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| Table XLIX: Food prices in Berlin at end of 1915. |
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| [This page is part of our online-publication of the book "A History of the Blockade of Germany and of the countries associated with her in the Great War: Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey" by A. C. Bell.] |
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| 1. Meat prices in Berlin | ||||||||||
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Average price end of December, 1915 |
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Average price end of December, 1914 |
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% increase or decrease | |||||
| Beef | 1,5 | M per lb. | 1,0 | M per lb. | + 50 | |||||
| Veal | 1,5 | " | 1,0 | " | + 50 | |||||
| Mutton | 1,5 | " | 0,9 | " | + 67 | |||||
| Pork | 1,4 | " | 0,9 | " | + 56 | |||||
| Bacon | 2,2 | " | 1,1 | " | +100 | |||||
| Ham | 3,0 | " | 1,7 | " | + 76 | |||||
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| 2. Food prices in Berlin | ||||||||||
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November, 1915 |
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November, 1914 |
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% increase or decrease | |||||
| Split peas (cooking) | per kilog. | 125.1 | pfgs. | 88.9 | pfgs. | + 40.7 | ||||
| White beans | " | 122.8 | " | 91.8 | " | + 33.7 | ||||
| Lentils | " | 172.2 | " | 116.1 | " | + 48.3 | ||||
| Potatoes (eating) | " | 8.5 | " | 9.7 | " | - 12.5 | ||||
| Table butter | " | 495.6 | " | 305.6 | " | + 62.1 | ||||
| Wheat flour | " | 51.6 | " | 46.1 | " | + 11.9 | ||||
| Rye flour | " | 45.1 | " | 40.0 | " | + 12.7 | ||||
| White bread | " | 67.6 | " | 61.2 | " | + 10.4 | ||||
| Mixed wheat and rye bread | " | 38.9 | " | 33.9 | " | + 14.7 | ||||
| Rice | " | 171.1 | " | 74.3 | " | +130.2 | ||||
| Coffee (roasted) | " | 369.0 | " | 322.9 | " | + 14.2 | ||||
| Sugar | " | 62.0 | " | 52.9 | " | + 17.2 | ||||
| Salt | " | 23.0 | " | 22.0 | " | + 4.5 | ||||
| Pig lard (imported) | " | 499.8 | " | 199.0 | " | +151.1 | ||||
| Horseflesh | " | 155.4 | " | 96.2 | " | + 61.4 | ||||
| Wheat groats | " | 108.8 | " | 61.9 | " | + 75.7 | ||||
| Buckwheat groats | " | 167.1 | " | 67.2 | " | +148.6 | ||||
| Peeled barley | " | 119.7 | " | 66.8 | " | + 79.1 | ||||
| Household coal | " | 3.3 | " | 2.9 | " | + 13.7 | ||||
| Briquettes | per 100 | 126.7 | " | 109.1 | " | + 16.1 | ||||
| Petroleum | per litre | 31.9 | " | 23.0 | " | + 38.7 | ||||
| Milk | " | 27.5 | " | 21.4 | " | + 28.5 | ||||
| Hen's eggs | apiece | 20.7 | " | 13.1 | " | + 58.0 | ||||