The harbour of Stockholm is particularly commo dious. It can accommodate with safety a thousand sail of shipping, and the largest can come close to the quay. The entrance, however, to the harbour, is rendered dangerous by the numerous rocks and small islands with which it is beset; the distance of the harbour from the Baltic is more than twenty miles, and in one place the passage is contracted and bounded by high rocks. There is here a regular institution called the company of divers, which is bound to- have persons ready to assist at all ship wrecks on the Swedish coast; they are entitled to a proportion of the goods saved as salvage. The num ber of vessels that enter the harbour annually is from 900 to 1100, and the trade of Stockholm is equal to two-thirds of that of the whole kingdom. In 1816 Stockholm shipped London haberdashers have establishments here. By the canal lately made to Manchester, the trade of the town has been greatly facilitated. Stockport has two annual fairs. It is a place of great antiquity, the Romans having had a camp here, and the Saxons a fortress. The following was the population of the township in 1821.
The chief exports are the above articles, also pitch, tar and timber. The annual export of iron is about '400,000 shippounds. The imports are salt and colo nial produce, wine, French and British manufactures.
The vessels employed in this trade are chiefly Swedish. The inland trade of Stockholm is considerable, and is greatly facilitated by the lake Maelar, which stretches sixty miles into the interior, and by means of the lake Hielmar, which is crossed by an old stone bridge, and the canals of Arboga, it extends from Stroemsholm over the four provinces, and reaches the boundaries of Dalecarlia.
The manufactures of Stockholm are leather, silk, cotton, hats, stockings, earthenware, watches, clocks, and articles of gold and silver. There are here also iron-founderies, glass-works, sugar-refineries. The population of Stockholm has been reckoned as high as 92,000, but very recent accounts make it only 78,000.* The number of Journals published in Stock holm is estimated at thirty. E. Long. of the ob servatory, 18° 30' 30". North Lat. 20' 31". For farther information respecting this capital, See Cox's Travels in Poland, Russia, Sweden, &c., vol. iv. p. 33; Kuttner's Travels through Denmark and Sweden, &c. in 1798 and 1799; Catteau's Voyage en Allemagne et en Suede, torn. ii. p. 267, Paris 1810. Dr. Clarke's Travels, VOL v. p. 152. Rordanz's European Com2 meree, p. 211. Schubert's Travels in Sweden, &c. in 1817, 1818 and 1820, in German.