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SWEDEN AND NORWAY:—NORWAY


The values of imports and exports to and from the principal Norwegian ports in the last three years were:—

Imports Exports
1895 1896 1897 1895 1896 1897
Kroner Kroner Kroner Kroner Kroner Kroner
Kristiania 117,448,800 132,432,700 144,231,100 31,713,600 33,935,500 33,655,100
Bergen 37,725,400 36,509,300 40,015,700 23,656,700 20,364,100 24,707,200
Trondhjem 16,017,300 17,887,500 18,378,400 8,658,100 9,423,900 10,840,000

The commercial intercourse between Norway and the United Kingdom, according to the Board of Trade Returns, is shown in the subjoined table, for each of the last five years:—

1893 1894 1895 1896 1897
£ £ £ £ £
Imports into U.K. from Norway 3,570,592 3,657,595 3,831,727 4,312,106 4,995,461
Exports of British prodnce to Norway 1,756,813 1,916,566 1,895,889 1,988,554 2,250,734

In 1897 the imports of timber from Norway into the United Kingdom amounted to 1,866,550 £.; fish, 612,622 £.; paper-making materials, 988,371 £.; paper, &c., 443,123 £.; ice, 248,671 £.; butter, 138,199 £. The minor imports into Great Britain comprise train oil, matches, and small quantities of iron manufactures. The chief British exports to Norway in the year 1897 were iron, wrought and unwronght, 371,800 £.; cotton manufactures and yarns 323,966 £.; coals, 497,994 £.; and woollens and worsteds and yarn, 168,172 £.; machinery, 128,142 £.

Shipping and Navigation.

The total Norwegian mercantile marine on January 1, 1898, was as follows:—

Sailing Steam Total
No. Tons No. Tons No. Tons
4—100 tons 4,096 118,404 389 11,850 4,485 130,254
100—500 tons 1,226 363,078 349 98,994 1,575 462,072
500—1,000 ,, 610 423,990 160 115,298 770 539,288
1,000—2,000 tons 206 252,237 93 128,939 299 381,173
Above 2,000 ,, 5 11,373 13 28,039 18 39,412
Total 6,143 1,169,079 1,004 383,120 7,147 1,552,199
In Foreign Trade 3,109 1,090,100 591 361,653 3,700 1,451,753