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Meat 12.0 Bread 24.0 Potatoes 16.0 Other vegetables 8.0 Milk 3.25 Sugar 1.33 Salt 0.25 Coffee 0.33 Tea 0.16 Total 65.32 Butter 2.4--( Moleschott.) [Illustration] The New Zealand Official Year Book gives the following as the average prices of food for the years mentioned:-- 1877 1887 1897 1901 s d.

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Bread per lb.

0 21/4 0 13/4 0 11/2 0 11/2 Beef per lb.