COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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The corresponding statement of the amounts 

 of the leading classes of merchandise exports, 

 with the aggregate amount of the minor classes, 

 and the exports of precious metals, for the port 

 of New York, for all the other ports of the 



United States together, and the sum showing 

 the total exports of the United States in each 

 class, with the details of the exportation of 

 the great staples from the port of New York, 

 is as follows : 



A. review of the prices of exports for the 

 years 1879-'80 shows an advance, compared 

 with the previous year, of 8J per cent, al- 



though still 6 per cent, below the gold prices 

 of the same articles in 1870. The total exports 

 of domestic merchandise and specie during the 



