SWEDEN AND NORWAY. 



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In the budget for 1876 the revenue and 

 expenditures were estimated at 78,258,000 

 crowns (1 crown = $0.26$-). 



The public debt, on December 81, 1875, 

 amounted to 140,146,936 crowns. 



The imports and exports in 1874 were as 

 follows (value in crowns) : 



The movement of shipping, in 1874, was as 

 follows : 



The commercial navy, at the close of 1874, 

 consisted of 3,719 sailing-vessels of 136,432 

 lasts, and 649 steamers of 18,922 horse-power, 

 and 23,018 lasts. 



The railroads in operation, at the close of 



1875, comprised 1,509 kilometres Government 

 and 2,717 kilometres private roads. There were 

 2,900 kilometres in course of construction. 



The number of post-offices, in 1875, was 

 1,820; the number of letters sent in 1874, 16,- 

 250,000, and the number of valuable letters, 

 1,980,000. The total receipts amounted to 

 8,650,000 crowns, and the expenditures to 

 8,700,000 crowns. 



In 1875, the length of lines of the Govern- 

 ment telegraphs was 7,959 kilometres, and of 

 wires, 19,377 kilometres. The number of sta- 

 tions was 170. There were, besides, 150 sta- 

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tions belonging to the railroads, and 201 be- 

 longing to private associations. The number 

 of telegrams sent was 645,913 inland, 296,429 

 international, and 67,197 transit dispatches. 

 The receipts amounted to 1,958,109 crowns. 



The area of Norway is 122,280 square miles. 

 A census of the population is taken every ten 

 years. The kingdom is divided into twenty 

 amis or provinces, or six t\ft- or dioceses. 

 The area and the actual population of each of 

 these, according to the census of December 81, 

 1875, were as follows : 



*T8wedUhTlast = 8.27 English tons. 



