Oct, 1. PPSPITE the enforcement of official exchange rates following the measures taken by the Chinese Currency Stabilization Board, local retail prices of impotted commodities and other goods advanced considerably during September, according to the index of the cost of living of western foreign salaried employees for the past month issued by the Industrial and Social Division of the S.M.C, The increase in cost of living was higher in September than in August, the index showed, with further reduction in the buying power of the Chinese dolia Despite the drop in rice prices the index of the cost of living of the Chinese registered another rise last month, The S.M.C's report follows Retail prices of imported groceries ber when compared with August; and' other goods has shown. further hen eggs, 44.00 per -cent.; 'Mandarin Inerenses,, despite the" coming. Into fish, 4212 per cents force of ofciat exchange rales foler' cent; carrots, lowing the measures. taken by the Faddish,
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