--------------+---------------+-----------------+-------------+--------- | | | | Irish |Mid-July, 1914.| Mid-March, 1922.| Mid-June, | Weights | | | 1922. |(see last | | | | par.). --------------+-------+-------+--------+--------+------+------+--------- | A. | B. | A. | B. | A. | B. | Food | 52·4 | 54·6 | 104·8 | 102·8 | 100 | 100 | 57·1 Clothing | 52·7 | 52·9 | 103·9 | 101·7 | 100 | 100 | 17·5 Rent (C) | 78·9 | 78·9 | 100·4 | 100·4 | 100 | 100 | 5·4 Fuel and Light| 46·6 | 48·1 | 104·8 | 104·4 | 100 | 100 | 7·0 Sundries | 50·5 | 51·9 | 103·2 | 103·1 | 100 | 100 | 13·0 --------------+-------+----------------+--------+------+------+---------
The figures A result from the returns from the Post Office. The figures B result from the returns from other Departments. The figures C were obtained from only one Department--the Local Government Board.
It now only remained for us to compile the final figure.
This was ascertained by multiplying the ratio prices of the various commodities by the "weights" appropriate to those commodities (_i.e._, by multiplying the figures in the first six columns of the table above by the figures in the final column).
The following table gives the result so obtained:--
---------------+--------+--------+---------+---------+---------+-------- | Mid-July, 1914. | Mid-March, 1922. | Mid-June, 1922. ---------------+--------+--------+---------+---------+---------+-------- | A. | B. | A. | B. | A. | B. Food | 2992·0 | 3117·7 | 5984·1 | 5869·9 | 5710·0 | 5710·0 Clothing | 922·3 | 925·7 | 1818·2 | 1779·7 | 1750·0 | 1750·0 Rent (C) | 426·1 | 426·1 | 542·2 | 542·2 | 540·0 | 540·0 Fuel and Light | 326·2 | 336·7 | 730·8 | 730·8 | 700·0 | 700·0 Sundries | 657·0 | 674·7 | 1341·6 | 1327·3 | 1300·0 | 1300·0 ---------------+--------+--------+---------+---------+---------+-------- Total | 5323·6 | 5480·9 | 10416·9 | 10249·9 | 10000·0 | 10000·0 ---------------+--------+--------+---------+---------+---------+--------
Then, taking the prices in July, 1914, as the standard and representing them by the figure of 100 we get the final percentage table.
----------------+-----------+---------------+-------------- | Mid. | Mid. | Mid. | July, 1914| March, 1922. | June, 1922. ----------------+-----+-----+-------+-------+-------+------ As Per Cent. of | | | | | | | A | B | A | B | A | B July, 1914. | 100 | 100 | 195·7 | 187·0 | 187·8 | 182·5 ----------------+-----+-----+-------+-------+-------+------