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 PRODUCTION AND INDUSTRY

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Fylgia is an armoured sea-going cruiser, the other ships are coast- defence battleships. These battleships are all of, or have been converted into, one type, low on the water with big guns at bow and stern, lesser guns amidships. The latest of them are sea-going vessels. There arc 5 torpedo gunboats, 8 destroyers of about 31 knots, about 53 torpedo boats, and 5 submarines. There are also several gunboats and training ships, and 10 monitors for coast service, carrying one or two 6 in, or 4*7 in. guns each. A parliamentary defence committee (December, 1910) presented a report to the government, in which they expressed the necessity of building four coast-defence battleships of greater fighting power than the Oscar II., and proposed a type {F) of 6,800 tons with four 11 in. and eight 6 in. guns. It has been found necessary to enlarge the naval station in Stockholm, and the committee has proposed its removal to a place outside the capital. It is proposed to extend obligatory military service in the navy from 300 to 365 days. A new Defence Committee (1911) has replaced the one appointed in 1910. This decided not to proceed with the battleship "i^." The necessary amount was, however, collected by public subscription, and the ship is now building.

The personnel of the Royal Navy is divided into three classes, viz. : 1 . The Active List ; 2. The Reserve ; 3. The Bevaring. On the active list are 4 Hag-officers, 8 commodores, 17 captains, 18 commanders, 96 lieutenant- commanders, 101 lieutenants, 50 sub-lieutenants, 666 warrant officers, and 4,000 petty officers and men, while about 250 commissioned officers belong to the Reserve.

On the active list of the Royal Coast Artillery are 1 general, 2 colonels, 2 lieut. -colonels, 6 majors, 39 captains, 37 lieutenants, 19 sub-lieutenants, 166 warrant officers, and 1,361 petty officers and mcu.

Production and Industry. I. Agriculture.

The number of farms in cultivation in 1911 was 359,871 ; of these there were of 2 hectares and under, 88,967 ; 2 to 20 hectares, 230,477 ; 20 to 100 hectares, 33,189 ; above 100, 3,163. Of the total land area of Sweden 8 '9 per cent, is under cultivation, 3*2 per cent, under natural meadows, and 52-1 per cent, under forests, the products of which form a staple export.

The following table shows, m thousands of hectares (2-47 acres), the area under the chief crops in 1911, and, in thousands of hectolitres (2-75 bushels), the yield in 1911 : —

Area

Yield

Wheat

101-5 2,799-7

Rye

Barley

400-1 8,396

lSO-5 4,&36-6

Oats

789-9 22,364

Mixed Grain

Pulse Potatoes

163-4 5,835-1

40-8 722-9

152-8 18,560-6

The value of the cereal crops in 1911 was estimated at 321-1 million kronor, and all crops at 867-4 million kronor. At the end of 1911 Svv^eden had : Number of horses, 588,485 ; head of cattle, 2,689,609; sheep and lambs, 945,709 ; pigs, 951,164.