COST OF LIVING OF THE WORKING CLASSES. Index number showing

comparison with London in 1912. London = 100 in each column.

Rent, including Taxes. Rent, Coal, and Food.

Rent, including Taxes. Bent, Coal, and Food.

Barrow-in-Furness... 65 ... 93 Macclesfield ... .., 38

Bedford 51 ... 89 Manchester ... ... 64 88 Birkenhead ..„.. 73 ... 91 Middlesbro' ... 61. 91 Birmingham_ 61 ... 87 Newcastle-on-Tyne 84 ... 95 Bedford 62 ... 90 Northampton 53 ... 87 Bristol 57 ••• 86 Norwich ... ... 52 89 Burtou-on-Trent 48 ••• 86 Nottingham ... 55 86 Cardiff 66 ••• 92 Peterborough 42 86 Chester 52 ••• 86 Plymouth ... 81 95 Coventry 60 — 90 Portsmouth ... 61 92 Crewe ... 49 ••• 85

Preston ...

54 85 Darlington 59 .•• 91

Sheffield ...

.... 57 87 Derby •,. 52 ... 85 Southampton 70 93 Gloucester 47 ••• 86 Stockport .., 52 86 Huddersfield 70 ••• 92 Stoke ... ... ... 56 85 Bull 54 ••• 87 Sunderland — ... 66 91 Ipswich ... 47 ••• 90 Walsall ... 43 82 Kidderminster 42 ••• 86

56 86 Leeds .., 58 ••. 87 Wolverhampton 53 83 Leicester 52 ••• 86

York... ..,

55 90 Liverpool ... 65 ••• 89

SCOTLAND.

IRELAND.

Aberdeen

93 Belfast

46

92 Dundee

97 Cork ...

88 Edinburgh

96 Dublin ... 75 93 Glasgow

93 Limerick ... 57 92 Greenock

97 Londonderry

90 Paisley

91

Perth

97