Prices in 1914
Original title: Preços em 1914
List of Funchal retail prices of foodstuffs and household goods in 1914, before the First World War.
Sugar, 28 and 29 centavos per kilo; rice, 8 to 10 centavos per kilo; olive oil, 26 centavos per litre; salt cod, 24 centavos per kilo; potatoes, 2(5) centavos per kilo; coffee, 50 and 60 centavos per kilo; pork, 26 centavos per kilo; beef, 24 centavos per kilo; onions, 3 centavos per kilo; barley, 40 centavos per alqueire (dry measure for grain; as a land measure c. 900 m²); tea, 2.00 and 2.60 escudos per kilo; Lisbon chouriço sausage, 80 centavos per kilo; peas, 80 centavos per alqueire; broad beans, 50 centavos per alqueire; beans, 1.20 escudos per alqueire; chickpeas, 16 centavos per kilo; milk, 4 centavos per bottle; butter, 78 centavos per kilo; pasta, 13 centavos per kilo; ground maize, 4 centavos per kilo; bread, 10 centavos per kilo; eggs, 20 centavos per dozen; paraffin, 10 centavos per litre; cheese, 65 centavos per kilo; soap, 14 centavos per kilo; potatoes (Madeiran semilha), 4 and 6 centavos per kilo; wheat, 83 centavos per alqueire; candles, 18 centavos per bundle; and vinegar, 9 centavos per litre.
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Places mentioned · 01- Lisbon
Portugal. Origin of the chouriço listed among the goods.
The Portuguese capital, seat of the Relação court and of the Misericórdia whose privileges and statutes were extended to Funchal. Henrique Franco de Sousa studied at its Royal Academy of Fine Arts, and Luiz José Baiardo moved there in 1821.