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■554 ix. shipping and navigation.
Table 115. Vessels entered from and cleared for Foreign Countries.
Swedish vessels Foreign vessels Tonnage in thousands
Annually Steam ships Sailing vessels
Number Tonnage Number Tonnage
Swedish Foreign Swedish Foreign !
1876—80 . . . 1881—85 . . . 1886—90 . . . 1891—95 . . . 1896—00 . . . 1901—05 . . . 1906-10 . . . 19 565 25 953 25149 28 623 34 860 39 443 36 747 2 271437 3 036 018 3 454 269 4 011511 5 805 671 8 177 307 10 183 876 23 826 27 840 30 503 31103 33 459 32 551 33 663 4 156 896 5 395 017 6 414 547 7 890446 9 770 045 9 608 03/ 10 090 782 1 056 1726 2 206 2 678 4 356 6 742 8 965 1545 3 027 4 616 6 316 8 471 8 439 9179 1215 1310 1248 1334 1449 1435 1219 2 612 2 368 1799 1574 1299 1169 912
191 1..... 191 2..... 35 825 37 475 11 633 878 12 370 227 36 734 39 166 11756 769 13 141 663 10 605 11 362 10 843 12 217 1029 1008 913 924
portant part. Of all the customers of England only Germany, France,
and Italy buy more coal than Sweden. If we bear this in mind, it ought
to be clear that, when it comes to the conclusion of commercial and
maritime treaties, Sweden holds considerably higher trumps — owing to her
important position in the shipping world — than might be expected from
her comparatively insignificant position in the matter of commerce pure
and simple.
Table 116. Foreign Shipping for 1912, arranged under Nations
Steam ships, in thousand tons Sailing vessels, in thousand tons
Nationality Entered Cleared Entered Cleared
Total Total
In In In In
Laden ballast Laden ballast Laden ballast Laden ballast
Swedish .... 3 840 1827 4 237 1 458 11362 238 253 470 48 100!)
Norwegian . . . 478 395 759 154 1786 32 77 92 12 212
Finnish .... 49 248 65 294 656 46 18 37 27 128
Russian .... 11 13 21 8 53 10 3 10 3 26
Danish..... 360 1932 834 1417 4 543 63 82 125 18 288
German .... 1012 566 1447 115 3140 58 48 104 6 216
Dutch..... 22 196 215 7 440 15 6 19 3 43
Belgian..... 6 5 9 — 20 — 1 1 — 2
English .... 469 .243 574 172 1458 — 3 3 — 6
French..... 7 8 13 1 29
Spanish . . . 16 — 7 9 32 — — — — -
Italian..... 5 — — 5 10 1 — — 1 2
Austrian . . . 3 7 15 3 28 — — — — —
Argentine . . . — 2 2 2 6 — — — — —
Canadian .... — 3 3 — 6 — — — — —
Siamese .... — 5 5 — 10 — — — — —
Total 6278 5 450 8 206 3645 23579 462 491 861 118 1932
1 By "ships in ballast" is to be understood, such ships as have cargoes amounting to
less than one-tenth of the registered capacity. Hence the description applies to most
passenger boats.
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