54 TEN YEAKS IN SWEDEN. 



According to the Customs' returns in 1862, the export 

 and import of corn, from Sweden, was as follows : 



EXPORT. 



92,044 cubic feet of wheat. 

 225,648 rye. 



1,086,225 barley and malt. 



50,121 pease. 



2,748 vetches. 



37 mixed corn. 



6,296,468 oats. 



Or, altogether, 7,753,291 cubic feet of corn, and 6,169 

 cwt. of meal. 



IMPOET. 



120,384 cubic feet of wheat. 

 1,981,733 rye. 



237,316 barley and malt. 



90,755 pease. 



635 vetches. 



11 buck wheat. 



7,268 oats. 



Or, altogether, 2,438,102 cubic feet of corn, and 229,090 

 cwt. of meal. 



Supposing that one cwt. of meal answers to three-fifths 

 of a cubic foot of unground corn, so we may reckon the 

 export of corn at 7,756,992 cubic feet, and the import at 

 2,575,556 cubic feet. 



The export consequently exceeded the import by 

 5,181,436 cubic feet; but as this surplus chiefly consisted 

 of oats, and a good deal of the imported corn must be 

 reckoned as of more proportionate value than the exported, 

 we cannot calculate safely that the surplus export was of 

 more value to the land than about 5,000,000 rix-dollars, or 

 less than 250,000 English. 



This export comes chiefly from Skane, West and East 

 Gotland, and the four provinces around the lake Malar. 



The Swedish farmers are just now calling loudly for pro- 



