22. STATISTICS OF EXPENDITURE AND 
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Canada ..... 62.3 ! 100 | 5.6 ! 100 36.5 18.5 |! 50 
Brit. Columbia| 41.6 | 66.71 49 | 1146! 27.6 | 24 | 19.6 
Manitoba ....| 335 , 537| 5.2 | 107.6| 40.1 | 48 | 33.7 
Wo ipeunowick| i6f7 | 102.2! ‘5.8 | oe oon 4 1.8 16.1 
NioeeSeotin | 9678 | 1072| 57) Osan ams 0.6 | 1.6 
One 2 sl 16S 6 2s Oral eAge 24.5 | 65.7 
P. E, Island ..| 65.3 | 1048) 5.9 | 94.9) 19.2 05 ! 13.8 
Quebec ...... 50.0 80.2 6.0 93.3) 30.2 22.9 51.2 
6.0 | 93.3) 33.1 4.0 | 28.1 
Territories....| 26.2 | 
The index of relative house accommodation of the provinces 
would be therefore according as we did or did not include the 
minor considerations expressed in the first or in the second 
column below :— 
Two Considerations. Four Considerations. 
@anadare.acke ots sec | 200 250 
British Columbia ...... 181.3 199.9 
Manitoba. .. .......- | 161.3 195.0 
New Brunswick........ 198.6 214.7 
Nova Scotin..... ser ees 205.6 216.2 
Ontariome eee ole 223.9 289.6 
Prince Edward Island. . 199.7 213.5 
Oiwebechsssscee ee: Coe 173.5 224.7 
NerribOLiesmneaerene ie. 135.3 163.4 
The inclusion of the minor considerations reduces the rank 
of all the Maritime Provinces, and raises Quebec from one of the 
lowest to the second place, and still further increases the lead of 
the Province of Ontario. In all probability the index number 
depending on the two considerations alone gives the fairest 
representation of relative housing in the various provinces. 
Though the item of food continues, whatever the income, to 
absorb the largest share of individual and national income, our 
information on this point is far from being complete. Practically 
we may say that so far as the foodstuffs consumed in Canada are 
produced in Canada we have no adequate information. Esti- 
