COST OF LIVING IN THE TRANSVAAL.
AT a recent sitting of the Industrial Commission in Johannesburg, one of the witnesses, a miner, gave the following table, showing the cost of living in the Transvaal as compared with the expenditure in England :—
Milk England. £ s. d. -.024 Transvaal. £ s. d. 0 15 0 Butter ..068 10 0 Meat ..140 2 10 0 Vegetables .. 0 10 0 Bread ..110 2 0 0 Groceries ..120 too Rent .. 0 16 0 6 0 0 Doctor’s fees .. ..010 0 7 6 £5 3 0 £20 12 6
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIX, Issue IX, 21 August 1897, Page 264
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92COST OF LIVING IN THE TRANSVAAL. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIX, Issue IX, 21 August 1897, Page 264
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