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OFFICIAL STATISTICS.
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being only obtainable daring snch time as the official in question is actually
at work — with exception for snch time as he may be away on his
regularly stipulated holidays. The salaries in most central offices are in three grades:
3,000, 4,500, and 6,400 kronor (a krona = l’io shilling). Of these sums, 1,200,
1,500. and 2,000 kronor respectively are classed as payment for time of
service. To those receiving the lowest figure and the second lowest an additional
snm of 500 kronor is granted after five years’ service and another 500 kronor
after five years’ more; those receiving 6,400 obtain one addition of 600 kronor
after ten years’ service. The heads of the central boards of administration
generally receive from 7,000 to 10,000 kronor. Ministers of the Crown receive
12,000 kronor, if without a department, 17,000 kronor, if with one. The Foreign
Minister has 24,000 kronor and his residence free. The Prime Minister receives
an additional sum bringing his total emoluments to 18,500 kronor. — The pension
consists of the amount of the salary proper plus the additional sums after five
years’ service etc., but without the payment for time of service (see above).
In some of the institutions of the Local Administration (for instance in
the Customs Department, on the Railway, or in the Post Office) the position of
the officials is not quite so independent as in the State Administration in general;
thus they may be moved from one office to another contrary to their own wish.
Official Statistics.
Sweden is »the classic land of population statistics». But also in
many other departments Swedish statistics are of valuable
importance and of ancient origin — a result of the high level early attained
by the administration of the country, as has been fully shown in the
preceding pages.
There exist in the archives of the State great piles of registers, extending
back over several centuries, forming an exceedingly valuable material, which,
however, hitherto has only occasionally been submitted to statistical treatment.
Of the works published on this matter may be mentioned here: H. Forssell’b
extensive works on Population and Agriculture of Sweden in the latter half of
the 16th century.
The present system of collecting and preserving official reports
in Sweden is not so centralized as desirable. It is true that we
possess a »Central Bureau of Statistics», but under its purview come
but a comparatively small number of the branches of statistics: most
of these are in the hands of special offices in the several departments of
the administration. In regard to formality, however, Swedish statistics
show a very high degree, of uniformity, the greater number of the
publications issued on the subject being included in a single series:
Bidrag till Sveriges officiella statistik (Official Statistics of Sweden).
The outward unity of this series is ensured by the Statistical Tables’
Commission, consisting of representatives for all the departments whose
publications are included in the series mentioned — with the head
of the Central Bureau of Statistics as Chairman. This Commission has
also to give their opinion on questions of organization concerning the
different branches of statistics.
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