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length of the state telegraph-lines was 7,848 

 kilometres; and of telegraph-wires, 18,633. 



The imports and exports were as follows in 

 1873 (value in crowns) : 



The movement of shipping in 1873 was : 



In the budget for 1876 the revenue and ex- 

 penditures were estimated at 95,676,013 crowns. 



The public debt, at the end of 1874, amount- 

 ed to 130,477,920 crowns. 



The commercial navy 

 was, according to the ship- 

 ping list of 1875, as fol- 

 lows : 2,467 sailing-ves- 

 sels, of 119,604 new lasts ; 

 and 461 steam vessels, of 

 17,958 new lasts, and 20,- 

 421 horse-power. 



The navy, which was 

 entirely reorganized in 

 1866-'67, consisted, at the 

 beginning of 1875, of 34 

 steamers, 10 sailing-ves- 

 sels, 87 galleys : total, 131 

 vessels, of 412 guns. The 

 navy was officered and 

 manned according to the 

 reorganization of August 

 27, 1875, as follows : 1. 

 By the "Royal Navy;" 2. 

 By the "Reserve;" 3. 

 Bythe"Bevaring." The 

 Royal Navy comprises 2 

 rear-admirals, 6 com- 

 manders, 20 commodore captains, 43 captains, 

 69 first and second lieutenants, and 5,991 sail- 

 ors, carpenters, and petty officers. The reserve 

 consists of 76 officers, 30 petty officers, and 15 

 engineers, and the "Bevaring" of 40,000 men. 



The aggregate length of railroads in opera- 

 tion, on September 1, 1875, was 3,600 kilo- 

 metres; of those in course of construction, 

 2,600 kilometres (1 kilometre = 0.62 mile). 

 The number of post-offices in 1873 was 641. 

 The revenue amounted to 3,170,561 riksdalers; 

 the expenditures to 2,869,986. The aggregate 



BERGEN, NORWAY. 



The area of Norway is 122,280 square miles. 

 The population was, in 1874, estimated at 1,- 

 796,000. The following towns had, in 1870, a 

 population of more than 10,000 inhabitants: 

 Christiania, 66,657 (in 1872 about 70,000, 

 and with the. suburbs 80,000); Bergen, 30,- 

 252; Drontheim, 20,858; Stavanger, 16,053; 

 Drammen, 15,458; Ohristiansand, 11,468. The 

 revenue in 1874 amounted to 9,053,000 specie 

 dalers (1 specie daler = $1.11), and the expen- 



* 1 Swedish last = 8.27 tons. 



