Excerpt from Prices: An Inquiry Into Prices in New Zealand, 1891 1919 IN 1915 the Census and Statistics Office published its Report on the Cost of Living in New Zealand, 1891 - 1914, giving details of the results of an inquiry into the course of retail prices for that period, together with an exposition of the technique of the method adopted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.