. Report of the Board . and 1913 prices. In the final column an index number is assigned to eachcity, the number given to the Dominion as a whole being 100. These numbers arebased on the figures for 1912-13, corrected in some cases by the earlier data.^ lAs above pointed out, the employment of the same-budget throughout is open to thecriticism that widely different conditions of living prevail in the different cities,—Edmonton ascompared with Halifax for example, having a longer and more severe winter, necessitating theconsumption of more fuel, having less variety and abundance of flsh-food et
. Report of the Board . and 1913 prices. In the final column an index number is assigned to eachcity, the number given to the Dominion as a whole being 100. These numbers arebased on the figures for 1912-13, corrected in some cases by the earlier data.^ lAs above pointed out, the employment of the same-budget throughout is open to thecriticism that widely different conditions of living prevail in the different cities,—Edmonton ascompared with Halifax for example, having a longer and more severe winter, necessitating theconsumption of more fuel, having less variety and abundance of flsh-food etc The budgetmethods of measuremtnt is undoubtedly rough. At the same time it may be argued that suchdifferences amount at the most to tendencies,—fish not being a final substitute for meat, econ-omies of fuel being possible by heating fewer rooms, etc. COST OF LiriKG IN CANADA 141 COURSE OP AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES IN LEADING CITIES OP THE SEVERAL PROVINCES, 1900-1913. (Average Prices, Dominion of Canacia, 1900 = 100).. 142 BOARD OF INQVIR7 INTO City. Cost of Food Budget*. Per Cent IndeiIncrease Numbersbetween of Average1900 and Costs1913. (Domin-ion Aver-age-lOO) 1900. 1905. 1«12. 1913. Nova Scotia— 4-69125-26375-51505-4050 4-8120 5-09505-22375-3962 4-86005-14125-03624-59665-09256-01414-8748 5-10125-29064-65125-47225-03125-03125-02575-40534-87985-16244-78484-71075-25904-68744-57885-16755-58415-56665-1954 5-82756-0750 7-6253 5-33506-9033 7-005C6-806e6-40717-230C7-73ie 4-85785-43626-05506-1312 5-2262 5-43756-01125-8262 5-37005-71125-51624-82166-13376-91755-1040 5-68285-63075-13455-59445-41125-48125-54326-27865-15485-51575-24435-34455-85905-49765-69155-67235-85616-27075-3387 5-95666-5150 7-2347 6-29256-8748 7-33107-93836-9031 7-54837-680S 7--72377-53557-08177-5617 6-3286 6-95977-91747-4487 7-31617-35736-72626-68877-59867-93S47-1002 •7-07497-04487-89126-6524 8-32377-9435 8-9599 8-34258
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