Wages and Cost of Living

This document is Chapter 7 of the Report by the Labour Officer Mr H.R. Butters on Labour and Labour Conditions in Hong Kong. The chapter provided several tables of figures: (1) the wholesale prices of certain foodstuff from 1924 to 1938; (2) the retail prices of staple food from 1930 to 1938; (3) the value of local dollar in terms of sterling; (4) the cost of living for a single man, for a man and his wife, and for one child; (5) diet for Chinese prisoners, men and women, with hard labour, and that for Chinese patients in the government hospitals. The chapter also provided figures of cost on food, housing, clothing and other items; and the rates of pay of Chinese workers in local factories. The document is originally in the Administrative Reports for the year 1931. The report is originally in the Administrative Reports for the year 1932. It is attached with a table of average rates of wages and working hours for labour, and a table of retail price of foodstuff. The report is originally in the Administrative Reports for the year 1933. It is attached with a table of average rates of wages and working hours for labour, and a table of retail price of foodstuff. The report is originally in the Administrative Reports for the year 1934.

The report is originally in the Administrative Reports for the year 1935. The report is originally in the Administrative Reports for the year 1936. It is attached with a table of average rates of wages and working hours for labour, and a table of retail price of foodstuff. The report is originally in the Administrative Reports for the year 1937. It is attached with a table of average rates of wages and working hours for labour. The report is originally in the Administrative Reports for the year 1938. It is attached with a table of average rates of wages and working hours for labour and a table of retail price of foodstuff. The report is originally in the Administrative Reports for the year 1939. The report is attached with a table of average rates of wages and working hours for labour and a table of retail price of foodstuff.