"c           VAR 0243      03012E PARIS  3R 900-911               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0243         LOC 2148 WIDTH  9             DK  34 COL 71-79  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  2                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              PARIS METRO TRAFFIC, TICKETS ISSUED                           "
"c              -----------------------------------                           "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  03012E                                          "
"c              AREA COVERED:  FRANCE                                         "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF TICKETS                                   "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE: 07/1900-12/1911                             "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  DATA FOR 1904-1908:  LETTER FROM COMPAGNIE DU        "
"c              CHEMIN DE FER METROPOLITAIN DE PARIS.  DATA FOR PARIS         "
"c              METROPOLITAN, 1909-1911:  RAPPORT DU CONSEIL                  "
"c              D'ADMINISTRATION, COMPAGNIE DU CHEMIN DE FER METROPOLITAN DE  "
"c              PARIS, 1909 AND FOLLOWING YEARS.  DATA FOR NORD-SUD,          "
"c              1910-1911:  ANNUAIRE STATISTIQUE DE PARIS, 1910, P. 394 AND   "
"c              FOLLOWING YEARS.                                              "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 03012E IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE              "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1900-1911  (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, "
"c              1910-1931  (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1930-1938.                     "
"c                   DATA WERE COMPUTED BY NBER USING USING FIGURES FOR THE   "
"c              PARIS METROPOLITAIN FOR 1900-1909;  PARIS METROPOLITAIN PLUS  "
"c              LE CHEMIN DE FER ELECTRIQUE SAUTERRAIN NORD-SUD DE PARIS FOR  "
"c              1910-1911.  THE PARIS METROPOLITAIN OPENED JULY 19, 1900;     "
"c              THE NORD-SUD OPENED NOVEMBER 1910.                            "
"c                   DATA WERE CHECKED BY NBER WITH FIGURES PROVIDED          "
"c              DIRECTLY FROM THE PARIS METROPOLITAIN AND THE"ANNUAIRE        "
"c              STATISTIQUE DE LA VILLE DE PARIS", 1910 AND FOLLOWING         "
"c              VOLUMES.                                                      "
"c                   DATA FOR FEBRUARY-APRIL OF 1910 WERE SIGNIFICANTLY       "
"c              AFFECTED BY A FLOOD OF THE SEINE RIVER.                       "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "