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ing its operation in later years. In this study it will be best to 

 treat of Sweden and ^N^orway separately, for during recent years 

 the developments have been so different in the two countries 

 that what can be said regarding one can rarely be said of the 

 other. 



SWEDEN. 



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Sweden needs the less part of our attention, not because the 

 Gothenburg system has worked less efficiently there, but because 

 the recent developments of her liquor problem have not been 

 much different from the developments of the years so elaborately 

 discussed by Dr. Gould. 



One surprise, however, meets us in the study of the operation 

 of the Swedish Samlag system. Instead of finding a continued 

 decrease of intemperance, we find a slight increase. From the 

 Swedish official statistics I take the following table which shows 

 the amount of spirituous liquors consumed for each of the later 

 years : 



In seeking causes for the increase of inebriety sho\^ai in this 

 table let us first ask whether there have been in these years more 

 saloons for the sale of spirituous liquors. The following table 

 procured from the same Swedish Statistical Bureau will an- 

 swer: 



