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articles. In the forties the total value of the exports was
calculated to be kr. 26,800,000 (timber kr. 9,200,000, fish products
kr. 13,600,000, and other goods kr. 4,000,000).
The value of imports from year to year has probably about
equalled the value of the exports with the addition of the
increasing income resulting to the nation from shipping (about
kr. 6,000,000 in the thirties and about kr. 9,000,000 in the
forties).
After 1826 the Norwegian mercantile marine increased without
interruption from year to year; in 1835 we had reached about the
same tonnage as before the commencement of the war in 1807,
namely about 180,000 tons and in 1850, 289,000 tons. In the
course of the 20 years from 1831 to 1850, our mercantile marine
had been increased by 75 %, which corresponds with the average
increase of the whole civilised world’s aggregate tonnage during
this period.
The annual average of the aggregate tonnage of Norwegian
vessels leaving foreign ports with cargo, or leaving Norway for
foreign ports was,
From 1836 to 1840 565,000 tons, whereof 109,000 tons were
carrying goods from one foreign country to another;
From 1846—1850, 810,000 tons, whereof 248,000 tons were
carrying goods from one foreign country to another.
Thus it appears that our carrying trade between foreign
countries made rapid advance, and among the chief factors
contributing to this result was the circumstance that our vessels
from 1825 onwards were placed on an equal footing in Sweden
with those of that country, and that Great Britain and other
countries, on account of the political union established between
Norway and Sweden, allowed Norwegian vessels to import Swedish
goods.
As regards the foreign shipping on Norway, the number of
vessels arriving was increased from 5,413 in 1827 to 8,542 in
1850, and their tonnage from about 400,000 to about 700,000
register tons. In 1827, rather more than ⅔ of this tonnage
was represented by Norwegian vessels, and in 1850 about three
fourths. From 1838 to 1850, hardly more than one third of the
vessels arriving were loaded, but when leaving, most of them
carried a cargo.
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