Flour 1-1/4 1-1/2 Sugar, Cubes 1 3/4 4 Beef, English 6-1/2 7-1/2 " Chilled 6 7-1/2 " Frozen 4-1/2 6-1/2 Mutton, English 8 8-1/4 Bacon, Danish 8-1/4 10-1/2 Cheese, Colonial 6-3/4 8-1/2 Butter 1 1 1 3 The following lists of maximum retail prices were agreed on by the Advisory Committee:-- August 7. August 11. _s._ _d._ _s._ _d._ Granulated sugar per lb. 0 4-1/2 0 3-3/4 Lump sugar 0 5 0 4-1/2 Butter(imported) 1 6 1 6 Cheese, Colonial 0 9-1/2 0 9-1/2 Lard, American 0 8 0 8 Margarine 0 10 0 10 Bacon, Continental (by the side) 1 4 1 2 " British " 1 6 1 3 The prices of sugar were conditional on supplies being obtainable at the prices submitted by wholesale merchants. Sugar had jumped up from 15_s._ to 38_s._ per cwt. owing to the war. Of flour and imported meat there was no shortage. A Special Committee, with Sir Ailwyn Fellowes as chairman, was appointed by the Board of Agriculture and Foodstuffs and held its first meeting on August 10. But there proved to be little for it to do. The harvest, too, was promising, and the weather, except for one short spell of cold and some rain early in August, exceptionally fine.