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Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15999, 30 May 1924, Page 2

A New Plymouth resident having a kind of spring-cleaning, came across an old ledger kept many years ago by a methodical settler who set down therein with great exactness his household and other expenses' (states tho Taranaki Herald). A few extracts will enable those who arc curious to compare prices with those ruling to-day. The accounts go back to the year' 1850, when lamb and mutton cost Gd per lb, fowls from Is to Is fid each, butter Js Gd, sugar sd, coffee Is, tea 2s; soda 2s, starch Is, currants 2s, rice .‘ld, mustard Is, pepper Is 4d, tartaric acid -is, ham :lod, beef id, sago Bd, oatmeal 3d, salt 2d, Hour 27s per 1001 b; blue 2s, wheat 7s a bushel, nutmeg Bs, candles 06, butter 8d (in March). It is less easy to compare the cost of clothing, since materials, etc., differ so much, but we find records of the purchase of three pairs of boots for 20s Gd, shoes Bs, braces Is, stockings Is, 4s Gd for making a dress, 8s for a straw hat, flannel 2s Gd a yard, sheeting 10Jd a yard, muslin Is 4d a yard, 27s for a dress, serge 2s a yard, towelling 10Jd a yard, calico Bd, cotton lid a reel, hooks lid a packet. At the firs: sign or a coia in the head or throat, due to germ infection, frequently Inhale Nazol, which will counteract the Infection and give relief. (SI