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F E D E R A L R E S E R V E BA N K O F NEW YO R K
Fiscal Agent of the United States
r Circular No. 5 8 1 3 1
May 18. 1966
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OFFERING OF TWO SERIES OF TREASURY BILLS
$1,300,000,000 of 91-Day Bills, Additional Amount, Series Dated February 24,1966, Due August 25,1966
(T o Be Issued May 26, 1966)
$1,000,000,000 of 183-Day Bills, Dated May 26, 1966, Due November 25, 1966
T o A ll Incorporated Banks and Trust Companies, and Others
Concerned, in the Second Federal R eserve D istrict:

Following is the text of a notice issued by the Treasury Department, released for publication today at 4 p.m.,
Eastern Daylight Saving tim e:
The
tenders
am ount
change
am ount

T reasu ry D epartm en t, by this public notice, invites
for tw o series of T reasu ry bills to the aggregate
o f $2,300,000,000, or thereabouts, for cash and in ex­
for T reasu ry bills m aturing M a y 26, 1966, in the
of $2,312,757,000, as fo llo w s:

91-d a y bills (to m aturity date) to be issued M ay 26,
1966, in the am ount of $1,300,000,000, or thereabouts,
representing an additional am ount
of bills dated
February 24, 1966, and to m ature A u g u s t 25, 1966,
originally issued in the am ount of $1,000,854,OOO, the
additional and original bills to be freely interchange­
able.
183-day bills, for $1,000,000,000, or thereabouts, to be
dated M a y 26, 1966, and to m ature N o ve m b e r 25,
1966.
T h e bills of both series w ill be issued on a discount basis
under com petitive and noncom petitive bidding as hereinafter
provided, and at m aturity their face am ount will be payable
w ithout interest. T h e y will be issued in bearer form only, and
in denom inations of $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, $50,000, $100,000,
$500,000 and $1,000,000 (m aturity v a lu e).
T enders will be received at Federal R eserve B anks and
Branches up to the closin g hour, one-thirty p.m ., Eastern
D a yligh t Saving tim e, M on d ay , M a y 23, 1966. T en ders will
not be received at the T reasu ry D ep artm en t, W a s h in g to n .
Each tender m u st be for an even m ultiple of $1,000, and in the
case of com petitive tenders the price offered m u st be expressed
on the basis of 100, with not m ore than three decimals, e.g.,
99.925. F ractions m a y not be used. It is urged that tenders
be m ade on the printed form s and forw arded in the special
envelopes w hich will be supplied by Federal R eserve B anks or
Branches on application therefor.
B anking institutions generally m ay subm it tenders for
account of cu stom ers, provided the nam es of the custom ers are
set forth in such tenders. O thers than banking institutions
w ill not be perm itted to subm it tenders except for their ow n
account. T enders will be received without deposit from in­
corporated banks and trust com panies and from responsible
and recognized dealers in investm ent securities. T enders from
others m ust be accom panied by paym ent of 2 percent of the
face am ount of T reasu ry bills applied for, unless the tenders
are accom panied by an express guaranty of paym ent by an
incorporated bank or trust com pany.
Im m ediately after the closin g hour, tenders will be opened
at the Federal R eserve B anks and Branches, follow in g which

public announcem ent will be m ade by the T reasury D epartm ent
of the am ount and price range of accepted bids. T h o se sub­
m itting tenders w ill be advised of the acceptance or rejection
thereof. T h e Secretary of the T reasu ry exp ressly reserves the
right to accept or reject any or all tenders, in w hole or in part,
and his action in any such respect shall be final. Subject to
these reservations, noncom petitive tenders for each issue for
$200,000 or less w ithout stated price from any one bidder will
be accepted in full at the average price (in three d ecim als) of
accepted com petitive bids for the respective issues. Settlem ent
for accepted tenders in accordance with the bids m ust be m ade
or com pleted at the Federal R eserve B ank on M a y 26,
1966, in cash or other im m ediately available funds or in a like
face am ount of T reasury bills m aturing M a y 26, 1966. Cash
and exchange tenders will receive equal treatm ent.
Cash
adjustm ents will be m ade for differences betw een the par value
of m aturing bills accepted in exchange and the issue price of
the new bills.
T h e incom e derived from T reasu ry bills, w hether interest
or gain from the sale or other disposition of the bills, does not
have any exem ption, as such, and loss from the sale or other
disposition of T reasury bills does not have any special treat­
m ent, as such, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. T h e
bills are subject to estate, inheritance, gift or other excise
taxes, w hether Federal or State, but are exem pt from all ta xa­
tion now or hereafter im posed on the principal or interest
thereof by any State, or any of the possessions of the U nited
States, or by any local taxin g authority. F or purposes of
taxation the am ount of discount at w hich T reasu ry bills are
originally sold by the U nited States is considered to be inter­
est.
U nder Sections 4 5 4 (b ) and 1221(5) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1954, the am ount of discount at which bills
issued hereunder are sold is not considered to accrue until such
bills are sold, redeem ed or otherw ise disposed of, and such
bills are excluded from consideration as capital assets. A c c o rd ­
ingly, the ow ner of T reasury bills (other than life insurance
com panies) issued hereunder need include in his incom e tax
return only the difference between the price paid for such bills,
whether on original issue or on subsequent purchase, and the
am ount actually received either upon sale or redem ption at
m aturity during the taxable year for w hich the return is m ade,
as ordinary gain or loss.
T reasu ry D epartm ent Circular N o . 418 (current revision)
and this notice prescribe the term s of the T reasu ry bills and
govern the conditions of their issue. Copies of the circular
m ay be obtained from any Federal Reserve Bank or Branch.

This Bank will receive tenders for both series up to 1 :30 p.m., Eastern Daylight Saving time, Monday M ay 23,
1966, at the Securities Department o f its Head Office and at its Buffalo Branch. Tender forms for the respective
series are enclosed. Please use the appropriate forms to submit tenders and return them in an envelope marked “ Ten­
der for Treasury Bills.” Tenders may be submitted by telegraph, subject to written confirmation; they may not be
submitted by telephone. Payment fo r the Treasury bills cannot be made by credit through the Treasury Tax and Loan
Account. Settlement must be made in cash or other immediately available funds or in maturing Treasury bills.
Results o f the last weekly offering o f Treasury bills (9 1 -day bills to be issued May 19, 1966, representing an
additional amount o f bills dated February 17, 1966, maturing August 18, 1966; and 182-day bills dated May 19, 1966,
maturing November 17, 1966) are shown on the reverse side o f this circular.
A lfred

H ayes,

President.


http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Please note that the Treasury bills maturing November 25, 1966, will be 183-day bills.
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

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RESULTS OF LAST W EEK L Y OFFERING OF TREASURY BILLS (TWO SERIES
TO BE ISSUED M A Y 19, 1966)

Range o f A ccepted Com petitive Bids
91-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing August 18,1966

Price

H igh

.....................

L ow

.....................

A vera ge

...............

182-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing N ovem ber 17,1966

A p p ro x . equiv.
annual rate

Price

A p p rox. equiv.
annual rate

97.568a

4.811%

98.836

4.605%

98.827

4.640%

97.556

4.834%

98.831

4 .62 6% 1

97.562

4.823% !

a E x ce p tin g one tender of $800,000.
1 T h e se rates are on a bank discount basis. T h e equivalent coupon issue yields are 4.75 percent for the 91-day bills, and
5.01 percent for the 182-d ay bills.

(75 percent o f the am ount o f 91-day bills
bid for at the low price w as a ccepted.)

(42 percent of the am ount o f 182-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

T otal Tenders A p p lied for and A ccepted (B y Federal Reserve Districts)
91-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing A ugust 18,1966
Applied fo r

District

B oston

....................................

$

22,070,000

182-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing N ovem ber 17,1966
Applied fo r

Accepted

$

12,070,000

$

5,415,000

Accepted

$

5,415,000

1,515,902,000

876,902,000

1,349,677,000

745,257,000

33,140,000

21,140,000

12,457,000

4,457,000

29,898,000

29,898,000

50,463,000

29,663,000

18,154,000

18,154,000

3,820,000

3,820,000

....................................

40,399,000

36,524,000

32,901,000

19,953,000

C h icago ....................................

265,371,000

136,021,000

290,071,000

94,369,000

....................... ........

44,226,000

36,151,000

25,167,000

15,611,000

................. ........

18,604,000

16,904,000

11,008,000

10,007,000

K ansas C i t y ................. ........

27,689,000

27,689,000

13,057,000

13,057,000

............................ ........

23,241,000

14,991,000

12,129,000

7,549,000

San F ran cisco .......................

83,462,000

73,962,000

82,668,000

51,263,000

.........

$2,122,156,000

..................... ........

N ew Y o rk
Philadelphia
C leveland

..................... ........

R ich m on d
A tlanta

St. L ou is

......................

M inneapolis

D allas

T otal

.................

..........................

$ 1,300,406,000b

$1,888,833,000

t> Includes $257,916,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 98.831.
c Includes $136,311,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 97.562.




$ 1,000,421,000"