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Show Cost of Leap Year. The fact tlmt this is leap year carries with it nu effect apt to be overlooked, which is tlmt the annual expenses of governing the nations will be considerably consider-ably increased by Iho Inclusion of tho extriidny. This comes home with tlio greatest force to those governments which have the lnrgest iirinieu to feed nnd provide tor. Tho French budget commission, at present Bitting, ia met by the fact that, the one day will add to the expenses of the war ofljco for 11KM a ft)um of nearly 800,000 francs, which will 'all be expended in rations fur the men and forage for the homes. When all the various state departments nro separately sepa-rately considered, the total huiii runs into esveral millions of, frnucs, LoipJoii Tid-lllta, J v |