DEAR “TUCKER.”

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 286, 22 November 1911, Page 5

DEAR “TUCKER.”

LAI’.OI R DEPARTMENTS INV ESTIGATIONS. [PER PRESS ASSOCI ATION. I Wellington. Nov, 21. It sc< ins that tbe people hardly appreciate tiie value of an investigation recently undertaken by the Labour department with a view to ascertaining tiie < xact cost of living in the Dcminicn. About twelve months ag< the department distributed among the workers in the various mr.tii - a number of small household account books in which spaces were pr< vided for setting down the weekly < xp< uditure on house rent, food, clothing, alcoholic and other refreshments. diversions and benevolence, in short all the varic.us directions in which a man s wM-kly wage is spent. The investigation has now been practically concluded. Of 2500 account Looks sent out only 78 have so far hern returned to* the department, though a few are bling sent Tn al intervals. The depart men! hopes that those who have used the books vv ■ll not fad to return them, as the wider the field covered by the investigation the more reliable wdl lie the information secured. It has not yet been determined how the figures will be collated, but the department hopes to turn them to good account. There were 20 books completed for the full year. Is for periods ranging from six to twelve months, S for from three to six months, and 23 for periods of under three months.