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H—4B

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

Note.—As indicated elsewhere, the weight applied to any item priced represents not only expenditure on that item, but also on other allied items not priced (see para. 26). For purposes of convenience the grand total is shown as a million.

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Weights—i.e., Kelative Expenditures. Items. Sub-groups. Groups. 5, MISCELLANEOUS —continued (b) Other Commodities —continued, Tobacco and Cigarettes—Tobacco, cut Cigarettes, packet of 10 26,743 36,449 63,192 Total, Other Commodities (c) Services — Transport— Rail Tram Bus Taxi Cycle— Tires Tubes 107,608 12,184 11,564 4,264 7,109 709 709 36,539 5,330 20,481 1,719 10,423 11,846 Postage— Minimum letter rate Telegram 4,195 1,135 Entertainment — Cinema admission .. Football admission Radio licence 13,350 4,806 2,325 Labour Union Dues Health Services (outside social security)— Medical — Practitioner consultation fee Specialist X-ray fee Optician, standard correction lenses.. Dentist — Extraction Amalgam filling Dentures, full set Maternity fee 3,318 1,186 236 1,423 946 1,423 946 945 Personal Services— Hair-cut — Men Women Hair, permanent wave, full head, electric Hair set Dry-cleaning— Man's— Suit Trousers Woman's dress Laundering men's shirts 2,368 1,182 3,555 2,368 594 593 593 593 Total, Services Total, Miscellaneous 86,338 248,860 Grand Total 1,000,000