Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . 38 SWEDEN AND NORWAY. SWITZERLAND. AMTS. Square Miles. Christiania Akershuus Stnaalene Hedemarken Christian Bttekerud Jarlsberg Bratsberg Nedenas Lister and Stavanger South Bergenhuus. Bergen North Bergenhuus. Romsdal South Nordland Tromsii Finmark Total. 1,9S31,548 10,0379,,;, ,794 18006 122,280 Population. 75,986 107J10 120,651 115,803 87,344 82,974 73,247 110,792 119,801 33,430
Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . 38 SWEDEN AND NORWAY. SWITZERLAND. AMTS. Square Miles. Christiania Akershuus Stnaalene Hedemarken Christian Bttekerud Jarlsberg Bratsberg Nedenas Lister and Stavanger South Bergenhuus. Bergen North Bergenhuus. Romsdal South Nordland Tromsii Finmark Total. 1,9S31,548 10,0379,,;, ,794 18006 122,280 Population. 75,986 107J10 120,651 115,803 87,344 82,974 73,247 110,792 119,801 33,430 110,303 116,604 81,718 108,788 68,928 24,071 1,802,882 STIFTS. Square Miles. Population. ,86919,55842,686 236,216 341,879 283,549 270,103181,782 Total 122,2S0 1,802,882 The population of the principal cities, in1875, was as follows: CITIES. Population. Christiania 75,986 Bergen Drontheim 22,038 Stavanger 18,923 Drammen 18,608 Christiansand 11,696 The receipts for 1875 amounted to 41,386,-500 crowns (1 crown = $|), and the ex-. THE NEW STORTHING HOUSE, CHRISTIANIA, NORWAY. penditures to 39,091,500 crowns. The publicdebt, on December 31, 1875, was 48,307,600crowns. The imports, in 1874, amounted to185,776,000 crowns, and the exports to 121,-198,000 crowns. The war navy, in 1874, con- sisted of 91 vessels with 146 guns. The com-mercial navy, in the same year, consisted of7,664 vessels of 1,319,734 tons. The railroadsin operation, in 1875, amounted to 557 kilo-metres. The number of Government tele-graph-stations, at the close of 1875, was 109;length of lines, 6,480, and of wires, 11,600kilometres. The number of inland dispatchessent was 469,034 ; of foreign dispatches sent,115,654; and of foreign dispatches received,130,233: making a total of Includingthe railroad-telegraphs, the length of linesamounted to 7,175 kilometres, and of wires to12,405 kilometres ; the number of stations to171, and the total number of dispatches to781,482.
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