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The following is a condensed statement of 

 exports from the United States for the calen- 

 dar years 1872 and 1876: 



It is the largest exportation the country ever 

 enjoyed, and is $180,000,000 more than in 

 1872. The balance in favor of the United 

 States in 1876 was $226,000,000. The table 

 shows that the products of the farms and of 

 the soil constitute five-sixths of the whole 

 amount of exports, and that the American 

 position in the trade of the world is, in the 

 main, simply that of a great agricultural nation. 



CONGREGATION ALISTS. The following 

 is a summary of the statistics of the Congrega- 

 tional churches in the United States for 1875, 

 na they are given in the Congregational Quar- 

 terly for January, 1876 : 



To the total number of ministers should be 

 added 126 foreign missionaries, who are not 

 included in the table. 



The number of licentiates was 258; number 

 of baptisms of adults, 8,743; of baptisms of 

 infants, 6,184; total number of persons in 

 Sunday-schools, 401,838; amount of charita- 

 ble contributions (2,418 churches reporting), 

 $1,241,014.39 ; amount of home expenditures 

 (1,020 churches reporting), $1,388,446.74. 



The following is a summary of the statistics 

 of the Congregational theological seminaries 

 in the United States for the year 1875-76 : 



The annual meeting of the American Congre- 

 gational Union was held in New York City, 

 May 12th. The treasurer reported that his 

 total receipts for the year ending May 1st had 

 been $46,816.94, which with the balance of 

 $3,580, which was in the treasury at the begin- 



