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2. The department of justice and police. Besides controlling
the judicial magistrates the head of this department superintends
the general administration of the prisons and the medical matters
of the kingdom. It is also this minister who grants certain
concessions and dispensations, chiefly in the matter of legal procedure.
3. The department of the interior. It would be too long to
enumerate all the branches of this department; it superintends the
administration of the municipal authorities, except public assistance and the
affairs that are under the charge of the minister of public works. A special
division of this department controls commercial and consular affairs.
4. The department of agriculture is charged with the affairs
of agriculture proper, with those of forestry, and with the public
measures against epizootic diseases.
5. The department of public works has the charge not only
of public works properly so called, but also the administration of
the posts and telegraphs, and of the funds of the mutual fire
insurance common to the whole kingdom.
6. The department of finance has the financial administration
of the state, the collection of customs duties and of the other
public imposts and contributions; it makes up the state accounts:
the national bank is the general treasury of the state.
7. The department of public defence. Besides the military affairs
of the army and navy, it has the superintendence of lighthouses,
the company of pilots, and the schools of navigation for the
employees of the merchant marine.
8. The department of revision verifies and audits the accounts
of all the functionaries and establishments of the state.
For administrative purposes Norway is divided into 18 counties
(amter) besides the cities of Kristiania and Bergen, which are
separate counties. The chief of the administration of the county
is the prefect (amtmand), nominated by the king and representing
the central power. The prefects of Kristiania and Bergen besides
those residing in the other diocesan cities (Hamar, Kristiansand,
Trondhjem, Tromsø) all have the title of «stiftamtmand» (prefect
of diocese), and with the bishop form what is called the diocesan
administration (stiftsdirektion) for each of these districts. This
administration is invested with extensive powers in several matters
pertaining to the ecclesiastical department.
The administration of the towns of Kristiania and Bergen does not
materially differ from that of the other towns which form part of a county.
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