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APPENDIX

II (continued) Interior Demand

Quarter Beginning 4 3 3 4 3 2

June Sept. Dec. March June Sept. Dec

Average

Twelve Months’

Bank Rate

Interior Demand

8-00 3-69

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III

P Interior

Demand £'000 11729 1886 7724 1887 1967 1888 Nowe —3907 1889 3596 1890 6716 1891 2106 1892 7131 1893 7500 1894 5843 1895 8406 1896 4069 1897 5417 1898 1029 1899 558 1900 1043 1901 8039 1902 7317 1903 736 1904 —1472 1905 3710 1906 —4205 1907 —1398 1908 —3041 1909 2687 1910 — 759 1911 —- 222 1912 200 1913 OH OSIMWHNUNASDANH OOM HOH APOE OAH DOH BRASH aSdOATREIIPINSR®OISH

301

Unemployed ber cent. in Trade Unions 10-2 7-6 4-9 21 21 3°5 6-3 75 6-9 5:8 3-3 3-3 2-8 2-0 2-5 3-3 4-0 4-7 6-0 5-0 36 3-7 78 ves 4:7 38-0 3-2 21

Wage Index

148 149 151 156 168 163 162 162 162 162 163 166 167 172 179 179 176 176 176 175 181 190 187 184 187 188 194 197

APPENDIX IV DISCOUNT RATE OF THE BANK OF FRANCE 1Feb. 15 Jan. 17 Dec. 3 March Oct.

30 Jan. 11 May 4 Oct.

25 Sept. 25 June 12 Oct.

1820 1847 1852 1853

1854

1855

1856 1857

20 Oct.

od 30

4 5

26 May 9 Sept.

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22 Feb. 16 Feb.

1883 1888

4 3 4

18 Oct. 3 Nov. 24 Nov.

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13 Sept. 4 Oct. 10 Jan.

1889

5 4

8 Dec. 22 Dec.

5

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6 5} 6

9 March 1 June 5 Oct.

1865

7 8 7

9 Oct 23 Nov. 4jJan.

1859

5 44 4 3} 3 4

22 22 11 26 30 81

1860

4}

22 July

1861

5t 7

1 Aug. 9 Aug.

14 March 21 March 26 Sept.

6 5 5}

20 July 8 Nov. 27 Feb.

1871

1 Oct,

6

10 Nov 26 Nov.

5 Dec.

29 Dec. 8 Feb. 19 Feb. 11 June 14 Sept. 4May

5 Aug.

12 Nov. 2 8

Jan. Jan.

22 Nov. 21 Jan. 6 Feb. 27 March 6 Nov. 8 jan.

18 March

6 1858

1862

1863

27 March 7 May 11 June

8 7 13 24

Oct. Nov Nov March

1864

3}

15 Feb.

Feb March May July Aug. May

20 July

1866

1867

1870

1872

14 Oct.

8 Nov. 20 Nov. 27 Nov.

1873

3} 4 5

5 March 4 June 26 May

1876

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5 April

4

16 Oct. 23 May 23 Oct.

5 6 7 6

1 14 25 20

April Oct. Aug.

6 May 9 May

vi 8

Oct. 28 Feb. 2 March

20 May

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23 March

4

3} 3 4 .

1874

24 Jan. 7 Feb. 19 May

1895 1898 1899