"c           VAR 0010      11001 BOND SL  R 889-956               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0010         LOC   51 WIDTH  9             DK   1 COL 53-61  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  2                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              BOND SALES, PAR VALUE                                         "
"c              ---------------------                                         "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  11001                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S. --NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE                 "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF DOLLARS                                   "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1889-07/1914, 12/1914-11/1956           "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  1889-1897 DATA ARE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES.          "
"c              1898-1938 DATA ARE FROM THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE (NYSE)    "
"c              BULLETIN, AUGUST, 1934, PP.10A TO 10B, JANUARY, 1935, P.11,   "
"c              AND FOLLOWING ISSUES.  1939 DATA ARE FROM THE NYSE YEARBOOK   "
"c              FOR 1940.  JANUARY-APRIL AND OCTOBER-DECEMBER, 1940, AND      "
"c              JANUARY-APRIL, 1941 DATA ARE FROM"THE EXCHANGE."              "
"c              MAY-SEPTEMBER, 1940, QUOTATIONS ARE FROM THE NYSE             "
"c              STATISTICAL COMPILATIONS.  1942-1943 DATA ARE FROM"THE        "
"c              EXCHANGE." FOR 1944 AND FOLLOWING YEARS DATA ARE FROM BANK    "
"c              AND QUOTATION JOURNAL.                                        "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  1889-1897 DATA WERE TAKEN FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES     "
"c              ISSUES BEGINNING IN 1905.  A TABLE WAS PUBLISHED ONCE         "
"c              MONTHLY UNDER THE HEADING OF"STOCK TRANSACTIONS" WHICH        "
"c              GIVES THE FIGURES FOR THAT MONTH BACK TO 1889. THE TABLE      "
"c              CONTAINS MANY MANY OBVIOUS ERRORS AND MISPRINTS--THE LATTER   "
"c              BEING CARRIED ON AFTER BEING MISPRINTED.  THESE 1905 TABLES   "
"c              ARE THE EARLIEST APPEARANCE OF THE FIGURES FOR 1889-1897.     "
"c                   THE STOCK EXCHANGE WAS CLOSED AUGUST-NOVEMBER, 1914.     "
"c              THE TOTAL FOR 1914 IS FOR THE EIGHT REMAINING MONTHS.         "
"c                   BEGINNING IN 1939, THE PRICES ARE AS"REPORTED" (TRADE    "
"c              DATES, RATHER THAN SETTLEMENT DATES).  THE PRICES ARE ALSO    "
"c              IN THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS AS"FACE VALUE, EXCLUSIVE    "
"c              OF STOPPED SALES."                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY                    "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "