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POOR-RELIEF.
291
Communes.
1886—90 1891—95 1896-1900 1901—05 1906—10 1911
Kronor Kronor Kronor Kronor Kronor Kronor
10 014 000 10 634 000 10 934 000 13 369 000 15 484 000 15 954 000
11 831000 14 049 000 18 235 000 24 304 000 36 088 000 40 826 000
9 535 000 11 613 000 13 367 000 17 043 000 22 012 000 24 551 000
2 352 000 2 907 000 3 887 000 5 400 000 6 749 000 9 410 000
832 000 867 000 998 000 1 559 000 3 338 000 4 013 000
14 386 000 17 562 000 26 945 000 31 088 000 62 288 000 59 402 000
12 024 000 13 869 000 16 308 000 22 772 000 34 492 000 42 569 000
60974 000 71501000 90 674 000 115 535000 180 451 000 196 725 000
in recent years by the disposal of the communal forests, are not included in
the communal assets. These funds are sometimes very considerable (in the
communes of Orsa and Älvdalen, 10 and 5 millions of kronor respectively); and,
moreover, they will in future rise in value, inasmuch as the ownership of the
woods has not been sold, but only the right of working them for a certain
number of years. In such communes rates of all sorts, even those of
non-landowning members of the communes, are met out of these funds; and all the
public institutions of modern times (schools, roads, bridges, railways, telephones,
modern lighting etc.) are provided and equipped in a rather costly style — a
most singular sight in parts which not long ago were considered among the
most out-of-the-way and insignificant in all Sweden.
Regarding the liabilities of the Swedish communes, see Table 57.
Table 57. Finances of the Communes, 1911 (in thousands of kronor).
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Expen-Revenue diture Assets Liabilities
Real property i Others Total
Country............ 59 712 60 996 118 099’ 43 088 161187 69 489
Towns2 ............ 125 681 135 729 582 698 130 954 713 652 540192
Town and Country | 185 393 196 725 700 797 174 042 j 874 839 609 6sl
1 Including movables. — 2 Including certain "Köpingar" (market-towns).
Poor Eelief.
In former days the care of the poor in Sweden rested principally on the
shoulders of their relations, if among them were to be found any possessing
land, which was in those days practically the only form of wealth. The
landowners could use poor relations as workers on the land, but they had
also to provide for their other bondfolk, who were either born serfs or had
given themselves into serfdom for life, because they had no other refuge.
By the introduction and the influence of Christianity, the number of the
serfs was gradually diminished, and finally both forms of serfdom were
abolished. "Many wandered about without a lord" after that date and
supported themselves by begging.
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