Report on the Cost of Living in Ireland, June 1922

by Ireland. Ministry of Economic Affairs

5. In the column headed "Observations," please furnish any particulars concerning the retail prices of food in your district, which, in your opinion are worthy of observation.

6. Fill in on the back page of the form particulars of the sources from which information as to the prices of the commodity has been obtained, for example:—

Commodity.	Source.	Nature.
Butter	John Macken, Main Street	Large Shop—Day Book
Eggs	Personal knowledge	Direct Country supply
Eggs	Mrs. O'Kane, Dublin Road	Household Pass Book

7. The figures representing the majority of the sales are the figures required. Exceptional prices are of no value.

8. In every case you should check your information, whether given of your knowledge or after investigation by enquiry from more than one source.

RETAIL PRICES OF CERTAIN FOOD COMMODITIES IN _________________________
AT UNDERMENTIONED DATES. (City, Town, or District).

RETAIL PRICES OF CERTAIN FOOD COMMODITIES IN						_____________________________
AT UNDERMENTION DATES.					(City, Town, or District).
Commodity.		1913				1914		1922		Observations.
		Jan.	April	July	Oct.	Feb.	July	Feb.	Mar.
Beef (Irish).	per
Best cuts	lb.
Second parts	lb.
Rough meat	lb.
Mutton (Irish).
Best cuts	lb.
Second parts	lb.
Rough meat	lb.
Bacon.
Smoked (piece)	lb.
Smoked (rashers)	lb.
Unsmoked (piece)	lb.
Unsmoked (rashers)	lb.
Shoulder (piece)	lb.
Shoulder (rashers)	lb.
American (piece)	lb.
American (rashers)	lb.
Fresh Pork.
Chops	lb.
Steaks	lb.
Puddings	lb.
Sausages.
Beef	lb.
Pork	lb.
"Limerick"	lb.
Lard	lb.
Dripping
Butter.	lb.
Irish Creamery	lb.
Irish farmer's	lb.
New Zealand	lb.
Danish	lb.
Margarine
First Grade	lb.
Second Grade	lb.
Third Grade.	lb.
Cheese (give brand or other description).
Eggs.
First Grade	doz.
Second Grade	doz.
Third Grade	doz.
Milk.
Fresh	quart
Buttermilk	quart
Skim Milk	quart
Tinned Milk.
Irish (give size of tin)
Imported (give size of tin)
Bread (per 2-lb. loaf)
Flour.
Household	stone
Household per sack of ___	stones
Best American per sack of ___	stones
Meal.
Oaten	stone
Wheaten	stone
Indian	stone
Rice	lb.
Potatoes	stone
Sugar, White granulated	lb.
Tea
Best quality	lb.
Cheapest quality	lb.
Coffee, Ground	lb.
Cocoa.
Shell	lb.
Tinned	lb.
Jam, Irish (give name of kind in most demand).
Please add any information available as to prices of the following commodities, giving description of each item:—
Fish	lb.
Vegetables	lb.
Poultry	lb.
Fruit	lb.
				Signature		_____________________________
						Date	_________________________

Form A—CONTINUED