"c VAR 0019 03005D TON OF 1R 871-949 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0019 LOC 132 WIDTH 9 DK 2 COL 71-79 " "c EXP DEC= 1 " "c " "c TONS OF FREIGHT CARRIED " "c ----------------------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 03005D " "c AREA COVERED: GREAT BRITAIN " "c UNITS: MILLIONS OF LONG TONS " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1871-1913, 1919-1949 " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c " "c SOURCE: DATA FOR 1871-1898:"GENERAL REPORT IN REGARD TO " "c THE SHARE, LOAN...OF THE RAILWAY COMPANIES OF THE UNITED " "c KINGDOM", PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS, VOLUME LXVII, P. 14; VOLLME " "c LX, P. 17; VOLUME LVIII, P. 18; VOLUME LXV, P. 21; VOLUME " "c LXXXV, P. 22; DATA FOR 1899-1913 AND 1919-1935: "RAILWAY " "c RETURNS", 1908, P. XXXVIII; 1913, P. XXXVIII; 1922, P. 22; " "c 1926, P. 22; 1931, P. 20; AND STATISTCAL ABSTRACT FOR THE " "c UNITED KINGDOM", VOL. 80, P. 325; DATA FOR 1936-1949: " "c "STATISTICAL ABSTRACT FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM", 1936 AND " "c FOLLOWING YEARS " "c " "c NOTES: DATA INCLUDE MINERALS AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE, BUT " "c EXCLUDE LIVESTOCK. " "c DATA FOR 1898-1913 AND 1928-1935 WERE COMPUTED BY " "c ADDING BREAKDOWN ITEMS. " "c BEGINNING IN 1919, DATA REFER TO TONS OF FREIGHT " "c ORIGINATED. " "c DATA FOR 1919-1935 EXCLUDE THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL. " "c BEGINNING IN 1928, THE METHOD OF COMPILATION OF RAILWAY " "c COMPANIES ACCOUNTS CHANGED. THE DATA, HOWEVER, FOR ALL " "c PRACTICAL PURPOSES REMAINS COMPARABLE. " "c DATA FOR 1938-1949 INCLUDE LIVESTOCK, HOWEVER, THE " "c AMOUNT IS SMALL. " "c DATA FOR 1948 ARE FOR BRITISH RAILWAYS ONLY. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY. " "c " "c ............................................................... " -1 1871. 1949. 169.400 179.300 191.000 188.500 200.100 206.000 212.000 206.700 212.200 235.300 247.000 256.200 266.400 259.300 257.300 254.600 268.900 281.700 297.500 303.100 310.300 309.600 293.300 324.500 334.200 356.500 374.400 378.600 413.600 424.900 415.900 436.700 443.700 449.900 461.200 488.800 515.900 491.600 500.000 514.400 523.600 520.300 568.200 NA NA NA NA NA 304.900 318.100 217.900 301.600 343.300 335.500 316.000 215.600 321.800 306.100 329.600 304.400 268.400 249.600 251.100 270.000 270.800 280.700 297.100 265.700 288.300 294.400 286.700 295.100 300.800 292.600 266.400 262.400 257.300 273.200 280.200