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SWEDEN AND NORWAY:—SWEDEN


The number of paupers assisted in 1860 was 132,982; in 1870, 204,378; in 1880, 219,532; in 1896, 252,480. Of the last 84,168 were in the towns.

Finance.

The budgets of revenue and expenditure for the years 1897 and 1898 were as follows:—

Revenue 1898 1899
Kronor Kronor
Domains, railway, land taxes, &c. 21,082,000 22,603,000
Customs 39,000,000 41,000,000
Post 9,025,000 9,925,000
Stamps 5,000,000 4,400,000
Impost on spirits, &c. 23,500,000 24,500,000
Tax on incomes, &c. 6,450,000 6,350,000
Net profit of the State Bank 1,800,000 2,000.000
Surplus from the previous years 14,229,000 12,615,000
Total revenue 120,086,000 123,393,000
Expenditure 1898 1899
Kronor Kronor
(a) Ordinary:
Royal Household 1,820,000 1,320,000
Justice 3,842,350 3,842,450
Foreign Affairs 606,750 606,750
Army 26,342,985 26,528,460
Navy 7,046,340 7,164,965
Interior 5,738,800 5,756,200
Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs 13,800,698 14,222,099
Finance 18,376,400 19,219,350
Pensions 3,284,450 3,429,450
Total of (a) 80,358,773 82,089,724
(b) Extraordinary 27,047,127 28,024,076
(c) Expenditure thro' the Riksgäldskontor:
Payment of loans and Miscellaneous (Diet, &c.) 11,243,800 11,588,507
Carried to floating capital 36,300 40,693
Fund for insurance against invalidity of workmen 1,400,000 1,400,000
Fund for insurance against accidents of workmen 250,000
Total expenditure 120,086,000 123,393,000

Of the extraordinary expenditure in 1899 the army claims 5,431,390 kronor, the navy 3,569,335 kronor, the interior 4,354,350 kronor, education and ecclesiastical affairs, 1,945,101 kronor, pensions 1,540,000 kronor. The value of the land and house property of Sweden is thus returned for 1897:—

Kronor
Taxed: Agricultural land in the country 2,239,891,950
,, ,, in the towns 42,741,260
Other real estate in the country 426,076,150
,, ,, ,, in the towns 1,323,968,450
Total (1897) 4,032,677,810