TRANSACTIONS OF SECTION F. 659 
Taste [I.—IJInder-Numbers. 
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Wholesale Prices. | ea Wholesale Prices. | | it 
sae Retail |, : pe gid Retail | 
ears bers (28 Articles, Hx-| Average | EHC || hors a8 Articles, Hx) Avernge | Prices 
ey Beeb Biaelehice)s Prices, Prieg, ears | “port Statistics). | Prices, | Peieeg, 
| verage Prices, 1902=100| 1902=1.0 Average Prices, | 1902=100 1902100 
| 1867-1877=100 | estate| 1867-1877 =100 aaa 
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1880 | 97 | 156 110 || 1892 66°5 | 104 105 
1881 95 | 153 109 1893 644 | 101 106 
1882 | 82 | 133 122 | 1894 | 59 93 102 
1883 | 85 | 134 108 1895 615 | 96 96 
1884 | 80 | 129 110 1896 61 | 95 95 
1885 | 7 | 124 99 1897 | 56 88 99 
1886 75 Apa 99 1898 58°5 79 98 
1887 74 119 98 1899 61'S 97 96 
1888 75 118 104 1900 63°4 | 99 98 
1889 70 112 109 | 1901 63°1 99 98 
1890 | 70 110 102 1902 64 100 100 
| 1891 69°9 109 106 | 
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Ill. Real Wages.—With the help of the price index-numbers the real wages 
of coal miners and iron workers are estimated. 
Tasie 11I.—Real Wages in Selected Trades in Belgium, 1880-1902. 
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Tronworkers Zineworkers hese 
: , a. | Wool Trade | Linen Trade 
Coal Miners ot ae ce)? ia Re, (Verviers) | (Liége) > 
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CTS Cae Fe re Zo cash ol estat all Potates ofl ie 
ae | 43 | 2 z BP ke aah 
1902=100 
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1880 17 70 == — 93 84 = = = = 
1881 78 71 86 719 92 84 — — = a4 
1882 80 65 84 69 94 77 — — = = 
1883 84 78 86 80 93 86 — = = —_ 
1884 77 76 83 75 95 86 — _ ae -~ 
1885 68 69 74 75 93 94 — — — ae 
1886 65 66 | 75 76 93 94 — — 93 94 
1887 68 69 | 84 85 89 91 —_— — 94 96 
1888 72 69 | 86 83 91 87 _ —_— 89 85 
1889 78 71 85 78 94 86 — — 89 82 
1890 93 91 93 91 90 88 — = 92 90 
189] 91 86 88 83 92 87 — -- 94 89 
1892 80 76 90 86 95 90 — — 92 88 
1893 74 70 88 83 94 89 — — 94 89 
1894 79 77 85 83 96 94 94 92 95 93 
1895 79 82 92 96 93 97 91 95 97 | 101 
1896 82 86 89 94 92 97 90 95 99 | 104 
1897 82 83 97 | 98 93 94 93 94 91 92 
1898 92 94 97 99 89 91 85 86 98 | 100 
1899 97 | 101 | 101 | 105 93 97 93 97 98 | 102 
1900 | 118 | 120 | 105 § 107 94 96 91 93 | 104 | 106 
1901 106 | 108 | 114 116 102 104 | 101 | 103 96 98 
1902 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 100 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 
? From 102,000 to 134,000 working men. 2 From 8,000 to 10,000 working men. 
* About 3,300 men, * From 1,700 to 1,800 men. = From 1,000 to 1,200 ne 
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