August 27 when the previous survey was made, general improvements have been noted both in regard to increased supplies. and a slight tendency to a decrease in price, though profiteering is still r he public. by using discretion and instructing their servants to buy di criminately. can do much to brin: about x reasonable price level.
As advised in reports, prices in the Western District ar the whole lower than in the cen but this does not apply to fresh eggs which are oh' ble at from 25-45 per cent. increase over norn the Central District, as against 100 per cent. increase in the Western.
Live chicken and duck which a the beginning of the emergency were lacking are now coming in in sufficient quantities, both from' Pootung and Jessfield districts.
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