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persons with the assistance of the state. During the last two or
three years the interest in private forest-planting has grown rapidly,
and has led to the establishment, in 1898, of a forestry society,
embracing the whole country, and of which a forestry engineer,
paid by the state, has the professional management. Forest-planting
is gradually being introduced as a subject in the primary schools.

The public forests are partly state «commons» . .	840	sq. miles
(which the districts within which they are situated have the right to use), and
state forests ..............	2,241	—
partly forests belonging to state farms used as official residences by public officers, and forests belonging to the «Fund for the Advancement of Education» ...........	254	—
Total ................	3,335	sq. miles
District commons ............	722	—
	4,057	sq. miles

This does not include the forests belonging to the Kongsberg
silver-mines, amounting to 50 sq. miles, and more than 77 sq. miles
of forest belonging to the so-called Angell Charities. Of the
«state forests» — about 1,293 sq. miles, or more than one half, are
located in the counties of Tromsø and Finmarken. These
northernmost state forests, as well as the many state commons and state
forests situated in the mountains in the southern part of the
country are not very productive. Since the year 1860 it has been
the rule to appropriate money for the purpose of purchasing
forests for the state, especially in districts nearly destitute of
forests, and for the purpose of acquiring forests for the protection
of other forests. This appropriation has of late years amounted
to kr. 64,000 per annum, besides extraordinary grants for larger
purchases. The greater part of the forest area purchased has not
yet been restored to a good condition after previous illtreatment.
According as the condition of the public forests improves, the
better will their financial status be, in comparison with what
it has been up to the present time, although the numerous and
troublesome privileges will always require relatively large expenses
of administration. The aggregate gross yield for the years
1859—90 amounted to kr. 9,233,717, and the total net yield to

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