434 (Norway : official publication for the Paris exhibition 1900)

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steamships in particular, Haugesund had 15,900, Trondhjem 11,400,
Drammen 9,000 register tons, and none of the others more than
a few thousand tons.

The most important of our towns as regards the effective
carrying capacity of its merchant service is at present Bergen,
which, with its flourishing fleet of steamships has worked
itself up to a position worthy of this ancient commercial
metropolis. The Bergen fleet almost exclusively consists of steamships,
while that of the capital as yet consists to a large extent of
sailing-vessels. The fleet owned by Kristiania, therefore, although
it is ahead of that of Bergen as far as cubic capacity is concerned,
is behind the latter in effective carrying power. The fleet of
steamships owned by Kristiania has also, however, grown very
rapidly of late years.

Of the aggregate carrying power represented by the
Norwegian mercantile marine, 63.1 % belong to the south-eastern part
of the country (coast and fjord towns and districts from the
Swedish frontier to somewhat west of the southernmost point of
the country), 20.5 % to Bergen and Stavanger, and only 10.4 %
to the remainder of the countrv.

VIII. THE TRADE OF NORWEGIAN SHIPS WITH THE
VARIOUS FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

The countries and continents of greatest importance to our
shipping may be seen from the table on the next page.

It will thus be seen that the kingdom of greatest importance
to our foreign shipping is Great Britain and Ireland, whither more
Norwegian tonnage employed in foreign trade goes than to Norway
itself. The Norwegian flag also, next to the British, is the flag
that is most frequently seen in the ports of Great Britain and
Ireland [1] [[** sic, punktum mgl]] It also appears that it is to a large extent with distant
lands, especially America and Eastern Asia, that the Norwegian
mercantile marine is engaged.

[1] Of the tonnage annually arriving at, and departing from, British and
Irish ports with cargoes, during the years 1896—98, — 73 million tons in all —,
53 million tons were sailing under the British flag, and 20 million tons under
foreign flags, of which again 4.7 million tons were under the Norwegian flag.

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VIII. THE TRADE OF NORWEGIAN SHIPS WITH THE VARIOUS FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

VIII. THE TRADE OF NORWEGIAN SHIPS WITH THE
VARIOUS FOREIGN COUNTRIES.