Show OUR STOCKHOLM LETTER STOCKHOLM oct 4 special the number of periodicals newspapers and magazines published in sweden in 1891 was and durlon during the same year more than papers were transmitted by poet this figure is ie however biar from representing the entire number in circulation since it is only exceptionally that the floe undertakes the distribution of papers in the place where t ey are issued the official gazette of sweden iankes has this year 1893 1898 had its a and ad is consequently oon one of the oldest to in we the world several of the swedish dailies as an regards size olze and contents may be considered as highly satisfactory while both price and cost of ad ver vertis mg are unusually low sweden previous pro to any other country fixed the principle of the liberty of the press by making it a part of the constitution in 1766 to this day no DO altera alteration tiou whatsoever can be made in the original law concerning the liberty of the press except with those lorm formu ulce leD decreed for the alteration of the constitution 1 e the assent of two separate rate diets a general election having aiken place between the birst and second passing of the act the press law n w in force dates from july 1812 the swedish tourist Tu rist club founded in 1886 1885 is at present working very hard for the development and facilitating of 0 tourist traveling in sweden and for the diffusion of due knowledge oi 01 the country and its people one of the first measures taken by the club has been to call the attention ut of tourists to the alpine parts oi 01 sweden as yet aft nearly unknown even to the greater dart ot of the swedish public situated chiefly in the nothern part of the kingdom traversed ed by magnificent water courses during summer time bathed in the light of the midnight sun and inhabited by the nomad lapps that hat rove about with herds of reindeer the swedish sips alps furnish a tourist district of surpassing interest although formerly lor merly somewhat bat inaccessible on account of insufficient weans means of communication in many parts of these districts roads have now dow been constructed by the club boats have been stationed by the rivers riven shelters for tourists have been built etc special efforts have been male by the ibe club for facilitating the access acenet a to the waterfalls situated in this part ot of the country viz Har spranget hart harts s leap and biora fallet allet the great lake fall nut not only the largest falls in sweden but also ranging amongst the most remarkable in the world the rhe club has made similar arrangements in other parts of the kingdom by the erection of pro prospect towers the placing of road signs sign the procuring of guides etc for exciting the interest of era en for tourist traveling of sweden printed matter regarding sweden is ig distributed on the continent by the club all alk urns ume with photographic views from sweden are placed in the reading rooms of the hotels conference and exhibitions are arranged etc the club has for the special benefit of its members made arrangements for or reduced prices with a great many hotels steamers and aid purveyors of tourist equipment and in the most important places of the country proper perso persona i s have been appointed as agents of the club forthe for the purpose of giving advice and information to its traveling members the club also furnishes its members with tents maps etc for or traveling in remote parts of the country sweden formerly cased based her system of coinage on silver but twenty years ago the gold standard was adopted the statute of may 80 1878 1873 declares that gold alone shall be the standard of value in sweden that the monetary unit shall be oallen a kroha crown containing ore and that iilo crown gold piece shall weigh grams and contain 6 9 parts of pure gold and one of copper alloy consequently grams of pure gold for small coins both silver and bronze is used two and I brown pieces as an well as smaller denominations denomination are coined in silver A swedish krona is in equivalent to cents in conformity to a decision of a oon con bention held on dec and later agreements sweden norway and don den mark now have a common system of gold coinage bank notes however are aso also used being issued in sweden both by the bank of the realm and by 26 private banks banho of which more anon perfect trust is placed in sweden in these bank notes notee and they have al must most entirely ousted gold frona circulation the gold being instead stored in the bullion rooms of the banks the smallest value of bank notes now issued is 18 five crown for notes of bank of realm ana ton ten crowns for notes issued by the private banks the bauk bank of the realm is the principal and oldest bank of Swe sweden deri having hold held a charter since 1668 being then a continuance of one established in 1656 by J Palm struck the first in the world from which notes down were issued the bank of the realm is utterly and entirely under the control of the diet not that of the government and is in man aged by commus loners appointed by the diet diel the chief office is in stock holm and there are ton tea branch offices As aa to uie the private banks bank the capital of each shall amount to at least one million crowns among these them banks that of the oldest olde sr was granted a charter for the first time to in 1880 1830 their number to is at present thirty six most of these private banks have branch offices in various parts of the country which greatly increases the real number of banking establish ments the rhe notes in circulation on tho th let of january 1898 were million dollars of those of the bank of the realm and of the private banks millions million |