These index numbers represent the estimated monthly receipts from traffic as related to comparable traffic in the year 1929. It should be noted that since 1929 the operation in various overseas areas has been taken over at different dates by the local associated companies, and the total figures for 1929 taken for purpose of comparison in establishing the index 100 have therefore been adjusted when necessary by the omission of the receipts accruing in the areas affected. The index numbers are, in consequence, all shown upon a comparable basis, Monthly figures reduced to working day average.
Working day average of comparable receipts year 1929—100.
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