The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-09-19
LEPROSY N NORWAY.
EXTRACTS FROM THE NE
PORT OF TIE HAWAI-
IAN CoNSCI.
TIE lasuor law ard shipping ~ ShNs
Cea@s-y nfscUSsei.

The following extracts have been
kindly furnished by the Hawaiian
foreign ofics, ani viii Be found in
tz-eSsing. The -ep0-t wsS for
vzrdsd % he Hawaiian govern
ment by M L Samson. Hawai-
/ isn consul ST Christians. Norway {:
LsPEoSN IN NoSwAX.
Accounting 10 statistics the number
q lspsrs in the period lS>l-S5 were in
I zll. IlSs, o these were 80 in Ssylums
I fur IepsrS
At the end q the yeSr 1880 wzs the
number SS1 -. men Sni 80 women;
| IN the SSylumS 5G7 snd in the country
| districts +SS
In the period 1850 were cured L.
( OF SIS lspzrs there died In lSS6, lS5;
| 1857. III: ISSS. 90; iSSS. -; 1881 L.
Age-l0 10 l5yeSrS, 5; Is 70 ~ years,
/ Is: - 70 % ysars, -: - 70 70 years,
I0S. - 70 81 years. s. - 70 80 years,
81: 50 70 20 years. 81; % 70 50 yeSrS,
/ Sc 50 10 20 years, Is. TosSl. 50. For
5 persons Is the Sge unknown
] OF the lsps-s living 81 the end Of
the year tS90. 40 were suffering from
/ the tubsHuloSs form, ~ - from the sn-
I SS-hetic form. Snd IS q the mixed
form
The numbers Of lepers in Norway in
I the following years were 1851, 2iIS,
.
IT7I; lSSl, 1915; lSS5, IlS5; iSS6, lI+1;
iSST. Ills, 1SSS, i097; 1889. I0+a: ISs1,
I eSl
Al the end q 1856 there were sS77
leps-S- for the yeSrs 1S57-Sl new cases,
/ 575S- totSl e2ssS IS yeSrs ,lS56-lSoll,
l 76SS. o. these srs ISS cured snd 6l7S
deceased.
Hospitals ani asylunls are ).
o. seS residing in hospitals were
I ms Per cent. farmers; 56-9 per cent.
/ oo.lsrs- LIS ot the serving clSss, 81
( ps- cent sSilorS and fishers.
SHIPPING.
With rsSpec- TO Stesmers. Norway
I il IS-e ESs No. IL. IN 1885 No. 2. ani
Z in ISo2 No. in rank: Great BritSin.
/ the United St&tes, Germany, France
/ and SpSin having : larger tonnage
The effective tonnage s tons alusl-
/ ing I steamship ton i now sppEoSch-
ing France. which OF JSn. !, IS22, hSd
2-I71. 100 effective tons while Norway,
- sid Shove, shows > La. .s,l, 5 differ
I enee only q 500 tons
In the lSSt ten years The sailing veS-
sslS number h&S been reduced by 81
vessels, while the tonnSSe hSs been
( increased by =, ,lnu tons
In the sane period the steamers
hSye been increased n number IS
vel zs n Tonnage by SO vessels with
I7s-SSs tons
In ISS7- new vessels built il this
country numbered 50 steamers with
I2.SS tons; bought from foreign coun-
Iries Sl,F97 tons
In the shipping between Norway
and foreign ports there were employed
in 1881, I2-S52 vessels szrivei. ISL
81 tons; departed, 2-s59, ,l55 tons.
Ths fo1r-ffth parts Of the sziI snd
thres-ftths of the steam shipping was
done BY Norwegian ships
Shipping in foreign counties under
the Norwegian fsg- By Norwegian
Tesssls = SIP voyages were performed.
.
zrd foreign countries, sni i42T be
tween foreign countries.
In the foreign trs6e there were en-
ployed 5Ie2 vessels with 2-llS, So tons.
On esch vessel / raekonei 81 voy-
sgS-
E2ch steamer hzS made = voyages,
With shout l. freightS.
Ths bEuE-0-Ereight canned by foreign
trading shows kr. los, Us, 40. which
mzke foE each sailing ton Is Kr. o.;
steamship ton ia Kroner.
LEQCOB TRAFFIC.
IN the Eesr ISL Ezs enacted 3 law
for regulating The sale Of spiEituOus
. liquors IN the following manner:
Al lies1Se-holiers privileges 70 sell
spirits zEs 70 bS transferred 10 zsSoci-
stiOLs S1mlsg.l To procure the
funds shares q 4ll Krone shout 80
sterling E5re sold and the share
holders should hzve : p7spersntisI
. payment q psr cant Inc profits
( lLsrsOysE ars 70 De spilled 10 the
( promotion q education. towards
m1ssuUs- lurzusS and gyunzstic
establishments grants 20 zSylums for
. H--------7---r ----E---- - AlA4-lE
gardens etc s-e-
According 70 this law. there has
since ISL, been established sam
lsEs IN al Norwegian t0EDs (exeeue
thr5e small towns eseh q which have
undsr So inhsbitsnts.} The Equo7
shops IN Norway have in this period
been ns11osi from 5l1 70 ~, that L.
from one on 81 inhabitants 70 one on
l4l5 Inhabitants, OF more precisely. As
tEs sale = concentrated IN the towns
% one shoP for each 500 inhabirznts.
In the psrIod isTI-75, the eonsun1s Of
spirits E2s IS Ilre fzt I01 per cent
alcohol Per indITiiuzl In the D.
nod $3.50, L SINK to1.5 Iitre.
We learn bE this that Norway 81
pr=e1- i TIE uOSc sober country II
no-Th and middle EErope-
Christianiz sold spirituous iiouors
II 1872 pr G. l -3sl 90 Erou, of these
-=Es @-Sl 90 applied 70 such bensF-
o-slE objects - named above.