"c           VAR 0045      03005B TRAFIC 3R 920-931               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0045         LOC  366 WIDTH  9             DK   6 COL 53-61  "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              RAILWAY FREIGHT TRAFFIC, OTHER THAN COAL                      "
"c              ----------------------------------------                      "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  03005B                                          "
"c              AREA COVERED:  GREAT BRITAIN                                  "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF NET TON-MILES                             "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1920-12/1931                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, RAILWAY STATISTICS, NUMBER    "
"c              14, JANUARY 1921 AND FOLLOWING MONTHS.                        "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 03005B IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1920-1931  (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, "
"c              1931-1939.                                                    "
"c                   DATA WERE OBTAINED BY DEDUCTING FIGURES FOR COAL, COKE,  "
"c              AND PATENT FUEL FROM TOTAL RAILWAY FREIGHT TRAFFIC FOR        "
"c              STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAYS.  DATA INCLUDE LIVESTOCK AND FREE     "
"c              HAULED.                                                       "
"c                   DATA FOR 1920 WERE DERIVED FROM WEEKLY FIGURES EQUATED   "
"c              TO CALENDER MONTHS. DAYS OF WEEKS NOT ENDING IN A CALENDER    "
"c              MONTH ARE INCLUDED IN THE FOLLOWING MONTH'S TOTAL.  DUE TO    "
"c              THE ADOPTION OF A NEW SIMPLIFIED METHOD OF COMPUTING NET      "
"c              TON-MILES DATA BEGINNING JANUARY 1922 ARE NOT STRICTLY        "
"c              COMPARABLE WITH PRIOR FIGURES.                                "
"c                   DATA FOR APRIL-JUNE 1921 AND MAY-SEPTEMBER 1926 WERE     "
"c              SIGNIFICANTLY EFFECTED BY COAL STRIKES.                       "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "