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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States

[Circular No. 2 8 5 2
L October 20, 1W44

Public Notice of Offering of $1,300,000,000, or thereabouts, of 91-Day Treasury Bills
Dated October 26, 1944

Maturing January 25, 1945

To all Incorporated Banks and Trust Companies in the
Second Federal Reserve District and Others
Concerned:

Following is the text of a notice today made public by the Treasury Department with respect to a new offering of Treasury bills payable at maturity without interest to be sold on a discount basis under competitive and fixed-price bidding.
FOR RELEASE, MORNING NEWSPAPERS,
Friday, October 20, 1944.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Washington

The Secretary of the Treasury, by this public notice, invites tenders for $1,300,000,000, or thereabouts, of 91-day Treasury
bills, to be issued on a discount basis under competitive and fixed-price bidding as hereinafter provided.
The bills of this
series will be dated October 26, 1944, and will mature January 25, 1945, when the face amount will be payable without interest.
They will be issued in bearer form only, and in denominations of $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, $100,000, $500,000, and $1,000,000
(maturity value).
Tenders will be received at Federal Reserve Banks and Branches up to the closing hour, two o'clock p.m., Eastern
war time, Monday, October 23, 1944. Tenders will not be received at the Treasury Department, Washington.
Each tender
must be f o r an even multiple of $1,000, and the price offered must be expressed on the basis of 100, with not more than
three decimals, e. g., 99.925. Fractions may not be used. It is urged that tenders be made on the printed forms and forwarded
in the special envelopes which will be supplied by Federal Reserve Banks or Branches on application therefor.
Tenders will be received without deposit f r o m incorporated banks and trust companies and f r o m responsible and
recognized dealers in investment securities.
Tenders from others must be accompanied by payment of 2 percent of the
face amount of Treasury bills applied for, unless the tenders are accompanied by an express guaranty of payment by an
incorporated bank or trust company.
Immediately after the closing hour, tenders will be opened at the Federal Reserve Banks and Branches, following which
public announcement will be made by the Secretary of the Treasury of the amount and price range of accepted bids. Those
submitting tenders will be advised of the acceptance or rejection thereof. The Secretary of the Treasury expressly reserves
the right to accept or reject any or all tenders, in whole or in part, and his action in any such respect shall be final. Subject
to these reservations, tenders for $100,000 or less f r o m any one bidder at 99.905 entered on a fixed-price basis will be accepted
in full. Payment of accepted tenders at the prices offered must be made or completed at the Federal Reserve Bank in cash
or other immediately available funds on October 26, 1944.
The income derived from Treasury bills, whether interest or gain f r o m the sale or other disposition of the bills, shall
not have any exemption, as such, and loss from the sale or other disposition of Treasury bills shall not have any special
treatment, as such, under Federal tax Acts now or hereafter enacted. The bills shall be subject to estate, inheritance, gift,
or other excise taxes, whether Federal or State, but shall be exempt from all taxation now or hereafter imposed on the
principal or interest thereof by any State, or any of the possessions of the United States, or by any local taxing authority.
For purposes of taxation the amount of discount at which Treasury bills are originally sold by the United States shall be
considered to be interest. Under Sections 42 and 117 ( a ) ( 1 ) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by Section 115 of
the Revenue Act of 1941, the amount of discount at which bills issued hereunder are sold shall not be considered to accrue
until such bills shall be sold, redeemed or otherwise disposed of, and such bills are excluded from consideration as capital
assets.
Accordingly, the owner of Treasury bills (other than life insurance companies) issued hereunder need include in
his income tax return only the difference between the price paid for such bills, whether on original issue or on subsequent
purchase, and the amount actually received either upon sale or redemption at maturity during the taxable year for which
the return is made, as ordinary gain or loss.
Treasury Department Circular No. 418, as amended, and this notice, prescribe the terms of the Treasury bills and
govern the conditions of their issue.
Copies of the circular may be obtained from any Federal Reserve Bank or Branch.

In accordance with the above announcement tenders will be received at the Securities Department of this bank (9th
floor, 33 Liberty Street) New York 7, N. Y., or at the Buffalo Branch of this bank (270 Main Street) Buffalo 5, N. Y.,
up to two o'clock p.m., Eastern war time, on Monday, October 23, 1944. It is requested that tenders be submitted
on special form printed on reverse side and returned in special envelope enclosed herewith. Attention is invited to the
fact that payment for the Treasury bills cannot be made by credit through the War Loan Deposit Account. Payment must
be made in cash or other immediately available funds.
A L L A N SPROUL, President.
(Extract from Treasury Department statement released for publication October 17, 1944, announcing results after tenders were opened for Treasury bills dated October 19, 1944 maturing January 18, 1945)
Total applied for

$2,183,869,000

Total accepted

$1,313,861,000 (includes $59,721,000
entered on a fixed-price basis at
99.905 and accepted in full)

Average price

99.905+

Equivalent rate of discount
approx. 0.375% per annum

Range of accepted competitive bids:
High

99.909

Equivalent rate of discount
0.360% per annum

Low

99.905

Equivalent rate of discount
approx. 0.376% per annum

(55 percent of the amount bid for at the low

price was accepted)



Federal Reserve
District
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis
Minneapolis ..
Kansas City .
Dallas
San Francisco
TOTAL

• Total
Applied for
$

27,160,000
1,450,315,000
49,550,000
27,471,000
31,868,000
29,735,000
316,900,000
38,327,000
10,560,000
41,618,000
19,235,000
141,130,000

$2,183,869,000

Total
Accepted
$

17,2-15,000
830,530,000
34,250,000
26,706,000
28,763,000
20.384,000
180,078,000
25,277,000
8,300,000
39.188,000
15,140,000
88,030,000

$1,313,861,000
(OVER)

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IMPORTANT — If it is desired to bid on a competitive basis, fill in rate per 100 and
maturity value in paragraph headed "Competitive Bid". If it is desired to bid on a fixedprice basis, fill in only the maturity value in paragraph headed "Fixed-Price Bid".
DO NOT fill in both paragraphs on one form. A separate tender must be used for each bid.
No.

TENDER FOR 91 -DAY TREASURY BILLS
Dated October 26, 1944.

Maturing January 25, 1945.
Dated at.

.1944

T o FEDERAL RESERVE B A N K OF N E W Y O R K ,

Fiscal Agent of the United States.
COMPETITIVE BID

FIXED-PRICE BID

Pursuant to the provisions of Treasury
Department Circular No. 418, as amended, and
to the provisions of the public notice on
October 20, 1944, as issued by the Secretary
of the Treasury, the undersigned offers to pay

Pursuant to the provisions of Treasury
Department Circular No. 418, as amended, and to
the provisions of the public notice on October
20, 1944, as issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, the undersigned offers to pay a fixed-price
of 99.905 (rate per 100) for a total amount of
$
(maturity value)

(Rate per 100)

* for a total amount of

$
(maturity value)
of the Treasury bills therein described, or for
any less amount that may be awarded, payment
therefor to be made at your bank in cash or other
immediately available funds on the date stated
in the public notice.

(Not to exceed $100,000)

of the Treasury bills therein described, payment
therefor to be made at your bank in cash or other
immediately available funds on the date stated
in the public notice.

The Treasury bills for which tender is hereby made are to be dated October 26, 1944, and are to
mature on January 25, 1945.
This tender will be inserted in special envelope
Name of

By

entitled "Tender

Bidder.

for Treasury

bills."

(Please print)
(Title)

(Official signature required)

Street A d d r e s s

(City, Town or Village, P.O. No., and State)
If this tender is submitted f o r the account of a customer, indicate the customer's name on line b e l o w :

(Name of Customer)

(City, Town or Village, P.O. No., and State)

Use a separate tender f o r each customer's bid.

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS:
1. N o tender f o r less than $1,000 will be considered, and each tender must be for an even multiple
$1,000 (maturity value). A separate tender must be executed for each bid.

of

2. If the person making the tender is a corporation, the tender should be signed b y an officer of the c o r poration authorized to make the tender, and the signing of the tender by an officer of the corporation will be construed
as a representation b y him that he has been so authorized. If the tender is made by a partnership, it should be
signed b y a m e m b e r of the firm, w h o should sign in the f o r m "
copartnership,

by

, a
a m e m b e r of the

firm."

3.
Tenders will be received without deposit from incorporated banks and trust companies and f r o m responsible
and recognized dealers in investment securities. Tenders f r o m others must be accompanied b y payment of 2 percent
of the face amount of Treasury bills applied for, unless the tenders are accompanied by an express guaranty of
payment by an incorporated bank or trust c o m p a n y .
4. If the language of this tender is changed in any respect, which, in the opinion of the Secretary
Treasury, is material, the tender m a y be disregarded.

of the

Payment by credit through War Loan Deposit Account will not be permitted.

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* Price

must be expressed, on the basis of 100, with not more
three decimal places. Fractions may not be used.

than
(OVER)