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

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Public Notice of Offering of $1,100,000,000, or thereabouts, of 91-Day Treasury Bills
Dated December 16, 1948

Maturing March 17, 1949

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 Treas­
ury bills payable at maturity without interest to be sold on a discount basis under competitive and non-competitive bidding.
TREA SU R Y D E PA R T M E N T
F O R R E L E A S E , M O R N IN G N E W S P A P E R S ,
W ashington
Friday, December 10, 1948.
T he Secretary of the Treasury, by this public notice, invites tenders for $1,100,000,000, or thereabouts, of 91-day T reas­
ury bills, for cash and in exchange for T reasury bills m aturing December 16, 1948, to be issued on a discount basis under com­
petitive and non-competitive bidding as hereinafter provided. The bills of this series will be dated December 16, 1948, and
will m ature M arch 17, 1949, when the face am ount will be payable w ithout 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 (m aturity value).
T enders will be received at Federal Reserve Banks and Branches up to the closing hour, two o’clock p.m., E astern
Standard time, Monday, December 13, 1948. Tenders will not be received at the Treasury Departm ent, W ashington. Each
tender m ust be for an even multiple of $1,000, and in the case of competitive tenders the price offered m ust be expressed on
the basis of 100, w ith not m ore than three decimals, e. g., 99.925. Fractions may not be used. I t 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 w ithout deposit from incorporated banks and tru st companies and from responsible and recog­
nized dealers in investment securities. Tenders from others m ust be accompanied by paym ent of 2 percent of the face am ount
of T reasury bills applied for, unless the tenders are accompanied by an express guaranty of paym ent by an incorporated
bank or trust company.
Im mediately after the closing hour, tenders will be opened at the Federal Reserve Banks and Branches, following which
public announcem ent will be made by the Secretary of the T reasury of the am ount and price range of accepted bids. Those
subm itting tenders will be advised of the acceptance or rejection thereof. The Secretary of the T reasury 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, non-competitive tenders for $200,000 or less without stated price from any one bidder will be accepted
in full at the average price (in three decimals) of accepted competitive bids. Settlem ent for accepted tenders in accordance
w ith the bids m ust be made or completed at the Federal Reserve Bank on December 16, 1948, in cash or other immediately
available funds or in a like face am ount of T reasury bills m aturing December 16, 1948. Cash and exchange tenders will re­
ceive equal treatm ent. Cash adjustm ents will be made for differences between the par value of m aturing bills accepted in
exchange and the issue price of the new bills.
The income derived from T reasury bills, w hether interest or gain from the sale or other disposition of the bills, shall
not have any exemption, as such, and loss from the sale or other disposition of T reasury bills shall not have any special
treatm ent, as such, under the Internal Revenue Code, or laws am endatory or supplementary thereto. The bills shall be
subject to estate, inheritance, gift or other excise taxes, w hether 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. F or purposes of taxation the am ount of discount at which T reasury bills are originally
sold by the U nited States shall be considered to be interest. U nder Sections 42 and 117 (a)(1 ) of the Internal Revenue
Code, as amended by Section 115 of the Revenue Act of 1941, the am ount 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 T reasury bills (other than life insurance com­
panies) issued hereunder need include in his income tax return only the difference between the price paid for such bills,
w hether on original issue or on subsequent purchase, and the am ount actually received either upon sale or redemption at
m aturity during the taxable year for which the return is made, as ordinary gain or loss.
T reasury D epartm ent Circular No. 418, as amended, and this notice, prescribe the term s of the T reasury 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 45, 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 Standard time, on Monday, December 13, 1948. It is requested that tenders be submitted
on special form printed on reverse side and returned in special envelope enclosed herewith. Payment for the Treasury
bills cannot be made by credit through the War Loan Deposit Account. Settlement must be made in cash or other imme­
diately available funds or in maturing Treasury bills.
A l l a n S pr o u l , President.
(Extract from Treasury Department statement released for publication December 7,1948, announcing results
after tenders were opened for Treasury bills dated December 9, 1948 maturing March 10, 1949)
Total applied for........... $1,440,433,000
Total accepted ............. $ 905,147,000 (includes $53,515,000
entered on a non-competitive basis
and accepted in full at the average
price shown below)
Average price....... 99.709
Equivalent rate of discount
approx. 1.152% per annum
Range of accepted competitive bids:
H igh ..................... 99.720
Equivalent rate
approx. 1.108%
Low ....................... 99.708
Equivalent rate
approx. 1.155%

of discount
per annum
of discount
per annum

(37 percent of the am ount bid for at the low
price was accepted)



Federal Reserve
District
Boston ...........................
New Y ork .....................
Philadelphia
Cleveland ......
Richmond ......
A tlanta ............
Chicago ..........
St. Louis ........
Minneapolis ...
K ansas City ...
Dallas ..............
San Francisco
T otal .......

Total
Applied for
$ 13,385,000
1,150,583,000
14.554.000
39.228.000
4.205.000
8.384.000
99.430.000
7.116.000
5.145.000
15.791.000
9.265.000
73.347.000

Total
Accepted
$ 12,885,000
699,275,000
5.774.000
26,628,000
3.575.000
8.384.000
55.980.000
6.990.000
4.830.000
12.515.000
9.139.000
59.172.000

$1,440,433,000

$905,147,000
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IMPORTANT— If it is desired to bid on a competitive basis, fill in rate per 100 and
m aturity value in paragraph headed "Competitive Bid”. If it is desired to bid on a non­
competitive basis, fill in only the m aturity value in paragraph headed "Non-competitive
Bid”. D O N O T fill in both paragraphs on one form . A separate tender m ust be used for
each bid.
No..................................

TENDER FOR 91-DAY TREASURY BILLS
Dated December 16, 1948.

Maturing March 17, 1949.
Dated at

To F e d e r a l R e s e r v e B a n k o f N e w Y o r k ,
Fiscal Agent of the United States.

.1948

COMPETITIVE BID

NON-COMPETITIVE BID

Pursuant to the provisions of Treasury
Department Circular No. 418, as amended, and
to the provisions of the public notice on
December 10, 1948, as issued by the Secretary
of the Treasury, the undersigned offers
------------------------------------ * for a total amount of

Pursuant to the provisions of Treasury De­
partment Circular No. 418, as amended, and to the
provisions of the public notice on December 10,
1948, as issued by the Secretary of the Treasury,
the undersigned offers a non-competitive tender
for a total amount of $________________________
(N ot to exceed $200,000)

(R ate p er 100)

$----------------------------------------- (maturity value)
of the Treasury bills therein described, or for
any less amount that may be awarded, settlement
therefor to be made at your bank, on the date
stated in the public notice, as follow s:
By surrender of the maturing issue of
Treasury bills_________ $____________________
By cash or other immediately available

(maturity value) of the Treasury bills therein
described, at the average prioe (in three deci­
mals) of accepted competitive bids, settlement
therefor to be made at your bank, on the date
stated in the public notice, as follow s:
By surrender of the maturing issue of
Treasury bills................... $ ____________________

funds ----- -- --------------- $ ____________________

funds ....... ........................ $

By cash or other immediately available

The Treasury bills for which tender is hereby made are to be dated December 16, 1948, and are to
mature on March 17, 1949.
This tender will be inserted in special envelope entitled “Tender for Treasury bills".
Name of Bidder.

By ......

(P le ase p r in t)

(Official sig n a tu re re q u ire d )

(T itle)

Street A ddress............................................
(C ity, Tow n or V illage, P.O. No., a n d S tate)

If this tender is submitted for the account of a customer, indicate the customer’s name on line below:
(N am e of C ustom er)

(C ity, T ow n or V illage, P.O . No., a n d S tate)

Use a separate tender for each customer’s bid.

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS:
1. No tender for less than $1,000 will be considered, and each tender m ust be for an even multiple of
$1,000 (m aturity value). A separate tender m ust be executed for each bid.
2. If the person m aking the tender is a corporation, the tender should be signed by an officer of the cor­
poration authorized to make the tender, and the signing of the tender by an officer of the corporation will be construed as
a representation by him that he has been so authorized. If the tender is made by a partnership, it should be signed by a
member of the firm, who should sign in the form “............................................................................................ . a copartnership, by
.............................................................................................................. a member of the firm”.
3. T enders will be received w ithout deposit from incorporated banks and trust companies and from respon­
sible and recognized dealers in investm ent securities. T enders from others m ust be accompanied by paym ent of 2 per­
cent of the face am ount of T reasury bills applied for, unless the tenders are accompanied by an express guaranty of
paym ent by an incorporated bank or tru st company.
4. If the language of this tender is changed in any respect, which, in the opinion of the Secretary of the
Treasury, is material, the tender may be disregarded.

."Payment b y credit through W ar Loan Deposit Account w ill not be perm itted.

T E N T B —9G3-a


* Price must be expressed on the basis o f 100, with not more than
three decimal places. Fractions may not be used.
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