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undersized trees are hindered in their growth, stunted, damaged or the 

 like. The State allows one half of the expenses incurred in seeing that 

 the law is properly observed. In those districts where the local author- 

 ities have not of their own initiative passed bye-laws the general regu- 

 lations fixed by the supplementary law of the 7th June 1916 come into 

 application. 



The Act of the loth February 1908 regarding 

 the invalidity of certain contracts for felling of 

 trees etc. forbids the establishment of such contracts for a longer 

 period than 3 years from the date of the making of the contract. 



The Act of July I4th 1893 regarding restric- 

 tions on the use of fire in woods and fields etc. 

 with the amending act of 1921, lays down certain prohibitions against 

 the use of fire in forests and enjoins upon the district authorities the 

 enactment of so-called forest-fire regulations^:. According to these re- 

 gulations every able-bodied man in the district may be called upon to 

 take without remuneration part in the extinguishing of forest fires. 



Amongst other laws may be mentioned, the Act of the 2oth 

 May 1899 regarding the hunting and capture of 

 game, the Act of the 2Oth July 1918 regarding hou- 

 sing of men and horses engaged in fores t-w o r k 

 and floatage of timber. The so-called M ountain La w 

 of the 2Oth March 1920 gives to the local authorities in the 

 highlands the right to the regulate the rights of the parishes to fishing, 

 hunting and pasturing in the common-lands belonging to the State, in- 

 cluding also the common forest-lands, and the Act of the 2Oth August 

 1915 forbids the separation from the farm-holdings of the forest and 

 mountain tracts necessary for the working of the farm. 



The civil Veterinary Service. 



This service is well and completely organised with a staff of well- 

 trained officials. Hitherto the veterinary surgeons have obtained their 

 education in Denmark, but there is now under construction a Norwegian 

 Veterinary High School in Christiania. 



The number of veterinary surgeons is 255. Of these 165 are county 

 veterinary surgeons, whose salaries are paid partly by the State and 

 partly by the county concerned. 



The State Veterinary Institute in Christiania consists 



