54 Minnie Throop England 



In the appended tables the maximum points before crises are 

 indicated by two stars ; the minimum points by one. In deter- 

 mining the rise of prices, the increase of loans, etc., it was found 

 that in rare instances the same low point was reached in two 

 different years. The earlier one of the two was taken as the 

 minimum point. Where the same high point was reached in 

 different years, the later one was taken as the maximum. 



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