In April the cost of food, clothing, Light and fuel became cheaper on the 1926 basis of costs of living in Shanghai, according to information just published by the National Tarift Commission.
Housing costs remained the same as in March which was 1 higher than in January and February, but, miscellaneous Items showed a slight Increase in April over the March figures which reflected in the general index to show an increase of 1 in April over the figure for March which was 989, being merely 1.1 below the 1928 standard, While food costs in April this year were 742, which is 258 points below that of 1926 at 100, and clothing malerlal in April at 82.7, which is 17.3 below the 1926 standard at 100, housing in April this year was still 10.8 points above the 1826 level, and {wel and lighting 203 above: the 1926 level with' miscellaneous items a5 much as 623 points above the 1028 standard, Captain 8. B. Jorgensen, member of the Shanghai Licensed Pilots Associati jon, with Mr. N. D, Jensen, left Peking Road jetty on Friday evening in their Jocally built yacht Danascot on a trip to Nagusahi, Picture shows the yacht and, inset, Captain Jorgensen.
In detail, taking the figures for 1926 as 100, the figures for April as against March this year show a drop food from 75 to 742, drop in cloth. ing material from 894. to 82.7, drop in fuel and Ughting from 1212. to 1203 with no change in housing but 4 rise in miscellaneous items from 1894 to 1623 which resulted in the general. index showing a rise from 98.9 In March to 99 In April,
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