(54d. 2Ib. loaf) Chemist 1. 0.0. Milk and cream 2.. 0. 0. Rent 8. 0. 0. (£70 per year) Rates (about) 4. 5. 0. about £50 per year} Coal (1} tons) 3. 3,0 Maid (general) 3. 10. 0. (£2.2 ta ton) Woman to wash 1. 0.0,
Gardener (13 days) 1. 16. 0. (6/- 4 day) (6/- a day)
Total £40. 4. 0.
I should allow about £2 per month for vegetables and fruit if I had to buy same. This is a fair average of houschdld expenses in England for 1921-1922, and I believe they are about the same today. A few detail prices might be a help. I give them as per bills:—Steak 2/4 per Ib.
Tain chops 2/4 Beef (joint) jlo}, Mutton (joint) a=.
Milk 6d. quart Stewing steak 1/8 Ox tail 1/8 Chicken ale Eggs per doz.
Butter per Ib, 2/4 Bacon per. Ib. 2/3 Bananas doz. 2}- Celery Qd. and 1/- Thanking you for allowing me so much space in your columns, Shanghai, Jan. 11. 1923.
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