| Pre-World-War-II Wholesale Price Index: Food, Metals and Minerals, Miscellaneous, Textiles. |
| Period: |
For the four group's main index: 1913, 1924, and 1931-40;
for the individual index: 1924 and 1931-40. |
| Base: |
1922=100 |
| Frequency: |
Annual |
| Source: |
Hong Kong Administrative Report 1924 (1913, 1923-24);
Hong Kong Blue Book: Section on Imports and Exports, issues 1934, 1938 and 1940 (1931-40). |
| Note: |
The Wholesale Price Index for 1913 have been calculated from the prices of 46 articles shown in the Chinese Maritime Customs Returns for the Kowloon and Canton Districts. |
| Coverage |
| Food index include: |
Main index (composite), beans, beef, eggs, flour(wheat), salt fish, fruits(fresh), lard, milk(condensed), mutton, onions, peanut oil, pork, potatoes, poultry, rice(broken), rice(white), sugar(raw), vegetables(dried, etc.), vermicelli. |
| Metals and Minerals index include: |
Main index (composite), brass sheets, coal, iron and steel bars, iron and steel nails, iron and steel plates, kerosene, lubricating oil, oil fuel, petrol, pig lead, tin, yellow metal sheathing. |
| Miscellaneous index include: |
Main index (composite), sulphate of ammonia, buffalo hides, cement, charcoal, cow hides, Chinese paper, duck feathers, firewood, hardwoods, rattans, sulphuric acid, sole leather, soda ash, salpetre, softwoods. |
| Textiles index include: |
Main index (composite), artificial silk yarn, cotton yarn, dyed figured plain Italian, dyed plain cotton, flannels, gunny bags, Hessian cloth, Manila Hemp, silk piece goods, white 40/43 yards shirtings, woollen suiting and tweeds, wool and union blankets. |