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the Government in the profits of the national 

 bank for 1900, amounting to 2,000,000 kroner, is 

 also counted in the receipts for 1902. The total 

 -expenditures were estimated at 150,143,000 kro- 

 nor, of which 1,321,000 kronor are ordinary and 

 100,000 extraordinary expenses of the royal house- 

 hold, 3,852,420 kronor ordinary and 120,750 kro- 

 nor extraordinary expenses of the Ministry of Jus- 

 tice, 652,050 kronor ordinary and 19,650 kronor 

 extraordinary expenses of the Ministry of Foreign 

 Affairs, 33,775,094 kronor ordinary and 12,546,806 

 kronor extraordinary expenses of the army, 10,- 

 461,982 kronor ordinary and 10,983,043 kronor ex- 

 traordinary expenses of the navy, 19,319,100 kro- 

 nor ordinary and 7,396,000 kronor extraordinary 

 expenses of the Ministry of the Interior, 7,299,821 

 kronor ordinary and 985,179 kronor extraordinary 

 expenses of the Ministry of Finance, 4,680,915 

 kronor ordinary and 1,558,725 kronor extraordi- 

 nary expenses of the Ministry of Agriculture, 

 3,649,115 kronor ordinary and 1,540,000 kronor 

 extraordinary expenses for pensions, 6,152,000 kro- 

 nor extraordinary expenditure on railroads, 11,- 

 888,000 kronor expenditure for interest and 

 amortization of debt and for the Diet, 1,400,000 

 kronor a reserve for the insurance of working men 

 against sickness, and 250,000 kronor a reserve for 

 the insurance of working men against accidents. 

 The ordinary expenses of the Ministry of the In- 

 terior are 2,815,467 kronor for administration, 12,- 

 020,000 kronor for the post-office, 1,610,000 kronor 

 for telegraphs, 1,717,224 kronor for public health, 

 and 1,156,409 kronor for other purposes. The ordi- 

 nary expenditures of the Ministry of Finance 

 were 2,982,000 kronor for customs, 450,000 kronor 

 for excise, and 3,867,821 kronor for other pur- 

 poses. The ordinary expenses of the Ministry of 

 Agriculture were 2,200,000 kronor for forests and 

 2,380,915 kronor for other purposes. 



The public debt outstanding on Jan. 1, 1901, 

 amounted to 337,898,733 kronor, consisting of 48,- 

 799,500 kronor of the internal loan at 3f per 

 cent, of 1887 and 289,099,233 kronor of foreign 

 debt, of which 97,029,900 kronor borrowed in 1880, 

 57,886,667 ' kronor borrowed in 1886, 32,371,555 

 kronor borrowed in 1890, and 36,000,000 kronor 

 borrowed in 1899 paid 3 per cent., 25,111,111 

 kronor borrowed in 1888 paid 3 per cent., and 22,- 

 700,000 kronor raised in 190C paid 4 per cent. 



Commerce and Production. The cereal crops 

 of Sweden in 1899 had a total value of 252,300,000 

 kronor. The yield of rye was 7,554,100 hectoli- 

 ters; of wheat, 1,561,200 hectoliters; of barley, 

 4,119,900 hectoliters; of oats; 18,923,100 hectoli- 

 ters; of pulse, 678,500 hectoliters; of potatoes, 

 11,955,400 hectoliters. The number of horses in 

 Sweden on Jan. 1, 1899, was 522,858; of cattle, 

 2,581,667; of sheep, 1,291,482; of pigs, 816,217. 

 1 he number of farms in 1898 was 334,360, of which 

 74,293 were under 2 hectares, 215,514 between 2 

 and 20, 32,681 from 20 to 100, and 3,222 over 100 

 hectares. The quantity of iron ore mined in 1899 

 was 2,434,606 tons. The production of pig iron 

 was 489,231 tons; of bar iron, 335,706 tons. The 

 exports of iron ore in 1898 were 1,439,860 tons; 

 of pig iron, 91,719 tons; of bar iron, 162,862 tons. 

 The quantity of silver-lead ore mined in 1899 was 

 5,730 tons ; of copper ore, 22,334 tons ; of zinc ore, 

 65,159 tons; of manganese ore, 2,622 tons. The 

 production of gold was 106 kilograms; of silver, 

 2,290 kilograms; of lead, 1,606,187 kilograms; of 

 copper, 178,855 kilograms. The quantity of coal 

 raised was 239,344 tons. The number of persons 

 employed in mining of all kinds in 1899 was 

 29,814. 



The total value of imports in 1899 was 504,- 

 788,000 kronor, and of exports 358,185,000 kronor. 



The imports of coal were valued at 64,679,000 

 kroner; rye and wheat, 37,212.000 kronor; ma- 

 chinery, 28,297,000 kronor; iron manutactures, 

 21,733,000 kronor; coilw:, 20,f)7.-),000 kronor; 

 woolen goods, 16,006,000 kronor; hides arid skins, 

 15,299,000 kronor; woolen yarn, 12,4.~>'.i,000 kro- 

 nor; petroleum, 12,339,000 kronor; wool', 10740- 

 000 kronor; cotton, 9,176,000 kronor; fi-,!i, 9,170,- 

 000 kronor; fertilizers, 8,850,000 kronor; vessels 

 8,330,000 kronor; vegetable oils, 7,402,000 kronor; 

 cotton goods, 7,199,000 kronor; pork products', 

 6,549,000 kronor; tobacco, 5,978,000 kronor; .-ilk 

 goods, 5,720,000 kronor; bran, 5,058,000 kronor; 

 oil-cake, 4,813,000 kronor; wood manufactures, 

 4,751,000 kronor; iron, 4,751,000 kronor; paper, 

 4,746,000 kronor; wine, 4,696,000 kronor; cotton 

 yarn, 4,402,000 kronor. The exports of timber 

 were valued at 140,118,000 kronor; iron, 54,040,- 

 000 kronor; butter, 39,450,000 kronor; wood-pulp, 

 20,726,000 kronor; machinery, 9,947,000 kronor; 

 paper, 9,744,000 kronor; granite, 9,688,000 kro- 

 nor; joinery, 9,270,000 kronor; iron manufactures, 

 7,813,000 kronor; oats; 3,995,000 kronor. 



The foreign commerce was distributed among 

 different countries in 1899 as shown in the fol- 

 lowing table, giving the values in kronor of the 

 imports from and exports to each country: 



Navigation. The number of vessels entered 

 at Swedish ports during 1899 was 34,208, of 

 6,186,000 tons; of which 17,477, of 3,111,000 tons, 

 were Swedish, 2,200, of 908,000 tons, were Nor- 

 wegian, and 14,531, of 4,167,000 tons, were for- 

 eign. The total number cleared was 34,292, of 

 8,199,000 tons, of which 17,567, of 3,160,000 tons, 

 were Swedish, 2,270, of 912,000 tons, were Nor- 

 wegian, and 14,465, of 4,127,000 tons, were foreign. 

 Of the total number entered 14,706, of 3,866,000 

 tons, and of those cleared 22,006, of 5,780,000 tons, 

 were with cargoes. The number of steamers 

 among the vessels entered was 15,924, of 6,900,000 

 tons, of which 6,050, of 3,253,000 tons, were with 

 cargoes; the number of steamers cleared was 

 15,916, of 6,898,000 tons, of which 8,047, of 4,601,- 

 000 tons, carried cargoes. The merchant navy 

 on Jan. 1, 1900, consisted of 2,040 sailing vessels, 

 of 289,248 tons, and 872 steamers, of 298,421 tons. 



Railroads, Posts, and Telegraphs. The 

 railroads of Sweden had on Jan. 1, 1901, a total 

 length of 6,865 miles, of which 4,535 miles be- 

 longed to the Government. 



The post-office in 1899 carried 70,914,000 in- 

 ternal, 15,915,000 international, and 412,000 tran- 

 sit letters; 8,970,000 internal, 1,604,000 interna- 

 tional, and 55,000 transit postal cards; 133,378,- 

 000 internal, 8,188,000 international, and 177,000 

 transit newspapers and circulars; and 3,794,000 

 internal registered letters and postal orders re- 

 mitting 842,114,000 francs and 388 in the inter- 

 national service, remitting 68,773,000 francs. The 



