"c           VAR 0428      04161 WP TIN   R 880-958               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0428         LOC 1986 WIDTH  9             DK  32 COL 35-43  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              WHOLESALE PRICE OF STRAITS TIN, PIGS                          "
"c              ------------------------------------                          "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  04161                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S. --NEW YORK                                "
"c              UNITS:  CENTS PER POUND                                       "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1880-02/1958                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  FOR 1880-1882, JANUARY REVIEW ISSUES OF ENGINEERING  "
"c              AND MINING JOURNAL; FOR 1883-1884, WEEKLY ISSUES OF SAME;     "
"c              FOR 1885-1889, MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1893, P.612, 1897, P.646,    "
"c              1902, P.596; FOR 1900-1957, METAL STATISTICS; AMERICAN METAL  "
"c              MARKET THEREAFTER (DATA MAY ALSO BE FOUND IN SURVEY OF        "
"c              CURRENT BUSINESS).                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  FOR 1880-1884, DATA ARE THE AVERAGE OF WEEKLY         "
"c              QUOTATIONS, COMPUTED BY NBER.  1885-1958 DATA ARE AVERAGE OF  "
"c              DAILY QUOTATIONS, GIVEN DIRECT.                               "
"c                   MINERAL INDUSTRY IS THE STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE    "
"c              ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL.                               "
"c                   BEGINNING IN 1918,"APPROXIMATE AVERAGES BASED ON SALES   "
"c              OF STRAITS AND OTHER GRADES OF PURE TIN FOR DELIVERY, FOR     "
"c              THE MOST PART IN SMALL LOTS."                                 "
"c                   THE MARKET WAS STRICTLY NOMINAL 12/12/1917-12/31/1917.   "
"c              THE FIGURE 86.0 WAS USED FOR THOSE DATES AS AN ARBITRATIVE    "
"c              BASIS IN COMPUTING THE MONTH'S AVERAGE.  SEE THE SOURCE       "
"c              CITED ABOVE. (METAL STATISTICS, 1927, P.333)                  "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "