Table 2. 5. inl


 British Guiana: Per capital household net income 1948 through 1960 (at 1959 prices)

 Household consump- Household Household l Household Population Per capital
 Cost of living index
Year tion expenditure savings net income net income (including net income
 (current price) (current price) (current price) (1959 = 100) (at 1959 price) Amerindians) (at 1959prices)

 BWI$1,000 BWI$1,000 BWI$1,000 BWI$1,000 Number BWI dollars

 1948 87,300 4,800 92,100 66.1 139,334 406,045 343
 1949 96,400 4,400 100,800 69.3 145,455 417,736 348
 1950 108,100 4,500 112,600 75.2 149,734 428,005 350

 1951 120,200 6,400 126,600 81.2 155,911 439,871 354
 1952 129,987 7,380 137,367 89.6 153,311 452,643 339
 1953 136,087 14,316 150,403 89.9 167,300 465,420 359
 1954 143,692 21,993 165,685 92.6 178,925 479,024 374
 1955 146,222 14,246 160,468 95.3 168,382 493,069 341

 1956 158,493 16,541 175,034 97.0 180,447 507,408 356
 1957 167,395 14,091 181,486 98.4 184,437 523,497 352
 1958 172,119 12,233 184,352 98.3 187,540 540,718 347
 1959 178,186 16,777 188,963 100.0 188,963 559,074 338
 1960 191,770 21,902 213,672 100.3 213,033 574,578 371


Sources:
1. Household Net Income:



2. Cost of Living Index:





3. Population %end year):


1948-51: Percival and D'Andrade; Personal expenditure + savings.
1952-56: O'Loughlin; Consumption expenditure + savings.
1957-60: Kundu; Consumption expenditure + savings.
1948-56: Annual Report of Dept. of Labouri Georgetown working class cost of living indsces (base 1938 100) adjusted
 to British Guiana consumer price index (base 1956 = 100).
1956-60: Quarterly Statistical Digest, Statistical Bureau, British Guiana; British Guiana consumer price index (base
 1956 = 100).
1948-60: Data finally adjusted to base 1959 = 100.
Natural increase of Amerindians and other population and migration data, 1946-54; Annual Reports of Registrar General,
British Guiana.
Population, Amerindians, 1957-60, British Guiana, 1957-60, Colonial Annual Reports.
Population, others and migration 1955-60, Quarterly Statistical Digest, Statistical Bureau, British Guiana.
1948-60 data obtained by adjusting 1957-60 Amerindian and other population figures with the help of natural increase and
migration data. A check with 1946 and 1960 census figures has shown an excellent fit; in fact the error is within a few
hundreds of census figures.