"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           ...............................................................  "