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962 XII. SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION OF SWEDEN.
Table 151. Pilot and Lighthouse service, in 187Ij 1902.
Average for the years [-Pilotages.-] {+Pilo- tages.+} Pilotage fees. Kronor. [-Expenditures-] {+Expendi- tures+} of the Pilot service.1 Kronor. Wrecks.8 Pilot
stations. At the end of the period. T, I Valoe of Light- I Pilot . Lifrbt- bo<Ui Hfht. houses. 1 staff.3 : hons»s, rtc.« j I | KroDOr.
1871/75..... 50,234 631,830 970,793 182 152 79 963 241 5.432,21"
1876/80..... 45,486 717,425 1,093,609 1,331,120 183 144 85 856 235 6.133,491
1881/a5..... 31,234 635,641 224 136 191 759 ati 7.538.041
1886,90.... 27,647 600,168 l,343.f>78 192 135 241 780 ! 361 8,429,081
1891/95..... 34,117 731,695 1,578.355 203 134 283 875 482 9.620,490
1896 00..... 43,846 933,390 1,710,247 205 131 312 939 414 lOOJlO^lh
In 1902..... 44,898 1,043,499 1,(504.294 273 129 304 928 385 10.915.950
The Pilot Service (Lotsverket) as now constituted, was organized
in 1881. The coasts of the kingdom and adjacent waters are divided
into eight Pilot Districts, bearing the names of the towns in which
the head of each district (with the title of Pilot Captain, Lotskapten),
resides, viz.: Luleå, Sundsvall, Stockholm, Visby, Norrköping, Kalmar.
Malmö, and Gothenburg. As a rule, a Pilot Captain is selected, either
from among the officers of the Royal Navy, or from among the Pilot
Lieutenants (Lotslöjtnant), of whom there is one in each district, acting
as second officer to the captain in command and as his deputy. The
Pilot Lieutenants are also, as a rule, selected from among the officers
of the Royal Navy, either in active service or in the reserve.
The non-commissioned officers and the staff of a Pilot District
comprise, specially for the pilot Service: Chief Pilots (Öfverlots) at some
of the more important stations, Pilot Superintendents (Lotsforman)
at the other stations; besides, the requisite number of pilots, in
three classes: Master Pilots, Pilots, and Pilot Apprentices (Mästerlots,
Lots, and Lotslärling); further for the lighthouse service: Lighthouse
Masters, Lighthouse Keepers, and Lighthouse Servants (Fyrmästare,
Fyrvaktare, and Fyrbiträde); finally, at the life-saving stations:
Masters (Uppsyningsman), Coxswains (Båtstyrare), and Rowers (Roddare).
All persons holding fixed appointments and drawing pay under
the Pilotage Service are liable to serve in the Royal Navy (upon
order of the Government) in case of war or more important occasions
of naval armament. The Director General of the Pilot Service, together
with the body of Officers and men employed in the Pilot Districts, are
under military law.
The Pilots must be thoroughly familiar with the water-ways and
all shallows in the neighbourhood of their stations, even when all
beacons and sea-marks are wanting; it devolves upon them to place
beacons and other sailing-marks in position immediately after the break-
1 Including the expenditure for the Life-saving establishments. — * On the coasts of
Sweden. — s Including the staff common to the Pilot and Lighthouse services (33 in 1902
-— 4 The value of the boats owned by the private individuals of the staff not included.
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