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ments that the carriers could find more cargo from the United 
States to the Netherlands than vice versa. The general state- 
ment then that American imports from the Netherlands were 
somewhat below the exports to the same country must here 
suffice. Since the exports to the Netherlands have been ascer- 
tained for some years and estimated for others, one must fix 
upon a slightly lower figure, than these, for the imports, and 
be satisfied with that result. 
