"c           VAR 0422      04092 WP ZINC  R 898-958               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0422         LOC 1932 WIDTH  9             DK  31 COL 44-52  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  2                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              WHOLESALE PRICE OF SLAB ZINC                                  "
"c              ----------------------------                                  "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  04092                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S. --NEW YORK                                "
"c              UNITS:  CENTS PER POUND                                       "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1898-04/1958                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  IRON AGE, JANUARY 7, 1915 AND FOLLOWING JANUARY      "
"c              ISSUES FOR SUMMARY TABLES; CURRENT AVERAGES FROM ENGINEERING  "
"c              AND MINING JOURNAL.                                           "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 04092 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1875-1904 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA,  "
"c              1898-1958.                                                    "
"c                   PRICES GIVEN ARE AVERAGES OF WEEKLY QUOTATIONS.          "
"c                   COMMON GRADES ARE USUALLY SPECIFIED AS"PRIME WESTERN,"   "
"c              DELIVERED AT THE NEW YORK PRICE.                              "
"c                   BEGINNING IN DECEMBER, 1942, A 3% FREIGHT TAX IS         "
"c              REFLECTED IN THE PRICES.  SUMMARY TABLES IN ANNUAL REVIEW     "
"c              ISSUES OF IRON AGE SHOW THE PRICE TO BE 8.65 WITHOUT MENTION  "
"c              OF FREIGHT TAX (SEE JANUARY 6, 1949, P.352 AND PREVIOUS       "
"c              JANUARY ISSUES.  HOWEVER, THE MONTHLY ISSUES SHOW THE CHANGE  "
"c              FROM 8.67 TO 8.65 FROM NOVEMBER 16, 1944, ON; 8.67 BEING      "
"c              LAST SHOWN ON NOVEMBER 9, 1944, P.155.  THE BLS"WHOLESALE     "
"c              PRICES" GIVE $0.087 THROUGH DECEMBER 1943, AND $0.086         "
"c              THEREAFTER.                                                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "