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STATISTICS OF EXPENDITURE AND 



The index of relative bouse 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 : 



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, ta 

 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- 



