[EM] The Swedish tonnage in 1910 stood at a total of 1472
vessels of 918,079 tons.[EN]
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In Norway the laws put no restriction upon shipowners as to purchase in
any market. Most of her steam tonnage is foreign-bought, and largely
second-hand. Her merchant fleet, however, consists for the greater part,
of wooden sailing-ships, and these are mostly of domestic build.[EM]
Besides the mail subsidies the Government grant "trade" subsidies to
some forty Norwegian steamship companies to enable them to maintain
routes to various foreign ports. These subsidies amount to about half a
million dollars annually.[EO] In 1910 Norway stood in tonnage fourth
among European maritime countries: her total tonnage being 2,014,533
tons.[EP] Norway has by far the largest percentage of sea-faring
population, and her mariners are found in the crews of all nations in
Europe and America.
FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote EI: Meeker.]
[Footnote EJ: Parl. papers.]
[Footnote EK: Meeker.]
[Footnote EL: U.S. Con. Rept., no. 82, 1910, p. 106.]
[Footnote EM: Meeker.]
[Footnote EN: Lloyd's Register, 1910-11.]
[Footnote EO: Report of (U.S.) commissioner of navigation for 1909.
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