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iii. CONSTITUTION AND ADMINISTRATION Of SWEDEN.
ever, is to cease. Thus two kinds of geological maps are now being
issued: the ordinary ones showing the varieties of both soil and röck,
and special ones showing only the varieties of röck. On neither kind
does the relief of the ground appear.
As ground work for geological survey are to serve: copies of the topographic
or economic maps on a scale of 1 : 50,000 (maps of that scale now exist for
the whole of the Lake M&lar basin and adjacent country, for the greater part of
Skåne, and for considerable parts of Elfsborgs lftn); also topographic maps on a
scale of 1 : 100,000; these latter, however, have been published (without the
relief) as geological maps on a scale of 1 : 200,000 for the greater portion of
Småland, almost the whole of Halland, and the southern part of Elfsborgs län;
the publication of the geological maps on the scale of 1 : 200,000 is to cease
and then the scales 1 : 50,000 and 1 : 100,000 will be used in publishing such
maps, and 1 : 200,000 or 1 : 500,000 for the maps showing only the varieties
of röck. This office also publishes maps on other scales as well as papers and
treatises connected with its work. All maps are printed by lithographic presses.
D) Nautical Charts (Sjökarteverket). In 1756, the Swedish State
began to undertake the issuing of reliable nautical charts, and during
the remainder of that century a large number of charts of the coasts
of Sweden were published. Between the years 1797 and 1848 surveys
were still being conducted by direction of the State, but the maps were
published by private persons. Finally, in 1849, a special office was
established for the superintendence of this work; it was to be subordinate
to the Admiralty and has been known, since 1871, as the Nautical
Chart Office (Sjökarteverket). The plates existing at that time were
acquired by the State.
The charts published by the Nautical Chart Office are: navigation charts,
on a scale of 1 : 300,000 and 1 : 550,000; coast charts on a scale of 1 : 200,000
and 1 : 250,000 (both the navigation charts and the coast charts being constructed
on Mercator’s projection); and special charts on a scale of 1 : 50,000 and
1 : 100,000 (conic projection). The Swedish nautical charts embrace the Baltic,
the Kattegat, and the Skagerack, and the larger inland lakes of Sweden.
Furthermore, the Nautical Chart Office publishes periodically a descriptive work on
navigation, entitled: The Swedish Pilot (Svenske lotsen).
State Finances.
In regard to the administration of the State Finances, it may be
pointed out as a peculiar feature that the National Debt is administered
by a National Debt Board (Riksgäldskontoret) not responsible to
Government but directly to Parliament. When first founded, this office
was also charged with collecting and administering part of the public
revenue and had with this to discharge certain expenditures of the
State, but that constituent of its duties was removed in 1874. The
management of the State’s revenue and expenditure is conducted by the
Exchequer Department (Statskontoret).
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