"c _____________________________ "c "c NBER SERIES: 14105 "c "c AREA COVERED: UNITED KINGDON "c "c UNITS: DOLLARS "c "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE "c "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE "c "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 10/1877-12/1914 "c "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE "c "c SOURCE: FOR 1877-1898 AND 1909-1914:"THE ECONOMIST"; "c "c FOR 1899-1908: NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION, STATISTICS"c "c FOR GREAT BRITAIN, GERMANY AND FRANCE, 1867-1909, "c "c 70-74. "c "c "c "c NOTES: NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION STATES THAT DATA "c "c WERE FURNISHED BY"THE ECONOMIST". "c "c PRIOR TO 08/1886 REPRESENT N.Y. SHORT EXCHANGE "c "c CALCULATED FROM THE 60 DAY RATE AT THE CURRENT RATE OF "c "c DISCOUNT; THEREAFTER, N.Y. EXCHANGE"CABLE TRANSFERS". "c "c NO FIGURES PUBLISHED FOR 08/1914-09/1914. "c "c RATES WERE QUOTED BY"THE ECONOMIST" EVERY SATURDAY. AS "c "c NO SPECIFIC DATES WERE GIVEN FOR THESE RATES, THESE "c "c ARE ASSUMED TO BE AS OF SATURDAY FOR THE PURPOSE OF "c "c COMPUTING MONTHLY AVERAGES - THE NUMBER OF SATURDAYS "c "c IN THE MONTH DETERMINING THE AVERAGE. "c "c "c "c CHECKED MANUALLY; CORRECTED 5/14/94. "c "c ............................................................ "c