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106.
Mr. Osborne
asked the Minister of Food the domestic price of eggs in July, and for each of the four previous years.
Mr. Amory
Following is the information:
| (a) Retail selling prices (per dozen) | ||||||||||||||||
| — | July, 1950 | July, 1951 | July, 1952 | July, 1953 | July, 1954 | |||||||||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |
| Grade "A" (large) | 3 | 0–4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3–6 | 9 | 4 | 6–5 | 6 | |||
| Grade "B" (standard) | 2 | 6–3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6–6 | 0 | 4 | 3–5 | 0 | |||
| Grade "C" (small and extra small) | 2 | 0–3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0–5 | 3 | 3 | 2–4 | 6 | |||