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Money : Norwegian currency is soon understood. There 

 are only two kinds, krone and ore. One krone is equal to 

 one hundred ore. In bronze they have one ore, two ore, 

 five ore ; in silver, ten ore, twenty-five ore, fifty 6re ; one 

 krone piece, two kroner piece, four kroner piece ; in gold, 

 five kroner piece, ten kroner piece, twenty kroner piece. 

 Notes are issued for five, ten, fifty, one hundred, five 

 hundred, and one thousand kroner. One penny in English 

 money is worth seven and a-half ore, sixpence is worth 

 forty-five ore, one shilling is worth ninety ore, half-a- 

 sovereign is worth nine kroner, a sovereign is worth 

 eighteen kroner. F. Beyer, 2, Strangaden, Bergen, will 

 exchange English money into Norwegian free of cost ; but 

 a slight commission is charged for the re-exchange from 

 Norwegian into English. The tourist should have a lot of 

 small change for disbursements, required for boatmen, 

 drivers, &c. Travelling : If the tourist lands at Bergen, 

 he will find steamers going daily to all parts of the 

 coast. The hours, however, vary ; but every information 

 will be given on applying to the landlord of the hotel or to 

 the shipping companies. There are regular fixed charges 

 for meals on these vessels. A breakfast costs about one 

 krone fifty ore ; dinner, two kroner forty ore ; supper, one 

 krone fifty ore. Wine and beer are extras. Man and wife, 

 father and son, or brother and sister, may travel for a fare 

 and a-half ; several members of one family are carried at a 

 fixed reduction. This does not apply to the ocean steamers, 

 only to the home mail boats. If the steamers do not run to 

 suit the visitor, he may, in many places, demand a boat, 

 with three men and six oars. A table giving the legal 

 boating charges is to be found in the guide books. This 

 mode of conveyance is a legal obligation imposed on the 



