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statement of llie cxixirts of ayrleuUural i)roducts of the United States, ^c. — Continued, 



RECAPITULATION. 



It must be borne in mind that the values of 1879 are, with the excep- 

 tion of a few months, on a specie basis, while those of the preceding 

 years are on a currency basis. Thus it api>ears at first glance tliat the 

 total exports of the country had decreased, since June 30, 1878, from 

 $722,811,815 to $717,093,777 ; whereas if taken on a specie basis there 

 was an increase of 2^ per cent., and the figures would read for 1878, 

 $680,709,268, and $698,340,790 for 1879, and an increase of $17,031,522. 

 The increase in value of agricultural exports, as shown in the above 

 tables, is very considerable, and shows a steady increase year by year. 

 Thus the proportion of agricultural matter to the total export of the 

 country is 84, against 82 per cent, last year, and 76 in 1877. The ex- 

 ports of dairy products show a gTcat increase, and the following table 

 will show the quantity and value exported since 1870. Fully three- 

 fourths of the ex])ort is to Great Britain, the balance to British America 

 and the West Indies : 



Exj^ovts of dairy producia. 



A good idea of the great advance of the country is given in the follow- 

 ing table showing the exports of agricultural products since twenty years : 



