Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1878 — Imports and Exports. [ARTICLE]

Imports and Exports.

The following is a statement of imports and exports during the nine months of the fiscal year ending March 31,1878: Merchandise exports, domestic $522,081,923 Merchandise exports, foreign 10,449,207 Total $533,031,130 Imports 329,801,629 Excess of exports over imports $202,229,501 Specie and bullion exports 23,036,092 Imports... 19,749,849 Excess of exports over imports $ 3,216,243 Total ex cess of exports over imports, specie ana merchandise 206,545,744 The Redemption Agency. The following is a statement of the operations of the National Redemption Agency for last month and the ten months ending with April, as compared with the corresponding periods of last year : National-Bank Notes Disposed of. Month. Ten Months. Notes fit for circulation assorted and returned to the banks of issue $ 7,758,100 $120,550,000 Notes unfit for circulation assorted and delivered to the Comptroller of the Currency for destruction and replaced with new notes 4,015,400 30,651,900 Notes of failed, liquidating and reducing banks deposited in the treasury... 942,C00 8,776,600 Totals for 1878 $12,715,500 $168,877,500 Totais for 1877 18,334,600 184,090,600 Decrease $ 5,619,100 $ 15,213,000