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Article Nº 3009 Trade, money and prices Vol. III · pp. 249–250 1 min read

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.

Prices in 1914

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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Time

Years mentioned · 01
  1. Taking pre-war 1914 prices and wages as a baseline, the cost of living in Funchal rose sharply up to 1921, with prices increasing seven to fifty times and firewood sixfold.

Place

Places mentioned · 01
Map: Europe (1)
  1. Lisbon

    Portugal. Origin of the chouriço listed among the goods.

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