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Consul Axel Heiberg ..... 562 10 o 



Ditto (later) .... 393 15 o 



Mr. Anton Chr. Houen . . . . . 1,12500 



Mr. A. Dick, Hdvik ..... 281 5 o 



Ditto (later) .... 393 15 o 



Mr. Thos. Fearnley (merchant) . . . 281 5 o 



Ditto (later) . . 56 5 o 



Messrs. Ringnes <5c Co. (brewers) . . . 281 5 o 



Ditto (later) . . 56 5 o 



Mr. A. S. Kjosterud (merchant), Drammen . 281 5 o 



Ditto (later) 56 5 o 



Mr. E. Sundt (merchant), Bergen . . . 281 5 o 



Consul Westye Egeberg . . . . 562 10 o 



Mr. Halver Schou . . . . . 281 5 o 



Baron Harald Wedel Jarlsberg and C. lovens- 



kiold, Minister of State .... 562 10 o 



Consul Nicolay H. Knudtzon, Christiansund . 281 5 o 



Among foreign contributors may be mentioned the 

 Royal Geographical Society of London, which showed 

 its sympathy with the undertaking by subscribing ^300 

 sterling. Baron Oscar Dickson provided at his own 

 cost the electric installation (dynamo, accumulators, and 

 conductors). 



As the work of equipment proceeded, it appeared that 

 the first estimate was not sufficient. This w r as especially 

 due to the ship, which was estimated to cost ,8,437 los - 

 (150,000 kroner) but which came to nearly double that 

 sum. Where so much was at stake, I did not think it 

 right to study the cost too much, if it seemed that a little 

 extra outlay could ensure the successful result of the 



