"c VAR 0029 11013 SPI COAL R 887-935 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0029 LOC 222 WIDTH 9 DK 4 COL 35-43 " "c EXP DEC= 1 " "c " "c SECURITY PRICE INDEX, COAL, IRON, AND STEEL SHARES " "c -------------------------------------------------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 11013 " "c AREA COVERED: GREAT BRITAIN --LONDON " "c UNITS: 1913=100 " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 04/1887, 07/1887-12/1890, ALL MONTHS " "c EXCEPT AUGUST FOR THE YEARS 1891-92 & 1894, 01/1895-12/1895, " "c ALL MONTHS EXCEPT JULY FOR 1896, 01/1897-12/1897, ALL MONTHS " "c EXCEPT JULY FOR THE YEARS 1898-1904, ALL MONTHS EXCEPT JUNE " "c FOR THE YEARS 1905-1906, 01/1907-08/1914, 01/1915-12/1915, " "c 02/1916-07/1921, 09/1921-03/1935. " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: BANKERS' MAGAZINE, LONDON AND COMPUTED BY NBER (SEE " "c NOTE BELOW). " "c " "c NOTES: THIS INDEX WAS COMPUTED BY NBER FROM ORIGINAL DATA " "c IN THOUSANDS OF POUNDS STERLING PUBLISHED IN BANKERS' " "c MAGAZINE. ADDITIONS TO OR SUBTRACTIONS FROM THE NUMBER OF " "c SECURITIES INCLUDED HAVE BEEN MADE FROM TIME TO TIME. DATA " "c FROM THE OLD AND NEW SERIES ARE LINKED BY THE NBER AND THE " "c RESULTANT INDEX IS CONSTRUCTED BASED UPON THE 1913 AVAERAGE. " "c IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT INDEXES COVERING THE ENTIRE " "c PERIOD THESE AGGREGATE TOTALS AS COMPUTED BY BANKERS' " "c MAGAZINE HAVE BEEN FURTHER TREATED BY THE NBER. AT THE " "c POINTS OF THESE REVISIONS IN THE SERIES THE VALUE FOR THE " "c GIVEN DATE ACCORDING TO BOTH THE OLD AND THE NEW DATA ARE " "c AVAILABLE. BY MULTIPLYING DATA FROM ONE PERIOD BY A " "c COEFFICIENT EQUAL TO THE RATIO OF THE OLD TO THE NEW, A " "c SINGLE SERIES CAN BE CONSTRUCTED, INCLUDING THE DATA FROM " "c BOTH ORIGINAL SECTIONS. CONSEQUENTLY, THE VARIOUS SECTIONS " "c OF ORIGINAL DATA HAVE BEEN TIED TOGETHER AT THEIR " "c OVERLAPPING POINTS, AND OUR "c BASE OF 100 EQUALING THE MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 1913. " "c THE VALUATION WAS OMITTED FOR MAY AND JUNE, 1887. " "c THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF THE TIME PERIODS, THE " "c NUMBER OF SHARES, OR SECURITIES INVOLVED, AND THE PAR VALUE, " "c IN THOUSANDS OF POUNDS. " "c 04/1887-02/1888, 8 SHARES, PAR VALUE OF 6,008; " "c 03/1888-12/1895, 8 SHARES, PAR VALUE OF 6,758; " "c 12/1895-12/1906, 7 SHARES, PAR VALUE OF 6,055; " "c 12/1906-12/1921, 8 SHARES, PAR VALUE OF 11,910; " "c 12/1921-1935, 14 SHARES, PAR VALUE OF 58,294. " "c " "c JULY 30, 1914 WAS THE DAY OF CLOSING FOR THE EXCHANGE. " "c THE STOCK EXCHANGE WAS CLOSED FOR THE MONTHS OF " "c SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER, 1914. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; CORRECTED 10/26/93. " "c " "c ............................................................... "