. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. TEADE AND SHIPPING. 153 industries comprised 2,8G8 factories in 1877, Avith a total yield of £9,376,000 worth of goods, and employing GO,089 hands, of whom three-fourths were adults. The chief manufacturing centres are Goteborg, Stockholm, and Norrkoping, producing between them one-half of the wares manufactured in Sweden. The Norwegian industries employ 35,000 hands, or, in proportion to the population, aboiit the same number as the Swedish, In some respects Norway is even more favoured ; for, if less rich in iron, it imports English coal more ea
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. TEADE AND SHIPPING. 153 industries comprised 2,8G8 factories in 1877, Avith a total yield of £9,376,000 worth of goods, and employing GO,089 hands, of whom three-fourths were adults. The chief manufacturing centres are Goteborg, Stockholm, and Norrkoping, producing between them one-half of the wares manufactured in Sweden. The Norwegian industries employ 35,000 hands, or, in proportion to the population, aboiit the same number as the Swedish, In some respects Norway is even more favoured ; for, if less rich in iron, it imports English coal more easily, and main- tains direct commercial relations throughout the year with Great Britain and the mainland. Thanks also to its falls and rapids, mostly in the immediate neighbourhood of the coast, it disposes of even a larger water motive power than Sweden. Trade and Shipping. But if not superior as a raanufticturing country, Norway surpasses its neigh- bour at least in its trade. In this respect it has turned to marvellous account Fig. 76.—Stavanger-fioru. Scale 1 : 140, 2 Miles. the advantages derived from the numerous ports of the seaboard, and its geogra- phical position relatively to Great Britain. Its exchanges, scarcely more than £320,000 in the middle of last century, now amount to £20,000,000 j^early, while those of Sweden, with double the population, fall short of £40,000,000. The chief commercial relations of both countries are with England, after which Germany, Denmark, and France follow successively. Of both also the staple export is timber, next to which rank metals and cereals in Sweden, fish in Norway. The most important imports are naturally manufactured goods, exchanged for raw materials. Since 1873 the customs dues have been abolished between the two states, but with a few reservations, which still subject travellers to the inconvenience of having their luggage inspected on the frontiers. Shipping has acquired a marvellous development in Norway, whi
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