"c           VAR 0725      02223 PUB WRKS   791-919               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0725         LOC 1447 WIDTH  9             DK  23 COL 71-79  "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC WORKS, FEDERAL   "
"c              WORKS AGENCY-DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY                           "
"c              -----------------------------------------------------------   "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES: 02223                                            "
"c              AREA COVERED: U.S.                                            "
"c              UNITS: THOUSAND CURRENT DOLLARS                               "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1791-1919, FISCAL YEARS                      "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE                                      "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE                                        "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE                                     "
"c              SOURCE:"HISTORICAL STATISTICS OF THE U.S. 1789-1945," U.S.    "
"c              BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, SERIES H27, P. 169, AND SERIES H33,     "
"c              P. 170.                                                       "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES: STATISTICS WERE COMPILED BY THE FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY   "
"c              FOR 1920-39 AND BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY AT THE      "
"c              REQUEST OF THE FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY FOR 1791-1919.            "
"c                   CONSTRUCTION WAS DEFINED IN THE SOURCE (NOTES ON SERIES  "
"c              H33-35, P. 162) AS"THE ERECTION OF ANY NEW STRUCTURAL OR      "
"c              NONSTRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENT TO LAND, SHIPS, AND FLOATING        "
"c              EQUIPMENT, ADDITIONS TO AND COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING  "
"c              WORKS."                                                       "
"c                  REPAIR COMPRISES"WORK NECESSARY FOR THE RESTORATION AND   "
"c              PRESERVATION OF STRUCTURES, NONSTRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS TO     "
"c              MAINTAIN LAND AND FLOATING EQUIPMENT IN A SOUND AND           "
"c              SERVICEABLE CONDITION, AND MINOR ALTERATIONS."                "
"c                  DESPITE THE DEFINITIONS, THE SERIES DOES APPEAR TO        "
"c              INCLUDE CERTAIN EXPENDITURES THAT WERE NOT CONSTRUCTION OR    "
"c              REPAIR. FOR EXAMPLE, THE PURCHASE OF THE PANAMA CANAL FOR     "
"c              $50 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 1904 WAS INCLUDED IN"OTHER."       "
"c                  SEE LIPSEY AND PRESTON, PP. 275-76, FOR FURTHER           "
"c              INFORMATION.                                                  "
"c                                                                            "
"c              ORIGINALS MISSING; NOT PROOFREAD.                             "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "