Bank of July 23, 1915, with amending acts, provides for the establishment of a bank whose object is to grant loans to persons of small means for the purchase, extension or building of small farmsteads (not less than 50 ares of cultivable land of a loanable value not exceeding Kr. 20000 for new clearings, or Kr. 15000 for other small holdings), also loans to district councils for the purchase of land to be parcelled into small holdings and for erecting the necessary buildings thereon, and loans to persons of small means for the erection, comple- tion, or purchase of dwelling houses or for the payment of debt incurred on such dwellings. Housing Conditions. The Act of July 12, 1918, provides for Rent Restriction (applies as from July 1, 1934, only to Oslo, and only for flats not exceeding two rooms and kitchen). Further, it authorises the introduction of housing exchanges and the obligatory building of houses by employers. The Rents Control Act of March 12, 1926, fixes penalties for those charging exorbitant rents (Price Control). ABUSE OF INTOXICANTS, VAGRANCY, &c, Regulations which aim at preventing the misuse of alcoholic beverages are mainly embodied in the Act relating to the Importation and Sale of Spirits, Wine, Fruit Wine, and Beer of April 5, 1927, and in the Act of July 9, 1920, regarding the Denaturalisation and Sale of Spirit for indus- trial and scientific use. In addition, there are 174