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(1902) [MARC] Author: Niels Christian Frederiksen
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Tenojoki and Paatsjoki, on which a large mass of the
lumber which will soon be cut down in the Enare
Lapmark may be floated, as well as on several
watercourses on the eastern frontier, which are affluents of
other rivers running out partly into the Polar Sea and
partly into the White Sea. Also as regards the Torneå
and its affluents, complaints are made of the expense,
often more than 1 mark per log, which might be
reduced by more than a third, notably by arranging
the floating of loose logs. On its affluent, the Tenkeliö,
over 5 marks each has been paid for thousands of
trunks, or more than they cost in the forest. On the
Torneå, half a million logs per year are now floated,
and in the Kemi and its affluent, the Ounasjoki, more
than a million. From the upper parts of these rivers,
as well as of the Ijo, Uleå, and other northern rivers,
hundreds of thousands of logs are floated at one mark
and two marks each, or even more. On the Uleå, the
Uleåborg Saw-Mill Company has acquired an actual
monopoly, and it is not the only instance where single
companies or associations have been able to obtain
such a privilege, to the loss of other people and of the
government itself as proprietor of the forests. The
government ought to undertake a series of works on
these northern rivers, as has been recommended by
the committee of the government forests.

Finland has 3700 kilometres of coast. It is
therefore only natural that the country should expend a
considerable amount on lighthouses, buoys, and beacons,
as well as on pilots. In all more than a million marks
per annum is spent, besides extraordinary expenses.
About 1100 men are employed as pilots. It is of
great importance to maintain the navigation during
the winter from Åbo and Hangö to Sweden, as well as
to other countries, and a good case for subventions is

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