Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Thousands of Pounds Sterling per Week, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Coverage Is Of Eleven Railroads For 1878-February 1879; Fifteen For March-June 1879; Sixteen For July 1879-December 1880; Seventeen For 1831-December 1898. In January 1899 Two Companies Combined Leaving Sixteen Companies, But Consistency Is Unaffected. For May And June Data Of 1878: A Sum Was Given Only For The Last Week In May And The First Two In June. Data Were Derived In Proportions Of One-Third And Two-Thirds. For August And September Of 1878: A Sum Was Given Only For The Last Week In August And First Two In September And Data Were Again Derived On Similar Proportions. A Coal Strike From July-November Of 1893 Affected Data For August-October Of The Year. A National Coal Strike Is Assumed To Have Affected The Data For March And April Of 1912. Source: Computed By NBER From Cumulative Weekly Totals, Dividing By Four Or Five, Depending On The Number Of Weeks Having A Majority Of Days In A Given Month.

This NBER data series m03005 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 3 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter03.html.

NBER Indicator: m03005