3. The amount of the current yearly increase, as well as a number of 



other questions. 



The work in the field proceeds by counties in the form of lineal 

 valuation. 



The permanent staff of the National Valuation Office for Forests 

 consists of 2 forest-valuators together with the office staff. The _re- 

 maining officials for the field-work are engaged for every season. 



According to plan the valuation is to be completed in the course of 

 5 years for 9 of the largest forest-growing counties in the country. 



At the same time there shall be made out a census of the forestry 

 industry embracing the whole country in order to ascertain the annual 

 production of all the forests in the country and the consumption for 

 household purposes. In this connection returns are collected from all 

 the forest properties in Norway showing the output during 3 conse- 

 cutive years. 



Experimental Stations for Forestry. 



For account of the State there was established in 1917 an experi- 

 mental station for forestry situated at Aas near Christiania, The staff 

 for the present consists of 2 experimentalists and 2 clerks. 



Besides this there is also an experimental station for forestry affi- 

 liated to Bergens Museum. 



The principal contributor to its support is the Norwegian Forestry 

 Society. 



Other official Arrangements for the Advance- 

 ment of Forestry. 



The State supports in various ways the work for the preservation 

 and renewal of the forests. Thus there have been established in diffe- 

 rent parts of the country large nurseries of plants for sale. The State 

 has likewise in many places erected drying-rooms for the obtaining of 

 seed. 



From 1872 the State began to plant the treeless wastes in the West- 

 land and it has regularly carried on cultivation work in its own forests. 



On the moors of the Westland the State has planted altogether 3709 

 hectares of forest, which has, generally speaking, thriven very well. The 

 State also makes grants for private plantation and for plantation carried 

 out by the local authorities. To the local authorities support is also 

 afforded in the form of loans for the purchase of ground for planting. 

 These loans are free of interest and of repayment of principal for 30 

 years. 



In regions that are poor in woods and in districts where it may be 

 feared that the forests, owing to the northerly situation or to the great 

 height above the sea-level, will die out through mistreatment, the State 

 preferably seeks to acquire the forests in order to preserve them. 



