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phones and fire-fighting tools are kept at all camps. There have heen 

 no fires of consequence since 1909. Last season work was begun in 

 co-operation with the N. Y. Section of the Society of American For- 

 esters and the Forestry Department at Cornell University in estab- 

 lishing permanent sample plots on the various forest types and where 

 various methods of lumbering had been used, to obtain accurate records 

 for the future. iNIore of these plots are to be laid out this year. 



Naturally, some mistakes have been made, but it is hoped they are 

 not repeated and that methods of operating will improve as rapidly as 

 conditions will permit. 



H. L. Churchill. 



Public Control of Forest Dwellings in NoRW^\Y 



Those who have complained of the living accommodations some- 

 times provided for forest workers in the United States will be inter- 

 ested in the action taken by Norway to insure the erection, by private 

 owners, of sanitary and comfortable dwellings. 



On July 30, 191 5, Norway adopted a law intended to regulate the 

 construction and equipment of buildings used in connection with 

 work in the forests and river driving. This law was brought to the 

 attention of the governing bodies of the various districts (herreder) 

 by a circular letter of October 30, 191 5, from the Agricultural De- 

 partment to the county prefects, calling upon them for the adoption 

 of the regulations contemplated by the law in all districts where cutting, 

 lumbering, and driving operations were ordinarily conducted to any 

 considerable extent, and in connection with which the people and horses 

 employed had to stay over night in the forest. The letter was also ac- 

 companied by the following suggestions as to suitable regulations which 

 had been prepared by the Director of the Forest Service : 



(i) Every house which is to be used as a dwelling for workers in 

 connection with forest and driving operations during the period from 

 October i to May 15 shall be: 



(a) Built on a dry site with easy access to water. 



(b) Erected on a foundation of stone or provided with a bank of 

 turf or earth around the outer walls. 



(c) Provided with tight walls, roof, doors, and windows, with 

 shelves, sleeping bunks raised at least 40 centimeters (16 inches) 

 from the floor, a cookstove, either alone or connected with the chimney, 

 first-aid materials, and a cupboard for the storing of provisions. 



(d) Equipped with the necessary ventilatiori. 



