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The values of imports and exports to and from the principal Norwegian ports in the last three years were:—

—	Imports			Exports
	1895	1896	1897	1895	1896	1897
	Kroner	Kroner	Kroner	Kroner	Kroner	Kroner
Kristiania	117,448,800	132,432,700	144,231,100	31,713,600	33,935,500	33,655,100
Bergen	37,725,400	36,509,300	40,015,700	23,656,700	20,364,100	24,707,200
Trondhjem	16,017,300	17,887,500	18,378,400	8,658,100	9,423,900	10,840,000

The commercial intercourse between Norway and the United Kingdom, according to the Board of Trade Returns, is shown in the subjoined table, for each of the last five years:—

—	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897
	£	£	£	£	£
Imports into U.K. from Norway	3,570,592	3,657,595	3,831,727	4,312,106	4,995,461
Exports of British prodnce to Norway	1,756,813	1,916,566	1,895,889	1,988,554	2,250,734

In 1897 the imports of timber from Norway into the United Kingdom amounted to 1,866,550 £.; fish, 612,622 £.; paper-making materials, 988,371 £.; paper, &c., 443,123 £.; ice, 248,671 £.; butter, 138,199 £. The minor imports into Great Britain comprise train oil, matches, and small quantities of iron manufactures. The chief British exports to Norway in the year 1897 were iron, wrought and unwronght, 371,800 £.; cotton manufactures and yarns 323,966 £.; coals, 497,994 £.; and woollens and worsteds and yarn, 168,172 £.; machinery, 128,142 £.

Shipping and Navigation.

The total Norwegian mercantile marine on January 1, 1898, was as follows:—

—	Sailing		Steam		Total
	No.	Tons	No.	Tons	No.	Tons
4—100 tons	4,096	118,404	389	11,850	4,485	130,254
100—500 tons	1,226	363,078	349	98,994	1,575	462,072
500—1,000 ,,	610	423,990	160	115,298	770	539,288
1,000—2,000 tons	206	252,237	93	128,939	299	381,173
Above 2,000 ,,	5	11,373	13	28,039	18	39,412
Total	6,143	1,169,079	1,004	383,120	7,147	1,552,199
In Foreign Trade	3,109	1,090,100	591	361,653	3,700	1,451,753