PRICE OF BREAD. 365 

THE PRICE OF BREAD. 
The principal Co-operative Societies that make and sell 
bread have been asked by the Labour Department of the 
Board of Trade to state the price of a 4-lb. loaf of the quality 
mostly sold by each society at the 1st of June and September, 
1900, and September ist, 1899. From these societies 340 
returns have been received, representing 327 towns in Eng- 
land and Scotland. ; 
The returns have been arranged in thirteen districts in the 
following table, in which the highest, lowest, and mean 
prices are given for each district, and for the whole of Great 
Britain. 



Ist Sept., 1900. 




District. 






























Dn ~ D w Wi SR 
vo n oO wn ne wD 
eee: Ul eee ie ey elas) ups feats 
ENGLAND AND d. d. d. d. duhiids d d. l 
WALES | | 
N. Counties and York- | 
shire... 6 4 54 6 4 | 54 | 62 1 5 
Lancashire and ‘Cheshire 6 4 Au 6 4 | at 6 o a 
N. Mid. Counties 5 4 43 5 4 | 4a || 5 4 4h 
Weedo, de.. 5 4 43 || 5 Ay aie Gur Asa G 
Seido: do... ae 5 4 44 || 5 4 4e.\| 5h 1. 4 42 
Eastern Counties 5 4 43 5 4 Aan 54s 54 
London i: Se ee Ba Se ca 8 ce | & oss 
S. E. Counties .. : Set Ces Gal cay) & 6 5 53 
S. W. Counties, ‘Wales | | | 
and Monmouth 5 AD 450 5 4 43 || 53) 43 2 
ENGLAND AND nan ea nae 
WALES me saris 0 4 42 || 6 4 4? || 641) 4 
‘ 
SCOTLAND. | 1 
N. Counties ms 6 4k | sill 6 ree | A Ga et 
Eastern Counties Poalestel eal llng A Nock 4 pag ll -§ 4 
Lanarkshire B |G é 5 Bo & 5 5 
Other Southern Counties eels Ee ee 6 | 52 | 6 R 
Scare | Bees ce Taree A | peees leer 







GREAT BRITAIN... | 6 4 Ae alli fee gts Gk 4 


It may be added that the above returns have been confirmed, 
so far as regards the more important towns, by special 
