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(2) Every house or shed which is used as a stable in logging oper- 

 ations during the period from October i to May 15 shall be: 



(a) Built on a dry site. 



(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, and stalls 

 with wooden floors. The stalls shall be at least i^ meters (5 feet) 

 wide and 2}^ meters (8.2 feet) long, including the manger. 



(3) According to instructions from the Board of Health, the forest 

 owner is required to erect such buildings as specified in paragraphs i 

 and 2 before cutting for sale or industrial use is undertaken, or within 

 a period of grace fixed by the Board of Health and reckoned from the 

 beginning of the cutting. 



(4) A copy of these regulations shall be posted in a conspicuous 

 place in every such building as specified in paragraphs i and 2. 



The letter was also accompanied by designs for forest houses of 

 various sizes, some of them in connection with stables. 



No regulations under the new law were approved during 191 5. In 

 1916, however, regulations were approved for 30 districts. In view of 

 the fact that there are some 550 forested districts in Norway, it is evi- 

 dent that action by many other districts is necessary before compliance 

 with the law becomes at all general. 



While the regulations proposed are by no means drastic, they do 

 insure the erection of at least livable dwellings for forest workers and 

 are of particular interest as indicating the constantly increasing scope 

 of public control in forest affairs. 



S. T. D. 



Public Control of Water Power in Norway 



In 1909 Norway adopted an effective law to prevent its natural 

 resources from passing largely into the hands of foreigners and to 

 safeguard the interests of the people as a whole in these resources. 

 Under this law the purchase and sale of waterfalls and rapids repre- 

 senting less than 1,000 horsepower are unrestricted, but the right to use 

 larger falls must be secured by "concession," or permission granted 

 by the king. These concessions carry with them rather rigid con- 

 ditions. Citizens must be allowed t6 become partners in the under- 

 taking for which the concession is granted and conditions may be 

 established preventing persons who use another waterfall, or who 

 own a majority of shares in another company, from securing a majority 



