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therefore not succeeded here in calling forth the terrible excitement
which in other countries makes social questions such burning ones.
The interest-differences are not greater than that hope may always
be entertained of their being adjusted without imminent peril to
the social peace.

As a further illustration of the economic conditions, the
population may be divided into the 4 following classes according to
their income:

I.	The unmoneyed classes	with	income	up	to	700	kr.
II.	The middle classes	»	»	»	»	3,000	»
III.	The well-to-do classes	»	»	»	»	10,000	»
IV.	The rich people	»	»	over		10,000	»

which, according to the municipal assessment, gives the following
percentage:

I	Cl.	about	87.3	of	the	tax-payers	with	50.7	of	taxes	paid
II	Cl.	»	11.2	»	»	»        »	»	26.3	»	»	»
III	Cl.	»	1.3	»	»	»        »	»	12.7	»	»	»
IV	Cl.	»	0.2	»	»	»        »	»	10.3	»	»	»

Of the total national income, which, for 1898, was calculated
to be rather more than 700,000,000 kr., 326 kr. would be the
annual average per head, reckoning the population to be 2,160,000.
Judging from the recently observed increase in the income, it will
perhaps, at no very distant date, find expression in the formula:
1 krone per head per day. From 1890 to 1898, the income is
calculated to have increased 16 per cent, which is certainly too
low, rather than too high an estimate. The total national
property, which in 1891 was calculated at rather more than
2 ¼ milliards, has also largely increased during the intermediate
years.

Divided among the larger groups of occupations, the annual
income is distributed as follows:

Larger tradesmen ......	1185	kr.
Farmers ..................	788	»
Working-men ................	533	»
Servants ..................	326	»
Farm labourers ..............	324	»

The statistical information recently obtained by public agency
concerning income and property, chiefly shows a surprisingly

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