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Show The exports of gold from this country, coun-try, mostly to France, for the period from April 7th to May 21st amounted to J67.37&.000. Of this the U. S. troasury furnished $-6,000,000. and will doubtless furnish conalderabty more beforo the gold export movement subsides. But there Is plenty loft, and a lot of It will come back In the fall. The new gold flowlne Into the channels of trade to take the placa of the gold exported, makes a very good showing; the gold sent In from Japan and the new gold produced from our mines held thing fairly level, and It won't be long until we are aa atrong In gold again as ever. - The "United States ran a very close race with Great Britain In the year 103 for primacy in export. The flg-uroa flg-uroa for the United States that year were iLH7.i7e.0O0. Great Britain's llg-uroe llg-uroe were JM1M1S,0M. During tha past few years the United States has been several times slightly in the lead of the United Kingdom, but tho preent j year appears to ko tbla country de-J ctslvely In the lead. The llcal year ending June 3)tb will show this country coun-try so far ahead In exports that Great Britain will probably never again catch up within halting d Is lance. The figures for the tlrst nine months of the rtecal yoer give th exports of the United States at 11.1 670, ami Great Britain's as U.071S.3, a superiority su-periority of ns.702.301 tor the peaple of this country, and this will undoubt edly be Increased by the end of June. Those figures are up to March -Lot. nnd pur exports for April broke the record. So that tho estimau of a large value for our exports over those of Great Britain for this fiscal year ennnot hut b fulfilled. |