According to investigations made by the Statistical Division of the Manchouluo State Council, the average index number of retail prices fon August 31 at Hsinking and seventeen other large cities of the country. have risen 1.3 per cent. ovr those of the previous month. Compared with the "previous month the price of! cereals rose 32 per cent. fsh and meat 29, seasonings.3 and light and fuel 14 per cent, while vegetables showed a drop of G4 per cent. In, comparison with the basic figures of 100 in 1994, the price indices of commodities on August 20 were, cereals, 1735, fish and meat 104.6, other foodstuffs 1168 seasonings 111.7, clothes and shoes 1003 and fuel and light! 98. From the above figures it will be seen that living in Manchuria has risen considerably since 1094, except-Jing in the case of fuel, which however is always cheaper in the summer months owing to the lack of demand,
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