 18.00-22.00 68 30-00-40-00 20-00-30-00 69 Per cord from price quoted. Poplar, etc. g. Vinegar sold extensively in bottles at higher prices than in bulk. h. Small figures published (in bulk). k. New houses as high as $40.00 per month. m. For new tenants $30-$35 and $20-$25. n. Houses r. Company houses, $10-$20: others, $30-35. COST PER WEEK OF A FAMILY BUDGET OF STAPLE FOODS, FUEL AND LIGHTING, AND RENT IN TERMS OF THE AVERAGE PRICES IN SIXTY CITIES IN CANADA* Commodities Quan- () (十) Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Dec. Jan. tity 1900 1905 1910 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1925 1926 Mutton, leg... 1 Pork, leg.. 1 ས Pork, salt. 2 " Bacon, breakft. 1 " Lard, pure. 2 Eggs, fresh. Eggs, storage.. Beef, sirloin... 2 lbs. 27-2 30.4 37.6 44.4 46-4 47-2 47-2 52.8 63.8 73.6 71.4 71-0 54-6 53-4 54-0 54.2 54-8 56.4 Beef, shoulder.. 2 19-6 24-6 26.0 29.6 32.6 32.8 32.4 34.8 45-0 51-6 46-4 44-6 30-4 29-0 29-4 28-4 29-4 30-6 Veal, shoulder.. 1 10-0 11-3 12.8 15.7 16.6 17.6 17.8 20-3 25.3 27.7 25.7 26.9 18.9 18.3 18.6 17.8 18.2 18.5 11.8 12-2 16.8 19.1 20.9 20.4 21.1 24-8 31.2 34.9 32.3 30.8 25.6 27.2 26-9 27-6 28-6 28-9 12.2 13.1 18.0 19.5 20-6 19-0 19-9 24-6 33.1 36.9 36.5 36.0 26.7 26.7 24.1 24-1 28-0 28-5 21.8 25.0 34-4 35-2 36-2 35.8 36.0 44.8 62.6 70-8 69-6 71-4 52-0 51-6 47-6 46-8 53-4 53-8 15-4 17.8 24.5 24-7 24-8 25 1 26-7 31-2 44.8 51.0 52.4 58.4 39.8 40.8 37-0 33-7 41-3 41-4 26-2 28.2 40.6 38.4 37.2 35.6 36.6 48.6 66.6 73.8 77.6 67-8 43-4 45.6 46.0 46.6 49-4 49-8 1 doz 25-730-0 33.3 33.7 45.5 45.5 46.4 56.9 63.3 73.6 86.6 85.2 71.2 63.3 61-3 66-9 64-7 62-8 1 " 20-2 23-4 28-4 28-1 33-4 34.9 36-1 45-3 51-2 62.5 69-5 75-7 58-7 46-6 46.9 51.9 51-3 50-1 6 qts 36 6 39-6 48.0 51-6 55.2 55.2 52.2 59-4 71-4 82-8 90-6 93-0 79-8 71-4 74-4 73.2 72-0 73-8 2 lbs. 44-2 49-4 52-0 58.0 61.0 61.8 66.6 88-4 93-8 106-0135-2 113.4 83.4 81-0 85-4 79-4 92-2 92-0 1 " 25.5 27-7 31-9 33.9 35.9 35.0 38-1 48.9 51-2 59-1 74-8 63.6 48.6 45.5 48-2 43-9 50-6 50-7 16-1 17-6 18-5 20.5 21.3 22.5 24.4 30.5 33-3 35-7 40-9 39-2 32-6 $30-7 $33-2 $29-0 $33-5 $33-4 14-6 15-7 17.5 19-1 19-6 20.5 22-4 28.8 30-4 33-9 38-1 37-5 29-3 $30-7 $33-2 $29-0 $33-5 $33-4 55.5 58.5 66-0 61-5 64-2 67.5 66.0 91.5 114-0120-0120-5132-0 105-0 100-5 100-5 112-5 114-0115-5 25.0 28-0 33-0 32-0 32.0 39.0 37.0 53-0 65-0 69-0 74-0 68-0 48-0 $44-0 $42-0 $55-0 $52-0 $54-0 18.0 19.5 21.0 22-0 21.5 24.5 24-0 27-0 35.0 40.0 40-0 36-0 28-0 27.5 27.5 31-0 29-0 29-0 10-4 10-6 10-4 11-4 12.0 12.2 12.0 13.6 19-6 25-2 30-4 28-2 19-6 $21-0 $20-8 $21-6 §22-0 §22-0 8.6 9.4 10.8 12.4 11-8 13-2 17-2 24.4 33.4 30-2 23-2 21.6 17.4 17-0 17-4 16-4 16-2 16-0 9-9 7.7 11.5 12-0 12-4 12-1 12.5 14-6 19-7 22-7 26-2 24.9 22.0 21-6 18.6 20-0 19-8 20-3 11.5 9.6 9.9 11.9 12.2 12.9 12.7 13-6 17-3 19-6 25-7 25-3 18-4 19-0 17-0 15-3 15-7 15-7 21-6 22-0 24.0 23.6 22-8 30-8 31-2 36-8 42.8 49-2 62-0 51-2 36-8 38-4 48.4 38.0 31-6 31-6 9-8 10-3 11.0 10-2 14.0 14.4 17-0 19-8 22-4 28-6 24-6 17-4 18-2 23-2 18-0 15-0 15-0 8.3 8.7 8.9 9-1 9-6 9.7 10.1 12.5 15-9 16.0 14.5 13.5 $14-9 $17-2 §17-6 §17-8 §17-9 9-1 9-3 9.3 9.6 10.0 10.1 12.1 15.3 16.7 15-7 15-1814-9817-2 $17-6 $17-8 $17-9 9.4 9-5 9-9 9.8 9-9 10-1 11-8 14-7 14-8 13-6 13-4 13-4 14.5 15-3 15-1 pk 24.1 28.0 30.3 36.0 37.5 31.7 47.0 64-7 72-7 62-3 103-0 75.5 52-6 39-0 47-8 46-4 87-488-0 .7 .81 -8 -8 .8 -8 .8 .9 -9 .9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 Butter, cream. Rice. 5 " Starch, laund. lb. 29 30 31 32 33 3-3 3-2 3-5 4-6 48 1749 1:2 04-1 C. .c 4.1 4-2 4-1 is ton 39.5 45.2 48.1 55-0 54-1 54-1 53-2 64-0 72-4 82-5 87-8 125-0 109-6115-1111-5105-1112-6114-7 31-1 32-3 35-0 38-7 37-1 38-0 36-9 47-7 55.9 63.4 65.2 92-1 71-7 74-0 70-6 65-0 65-1 65-8 cd. 32-5 35-3 38.8 42.5 42-9 42-4 41-6 45-7 63-7 76-8 80-6 90-5 80-2 80-6 79-0 78-4 76-0 76-9 22.6 25.5 29-4 30-6 32-1 31-3 30-7 32.7 47.2 56-5 62-569-0 59-8 59-4 57-8 57-5 56-4 56-2 1 gal. 24.0 24.5 24.4 23-7 23.9 23-7 23-0 23-2 25-8 28-2 31-0 40-3 31-7 31-6 30-1 30-5 30-3 30-1 $ $ $ $ $ * $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 1.50 1.63 1-76 1.91 1-99 1.90 1-85 2-13 2-65 3.07 3.27 4:17 3.53 3-61 3.49 3.37 3.40 3.44 $ $ * mo. 2.37 2.89 4.05 4.75 4.83 4-37 3.98 4-05 4.50 4.83 5.54 6.60 6.92 6.93 6.92 6-91 6-87 6-86 $ 6.93 6.92 6.916 4.75 4.83 4:37 3.98 4:05 4.50 4.83 5.54 $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 9-37 10-50 12-79 14-02 14-49 14-27 14-14 16-49 19-80 21-73 24-15 25-30 21-52 21-13 21-23 21-0921-87 21-96 $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 5.61 5.83 6-82 7-29 7.51 7.85 8.30 10-16 12-45 14-09 15-35 14-72 11-18 10-68 11-12 10-85 11-74 11-80 4.81 5-26 5.81 6-34 6.80 6-87 7.03 8.63 10-63 12-25 13-42 13-18 9-78 9.44 9.68 9-7610-5910-77 5-38 5.83 6-55 7.04 7.45 7.75 8-29 9.92 12-33 13-41 14-97 14-44 11-11 10-48 11-13 10-94 11-8311-82 5-15 5-645-33 6-87 7-27 7-37 8-03 10-03 12-18 13-19 14-67 13-76 10-63 10-24 10-28 10-12 11-06 11-23 5-01 5-60 6-50 7.20 7-43 7-71 8-23 10-35 12-51 13-70 15-35 14-39 10-88 10-45 10-67 10-60 11-57 11-665-85 6-19 7-46 7-87 8-21 8-13 8-44 9.80 11-84 13-50 16-09 13-94 10-87 10-16 10-31 10-51 10-73 10-83 6-86 6.92 7.86 8.25 8.46 8.86 8.47 10-44 12-18 14-31 15-39 14-10 11-06 10-47 10-50 10-91 11-18 11-21 6.02 6.50 8.00 8.38 8.76 8.57 8-41 10-53 12-72 13-84 15-88 14-77 10-94 10-26 10-61 11-13 11-35 11-31 6.90 7.74 8-32 9-13 9-08 8.98 8-71 10-64 12-69 14-52 16-11 15-75 12-08 11-39 11-80 11-89 12-44 12-42 The budget is intended to show the changes in the cost of the items included, not to show the minimum cost for an average family. See text. †December only. Kind most sold. tFor electric light see text. PRICES IN GREAT BRITAIN AND OTHER COUNTRIES HE following notes give the latest information available as to the movement of prices in Great Britain and other countries. The index numbers of retail prices are from official sources unless otherwise stated. The authorities for the wholesale prices index numbers are named in all cases. Wholesale prices tended to continue the movements, noticed at the end of the year, falling in Great Britain and various Europeau countries. In Italy there was a sudden upward turn in December and prices in France continued to rise. There were declines shown by the index numbers of the United States and a tendency to rise by those of South Africa, India and New Zealand. In Great Britain the cost of living rose slightly at the beginning of the year, as it did, according to the lastest reports received, in France, Italy, Poland, India, New Zealand, and the United States. Great Britain WHOLESALE PRICES.-The Board of Trade index number, on the base 1913=100, was 153.2 in December as against 153.7 in November. This was a total decline of 10.5 per cent below the average for January, 1925. During December, foods and meat and fish rose in price, 31 of the 53 items in the food group showing increases. "Other food" declined, and "total food" rose 1.1 per cent to 166.7. In materials, iron and steel and other metals and minerals showed very slight changes, cotton and other textiles declined, cotton falling 4.1 per cent. "Other articles" fell slightly and the total change of the nonfood groups was a decline of 1.2 per cent. The Statist index number (in continuation of Sauerbeck's figures) displayed a reaction of 1.9 per cent to 130.4 at the end of December, the lowest recorded since October, 1923, with the exception of October last. Foodstuffs declined for the month 0.3 per cent, vegetable food showing an advance while animal food and sugar, coffee and tea declined. Materials declined 2.8 per cent, the textile section dropping 7 per cent, following a rise of 7.4 per cent in November. The Economist index number for December, on the base 1901-05-100, stood at 193.2, at the end of December, showing a decline of 1.6 per cent from the November level. During the year 1925, the trend of the index was downward, owing to declines in certain commodities hitherto standing at exceptionally high levels. During the month under review there were increases in wheat and flour, a sharp decline in butter, a decline in cotton, especially Egyptian, and reductions in wool and silk. At the end of January the index was 190.4. Cereals and meat had declined 4.7 per cent, and the miscellaneous group 3.7 per cent. Textiles and minerals both showed slight declines and other foods rose slightly. COST OF LIVING-The index number of the Ministry of Labour, on the base July, 1914= 100, fell two points to 173 on February 1. Foods stood at 168; rent, 148; clothing, 225; fuel and light, 185; sundries, 180. Austria WHOLESALE PRICES.-The official index number of the Federal Statistical Office, on the base first half of 1914-1, was 18,063 in December, a rise for the month of 0.6 per cent. Foods rose 1.1 per cent to 16,467 and materials showed almost no change at 21,637. Belgium WHOLESALE PRICES.-The index number compiled by the Ministry of Industry and Labour, on the base April, 1914=100, fell from 577 in September to 575 in October and 569 in November. In the two months period net declines were shown by the following groups: food products, fuels, metal products, petrol and products, clay products, fertilizer, fats, textile products, and construction materials. Net increases were shown by the following: tar and products, glass products, chemical products, resin products, hides and leather products, and raw rubber. No change was shown by paper products and tobacco. COST OF LIVING.-The index number of cost of living for a working class family of the lowest category, on the base 1921-100. rose from 140.56 in November to 142.27 in December, or 1.2 per cent. Foods rose 1.8 per cent and the other groups showed little or no change. The cost of living of a middle class family with moderate income rose 0.8 per cent in December to 144.15. This was due to a rise in the food group of 1.3 per cent, other groups being practically unchanged. Denmark WHOLESALE PRICES.-The official index number published in Statistiska Efterretninger, having as base prices in 1913=100, declined 1.7 per cent from the October level to 176 in November and December. In December vegetable foods, fodder, and fuel and lighting materials rose in price; animal foods, metal and metal products, textiles and textile products, and chemicals declined, and other groups remained unchanged. |