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j,iin-t x!.!isi>.:t?7 in 1891, showing an in- 

 .'.i.O'.ll. Tin 1 fi>ivii,Mi exports of 

 .',1.1 W.MV si;.s;:;.!i;c,. n>m|>mr<l with ^M'.i.'J.HM ; 

 ..f silver. $16,046,492, .MMIIUIIV,! with $N,.V>7.M; I. 

 'I'hr fni-fi^'n imports of gold coin were $6,851,- 

 :;:;ii: ( silver coin $16,033,803; of gold bullion, 



:?: of silv.-r bullion, $11.089. The exports 

 ,',f specie over ili,-l:iinl frontiers were $1517,905, 

 rom|i;uv.l with $04.145 in 1891. 



Ni'iv iarat ion. The following table gives the 

 nimibrr Mini toiniMgo of American and foreign 

 \.-~rls in tlu> foreign trade entered at the ports 

 of the United States from the various foreign 

 countries, during the year ending June 30, 1892: 



The number and tonnage of the vessels cleared 

 at American |M>rts for foreign ports in IHOii are 

 ;, r iM'ii in the following table: 



CONGO FREE STATE, a sovereign mon- 

 archical state created in (Vntral Afrii-a by the 

 general act of the International (Ymferemf of 

 the Congo, signed at Berlin on Feb. 26. 1885. 

 The limits of the state were defined in that in- 

 strument, and it was declared neutral under an 



