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The lines amounted to 2,224 crowns ($596.03), of which 1,126 ($301.77) 

 fell to the state treasury, 549 ($147.13) to various local treasuries, and 

 549 ($147.13) to the inspecting force as their share. 



Bj' amicable adjustment in private affairs were received 13 fines, 

 amounting iu all to 144 crowns ($32.59), of which 66 ($17.69) went to 

 the poor-fund, 2 ($0.54) to the reading-room in Stamsund, and 76 ($20.37) 

 to the projected reading-room iu Henningsv^r. 



The inspecting force investigated and put on the register 188 private 

 cases concerning fishery business exclusively and also 180 other private 

 disputes. 



Law Candidate Marcus Hegge Parelius, an attorney of the superior 

 court, acted as judge extraordinary. The number of cases for this year 

 and the four immediately preceding it is stated in table TV below : 



Table IV. 



Of the five examinations included under " other offenses," four related 

 to assault and one to opening letters. Of the examinations, 9 were de- 

 cided and the rest closed. Of the police cases, three were adjudged and 

 the rest settled after the fine was agreed upon. Two police cases were 

 transferred for treatment outside the inspection district, since the par- 

 ties concerned left before the judge found time to dispose of the cases. 

 Of the cases before the special court, four were decided and one was 

 settled after legal adjustment. Eleven public cases announced for the 

 associate judge were sent to the superior court because time did not 

 allow their treatment during the fishing season. Of these, seven related 

 to theft and four to fraud. Of eight old cases which were sent from the 

 superior court for continuation, time allowed the disposal of only one. 

 . From the above it will be seen that the judge has disi)osed of more 

 than one-half as many cases as the average of the four preceding years, 

 four times as many as the average from 1872 to 1875 (see report for 1879, 

 page 14), also nearly one-half as many as the two judges combined from 

 1860 to 1871. Eighteen examinations and two police cases, for lack of 



