108,000; barley, 1,147,000; oats, 3,204,000; rye, 302,000; mixed grains, 254,000; potatoes, 8,053,000. The average annual produce in hectolitres per hectare for 1896-1900 was: wheat, 233; rye, 24·1; barley, 30·1; mixed corn, 34·8; oats, 35·7; peas, 215; potatoes, 217-0 hectolitres.

On December 3, 1900, there were :-Horses, 172,999; cattle, 950,201; sheep, 998,819; goats, 214,594; swine, 165,348; reindeer, 108,784.

The value of cereals imported (including flour) was 56,824,400 kroner in The imports of animal products 1903; the principal article being rye. amounted to 12,298,800, and their exports to 57,616,000 kroner.

II. FORESTRY.

The total area covered with forests is estimated at 26,330 square miles, of which 73 per cent. is under pine trees. The State forests occupy about 3,530 square miles, administered by a forest staff under the supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture. The value of unwrought or partly wrought timber exported from Norway in 1902 was 38,294,000 kroner, and of wrought timber (mostly wood pulp) 26,475,900 kroner.

III. MINES AND MINERALS.

unimportant. The mining and metal industry of Norway is The total value of mineral products in 1902 was 6,034,000 kroner (2,225,200 in 1892); of furnace products, 1,883,000 (1,294,000 in 1892), kroner. The chief mineral products are silver, 480,000 kroner in 1902 (490,000 in 1892); copper ore, 1,463,000 kroner, pyrites, 3,083,000 kroner; iron ore, 315,000 kroner; apatite, 126,000 kroner (169,900 in 1892); felspar, Of the smelting products in 1902, 289,000 kroner (10,600,000 in 1892). silver was valued at 406,000 kroner; copper, 1,277,000 kroner. end of 1902 there existed about 30 mining establishments employing 3,515 workpeople, and 6 smelting furnaces with 280 workpeople.

At the

IV. FISHERIES.

The number of persons in 1902 engaged in cod fishery was 75,999; in summer-herring fishery, 27,782; and in mackerel fishery, 3,420.

The value of the fisheries in kroner in 1902 was cod, 12,895,000; herring, 7,922,000; mackerel, 671,000; salmon and sea trout, 962,000; other fisheries, 6,320,000; lobster, 589,000; oysters, 5,157; total, 29,364,000. The total value was in 1901, 27,593, 000 kroner; in 1900, 29,395,000 kroner

Other fisheries are the mackerel fisheries in the North Sea, the bank fisheries off the coast, and the whale, walrus, seal, and shark fisheries in the northern seas, which in 1902 produced a total of about 7,760,000 kroner.

Commerce.

The following table shows the value of the trade of Norway with different

countries in 1903 :

The total amount of the import duties collected in 1903 was 32 millions of kroner (about one-tenth in value of the total imports), divided among the principal articles as follows:-Breadstuffs, 3,136,000 kroner; coffee, 3,970,000 kroner; tea, 240,000 kroner; sugar, 7,163,000 kroner; tobacco, 4,107,000 kroner; spirits and wines, 2,359,000 kroner; manufactured goods, 3,897,000 kroner. The value of imports subject to duty (1903) was 136,740,200 kroner and of duty-free 156,065,800 kroner.

Other articles on which import duties are levied are salted meat and fish, cheese, butter, soap, candles, cutlery and metal goods, yarns and woven goods. The free list comprises iron and other metals, unwrought or in bars, plates, nails, &c.; artizan tools, industrial and agricultural implements and machinery, coal, coke, petroleum, wool, ships and boats (not for pleasure), alkali, and other chemicals, rags, unbound books, and other articles. The tariff system of Norway is quite distinct from that of Sweden.

Under the treaty of 1826 there is "the most favoured nation" treatment between the United Kingdom and Norway.

The recorded values are calculated according to information supplied by Exchange Committees and merchants. Those of imports include the invoice price, freight, packing, and insurance, but not duty; those of exports give the price free on board in Norwegian port, excluding freight and insurance, but including packing and Norwegian commercial rofit. The returns of quantities are compiled from the officially controlled declarations of importers and exporters. These declarations state the countries from which the articles re directly imported and to which they are directly exported. An article coming, for example, from the East Indies via London is recorded as coming from England. The ecorded imports include all articles imported, whether for consumption inland or for rexportation. The exports are divided into exports of Norwegian articles (special trade) nd exports of foreign articles (transit, warehousing on credit, duty-paid and duty-free rticles). A considerable part of the export trade over the land frontier between Norway nd Sweden escapes the control of the Customs' authorities.

Total imports and exports of Norwegian and foreign goods in the last ive years :

Values of imports and exports, divided into classes, for 1901-1905 :

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table produce.

4.836,500

Paper and paper

1,996,800 5.87,200 8.255,600 2.727,200 9,874.600 8,256,300 6,682.400 8.126.500 9.245.30 87,042,300 8,806,500 30,498,200 8,711,600 34,641,400 5,471,700 2,788,400 3,202,900 2,687.400 3,951,800 1,477,200 4.626.00

5,605,800

wrought or party wrought 11,288,800 Metals.

Total
Re-exports

Grand total

287 244,200 154.655.100 290,221,400 170,474.300 292,806,000 273 654 48°

10.420.800

168.100,900

24,807.600

180,642,100

19.645

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

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 :

The chief imports into and exports of British produce from and to Norway in two years, according to the Board of Trade returns, were:

The total Norwegian mercantile marine on January 1, 1904, was as follows:

The vessels entered and cleared at Norwegian ports in 1902 were as follows:

Vessels entered and cleared in 1902 at the following ports :

Number Tonnage

Number Tonnage

The total length of State Railways in 1903 was 1,276 miles, and a length of 204 miles worked by six companies; total 1,480 miles. Of the railways, 709 miles have a gauge of 4ft. 8 in.; 712 miles, 3ft. 6in.; 59 miles, 2ft. 5in.

Total receipts in the term April 1, 1902, to March 31, 1903: State railways, 12,606,401 kroner; companies, 2,755,806 kroner. Total expenses April 1, 1902, to March 31,1903 State railways, 10,540,846 kroner; com panies, 1,931,179 kroner. Goods carried April 1, 1902, to March 31, 1903: State railways, 1,985,914 tons (of 1,000 kilogs.); companies, 934,374. Passengers carried April 1, 1902, to March 31, 1903 (including season-ticket hollers): State railways, 9,122,591; companies, 1,124,730. The State railways have been constructed partly by subscription in the districts interested and partly at the expense of Government.

The following are the postal statistics:→