"c           VAR 0031      13016 DIS DON 3R 824-939               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0031         LOC  240 WIDTH  9             DK   4 COL 53-61  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  2                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              OPEN MARKET RATES OF DISCOUNT, LONDON                         "
"c              -------------------------------------                         "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  13016                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  GREAT BRITAIN                                  "
"c              UNITS:  PERCENT                                               "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1824-11/1939                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  DATA FOR 1824-MAY 1857:  PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS,       "
"c              1857, X, PT. I; REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON BANK      "
"c              ACTIVITY, PP. 463-464.  DATA FOR JUNE 1857-1939:  COMPUTED    "
"c              BY NBER FROM WEEKLY FIGURES IN THE ECONOMIST.                 "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  DATA FOR 1824-1857 ARE FOR"FIRST CLASS BILLS" AT      "
"c              UNDETERMINED PERIODS.  THEREAFTER, FOR THREE MONTH BANKER'S   "
"c              BILLS WHENEVER GIVEN, OTHERWISE NEAREST ITEM TO THIS PAPER    "
"c              OR CLOSEST PERIOD.                                            "
"c                   DATA FOR 1847 WERE AFFECTED BY THE FAMINE IN IRELAND     "
"c              AND THE HEAVY EXPORT OF GOLD TO THE U.S. AND THE CONTINENT    "
"c              IN PAYMENT FOR THE LARGE IMPORTATIONS FOR GRAIN (SEE HUNT'S   "
"c              MERCHANTS MAGAZINE, 1859, P. 95.)                             "
"c                   DATA FOR APRIL 1866 WERE AFFECTED BY THE FAILURE OF      "
"c              OVEREND, GURNEY, AND COMPANY -- A LARGE MONOPOLISTIC FIRM.    "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; CORRECTED 2/7/94.                           "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "