1822.) 
Statistical Account of Sweden and Norway. 
31l 
Ecclesiastical Establishment of Norway. 
_ 5 Bishopries, 51;Archdeaconries, 353 Pastoral Districts, 835. Parishes, 
Bishoprics, with, the Amts or Cantons coutained . 
in eache 
AGGERsHUUs, Bishopric : 
Square 
Swedish 
Miles. 
Parishes. | Inhabitants. 
— 
omprehending the whole cantons of Aggershnus, 
Smaalelmene, Hedemarken, Christiana, and 
Baskerud ; towether with the south-east half of 
372,369 
Bradsberg canton, and both Earldoms (Jarls- 
berg and Lanrvig): + 
CHRISTIANSAND, Bishopric : 
North-west half of Bradsberg canton, the whole 
of Nedenes, Mandel, and | Stavanger cantons, 
together with the parish of Roldahl, in the 
145,748 
canton of Séndre Bergenhuus «+++++++++e+-- 
BERGEN, Bishopric 3 
Half of Romsdale, and the whole of North and 
South Bergenhuus amt or canton, excepting 
the before-mentioned parish of Roldahl...- ++ 
TrRonpDHeEiM, Bishopric: 
he whole of North and South Trondheim, with 
the hair of Romsdale+ceeedccsececscececess 
NORDLAND, Bishopric : 
The whele of Finmark, and the whole of Nord- 
land canton 
weeoet tt teree 
Total of Norway.++: oobeoces 
B¢ 356. 159,978 
456.4 140,021 
i 964.5 68,354 
886,470 
2,828.8 
Sea Service. 
Seamen. 
Gun- 
mers T National. 
8,444 
93,493 
Foreign. 
13,035 
Sweden coos 
None. 
‘Norway--- 
2,260 
109 
Totals- «| »2,369} 31,957 | 13,035 
ILL EE LI PIE ELIS ODI EEE ELC EE 
The highest mountain in Norway, 
and indeed in the north of Europe, is 
Snochecttan, in the range of Dovre- 
field, in N. lat. 62° 20', which rises to 
8,337 Swedish fect, or 8,127 English 
feet aboye the sea. The line of perpe- 
fual snow in that latitude rises. to 
5,300 feet, or an English mile, above 
‘the sea, At the North Cape, in lat. 
71° 10’, it rises only to 3,600 feet. 
The Swedish mile. contains 18,000 
Swedish ells; but the Norwegian mile, 
Land Service of Sweden and Norway. 
eetets hy tS ee ee a a or inanlhin Miron Cie ee 
Artillery. Cavalry. Totals, 
se a Foreign, 
‘Sweden Se 2,400 96 guns. 4,580 | 96,001 221 83,363 116,569 
Nor way: 1,288 48 guns. 1, 070 9642 10,000 22,000 
3,686 144 guns. 5,650 35,863 93,368 138,569 
containing 18,000 Norwegian ells, con- 
tains 19,027£ Swedish ells. The geo- 
graphic mile, sixty to one degree, 
contains 3,2144 Swedish ells, and the 
English statute mile, 2,713 of the same 
ells. 
If the Parisian standard foot be 
divided into.144 equal parts, the Nor- 
wegian foot will contain 1394, the 
English foot 135, and the Swedish 1312 
of the same parts, 
—— 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
HATEV ER difference may exist 
in the opinions of politicians on 
other subjects, 1 think all are agreed 
that the more immediate cause of the 
distress, which is so general in this 
country, is the want of employment for 
the labouring (or, if you please, I will 
call them the useful,) part of the com- 
munity. Some of your correspondents 
haye 
