Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1878 — Our Foreign Commerce. [ARTICLE]

Our Foreign Commerce.

From the monthly statement of the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics to the Secretary of the Treasury, the excess of exports over imports of merchandise appears to have been as follows: Month ended Sept. 30,1877, $15,508,339; month ended Sept. 30, 1878, $20,527,267; nine months ended Sept. 30, 1877, $54,460,334; nine months ended Sept. 30, 1878,

$209,130,487. The excess of imports over exports of gold and silver (coin and bullion) appears to have been as follows: Month ended Sept. 30, 1877, $756,771; month ended Sept. 30, 1878, $923,703. The excess of exports over imports of gold and silver (coin and bullion) during the nine months ended Sept. 30, 1877, amounted to $24,706,780, but the excess of imports over exports of gold and silver (coin and bullion) during the nine months ended Sept. 30, 1878, amounted to $321,960. — Washington telegram.