"c           VAR 0173      03005 ELECTED 3R 878-914               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0173         LOC 1518 WIDTH  9             DK  24 COL 71-79  "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              FREIGHT RECEIPTS, SELECTED RAILWAYS                           "
"c              -----------------------------------                           "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  03005                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  GREAT BRITAIN                                  "
"c              UNITS:  THOUSANDS OF POUNDS STERLING PER WEEK                 "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  03/1878-07/1914                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  COMPUTED BY NBER FROM CUMULATIVE WEEKLY TOTALS,      "
"c              DIVIDING BY FOUR OR FIVE, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF WEEKS    "
"c              HAVING A MAJORITY OF DAYS IN A GIVEN MONTH.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  COVERAGE IS OF ELEVEN RAILROADS FOR 1878-FEBRUARY     "
"c              1879; FIFTEEN FOR MARCH-JUNE 1879; SIXTEEN FOR JULY           "
"c              1879-DECEMBER 1880; SEVENTEEN FOR 1831-DECEMBER 1898.  IN     "
"c              JANUARY 1899 TWO COMPANIES COMBINED LEAVING SIXTEEN           "
"c              COMPANIES, BUT CONSISTENCY IS UNAFFECTED.                     "
"c                   FOR MAY AND JUNE DATA OF 1878:  A SUM WAS GIVEN ONLY     "
"c              FOR THE LAST WEEK IN MAY AND THE FIRST TWO IN JUNE.  DATA     "
"c              WERE DERIVED IN PROPORTIONS OF ONE-THIRD AND TWO-THIRDS.      "
"c              FOR AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER OF 1878:  A SUM WAS GIVEN ONLY FOR   "
"c              THE LAST WEEK IN AUGUST AND FIRST TWO IN SEPTEMBER AND DATA   "
"c              WERE AGAIN DERIVED ON SIMILAR PROPORTIONS.                    "
"c                   A COAL STRIKE FROM JULY-NOVEMBER OF 1893 AFFECTED DATA   "
"c              FOR AUGUST-OCTOBER OF THE YEAR.  A NATIONAL COAL STRIKE IS    "
"c              ASSUMED TO HAVE AFFECTED THE DATA FOR MARCH AND APRIL OF      "
"c              1912.                                                         "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "