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Great Britain
British Board of Trade. Wholesale. For period beginning 1871. First published in a report of 1903 (with chart for 1801–1902 joining index numbers of Jevons (1801–1846), Sauerbeck (1846–1871), and Board of Trade). Continued annually in the January number of the official Labour Gazette. Based in part on declarations of importers and exporters, and on contract prices at hospitals and institutions. Number of commodities 47.
British Board of Trade. Retail. For period beginning July, 1914. Published monthly in the official Labour Gazette with corresponding figures for other countries. Number of commodities 23 (foods).
Economist. Wholesale. For period beginning 1851. Published monthly in the weekly journal of that name and compiled annually in the first January issue. Number of commodities now 44.
Sauerbeck-Statist. Wholesale. For period beginning 1846. Now published monthly in the Statist, London, with yearly résumé in the March number of the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Number of commodities 45.
France
Annuaire Statistique. Wholesale. For period beginning 1857. Published annually in the Annuaire Statistique de la France. Number of commodities 45.
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For more complete lists and descriptions of current, as well as of discontinued, index numbers see:
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Bulletin 173, Index Numbers of Wholesale Prices in the United States and Foreign Countries. 1915.
J. Lawrence Laughlin. Principles of Money, pp. 142-224. Scribners, 1903.
Bulletin, Institute internationale de statistique, tome XIX, livraison 3, pp. 124-244. Paris, 1911.
U. S. Library of Congress. Select list of references on the cost of living and prices, 1910. Also: Additional references on the cost of living and prices, 1912.
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Wesley Clair Mitchell. International Price Comparisons. War Industries Board. Price Bulletin No. 2. 1919.
