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REPORT 1888. 



MEMORANDUM ON AN OFFICIAL INDEX- NV3IBER. 



Table for the Construction op an Index-number. 



Statement showing the estimated amount of the expenditure on the undermentioned 

 articles in the United Kingdom and the proportion of the amount in each case to 

 the total expenditure on all such articles, with suggestions for an index-number 

 based approximately on the propoHions stated, but with modifications so as to 

 substitute percentages in round ^gwes ; shmuing also the description of the spe- 

 cific wholesale article, the price of which it is proposed to use in the calculation 

 of the index-number; giving also the price-list or other source from which 

 guotatio7is are to be obtained. 



In this table the first column indicates six leadinsr arenera which 

 comprehend the twenty-seven classes of articles specified in the second 



' There is a large consumption of barley, exclusive of its use in the manufacture 

 of bepr. 



