"c           VAR 0303      05062 SMELTER 3R 929-949               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0303         LOC 2688 WIDTH  9             DK  43 COL 44-52  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              LEAD STOCKS AT SMELTERIES AND REFINERIES, END OF THE MONTH    "
"c              ----------------------------------------------------------    "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  05062                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  THOUSANDS OF SHORT TONS                               "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1929-12/1949                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  DATA ARE DIRECT FROM THE AMERICAN BUREAU OF METAL    "
"c              STATISTICS; DATA FOR 1940-1949 ARE ALSO FROM THE AMERICAN     "
"c              METAL MARKET INC.,"METAL STATISTICS"                          "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 05062 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE               "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1923-1930 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA,  "
"c              1929-1949 (3)--ORIGINAL, 1945-1955.                           "
"c                   DATA IN"METAL STATISTICS" CHECKS WITH THE AMERICAN       "
"c              BUREAU OF METAL STATISTICS FILES, EXCEPT FOR AUGUST 1931,     "
"c              WHICH WAS MISPRINTED BY THE FORMER.  FIGURES FOR DECEMBER     "
"c              1931-NOVEMBER 1932 WERE REVISED TO INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL      "
"c              REPORTING FIRM.                                               "
"c                   FIGURES ARE PUBLISHED AS OF THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH,     "
"c              BUT ARE SHOWN HERE TO REPRESENT THE LAST DAY OF THE           "
"c              PRECEDING MONTH.                                              "
"c                   BEGINNING IN 1949, STOCKS FROM SEVERAL SMALL PLANTS      "
"c              TREATING ONLY SCRAP HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED; ONLY SUCH           "
"c              SECONDARY MATERIAL AS IS TREATED IN PRIMARY PLANTS IS         "
"c              INCLUDED.                                                     "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "