4-lb

Updated: May 8, 2025

Food was at famine prices. Eggs sold at 48s. per dozen, and one egg for 5s.; a 1/4-lb. tin of tobacco sold for 65s.; chicken went for 17s. 6d. each; dripping, 1/4-lb. at 9s. 6d., and so on.

William Edward Sellers - From Aldershot to Pretoria: A Story of Christian Work among Our Troops in South Africa

The capture of a 4-lb. grilse in the Thames estuary in December, 1901, raised some hopes that we might in course of time see salmon at London Bridge. Mr. R. Marston, a great authority, in an article on "The Thames a Salmon River," in the Nineteenth Century, has given many reasons why he fears that this will not be realised.

C. J. (Charles John) Cornish - The Naturalist on the Thames

Will keep indefinitely opened or unopened. Makes delicious sandwiches.* 4-1/2d. per glass. An ideal quickly prepared dish in place of Meat. appetising, nutritious, sustaining. Full directions on cartons. 2-1/2d. per 1/4-lb. packet, 9d. per 1-lb. packet. Savoury or Tomato. Per tin, 1/2-lb., 6d.; 1-lb., 10-1.2d.: 1-1/2-lb., 1s. 2d. Makes 1 pint of Rich Nourishing Soup for 3d.

Florence Daniel - The Healthy Life Cook Book, 2d ed.

Article Weight Measure Remarks Soup ......... 116,400 gallons Bread 192.5 tons 106,964 4-lb loaves Tea 2.5 tons 46,980 gallons Coffee 15 cwt. 13,949 gallons Cocoa 6 tons 29,229 gallons Sugar 25 tons ..................... 300 bags Potatoes 140 tons ..................... 2,800 bags Flour 18 tons ..................... 180 sacks Peaflour 28.5 tons ..................... 288 sacks Oatmeal 3.5 tons ..................... 36 sacks Rice 12 tons ..................... 120 sacks Beans 12 tons ..................... 240 sacks Onions and parsnips 12 tons ..................... 240 sacks Jam 9 tons ..................... 2,880 jars Marmalade 6 tons ..................... 1,920 jars Meat 15 tons ..................... Milk .......... 14,300 quarts

William Booth - In Darkest England and the Way Out

I had learned what wealth was, and a great deal about production and exchange for myself in the early history of South Australia of the value of machinery, of roads and bridges, and of ports for transport and export. I had seen the 4-lb. loaf at 4/ and at 4d. I had seen Adelaide the dearest and the cheapest place to live in.

Catherine Helen Spence - An Autobiography