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FED ER AL RESERVE BANK O F NEW YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States
Circular No. 6 1 5 1
April 17, 1968

OFFERING OF TW O SERIES OF TREASURY BILLS
L,600,000,000 of 91-Day Bills, Additional Amount, Series Dated January 25, 1968, Due July 25, 1968
(To Be Issued April 25, 1968)
$1,100,000,000 of 182-Day Bills, Dated April 25, 1968, Due October 24, 1968
To All Incorporated. Banks and Trust Companies, and Others
Concerned, in the Second Federal Reserve District:

Following is the text of a notice issued by the Treasury Department, released for publication today at 4 p.m.,
Eastern Standard time:
The
tenders
amount
change
amount

Treasury Department, by this public notice, invites
for two series of Treasury bills to the aggregate
of $2,700,000,000, or thereabouts, for cash and in ex­
for Treasury bills maturing April 25, 1968, in the
of $2,504,224,000, as follows:

91-day bills (to maturity date) to be issued April 25,
1968, in the amount of $1,600,000,000, or thereabouts,
representing an additional amount of bills dated Janu­
ary 25, 1968, and to mature July 25, 1968, originally
issued in the amount of $ 1,002,368,000, the additional
and original bills to be freely interchangeable.
182-day bills, for $1,100,000,000, or thereabouts, to be
dated April 25, 1968, and to mature October 24, 1968.
The bills of both series will be issued on a discount basis
under competitive and noncompetitive bidding as hereinafter
provided, and at maturity their 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, $50,000, $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, one-thirty p.m., Eastern
Standard time, Monday, April 22, 1968. Tenders will not
be received at the Treasury Department, Washington. Each
tender must be for an even multiple of $1,000, and in the case
of competitive tenders 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.
Banking institutions generally may submit tenders for
account of customers, provided the names of the customers are
set forth in such tenders. Others than banking institutions will
not be permitted to submit tenders except for their own ac­
count. Tenders will be received without deposit from incor­
porated banks and trust companies and from responsible and
recognized dealers in investment securities.
Tenders from
others must be accompanied by pajrnent 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 Treasury Depart­
ment of the amount and price range of accepted bids. Those
submitting tenders will be advised of the acceptance or re­
jection 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, noncompetitive tenders
for each issue 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 for the re­
spective issues. Settlement for accepted tenders in accordance
with the bids must be made or completed at the Federal Re­
serve Bank on April 25, 1968, in cash or other immediately
available funds or in a like face amount of Treasury bills
maturing April 25, 1968. Cash and exchange tenders will
receive equal treatment. Cash adjustments will be made for
differences between the par value of maturing bills accepted in
exchange and the issue price of the new bills.
The income derived from Treasury bills, whether interest
or gain from the sale or other disposition of the bills, does not
have any exemption, as such, and loss from the sale or other
disposition of Treasury bills does not have any special treat­
ment, as such, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. The
bills are subject to estate, inheritance, gift or other excise
taxes, whether Federal or State, but are exempt from all taxa­
tion 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 is considered to be interest.
Under Sections 454(b) and 1221(5) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1954, the amount of discount at which bills issued
hereunder are sold is not considered to accrue until such bills
are 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 com­
panies) 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 (current revision)
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.

This Bank will receive tenders for both series up to 1 :30 p.m., Eastern Standard time, Monday, April 22,
1968, at the Securities Department of 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
“ Tender for Treasury Bills.” Tenders may be submitted by telegraph, subject to written confirmation; they may not
be submitted by telephone. Payment for 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 (91-day bills to be issued April 18, 1968, representing an
additional amount of bills dated January 18, 1968, maturing July 18, 1968; and 182-day bills dated April 18,1*968,
maturing October 17, 1968) are shown on the reverse side of this circular.



A

lfred

H ayes,

President.

( OVER)

RESULTS OF LAST W EEKLY OFFERING OF TREASURY BILLS (TW O SERIES
TO BE ISSUED APRIL 18, 1968)

Range of Accepted Competitive Bids
91 -Day Treasury Bills
Maturing July 18, 1968

182-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing October 17,1968

Price

A pprox. equiv.
annual rate

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

98.626

5.436%

97.200

5.538%

Low ......................................

98.616

5.475%

97.180

5.578%

A v e ra g e................................

98.619

5.463%!

97.185

5.568%!

High

Price

A pprox. equiv.
annual rate

1
These rates are on a bank discount basis. The equivalent coupon issue yields are 5.62 percent for the 91-day bills, and
5.81 percent for the 182-day bills.

(39 percent of the amount of 91-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

(79 percent of the amount of 182-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

Total Tenders A pplied for and Accepted (By Federal Reserve Districts)
91-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing July 18,1968
District

$

26,444,000

Applied for

Accepted

Applied for

Boston ........................ ..........

182-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing October 17,1968

$

14,444,000

$

24,883,000

Accepted

$

3,383,000

New York .................. ..........

2,213,502,000

1,044,648,000

1,678,619,000

623,658,000

Philadelphia................ ..........

33,275,000

15,785,000

14,796,000

5,786,000

Cleveland .................... ..........

54,990,000

26,847,000

35,044,000

16,179,000

R ich m on d.................... ..........

12,691,000

11,905,000

3,517,000

3,517,000

A tla n ta ........................ ..........

55,672,000

21,996,000

45,345,000

15,230,000

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

345,334,000

278,154,000

240,916,000

153,266,000

St. L o u is ...................... ..........

73,675,000

34,241,000

46,935,000

15,599,000

Minneapolis ................ ..........

17,904,000

5,904,000

17,963,000

6,463,000

Kansas C i t y ................ ..........

26,971,000

19,355,000

17,713,000

14,524,000

Dallas .......................... ..........

30,959,000

19,209,000

20,619,000

10,619,000

364,346,000

109,661,000

345,651,000

233,911,000

Chicago

San Francisco

..........

T o t a l .................

..........

$3,255,763,000

$1,602,149,000a

$2,492,001,000

a Includes $276,313,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 98.619.
b Includes $140,353,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 97.185.




$1,102,135,000b