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STAPLE FOODS AND AVERAGE COST OF LIVING OF THE WAGE-EARNING CLASSES
AND OF THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION GENERALLY.
List of Staple foods.
' Average cost of living of a family offivepersons.
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Bread
Cheese (native)
Olives
Olive oil
Meat
Dried fish (herrings, sardines)
Eggs
Bulgur and rice
Beans and Lentils
Potatoes
Beetroots
Colocasia
Pumpkins
Tomatoes
Onions
Fresh vegetables
Wild vegetables
Fruit
Salt
(a) Labouring class.
The average cost of living of a family consisting
of five persons, i. e., husband, wife and three
children, is £45 a year in towns and £37 a year
in villages.
The average wages earned by husband and wife
in a year together amount to £45 in towns and
to £37 in villages.
(b) Indigenous population.
The average cost of living of a family consisting
of the same number of persons is £48 a year.