102 REPORT—1849. 
in the accounts of markets cannot be taken as the prices actually paid for their re- 
tail purchases by the families of working men; they will, however, afford accurate 
means for comparison, since no doubt the wholesale price of the carcass must indicate 
the retail prices charged for its constituents. The following prices are those given 
for the primest beef (Scots) and South Down mutton at Smithfield in the month of 
June in each year, 1842 to 1849 :— 
Beef, Mutton, 
1842) ot civamdes's ‘pesado dealt bauer 8 Gs 4s. 3d. 
LEAD dasdyraahe dar <esincad ied he DOA, 4s. ld. 
LRA gesishep ts 6 ditctes ensde DBaik SRM 3s. 10d. 
UB45 coscaaintnnd ch tha Ticasee wh 48s Ged, 4s. 9d. 
1 BAG sence Voit ds Pebivens teeanne ORs Oe 4s. 3d. 
ABA S cat step bused at venidee'dche vet ay? 7160s 5s. 7d. 
LSAS tyes) oy’ eae ess gek Gece spat nae OM. 4s. lld. 
W849 scsevinweti scheme eibms oer Koo 4s. 2d. 
The prices paid for beef and mutton at St. Thomas’s Hospital in the same years, at 
Lady-day and Michaelmas, have been as follows :— ' 

Beef. | Mutton. 


Lady-day. Michaelmas, | Lady-day, Michaelmas, 
— = 

1842 
1843 
1844 
1845 
1846 
1847 
1848 
1849 
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The retail prices paid by the working classes for other articles of food and for 
groceries, in a populous district of London, from 1844 to 1848, were as under :— 






1844, 1845. 1846. 1847. 1848, 
PL GB a a b\01s ai wisie ale per lb. 5s. to 78. 5s. to 78. 58, to 7s. 4s. to 6s, 4s. to 6s. 
Raw Sugar...... a 6d. to 7d. 5d. to 6d. 5d. to 6d. 4d.to5d, | 4d. to 5d, 
Refined Sugar 3h 74d. to 83d. 64d. to 73d. 64d. to 74d. | 53d. to 64d. | 5d. to 6d. 
Coffee . 3» | 18, 8d. to 2s. Gd, | 1s. 8d. to 28. 6d. | 1s. 8d. to 2s. Gd. |1s. 4d. to 2s. \18. 4d. to 2s. 
Cocoa . A 6d. to 8d. 6d. to 7d. 6d. to 7d. 6d. to 7d, | 6d. to7d. 
Rice. . + 2d. to 3d. 2d. to 4d. 3d. to 4d. 3d. to 4d, 2d. to 3d, 
Currants 24 5d. to 7d. 5d. to 7d. 5d. to 7d. 5d.to7d. | 4d. to 6d. 
Raisins a 5d. to 7d. 5d. to 7d. 5d. to 7d. 4d. to 6d. | 4d. to 6d. 
Butter us Pate 10d, 10d, - 10d. Od. 
Cheshire Cheese. ,, Sats od. gd. od. od, 
Derby Cheese .. ,, aoa 8d. 8d. 8d. 8d. 
Dutch Cheese .. ,, ates 6d. 6d. 6d. 6d. 
Piard ly). \ch carey ice 53 eid od. Od. lod. lcd. 
Bacon......++ per ewt. ORF 62s. to 68s. 63s. to 70s. 82s, to 88s. | 75s. to 81s. 
Mpc eels ie ina ae per 120 Ans 7s. 6d. 7s. 6d. 7s. 6d. 7s. 6d. 
The retail prices of such articles of the qualities usually consumed by the working 
classes at Birmingham during the years from 1844 to June 1849, have been procured 
for me by an inhabitant of this town :— 

1844. 1845, 1846, 1847. 1848. June 1849. 





s&s. di s&s. d. s. d. s. d, s. d. &. d. 
DORs > aisin a: Ne cce> smdmmataais perlb.| 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 46] ° 40 
MUgOr, TAW -- cones cueees vise a Or7 0 6} 0 58] O 53] O 5 0 43 
Sugar; refined! 2270. 0005.55 A 0 9 0 9 08 0 74 | 0 65 0 6 
GCoskee vy a jnviereisie'ninis'oinre da obi 2 1 8 1 8 1 8 LYS 1h 14 
MOCO (ola tobi pnl> <in.o'smiesubiaih ” 0 10 0 8 0 8 08 0 8 07 
Mice, PAIN 9.2: cece seen 39 0 3 0 3 0 3 04 0 3 0 2% 
Oatmeal .. eeviely OB |. 0S oO" SHY) OmsR LOTS 0 3 
Currants oy 0 6 0 6 0 6 0°7 0 6 0 6 
Raisins . Hy 0 6 0 6 0 6 0 6 0 5 0 5 
Butter... ur by 010 011 10 1 0 1 0 010 
Eggs, number of, for 1s. .....+++++ 20 20 20 20 20 24 
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