"c           VAR 0306      05058 SLA ZIN 3R 929-942               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0306         LOC 2715 WIDTH  9             DK  43 COL 71-79  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              SLAB ZINC STOCKS AT REFINERIES, END OF MONTH                  "
"c              --------------------------------------------                  "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  05058                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  THOUSANDS OF SHORT TONS                               "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1929-12/1942                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  AMERICAN ZINC INSTITUTE, DATA FURNISHED DIRECT FROM  "
"c              FILES; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, SURVEY OF CURRENT         "
"c              BUSINESS, 1942 SUPPLEMENT AND FOLLOWING ISSUES; AMERICAN      "
"c              BUREAU OF METAL STATISTICS YEARBOOKS THROUGH 1953, P. 155     "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 05058 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE               "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1919-1929 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA,  "
"c              1929-1942 (3)--ORIGINAL, 1942-1956.                           "
"c                   DATA COVER ONLY DOMESTIC ORE UNTIL AT LEAST 1939,        "
"c              EXCEPT FOR 1934, WHEN, ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN ZINC         "
"c              INSTITUTE OFFICE, THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THE SEGREGATION OF    "
"c              FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC ORE.  SOME FOREIGN ORE WAS INCLUDED IN   "
"c              THE 1934 DATA, BUT BECAUSE THE AMOUNT WAS SO SMALL, FIGURES   "
"c              WERE NOT CHANGED (EXCEPT FOR DECEMBER 1934 -- THE FIGURE WAS  "
"c              CHANGED FROM 119.8 TO 118.0 TO EXCLUDE FOREIGN ORE            "
"c              ALTOGETHER.)                                                  "
"c                   BEGINNING IN 1940, STOCKS PRODUCED FROM FOREIGN ORE ARE  "
"c              INCLUDED (SEE THE SCB, OCTOBER 1941 AND EARLIER 1941          "
"c              ISSUES.)  AT THE END OF 1942, PREVIOUSLY UNREPORTED STOCKS    "
"c              WERE ADDED, AND THE FIGURES BEGINNING IN 1943 ARE NOT         "
"c              CONSIDERED COMPARABLE WITH THOSE FOR PRECEDING YEARS (SEE     "
"c              SCB, 1947 SUPPLEMENT, P. 258, AND OTHERS).                    "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "