86 0. E. SCHIOTZ. [NORW. POL. EXP. NO. 8.] 
that in this case also, the masses are to a greater or less extent compensated 
by deficiencies of mass in the depths below. On account of the small extent 
of the islands, the acceleration must nevertheless show a considerably greater 
increase here than along the continental coast-margin. 
Curistiania. July 1900. 
O. E. SCHIOTZ. 
