INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1871-1920.

[Compiled by the Board of Trade.]

Note. This series was discontinued after 1920, being replaced by that shown on pages 135-6.

1906

102.3 102.2

88.7

1907

1908

1909

1910

1911

1912

1913

92.5 135.0

1914

86-7 128.8

Jan.- 86.2 135.1

111.9

78.3 121.1
103.2 101.0
86.9 127.4 109-3 104.8 94.2 100.0 105.5
78.5 109.8 113.8 103.3 99.0 97.8 107.0 94.8
73.6 112.4 114.7 105.8 100.4 99.0 108.7 96.5 104.1
76 6 136.2 105.9 111.7 111.7 100-2 109.2 104.3 108.8
74.7 128.9 114.3 109.2 114.1 104.1 111.6 105.5 109-4
84.9 119.6 124.0 116-8 120.4 111.9 119.9 110-1 114.9
118.6 119.6 106.8 106.4 117.7 109.4 116.5
118.2 122.7 127.0 102.1 120.9 111.3 117.2
119.6 105.0 103-1 114.8 106.2 113.6

91.1 97.6
95.6
99.7 106.0

100-8

103.0

1915 116.7 119.8 163.8 145.9 169-8 87.8 154.1 143.8 143.9 1916 165.8 180.1 209.5 175-1 196.7 103.6 189.4 204.0 186.5 1917 182.0 270.4 272.5 228.8 248.6 136.7 246.2 256.3 243.0 1918 204.9 354.4 259.3 263.8 256.9 210-6 260.3 268.6 268-1 1919 280.2 373.3 287.5 273.7 284.4 244.3 279-7 317.8 419-2 503-7 354 8 306.8 401.6 265.8 334 1

296-5 336-6 368.8

* Oils, Oilseeds, Rubber, Hides, Wood and Bricks.

INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1920-1925.

[Compiled by the Board of Trade.]

1922.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

156-5 170.8

May

159-1 173.8

June

154-5 172.3

July

Aug.

Sep.

149-5 175-7 182.3 169.2
146.6
155-5 177.9 187-7 173.8 142.9
159-5 166.0 186.5 171.0 140.2
188.9 172.3 139-8 143.1
180-9 171-6 139.0
141-7
179.2 163.9 163.3
179-1 168.9 137.9 138.8 186.8 165-1 163.5
156.2 169.9 180-9 169.2 136.9 138-3 191.4 166.0 163.5
150-8 168.5 161.4 160.3 133.3 141-8 185-8 165.0 162.1
142-8 174-1 151.9 155.7 131-9 139-5 184.6 167.6 162-8
145.4 169.1 156-6 156.9 131-2 138.5 184.1 170.0 166.9
144-4 173.3 162.0 159-6 130.9 138.5 193.0 172.1
170.5
140.5 174-0 155.9 156.3 131-3 138.4 188-8 171.9 168.3
151-1 172-1 172-3 165.2 136-8 141.2 182.2 165.5 166-0

148-8

180.4 167.4

155-5 161-8

154.2 173.0 158-1 164.9 154-0

166.3

160.0

160-8

154.9

160-6

156-1 156-8 138-3 194.5 175.5 166.8 157.2 157.0 137-8 165-4 156.6 153.1 140.4 142.0 197.4 176.7 164.6 160.0 137-7 153.7 159-6 150.5 152.4 152.2 200.4 175.5 164.3 165.8 140.6 150-7 159.6 150-5 160.4 154.6 200.6 175-1 165.0 168.6 144-1 149.9 153.2 149.3 156.9 151.6 193.2 174.2 165.4 165.9 141-1 147-5 167.3 152.3 152.6 146.6 197.4 169.0 164.8 163.3 138.9 147.5 175-1 153.9 148.0 139.3 188.2 166.3 160-7 157-8 156-5 134.9 151.9 170.6 152.5 144-5 137-8 184-2 164.8 160.0 155-6 154-5 177.2 158.5 142.8 137.7 197.7 168.2 159.4 157.3 157.8 142.7 137-1 203.0 167.8 157.7 157.3 158.1 138.5 232.0 167.3 158.3 161.9 141.2 242.1 173.1 156.4 143.0 201.9 171.1 161.9

1924.

145-3 160.0 185-8 163.7 148.9 143-3 236.1 180-4
151-0 155.0 194-7 166.9 147-5 149.2 226.9 184.2
148-8 141.8 195.6 161-7 146.6 153.7 220.8 190.0
145.3 143.2 185.5 158.0 146.4 152.8 231.9 191-9
145.7 147.0 183.5 158-8 145.9 145.2 233.4 190-9
146-3 149-5 181-6 159.3 144.0 141-4 231.7 187-8 154.7
154.3 146-4 179-3 160-3 142.6 140.6 228.2 188.7 155.4 163.6
165-5 141.4 140-1 230-2 196-0 157-6
139.6 218.9 206.2
139.2 223.7 209-4
136.6 140.6 225.6
136.1 141.8 226-3

INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1920-1925-continued.

1925. January

187.3 169.7

February 183.5 162.1

March

172.8 157.4

April

160.6 158-1

181.6

May June July

162.7

153-0

180.7

162.5

153.6

158.2

154.5

178.5 178.6 135.3 180-0 175-3 134.2 139.0 181-3 170.6 133.0 136.4 167-0 131.2 133.3 226.9 192.7 165.8 128.3 132.2 216.0 180.9 153.0 181 1 166.0 126.0 130.4 213.9 174.9 153.7 179.1 164.3 124.6 131.8 210.3 175.8 August 163.9 160.4 166.3 163-6 123.3 131.5 206.6 September 159-0 166.0 161-7 162.3 121.2 130-5 204.1 178-8 October 147.9 167.7 166.1 160.7 119.8 130.8 194-3 180.9 November 151.6 167.7 164.7 161.5 118.6 130.4 182.5 180.9 December 157.2 173.1 159.1 163.0 118-5 130.7 175.0 178-0 Averages 163.5 161-7 173.2 166.5 126.0 133.3 209.8 186.4 157.4 154.9 159.1

RETAIL PRICES AND COST OF LIVING.

INDEX NUMBERS OF RETAIL PRICES OF NINE* ARTICLES OF FOOD IN LONDON, 1877-1900.

[Extracted from Second Series of Memoranda, etc., on British and Foreign Trade and Industry-Cd. 2337 of 1904.]

• For index numbers for 1892-1914 based on 23 Articles of Food, see page 137.

INDEX NUMBERS OF RETAIL PRICES OF 23 ARTICLES* OF FOOD IN LONDON, 1892–1914.

*The articles included in the various groups are as under. The weight allotted to each article (which is based on the average expenditure shown by urban working-class family budgets collected in 1904) is shown in brackets:

GROUP I: Bread (50), Flour (20), Rice (3), Tapioca (1), Oatmeal (5),

V: Sugar (19), Jam (4), Treacle (2), Marmalade (4), Currants (3),

INDEX NUMBERS OF RETAIL PRICES OF FOOD, COAL AND CLOTHING, AND OF RENTS, 1892-1914.*

(The course of prices in subsequent years is indicated by the figures in the Table on pages 139–141.)

The figures for food and coal relate to London only, figures for other towns not being available; those for food are analysed by groups of articles in the Table on the previous page. The figures for clothing and for rent are based on data collected from other towns as well as London; those for 1892-1904 being based on figures contained in the Second Series of Memoranda, etc., bearing on British and Foreign Trade and Industry" (Cd. 2337 of 1904), and those for 1905-1912 on figures contained in the Cost of Living" Report of 1912 (Cd. 6955 of 1913). The movement of prices and rents in later years is indicated by the Table on pages 139-141.

"

In computing these general index numbers, the figures given in the previous four columns have been weighted by 7, 1, 1 and 2 respectively in order to give effect to their varying importance in working-class family expenditure.

Comparative figures for 1900-1905 are not available. In the principal industrial towns the general level of rents was approximately the same in 1912 as in 1905; from 1912 to 1914 there was a slight increase in the general level.