"c           VAR 0072      07029 VALU IMP R 856-950               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0072         LOC  609 WIDTH  9             DK  10 COL 44-52  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  2                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              TOTAL IMPORTS, VALUE                                          "
"c              --------------------                                          "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  07029                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  GREAT BRITAIN                                  "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF POUNDS STERLING                           "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE                                         "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1856-12/1950                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  ACCOUNTS RELATING TO TRADE AND NAVIGATION EXCEPT     "
"c              1940-1944. 1940-1942 DATA ARE FROM THE BOARD OF TRADE         "
"c              JOURNAL, AUGUST 11, 1945 1945 (VOL.151 NO.2540) FOR MARCH 2,  "
"c              1946 (VOL.152 NO.2569) FOR 1943-1944 DATA.  (DATA SHOWN WITH  "
"c              ONE DECIMAL ONLY IN THIS SOURCE.)                             "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  FOR 1861-1869 ONLY"ENUMERATED ARTICLES" ARE LISTED.   "
"c                   BEGINNING WITH 1869"UNENUMERATED ARTICLES" ARE           "
"c              INCLUDED.                                                     "
"c                   BEGINNING WITH THE 1871 ACCOUNTS, THE TITLE OF THE       "
"c              SERIES IS"AN ACCOUNT OF THE IMPORTS OF THE PRINCIPAL          "
"c              ARTICLES OF FOREIGN AND COLONIAL MERCHANDISE (SHOWING THE     "
"c              CONSUMPTION OF DUTY-PAYING ARTICLES)".  PRIOR TO THE 1871     "
"c              ACCOUNTS THE TITLE IS"AN ACCOUNT OF THE COMPUTED REAL VALUE   "
"c              OF THE PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF FOREIGN AND COLONIAL             "
"c              MERCHANDISE IMPORTED.                                         "
"c                   PRIOR TO 1884"UNEUMERATED ARTICLES" ARE MOSTLY           "
"c              ESTIMATED.                                                    "
"c                   FIGURES FOR 1888 EXCLUDE VALUE OF IMPORTS BY PARCEL      "
"c              POST WHILE THEY ARE INCLUDED IN 1889 FIGURES.  ANNUAL TOTALS  "
"c              FOR PARCEL POST IMPORTS FOR 1888 AND 1889 ARE 368,776 AND     "
"c              374,612 POUNDS STERLING RESPECTIVELY.                         "
"c              EXCLUSIVE OF VALUE OF IMPORTS BY PARCEL POST WHICH AMOUNTED   "
"c              TO 368,776 POUNDS STERLING.                                   "
"c                   DATA FOR 1889 APPARENTLY INCLUDE THE VALUE OF IMPORTS    "
"c              BY PARCEL POST SINCE ORIGINAL FIGURE PUBLISHED IN 1889 IS     "
"c              427,210,830 POUNDS STERLING EXCLUSIVE OF THOSE WHICH AMOUNT   "
"c              TO 374,612 POUNDS STERLING GIVING THE TOTAL OF 427,585,442    "
"c              POUNDS STERLING, AND TOTAL OF THESE FIGURES IS 427,595,447    "
"c              POUNDS STERLING. (DISCREPANCY OF 10,000 POUNDS STERLING MAY   "
"c              BE DUE TO SOME REVISION.)                                     "
"c                   DATA WERE CHECKED WITH ROYAL ECONOMIC                    "
"c              SOCIETY-MEMORANDUMS 1934 AND ISSUES OF THE SOURCE IN THE      "
"c              BRITISH LIBRARY OF INFORMATION.                               "
"c                   DURING THE YEARS 1942-1944 IMPORTS OF MUNITIONS ARE      "
"c              EXCLUDED, WHILE THEY ARE INCLUDED FOR EARLIER YEARS; DATA     "
"c              ARE NOT STRICTLY COMPARABLE.                                  "
"c                   DATA FOR 1949-1950 ARE SUBJECT TO REVISION.              "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; CORRECTED 3/11/94.                          "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "