The universal geography : earth and its inhabitants

106 SCANDINAVIA.The militia of the coast districts, drilled in time of peace with the land forces, andamounting to 26,000 men, might also be ranked with the marines in case of war.The special naval school, reorganized at various times, is now at Stockholm.The fleet consisted, in 1880, of 14 monitors, 29 other steamers, 10 sailingvessels, and 87 row-boats, maintained at a yearly cost of about £1,120,000.The national Budget is one of those which, rare in Europe, occasionally showa balance to the credit side, which in 1874 amounted to £020,000. For 1880Fig. 82.Kaklskkoxa.Scale 1 : 140,000.IQ°45' E of P.the Budget is balanced with £4,406,700, of which £1,200,000 are yielded by thecustoms, and nearly £1,000,000 by the State railways, the excise on spirits, thethird important source of revenue, producing £720,000. The expenditure forarmy and navy amounts, on the other hand, to £1,330,000.Before 1855 Sweden had contracted no foreign debt, and even at home owed