The Balance Of Trade

Here are a couple of instructivo tables íor tiloso who huw any knowleilge of commercial statisties. They aro taken f rom the late returns of the Bureau of Statisties tor the year past. The first table shows the exporta of the last eight years : DoinMtnl'"'. pro&andmdM. Specie, Total. 1K7Ü f.V.HI,B21,7M í.-C,:4,4."i í(Ul.,'J7C,.'.lH lK7.- . . 610,97,222 79,30:),.''14 B90,M0,Wi 1874 .(il.S7:l.(is 70,727,07 4II.-,iki. 17:1 1873 606,190,6M 60,92,47 1568,792,061 1H72 419,5R1,Ï3!) 95,584,418 515,146,652 1871 4mi.3.V2,088 77,440,470 6ST,79Í,5Í8 1870 403,488,172 80,950,725 484,4:)8,8U7 1869 3:t(,94fi,IK18 56,785,091 893,781,999 The following is a eomparative showing of the imports of merohandise and specie rospectively for the last eiglit cale&dar years : Mi'rcli(()diw. Qpeefa, Total. 187f, t42fi,fil2,70fi $:!4.47il,:i!l7 $401,093,103 IN-:. 508,010,181 ■J'2,775,04!) MS,786,180 1874 . 53,166,884 ir.,253,804 .■77,41ü,l:i8 1m7:s 661,808,360 27528,838 689,335,098 1872 -,ll.:lfl7.4:i( 19,624,799 34,(122,21 1871 578,Ul099 16,804,416 589,916,614 1871) 481,090,303 26,606,370 486,696,673 186!!.!!.... 488,S8S,BM -.m.ms8,427 461,434,421