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Rh withdrawals in the course of the year amounted to 506,962,481 kroner and 501,079,770 kroner respectively. Deposits at the end of the year 153,428,547 kroner, of which 10,345,713 kroner deposits on demand, and 143,082,834 kroner on other accounts.

All savings-banks must be chartered by royal permission. Their operations are regulated, to a considerable extent, by the law, and controlled by the Ministry of Finance. In 1897 their number was 394; depositors 586,606, with 251,614,947 kroner to their credit at the end of the year. In 1896 the banks numbered 380; depositors 561,257 with 234,690,760 kroner to their credit at end of year.

. Money, Weights, and Measures.

By a treaty signed May 27, 1873, with additional treaty of October 16, 1875, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark adopted the same monetary system.

The Swedish Krona and the Norwegian Krone, each of 100 öre, is of the value of 1 s. $1 1/2$ d., or about 18 kronor to the pound sterling.

The gold 20-kronor piece weighs 8.960572 grammes, .900 fine containing 8.0645 grammes of fine gold, and the silver krona weighs 7.5 grammes, .800 fine, containing 6 grammes of fine silver.

The standard of value is gold. In Sweden National Bank notes for 5, 10, 50, 100, and 1000 kronor are legal means of payment, and the Bank is bound to exchange them for gold on presentation. The case is the same in Norway, where there are also notes for 500 kroner.

The metric system of weights and measures (see France) was introduced in 1879, and became obligatory in Sweden in 1889, in Norway on July 1, 1882.

Diplomatic Representatives.

1..

Envoy and Minister.—Count C. Lewenhaupt.

Secretary.—G. de Stråde.

Attaché.—Count von Rosen.

Consul-General in London.—Carl Juhlin Dannfelt.

There are Consular representatives at the following places:—Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff, Cork, Dublin, Dundee, Glasgow, Hartlepool, Hull, Leith, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Southampton, and many other places.

2..

Envoy and Minister.—Hon. Francis J. Pakenham, appointed Envoy Extra-ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Sweden and Norway, February 1, 1896.

Secretary.—Arthur Herbert.

Consul at Stockholm.—

Consul-General at Christiania.—Hon. C. S. Dundas.

There are also Consular representatives at Gothenburg, Christiansand Bergen, Tromsö, Trondhjem, Hammerfest, Vardö, &c.