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Appendix B—List of Commodities and Services to be Priced with Weights—ctd.

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Weights—i.e., Relative Expenditures. Items. Sub-groups. Groups. <5. MISCELLANEOUS—continued (a) Household Durable Goods—continued Babies'— Perambulator Baby's cot j 1,393 989 t ! •> O QO 1 Total, Household Durable Goods 1 ? oo 1 (b) Other Commodities— Cleaning Supplies— Soap, laundry Starch Soap powder Kerosene Metal-polish Boot-polish Disinfectant 2,600 181 2,55 3 1.629 249 456 507 i - 8 10,371 15,662 10,208 1 04,yjL4 Personal Requisites— Toilet-soap Face-powder Powder-puff .. Lipstick Vanishing-cream Toothpaste Razor-blades Shaving-soap Bobby-pins Toilet-paper Baby's talcum powder 2,201 756 116 645 589 1,895 1,427 1,423 89 946 284 Educational and Cultural— Newspapers Magazines Library subscription Book (popular series) School text-books, standard aryMathematics Dictionary Atlas Writing block, ruled, school Exercise-book— 8£ in. by in. 10 in. by 8 in. .. Drawing-book Writing-pad, not ruled Envelopes, packet of 25 .. .. 6,898 1,895 1,423 1,895 567 619 567 284 284 284 284 331 I 331 | Medicines and Baby-foods— Aspirin Cough medicines Malt extract .. .. * Glucose " D " Karitane Baby Food— No. 1 .. No. 2 .. 2,368 2,368 2,368 1,208 946 950