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SWEDEN

34,247,600 kronor for the navy, and respectively 135,694,955 and 22,136,120 kroner as special expenditure for defence.

Naty.

The Swedish Navy was built entirely as a coast-defence force. Latterly cruisers of considerable speed and gun-power have been put in hand. The following is a list of the principal ships : —

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Maximum armour

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Armament

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guns

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1694

Oden. . . ,\

1896

Thor. . . .}

3,700

10

10

2 10-in.; 6 4-7-in. .

1

5,300

17

1896

Niord. . .)

1899

Uristigheten. /■Aran. . A

8,600

8

S

2 8-2-in. ; 6 6-in. .

2

5,600

17

1900

iTapperheten. |

3,750

7

n

2 8-2-in.; S6-in. .

2

5,500

17

1902

Manligheten J

1904

Oscar It. ..

4,660

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2 8-2-in. ; 8 b-in. .

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9,000

18

1903

Fylgia. ..

4,S10

4

8

2

12,400

22

1913

Sverige. .

7, ISO

8

8

4 11-in. ; 8 6-in. .

2

20,000

22 5

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1915

Drottning Vlc-> I toria. . .)

7,1S0

8

8

4 11 in. ; 8 6-in. .

2

20,000

22-5

There are 10 destroyers, 4 old torpedo-gunboats, 42 torpedo boats, and about 14 submarines. The future of the Navy has been under discussion. A Minister of Defence now controls the naval and military services.

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 5 flag-officers, 9 commodores, 44 captain-commanders, 123 captains, 108 lieutenants, 54 sub-lieutenants, 738 warrant officers, and 4,400 petty officers and men, while about 340 commissioned officers belong to the Reserve.

On the active list of the Royal Coast Artillery are 1 general, 2 colonels, 4 lieut. -colonels, 8 majors, 52 captains, 49 lieutenants, 24 sub-lieutenants, 200 warrant officers, and 1,288 petty officers and men.

Production and Industry. I. Agkioulttjkb.

Sweden has always been an agricultural country. In 1751 only 9 5 pei cent, of the population depended lor a livelihood on the various industries and commerce : in 1840 the percentage had risen to 10-75, in 1870 it had advanced to 19-6, in 1900 to 38-8, and in 1910 to 45'8 per cent., so that to-day the population of Sweden is about equally divided in the pursuit of agriculture on the one hand and commerce and industries on the other.

The number of farms in cultivation in 1919 was 428,758 ; of these there were of 2 hectares and under, 120,788 ; 2 to 20 hectares, 270,511 ; 20 to 100 hectares, 2,576 ; above 100, 34,883. Of the total land area of Sweden 9 '4 percent, is under cultivation, 2 '8 per cent, under natural meadows, and 67 "8 per cent, under forests, the prddiicts of which form a staple export.