"c              NBER SERIES: 14100                                     "
"c              AREA COVERED: FRANCE                                   "
"c              UNITS: MILLIONS OF FRANCS                              "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE                                  "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE                               "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1865-02/1940                      "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE                              "
"c              SOURCE: ECONOMIST FOR 1865-1872;  L'ECONOMISTE         "
"c              FRANCAIS FOR 1873-1878; BULLETIN DE STATISTIQUE ET     "
"c              DE LEGISLATION COMPAREE (FINANCE MINISTRY) FOR 1879-   "
"c              1913; ANNUAIRE STATISTIQUE FOR 1914-1933; L'ECONOMISTE "
"c              FRANCAIS FOR 1934-1940.                                "
"c                                                                     "
"c              NOTES: METALLIC RESERVES CONSIST OF GOLD AND SILVER    "
"c              UNTIL JUNE 1928 WHEN IT BECAME GOLD ONLY.              "
"c              LAST THURSDAY OF MONTH UNTIL MAY 1928. THEREAFTER      "
"c              FRIDAY IN MONTH.                                       "
"c              09/1870-05/1871, 08/1914, AND 10/1914-11/1914 FIGURES  "
"c              NOT GIVEN.                                             "
"c              IN JUNE 1928, DUE TO STABILIZATION AND DEVALUATION     "
"c              OF FRANC; COMPUTED BY DIVIDING BY 4.925.               "
"c              GOLD REVALUED IN 10/1936, 07/1937, AND 11/1938.        "
"c              5,000,000,000 FRANCS OF GOLD TRANSFERRED FROM          "
"c              STABILIZATION FUND TO BANK OF FRANCE.                  "
"c                                                                     "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; CORRECTED 4/20/94.                   "
"c                                                                     "