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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF N EW YORK

Fiscal Agent of the United States
Circular No. 8483*1
December 29, 1978

Offering of $3,200,000,000 of 364-Day Treasury Bilis
Dated January 9, 1979
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Due January 8, 1980
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Following is the text of a notice issued yesterday by the Treasury Department:
The Department of the Treasury, by this public notice, invites tenders
for approximately $3,200 million, of 364-day Treasury bills to be dated
January 9, 1979, and to mature January 8, 1980 (CUSIP No. 912793 3C8).
This issue will not provide new cash for the Treasury as the maturing
issue is outstanding in the amount of $3,205 million. Additional amounts
of the bills may be issued to Federal Reserve Banks as agents of foreign
and international monetary authorities.
The bills will be issued for cash and in exchange for Treasury bills
maturing January 9,1979. The public holds $1,701 million of the maturing
issue and $1,504 million is held by Federal Reserve Banks for themselves
and as agents of foreign and international monetary authorities. Tenders
from Federal Reserve Banks for themselves and as agents of foreign and
international monetary authorities will be accepted at the weighted
average price of accepted competitive tenders.
The bills will be issued on a discount basis under competitive and
noncompetitive bidding, and at maturity their par amount will be payable
without interest. This series of bills will be issued entirely in book-entry
form in a minimum amount of $10,000 and in any higher $5,000 multiple,
on the records either of the Federal Reserve Banks and Branches, or of
the Department of the Treasury.
Tenders will be received at Federal Reserve Banks and Branches and
at the Bureau of the Public Debt, Washington, D.C. 20226, up to 1:30
p.m., Eastern Standard time, Wednesday, January 3, 1979. Form PD
4632-1 should be used to submit tenders for bills to be maintained on the
book-entry records of the Department of the Treasury.
Each tender must be for a minimum of $10,000. Tenders over $10,000
must be in multiples of $5,000. 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.
Banking institutions and dealers who make primary markets in
Government securities and report daily to the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York their positions in and borrowings on such securities may
submit tenders for account of customers, if the names of the customers
and the amount for each customer are furnished. Others are only per­
mitted to submit tenders for their own account.
Payment for the full par amount of the bills applied for must ac­
company all tenders submitted for bills to be maintained on the bookentry records of the Department of the Treasury. A cash adjustment will
be made on all accepted tenders for the difference between the par pay­

ment submitted and the actual issue price as determined in the auction.
No deposit need accompany tenders from incorporated banks and
trust companies and from responsible and recognized dealers in invest­
ment securities for bills to be maintained on the book-entry records of
Federal Reserve Banks and Branches. A deposit of 2 percent of the par
amount of the bills applied for must accompany tenders for such bills
from others, unless an express guaranty of payment by an incorporated
bank or trust company accompanies the tenders.
Public announcement will be made by the Department of the
Treasury of the amount and price range of accepted bids. Competitive
bidders will be advised of the acceptance or rejection of their tenders. The
Secretaty of the Treasury expressly reserves the right to accept or reject
any or all tenders, in whole or in part, and the Secretary's action shall be
final. Subject to these reservations, noncompetitive tenders for $500,000
or less without stated price from any one bidder will be accepted in full at
the weighted average price (in three decimals) of accepted competitive
bids.
Settlement for accepted tenders for bills to be maintained on the
book-entry records of Federal Reserve Banks and Branches must be made
or completed at the Federal Reserve Bank or Branch on January 9, 1979,
in cash or other immediately available funds or in Treasury bills maturing
January 9, 1979. 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.
Under Sections 454(b) and 1221(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1954 the amount of discount at which these bills are sold is considered to
accrue when the bills are sold, redeemed or otherwise disposed of, and the
bills are excluded from consideration as capita! assets. Accordingly, the
owner of these bills (other than life insurance companies) must include in
his or her Federal income tax return, as ordinary gain or loss, the differ­
ence between the price paid for the bills, whether on original issue or on a
subsequent purchase, and the amount actually received either upon sale
or redemption at maturity during the taxable year for which the return is
made.
Department of the Treasury Circulars, Public Debt Series— Nos.
26-76 and 27-76, and this notice, prescribe the terms of these Treasury
bills and govern the conditions of their issue. Copies of the circulars and
tender forms may be obtained from any Federal Reserve Bank or Branch,
or from the Bureau of the Public Debt.

Tenders will be received up to 1:30 p.m., Eastern Standard time, Wednesday, January 3, 1979, at the Securities
Department of this Bank's Head Office, at our Buffalo Branch, or at the Bureau of the Public Debt. The enclosed form
should be used for submitting tenders through a financial institution. Forms for submitting tenders directly to the
Treasury are available from the Government Bond Division of this Bank. Tenders not requiring a deposit may be sub­
mitted by telegraph, subject to written confirmation; no tenders may be submitted by telephone. Payment /br the
Treasury bibs cannot be made by credit through the Treasury 7nx ant? Loan Account. Jett/emeut must be made in cash
or other immediately avabab/e ^unds or in maturing Treasury bids.
PAUL A. VOLCKER,
President.