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By the payment of $4,028,085 the British Government has reduced its debt to the United States to the round figures of $4,600,000,000. According to an unofficial statement the payment was made in gold and was placed to the credit of the United States in the Federal Reserve Bank of the District of New York. It is understood that J. P. Morgan & Co. handled the transaction.

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