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tons in 1898, 16,400 tons in 1897, 15,000 in 1896,
13,000 in 1895, 7,000 in 1888, and not much
over 5,000 tons in 1886. In 1898 it was 6.63
kilos per head against 0.8 thirty years earlier. All
these figures tell an eloquent tale of the progress
and well-being of the people. Equally worth
mentioning is the import of fodder, which in 1899 included
30,000 tons of wheat-bran, 3,000 of rye-bran, and
5,000 of oil-cake, with a total value of 4 million
marks. Like the import of maize, this import of
fodder is trifling compared to other countries, Denmark,
for instance; but it is a new and noteworthy item in
the Finnish imports. Phosphates increased to about
14,500 tons in 1899, against less than 11,000 in
1898, and 7,750 tons in 1897. The import of coal
in 1899 was 255,000 tons, of a value of 5 million
marks, against only 164,000 tons with a value of
less than 3 million marks in 1898, 176,000 tons in
1897, 95,000 in 1896, 74,000 in 1895, and only
43,000 tons with a value of less than a million marks
in 1886. Compared with thirty years earlier it was
in 1898 more than four times as much (62.35 kilos per
head against 15.21). Of cement, 26,000 tons were
imported in 1899, against 17,000 in 1897, and only
8,000 in 1895. Several other articles show figures
of equal interest, as, for instance, the increased amount
of dyeing material. Metals were imported in 1899
and 1898 to the value of 23 million marks against 16
millions in 1897, and 13 in 1896; and machinery
(including lately some electric machines) to the value
of 18 million marks in 1899, 19 millions in 1898,
12 millions in 1897, and 9 millions in 1896. The
decrease of machinery by one million marks in 1899
against an increase of 7 millions in 1898 was largely
due to a smaller import of locomotives, which are
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