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AVERAGE RETAIL PEICBS OF ALL T H E CHIEF STAPLE ARTICLES OF USE

OR CONSUMPTION IN NICOSIA TOWN.

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Beans, Broad ..

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Beef

Beer

Brandy ...

Bread, Wheaten...

Batter, Fresh

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Cattle. Horned -•

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Coffee

Cotton ...

Cowpeas

Eggs

Figi ...

Fish ... ...

Floor, Wheaten...

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Grapes ... ...

Horses

Kerosene Oil

Lemons ... ...

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Oata

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Olives

Onions ...

Oranges

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Potatoes

Raisins •••

Rice

Salt

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Sheep

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Sugar ' ...

Swine ... ...

Tobacco ...

"Vetches ...

Wheat ... ...

Wine

per Idle

per oke

per bottle

per oke

each

per oke —

11

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per tin of 11 £ okes

per 1,000

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per kile

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per ok

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per lb.

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per kile

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Average Retail Price

throughout

the year.

Maximum

Retail Price.

Minimum

Retail Price.

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NOTB.—1 Cyprns oke—2.8 Hs.

STAPLE FOODS AND AVERAGE COST OF

AND OF THE INDIGENOUS

1 Cyprus kile—1 English bushel.

LIVING OF THE WAGE-EARNING CLASSES

POPULATION GENERALLY.

List of Staple foods.

Bread

Cheese (native)

Olives

Olive oil

Dried fish (herrings, sardines)

Eggs

Bolgur and rice

Beans and Lentils

Potatoes

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Beetroots

Colodass

Prim pit-in**

Tomatoes

Onions

Fresh, vegetables

Wild vegetables

Fruit

Salt

Average price.

s.cp.

1| per oke

4 ,,

1 1 „

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1 ,,

2 ,.

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Free

1 per oke

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Average cost of living of a family offivepersons.

The average cost of living of a family consisting

of five persons, i.e., husband, -wife and three

children, is £42 a year in towns and £32 a year

in villages.

The average wages earned by husband and wife

in a year together amount to £35 in towns and

to £34 in villages.

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