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SWEDEN AND NORWAY. 



000 kroner. The total expenditures were esti- 

 mated at 97,023,000 kroner, of which 1,320,000 

 kroner was for the civil list ; 3.887,900 kroner 

 for justice; 606.750 kroner for foreign affairs; 

 21,069,700 kroner for the army ; 6,539,090 kroner 

 for the navy ; 4,803,612 kronor for the interior ; 

 12,559.958 kronor for public worship and in- 

 struction ; 2,915.550 kronor for pensions ; 16,- 

 534,966 kronor for finances. The extraordinary 

 expenditures amounted to 15,739,474 kronor, 

 of which 4,028,310 kronor is for the army 

 and navy. The expenses on the public debt 

 amounted to 10,463.300 kronor, while 250,000 

 kronor represents the reserved fund for the 

 construction of a building for the Legislature and 

 the State Bank ; 100,000 kronor the fund for insur- 

 ance of workers against accidents; and 227,700 

 kronor were carried to the floating capital of the 

 state. The public debt amounted on January 1, 

 1892, to 258,071,781 kronor. 



Commerce. The total value of imports in 

 1890 amounted to 377.188,000 kronor and the ex- 

 ports to 304,592,000 kronor. Of the total im- 

 ports those from Norway amounted to 32,833,000 

 kronor ; from Finland, 6,981,000 kronor ; from 

 Russia, 22,737,000 kronor ; from Denmark, 44,- 

 084,000 kronor ; from Germany, 118,322,000 

 kronor ; from the Netherlands, 9,638,000 kronor ; 

 from Belgium, 10,101,000 kronor ; from Great 

 Britain, 108,869,000 kronor ; from France, 7,933,- 

 000 kronor ; from the United States, 8,183,000 

 kronor ; from all other countries, 7,507,000 kro- 

 nor. Of the exports 18,093,000 kronor went to 

 Norway ; 7,907,000 kronor to Finland ; 3,940.000 

 kronor to Russia ; 33,231.000 kronor to Denmark ; 

 36,677,000 kronor to Germany ; 16.278.000 kro- 

 nor to the Netherlands ; 11,020,000 kronor to Bel- 

 gium ; 137,403,000 kronor to great Britain ; 24,- 

 422,000 kronor to France ; 7,430,000 kronor to 

 Spain; 919,000 kronor to the United States; 

 and 7,272,000 kronor to all other countries. 

 The imports of articles of consumption amounted 

 to 113,500,000 kronor, consisting of cereals for 

 30,300,000 kronor ; of spirits for 8,100,000 kro- 

 nor; of colonial goods for 40,500,000 kronor; 

 of tobacco for 9,100,000 kronor ; of animals and 

 animal victuals for 17,800,000 kronor ; of fruits 

 and legumes for 5,200.000 kronor ; of salt for 

 2,500,000 kronor. The exports of articles of 

 consumption amounted to 72,100,000 kronor, 

 of which cereals were of the value of 8,900,- 

 000 kronor ; spirits, 3,300,000 kronor ; colonial 

 goods, 500,000 kronor ; animals and animal 

 victuals, 58,400,000 kronor ; fruits and legumes. 

 1,000,000 kronor. Imports of raw materials 

 amounted to 90,400,000 kronor, consisting of 

 coal to the value of 30,600,000 kronor ; metals, 

 7.600,000 kronor; hides and skins, 12,500,000 

 kronor ; textiles, 28,200,000 kronor ; wood, 2,- 

 700,000 kronor ; minerals, 8,800,000 kronor. Ex- 

 ports of raw materials amounted to 153,000,000 

 kronor. including 36,800,000 kronor for metals ; 

 1,400,000 kronor for hides and skins; 108,600,- 

 000 kronor for lumber ; and 6,000,000 for miner- 

 als. The imports of manufactured goods amounted 

 to 128,800,000 kronor, of which 1,800,000 kro- 

 nor were for glassware ; 14,600,000 kronor 

 for metal wares ; 74,600,000 kronor for textiles ; 

 5,300,000 kronor for paper ; 21,100,000 kronor 

 for machines, ships, and wagons; and 11,400,- 

 000 kronor for other manufactures. The ex- 



ports of manufactured goods, of the value of 

 71.100,000 kronor, consisted of glassware of 

 the value of 1,600,000 kronor; metal wares, 

 5,100,000 kronor; textiles. 8.400,000 kronor; 

 paper, 23,400,000 kronor ; machines, ships, and 

 wagons, 5,500,000 kronor ; and other manu- 

 factures, 27,100,000 kronor. The imports of 

 oils, drugs and chemicals, and other miscellane- 

 ous merchandise amounted to 43,000,000 kronor. 

 and the exports to 8,300,000 kronor. The im- 

 ports of precious metals amounted to 600,000 

 kronor, and the exports to 100,000 kronor. 



Navigation. The number of vessels entered 

 at Swedish ports during the year 1890 was 31,005 

 of 5,373,000 tons, of which 14,256 of 1,812,000 

 tons were Swedish ; 2,430 of 494,000 tons Nor- 

 wegian, and 14,319 of 3,067,000 tons belonged to 

 other nationalities. Of the total number 11,899 

 vessels of 2,435,000 tons were with cargoes. 

 Included in the total are 13,343 steamers of 

 3,845,000 tons. The number of vessels cleared 

 was 29,078 of 5,394,000 tons, of which 12,709 of 

 1,813,000 tons were Swedish, 2,428 of 508,000 

 tons Norwegian, and 13,94 1 of 3,073,000 tons 

 were of other nationality. Of the total num- 

 ber of vessels cleared 13,319 of 3,867,000 tons 

 were steamers ; and 20,067 vessels of 4,030,000 

 tons cleared with cargoes. 



The merchant navy on Jan. 1, 1891, consisted 

 of 3,874 vessels of 510,947 tons, as compared 

 with 3,822 vessels of 504,679 tons in 1890. Of 

 the total number, 2,858 of 369,680 tons were 

 sailing vessels, and 1,016 of 141,267 tons were 

 steamers. 



Communications. The length of the Swedish 

 railroads at the end of 1891 was 8,279 kilome- 

 ters, of which 2,742 kilometers were owned by 

 the state, and 5,537 kilometers by private com- 

 panies. 



The length of telegraph lines, in 1891, was 

 12,688 kilometers, with a length of wire of 37- 

 9-14 kilometers. Of these the Government owns 

 8,938 kilometers of line and 23,836 kilometers of 

 wire. There were expedited during the year 

 1,164,167 domestic dispatches; 655,267 interna- 

 tional dispatches ; 202,501 messages were in 

 transit ; and 75,975 were telegrams of the ser- 

 vice. The receipts were 2,034,015 and the ex- 

 penses 1,986,660 francs. 



The post-office forwarded 44,044,000 domestic 

 letters, 12,287,000 international letters, and 205,- 

 000 letters in transit ; 4,942,000 domestic postal 

 cards, 754,000 international postal cards, and 

 17,000 postal cards in transit ; 3,171.000 pieces 

 domestic printed matter, 3,272,000 pieces inter- 

 national printed matter, and 58,000 pieces of 

 printed matter in transit ; 1,666,000 domestic 

 money letters of the declared value of 610,503,000 

 francs, 220.000 international money letters of 

 the declared value of 50,687,000 francs, and 

 2,000 money letters of the declared value of 

 587,000 francs in transit. The receipts amounted 

 to 10,504,301 francs, and the expenditures to 

 9,843,602 francs. 



Extraordinary Session of the Diet. A spe- 

 cial session of the Swedish Diet was called for, 

 Oct. 18, 1892, to discuss a bill, prepared by 

 the Minister of War, for the reorganization of 

 the army. The constant and increasing arma- 

 ments of the large Powers compel the smaller 

 countries to increase their -war effective, if not 



