"c           VAR 0108      07045 LEAD IMP R 894-941               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0108         LOC  933 WIDTH  9             DK  15 COL 53-61  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  2                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              IMPORTS OF LEAD                                               "
"c              ---------------                                               "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  07045                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF POUNDS                                    "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  03/1894-06/1941                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  MONTHLY SUMMARY OF FOREIGN COMMERCE                  "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  FOR 1894-1933, THE DATA ARE FOR"GENERAL IMPORTS".     "
"c              FOR 1934-1941, THE DATA ARE FOR"IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION".     "
"c              THIS SERIES IS TREATED AS BEING CONTINUOUS, BUT FOR DETAILS   "
"c              PLEASE SEE THE NOTES BELOW.                                   "
"c                   THIS SERIES OF LEAD IMPORTS WAS SHOWN SEPARATELY         "
"c              BEGINNING IN MARCH, 1894. THE SERIES WAS NAMED"LEAD AND       "
"c              LEAD CONTENT IMPORTS".  THE SERIES WAS NAMED"LEAD IN ORE"     "
"c              BEGINNING IN JULY, 1897.  IT WAS ALSO CALLED"IMPORTS OF       "
"c              LEAD (PIGS, BARS, OLD, AND OTHER IN ORE)" AS WELL AS"LEAD     "
"c              AND IN ORE, ETC".  BEGINNING IN JULY, 1900, THE SERIES WAS    "
"c              CALLED"LEAD IN ORE AND BASE BULLION".  BEGINNING IN JULY,     "
"c              1909, THE SERIES WAS CALLED"LEAD IN ORE, BULLION, AND BASE    "
"c              BULLION".                                                     "
"c                   THE CHANGE IN NAME BEGINNING IN JULY, 1897 DOES NOT      "
"c              GREATLY AFFECT THE COMPARABILITY OF THE SERIES.  THIS CAN BE  "
"c              SEEN BY COMPARING THE IMPORT FIGURES OF THE TWO FOLLOWING     "
"c              YEARS.  UNDER THE HEADING OF"LEAD IN ORE, ETC." THE FIGURE    "
"c              FOR JUNE-JULY 1897/8 WAS 181.66.  UNDER THE HEADING OF        "
"c             "PIGS, BARS, AND OLD" THE FIGURE FOR JUNE-JULY 1897/8 WAS      "
"c              3.31.  THE FIGURES FOR THE TWO HEADINGS FOR JUNE-JULY 1898/9  "
"c              WERE 195.93 AND 0.45, RESPECTIVELY.                           "
"c                   BEGINNING IN JULY, 1910, THE SERIES WAS CALLED"LEAD      "
"c              ORE, LEAD CONTENT, LEAD IN OTHER ORE, BULLION AND BASE        "
"c              BULLION".  LEAD IN OTHER ORE WAS EXCLUDED PRIOR TO JULY,      "
"c              1910.  BEGINNING IN OCTOBER, 1913, LEAD IN OTHER ORE IS       "
"c              INCLUDED IN LEAD ORE.                                         "
"c                   BEGINNING IN OCTOBER, 1922, THE SERIES WAS CALLED"LEAD   "
"c              ORE, MATTE, BULLION, AND BASE BULLION".                       "
"c                   UNREVISED FIGURES ARE GIVEN BEGINNING IN DECEMBER,       "
"c              1931.                                                         "
"c                   AN NBER NOTE ACCOMPANYING DATA FOR 1933 READS            "
"c             "(EXCLUDES IMPORTS FOR SMELTING, REFINING, AND EXPORT--FOR     "
"c              THIS YEAR ONLY)?" (N.B.  NOTE THAT THE QUESTION MARK WAS      "
"c              ADDED TO THE NOTE BY NBER).                                   "
"c                   BEGINNING WITH JANUARY, 1934 THE DATA ARE FOR IMPORTS    "
"c              FOR CONSUMPTION ONLY.  THIS INCLUDES IMPORTS GOING INTO       "
"c              IMMEDIATE CONSUMPTION PLUS WITHDRAWALS FROM BONDED            "
"c              WAREHOUSES.                                                   "
"c                   BEGINNING IN 1936, THE DATA INCLUDES SOME"PIGS AND       "
"c              BARS" AND"RECLAIMED "RECLAIMED SCRAP, DROSS AND LEAD,         "
"c              N.S.P.F., EXCEPT ANTINOMIAL LEAD", WHOSE FIGURES ARE LUMPED   "
"c              WITH ORE AND BULLION IN THE ITEM FOR"FOR SMELTING,            "
"c              REFINING, AND EXPORT".  HOWEVER,"PIGS AND BARS" AND           "
"c             "RECLAIMED SCRAP", ETC. ARE RELATIVELY UNIMPORTANT IN THIS     "
"c              ITEM.  SEE THE SERIES DESCRIPTION"IMPORTS OF LEAD (ORE,       "
"c              MATTE, BULLION, AND BASE BULLION)".                           "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "