Study:—Records of family expenditures from a satisfactory number of foreign families covering expenditures the month of January were received in February. "The prepar tion of foreign index figures, and the resent availability of the' Chinese Index, become of greater significance a programme of price. fixing. Is embarked upon by the authorities. Only by an index' can the effect of any downward movement of a range of prices on the total cust of living, be Fe led. the preparation of proceeding with a view to publication the earliest practicable date, (e) "Cost. of Living of Chinese Industrial Fires:—There fives in Indust Workers:—The general index of the cost of living of Chinese workers
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