188 JOURNAL OF FORESTRY 



STATISTICS AND HISTORY 



This is a very complete and comprehensive re- 



Norzvegian port covering all forest activities for different 



Forest Service sections of the country, it contains details of 



budget and accounts, timber cut, standing timber, 



reforestation, forest investigations, fungus and insect enemies and 



traveling scholarships. The total national forest area consists of 465,- 



706 hectares Scotch pine and Norway spruce and 444,471 hectares, 



mostly of birch, oak, and alder. The total area burned in 1918 was 



1,480 hectares, costing 22,006 kroner in fire fighting and a damage of 



140,000 kroner. There were 1,040 moose, 1,139 deer, and 314 elk killed. 



The new Forest Experiment Station is under construction and the work 



in investigations is largely concerned with growth and yield. The year 



1918 shows a total net receipt of 5,430,456 kroner. 



J. A. Larsen. 



Det NorsJce Skogsvasen. Annual report for 11)18. P. 125. 1920. 



