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The Price of Bread. 



quarantine, it has been decided to accept the tuberculin tests 

 made in Great Britain by a number of veterinarians in this 

 country. 



The want of pure-bred bulls throughout Canada is 

 stated to be so urgent that it is held that every facility and 

 encouragement should be made to importers. 



The Price of Bread. 



In continuation of the statistics, which appeared in the 

 " Labour Gazette" for November, 1896, and September, 1897^ 

 dealing with the rise in the price of bread at about those 

 dates, returns have now been collected from 74 of the most 

 important co-operative societies, with a weekly output of 

 about 906,000 quartern loaves, showing the price of bread on 

 April 5th, May 3rd, and May loth, of this year. 



The returns show that the average price of bread sold 

 (excluding fancy bread) on April 5th was 5 8 id. the 4 lb. loaf, 

 and that by May loth this had risen to 67od. The price at 

 the beginning of April was somewhat higher than in 

 September, 1897, when prices were considerably above those 

 of 1896. The continuous character of the rise in price since 

 1896 up to the present time will be seen in the following 

 summary, showing the average price of a 4 lb. loaf at the 

 various dates in 1896-8, for which returns have been collected. 

 The average price in 1893 ^^^o given for comparison : — 



Average Price of 4 lb. Loaf — Summary Table. 



Average for 

 1893. 



1896. 



1897. 



1898. 



Sept. 12 



Oct. 10 



Nov. 7 



Aug. 9 



Sept. 6 



April 5 



May 3 



May 10 



d. 



479 



d. 

 4-22 



d. 

 4-45 



d. 

 4.85 



d. 

 4-97 



d. 

 5*68 



d. 

 5-8i 



d. 

 6-15 



d. 



670 



The table shows that between 1893 and September, 1896 

 the price per 4 lb. loaf fell about M. The aggregate rise 

 between September, 1896, and the present time, is, roughly, 

 5M. per quartern loaf The greater part of this rise occurred 

 between September, 1896, and September, 1897, when bread 



