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Show PHILIPPINE TRADE. Cautlaauus lni,rtveu.etil Mines tha Ineep-llue Ineep-llue of llur t'umrol. The Import and export flgurra of the Phlllpploe archipelago, ending June to, 11103, show a conlluitauce of the Improvement Im-provement lu trade that haa prevailed alnce the inception of Ihe United Sintea control. During the flacal year lw; there waa Imported merchandise, exclusive of gold and silver, to the value of ';'.HI,M3, an Increase of nearly I'.'.iioo.oiio over the same period of 11HH. The export flgureauf the archipelago In thr fiscal year lllo'J were larger wllb but two exceptions, 1H70 aod UK), than In auy year of He history. The last fiscal veer shows an Increase In-crease ever IWH, l?J,017,7B worlh of merchandise being exported, of which the Untied Kingdom end the United Hlatea received nearly in, noo.ooo In practically equal proporliona. |