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Cost of Living Commission and Special Commissioner reports

Literature › Primary sources

Kind commission or official report
Producer Union of South Africa
Coverage 1916-1919
Works using it 1

Debates

Debate Works
Pre-Union colonial economy, the mineral revolution and the South African War 1
The job colour bar, white labour and its erosion 1
The mine migrant labour system: origins, recruitment, foreign labour and stabilisation 1

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
Houghton and Dagut (n.d.) Cost of Living Commission reports, 1919 (General Report U.G. 55-'18; Profits Report U.G. 1-'19) 1917-1919 Reports food supply estimates for 1918, a 1913 versus 1917 price comparison and recommendations on prices.
Houghton and Dagut (n.d.) Report of the Special Commissioner on Cost of Living, 1916 (U.G. 39-1916) 1916 Estimates the 15 per cent rise in food and necessaries since 1914 and reports wage and rent changes.