"c              NBER SERIES: 14101                                     "
"c              AREA COVERED: FRANCE                                   "
"c              UNITS: BILLION FRANCS                                  "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE                                  "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE                               "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1895-021940                       "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE                              "
"c              SOURCE: FOR 1879-1913:"BULLETIN DE STATISTIQUE ET DE   "
"c              LEGISLATION COMPAREE" (MINISTRY OF FINANCE) JANUARY    "
"c              ISSUE GIVES PRECEDING TWELVE MONTHS; FOR 1914-1933:    "
"c             "ANNUAIRE STATISTIQUE DE LA FRANCE" SOMETIMES IN ISSUES "
"c              OF ALTERNATE YEARS; FOR 1934-1935:"L'ECONOMISTE        "
"c              FRANCAIS"; FOR 1936-1940:"ANNUAIRE STATISITQUE DE LA   "
"c              FRANCE" AND"BULLETIN MENSUELLE."                       "
"c                                                                     "
"c              NOTES: BANK OF FRANCE'S OUTSTANDING NOTE CIRCULATION   "
"c              ON THE LAST THURSDAY IN EACH MONTH UP TO JUNE 1928.    "
"c              FROM JUNE 1928 TO APRIL 1937, FIGURES ARE FOR LAST     "
"c              FRIDAY OF THE MONTH. FROM MAY 1937 ON FIGURES ARE FOR  "
"c              LAST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH.                            "
"c              MAY 26, 1870 FIRGURE MISSING; COMPUTED FROM THE JUNE 2,"
"c              1870 FIGURE GIVEN.                                     "
"c              NO RETURNS PUBLISHED FROM 09/08/1870-06/29/1871.       "
"c              FIGURES FOR AUGUST 1914 TO NOVEMBER 1914 NOT GIVEN.    "
"c              JANUARY 1920 IS FROM"BULLETIN DE STATISTIQUE DE        "
"c              GENERALE DE LA FRANCE" BECAUSE IT WAS MISPRINTED IN THE"
"c             "ANNUAIRE" AS 35.58.                                    "
"c              SEPTEMBER 1938: PARTISAN MOBILIZATION (MUNICH CRISIS). "
"c                                                                     "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; CORRECTED 4/23/94.                   "
"c                                                                     "