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THE HISTORY OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY
TABLE OF YEARLY AND MONTHLY AVERAGE PRICE OF REFINED
In the following table is given the average monthly and yearly prices of refined oil per gallon, in barrels, in New York, from January, 1863, to December, 1903. During the years when a tax was levied on this article of domestic production the quotations do not include the tax:
1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 Jan .40 .46⅝ .70 .57⅞ .31 .24¾ .34⅛ .31⅜ .24⅝ .22⅝ Feb .38¼ .47⅛ .67¼ .48⅝ .28¼ .25 .36⅜ .29⅞ .25⅛ .21¾ March .34¾ .49⅛ .58¾ .41⅞ .27½ .25¾ .32⅛ .27 .24⅛ .22⅝ April .33¼ .54⅛ .52⅞ .40⅛ .27 .26¼ .32¼ .26½ .23¼ .21¾ May .39½ .59½ .51⅛ .43 .26¾ .29⅝ .31½ .27½ .24⅝ .23⅜ June .44½ .72 .51½ .41⅞ .24¾ .31⅜ .31 .27 .25¾ .23 July .49 .86⅛ .52⅛ .39½ .30⅞ .34¼ .32¼ .26 .25¾ .22⅜ Aug .53½ .84⅞ .52 .44⅜ .29¼ .33 .32½ .25 .24⅜ .22⅜ Sept .58 .75 .58¼ .44⅝ .31¾ .31 .32¼ .26⅛ .24⅛ .24⅛ Oct .52½ .63¾ .61¾ .40⅝ .34½ .30 .32⅞ .24⅝ .23¾ .26 Nov .41½ .70 .62⅝ .35¾ .27½ .30⅞ .34 .23 .22⅜ .27 Dec .46½ .72¾ .65¼ .31¼ .24¾ .32¼ .31⅛ .23 .23 .26 Yearly average .44¾ .64¾ .58¾ .42½ .28⅜ .29⅛ .32¾ .26⅜ .24¼ .23⅝
1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 Jan .22⅛ .13½ .12⅜ .14⅛ .24 .12⅛ 9 7⅞ 9¼ 7 Feb .19⅝ .15 .14 .14¼ .18⅝ .12¼ 9⅜ 7⅞ 9¼ 7⅜ March .19 .14⅞ .15 .14½ .16 .11⅝ 9¼ 7¾ 8½ 7⅜ April .20 .15⅝ .13⅞ .14 .15¾ .11⅜ 9⅛ 7⅝ 7¾ 7⅜ May .19¾ .13⅞ .12¾ .14⅛ .14½ .11¼ 8½ 7⅝ 8 7½ June .19 .12⅞ .12⅝ .14¾ .13¾ .11¼ 7½ 9⅝ 8⅛ 7 July .18⅛ .12⅛ .11½ .16⅞ .13⅜ .10¾ 6¾ 9⅞ 7⅞ 6¾ Aug .16½ .11¾ .11¼ .19⅞ .13⅝ .10⅞ 6⅝ 9 7¾ 6⅞ Sept .16½ .12⅛ .12¾ .26 .14½ .10¼ 6⅞ 10⅝ 8 7½ Oct .16¼ .11⅞ .14⅛ .26 .14⅝ 9⅝ 7½ 12 7¾ 8 Nov .14⅛ .10¾ .13 .26¼ .13¼ 9⅛ 8 10½ 7½ 8¼ Dec .13½ .11¼ .12¾ .29⅜ .13⅛ 8⅝ 8⅝ 9½ 7⅛ 7⅝ Yearly average .18¼ .13 .13 .19⅛ .15¾ .10¾ 8⅛ 9⅛ 8 7⅜
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