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Show OUR EXPORT TRADE. Statement For Year 1HOH Shows a lie. markable l!xp4mlon. Washington, Jan. 14. Tho bureau of statistics has made publlo Its monthly statement of exports of hreadsttiiTs, provisions, Including cattle and hogs, cotton and mineral oils. The statement state-ment shows a remarkahlo expansion of our oxport trade in these things for tho calendar year 1808, the total being 8708,007,201, against 8003,010,747 for tho year 1807, which nas lu Its turn much tho largest for any year since 1802, when our total exports of bread-stuffs, bread-stuffs, provisions, itc., aggregated 8071,503,571. For December, 1808, tho total exports of the country was 803,-273,500, 803,-273,500, against 8SH,010,000 for December, Decem-ber, 1807. |