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kr. 15,103 to life-saving purposes, of which kr. 10,000 were granted
as a contribution to the private company «Norsk Selskab for
Skibbrudnes Redning», which was formed in 1891 with a capital
of kr. 100,000, contributed by private subscription from the whole
country. The society has gradually procured 13 life-boats. These
boats, which have been stationed at various places along the coast,
have already saved a considerable number of human lives (up to
June, 1899, 498 men) and vessels. The society has estimated as
its expenditure during the year 1900, the sum of kr. 78,500,
whereof kr. 50,000 will, according to estimate, be covered by
subscriptions and donations through the different committees
distributed all over the country.

        

XV. CURRENCY, WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.



The currency act of June 4th, 1873, which took effect on
Jan. 1st, 1874, established the gold standard in Norway. The
coin unit, according to the act of April 17th, 1875, is the
krone of 100 øre, 1 kr. = 1.1013 sh. = 1 718 franc = 1 ⅛
reichsmark. This monetary system was introduced according to
the Scandinavian Coinage Union concluded between Sweden and
Denmark in 1873, and acceded to by Norway in 1875.

By an act of May 22nd, 1875, metric weights and measures
wrere introduced.

        

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Norges officielle Statistik.

J. E. Kraft. Topografisk-Statistisk Beskrivelse over Kongeriget Norge. D. 1—6.
Kristiania 1820—35.

O. J. Broch. Le royaume de Norvège et le peuple norvégien. Kristiania 1878.

A. M. Schweigaard. Norges Statistik. Kristiania 1840.

M. B. Tvethe. Norges Statistik. Kristiania 1848.

P. A. Munch. Det norske Folks Historie. 8 Vol. Kristiania 1852—63.

O. A. Øverland. Illustreret Norges Historie. I—V₃. Kristiania 1885—95.

Yngvar Nielsen. Bergen fra de ældste Tider indtil Nutiden. Kristiania 1877.

Alex. Bugge. Studier over de norske byers selvstyre og handel før hanseaternes
tid.
Kristiania 1899.

Edvard Holm. Danmark-Norges Historie (1660—1766). Kjøbenhavn 1885—98.

A. N. Kiær. Historical Sketch of the Development of Scandinavian Shipping [[** sic punktum mgl]]
(The Journal of Political Economy, Chicago, June 1893).

L. H. Vogt. Om Norges Udførsel af Trælast i ældre Tider [[** sic punktum mgl]] (Norsk historisk
Tidsskrift, 2nd Series, Vol. V).

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