1 Differences between these figures and those shown elsewhere in the Bulletin for total monetary gold stock of the United States are due to the exclusion from the former of ? Preliminary. NOTES.-Figures for 34 countries are as of final day of month; for the other 15 countries-including England, France, and Netherlands-they are as of last report date of month. The 6 European countries and 5 Latin American countries for which figures are not shown separately are Albania, Danzig, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, and Lithuania; Bolivia, GROWTH IN NUMBER OF ISSUES AND SHARES LISTED ON NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE In support of amendment 2 I submit statistics indicating the great rise in value The growth in number of issues and shares listed on the New York Stock GROWTH IN NUMBER OF ISSUES AND VALUE OF BONDS LISTED ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE SINCE 1925 The growth in number of issues and value of the bonds listed on the New Number of shares sold on New York Stock Exchange during the first year of the panic, by weeks The largest number of shares sold in one day during the first year of the panic was on October 24, 1929, when 12,844,600 shares were thrown on the market. The quick rises in value of securities when there are any prospects of improved economic conditions is illustrated by the following table: |