"c ________________________________ "c "c NBER SERIES: 14107 "c "c AREA COVERED: UNITED KINGDOM "c "c UNITS: FRANCS "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 P.70-74. "c "c "c "c NOTES: NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION STATES THAT DATA "c "c WERE FURNISHED BY"THE ECONOMIST". "c "c DATA REPRESENT THE FRENCH"CHEQUE" EXCHANGE (THROUGH "c "c NOVEMBER 26, 1987 CALLED FRENCH SHORT EXCHANGE). "c "c RATES WERE QUOTED IN"THE ECONOMIST" EVERY SATURDAY. AS "c "c NO SPECIFIC DATES WERE GIVEN FOR THE RATES, THESE WERE "c "c 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 NO FIGURES PUBLISHED FOR 08/1914-09/1914. "c "c "c "c CHECKED MANUALLY; CORRECTED 5/15/94. "c "c .............................................................. "c