SUGAR. 



SWEDEN AND NORWAY. 717 



Ohio, 930 ; Pennsylvania, 1,101 ; Tennessee, 2 ; 

 V.Tinnni. 10.09!); Virginia, 4; West Virginia, 

 \\ i-consin. 4 total, 28,588. 



The number of licenses issued to sugar pn>- 

 dni-i T> I >y (lie Commissioner of Internal Revenue 

 for i lie year ending June 80, 1893, was as fol- 

 lows : Producers of sugar from sugarcane, 727; 

 producers of sugar from beets, 7 ; producers of 

 sugar from sorghum. 6 ; producers of sugar from 

 HIM | .If sap. 4. 240 -total. 4,980. 



The amount of sugar produced upon which 

 bounty was paid during the year ending Juno 30, 

 1892, was as follows : 



< 'am- sugar : Pounds. 



Louisiana 354,901,053 



Mississippi \'.^\:'. 



Flori.la 929,248 



Texas 8,989,567 Pounds. 



364,829,411 



Beet sugar : 



California 8,175,438 



Neliraska 2,7:34,500 



Utah 1,094,900 



12,004,838 

 Sonrhiini suirar : 



Kansas. 1,136,086 



Maple sugar 144,882 



Total 378,115,217 



The sum of $7.342,077.79 was paid as bounty 

 during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892. 

 The expense of carrying out the provision of the 

 law relating to bounty during the year was 

 $147,831.61, or about two per cent, of the amount 

 paid out. 



The amount of sugar imported into this country 

 during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, was 

 as follows : beet sugar, free of duty, 293,134,261 

 pounds ; cane or other sugar, free of duty, 3,- 

 248,494,502 pounds ; sugar not classified, above 

 No. 16, Dutch standard, dutiable, 14,880,402 

 pounds total, 3,556,509,165 pounds. 



We import cane sugar principally from Cuba, 

 Brazil, British West Indies, British Guiana, 

 Porto Rico, San Domingo, the Hawaiian Islands, 

 the Dutch East Indies, and the Philippine Islands, 

 nd beet sugar from Germany, Belgium, and 

 Austria-Hungary ; more than half of the sugar 

 imported comes from Cuba. The amount of 

 duty collected on sugar for the year ending June 

 30, 1890, was $53,992,107.55 ; for the year end- 

 ing June 30, 1891, $32,290,773.03 (three months 

 under the present tariff) ; and for the year end- 

 ing June 30, 1892, $76,795.14. 



There were no importations of sugar in 1892 at 

 any port in the United States except New York, 

 Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Orleans, 

 and San Francisco. Comparatively little sugar 

 is exported from the United States. 



The exports of sugar during the year ending 

 lime :;n. H92, amounted to 19,414,620 pounds, 

 valued at $830,045 ; most of which was refined, 

 principally to Canada, the West Indies, and the 

 Central and South American States. 



The total amount of sugar of all kinds pro- 

 dueed in the United States during the year end- 

 ing June 80, 1892, was 412,893.230 pounds. 



The consumption of sugar in the United 

 States during the year ended June 30, 1892. was 

 4,024.646,975 pounds, which, divided by 64.817,- 

 000 (estimated population Jan. 1. 1892), givrs 

 the amount consumed per capita as i'rj nil 



pounds. The consumption of sugar per capita, 

 in pounds, in Kur<>|M-an countries is as follows, 

 according to the late-t .--i im.ii< > : Germany, 

 23.9; Austria, 15.0 ; France?. 28.7 ; Kussia, 9.0; 

 Holland, 27.7; Belgium, 21.6 ; Denmark, 41.0; 

 Sweden and Norway. .".'..") : Italy, 7.9 ; Rou- 

 mania. 8.9 ; Spain, 9.4 : Portugal, 13.8 ; Eng- 

 land. 78.7 ; Bulgaria, 4.1 ; Greece, 10.1 ; Scrvia. 

 8.8 ; Turkey, 8.1 ; Switzerland. 82.9 average, 

 Europe, 22.2. 



SWKIIEN AND NORWAY, two kingdoms in 

 northern Europe, united under a common sov- 

 ereign. Common diplomacy is directed by a 

 Council of State in which both nations are rep- 

 resented. The reigning king is Oscar II., born 

 Jan. 21, 1829, who succeeded his brother, Carl 

 XV., on Sept. 18, 1872. The heir-apparent is the 

 king's oldest son, Gustaf, Duke of Wermland, 

 born June 1(5, 1858. 



Sweden. The Constitution of Sweden was 

 proclaimed June 6, 1809, and was modified June 

 22, 1866. The legislative power vests in a Diet 

 composed of two Chambers. The First Chamber 

 consists of 147 members, elected for 9 years by 

 the communes. The Second Chamber consists 

 of 228 members, elected for 3 years by direct 

 suffrage in the towns, and by direct or indirect 

 suffrage, according to the decision of the people, 

 in the rural districts. The executive is vested 

 in the king, who acts under the advice of a 

 Council of State. The following were the min- 

 isters in the beginning of 1892 : Minister of 

 State, Erik Gustaf Bastrom ; Minister of For- 

 eign Affairs. Count Carl Lewenhaupt ; Minister 

 of Justice, August Ostergren ; Minister of War, 

 Baron Nils Axel Hjalmar Palmstierna ; Minister 

 of Marine, Baron Carl Gustaf von Otter ; Min- 

 ister of the Interior, Victor Lennart Groll ; Min- 

 ister of Finance, Baron Fredrik von Essen ; 

 Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs, 

 Gunnar Wennerberg ; Ministers without depart- 

 ment, Barou Albert Lars Evert Ackerhielm and 

 Sven Herman Wikblad. 



Area and Population. The area of Sweden is 

 170,979 square miles, and the population, ac- 

 cording to the definite returns of the census 

 taken Dec. 31, 1890, is 4.784, 9S1. Of the total 

 population, 2,317,187 were males, and 2,467,794 

 females. On Dec. 31, 1891, the population was 

 estimated at 4,802,751, of whom 2.825.978 were 

 males and 2,476.773 females. The marriages in 

 1890 numbered 28,611 ; births. 187,154 : deaths. 

 85.881 ; excess of births, 51.773. In the same 

 year 34,212 persons emigrated, and 6,030 persons 

 immigrated. On Dec. 81, 1891. Stockholm had 

 a population of 250,528 ; GSteborg, 106,518 ; 

 Malmo, 49,402 ; NorrkSping. 33,431 ; Gefle, 

 24,3:57 ; Upsala. 21,441. 



Finances. The budget for 1898 estimates 

 the ordinary revenue at 20.455,000 kroner (the 

 Swedish krona and the Norwegian krone = 27* 

 cents). The extraordinary revenue is estimated 

 at <>9,000,000 kroner, of which 87.500.000 kroner 

 are derived from customs ; 7,800,000 kronor 

 from posts; 3,500,000 kronor from stamps : 1:?.- 

 700.000 kronor from impost on spirits ; 1,800,000 

 kronor from impost on beets : 4,200,000 kronor 

 from income tax ; 500,000 kronor from various 

 sources. The net profit of the State Bank in 

 181*1 amounted to 1,750,000 kronor, and the sur- 

 plus from previous years amounted to 5,818,- 



