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ponding map in one sheet, with coloured indications of 

 the forests of coniferous and of broad-leaved trees in the 

 kingdom. And subsequently there was issued by the 

 Directory of Forest Administration in Christiania three 

 forest maps of different districts of the county of Christiania. 

 From these it appears that broad -leaved trees are found 

 chiefly in the west and the north-west portion of the 

 kingdom, though by no means confined to these, and 

 mostly on the borders of rivers and lakes, and skirting the 

 lower fringes of coniferous forests; while the forests of 

 coniferous trees are densely diffused over the south-east, 

 and sparsely scattered over the extreme north of the 

 kingdom. 



Besides these I have before me a Report by the Forest 

 Directory for the period 1875-1880 ; a Report on the 

 Nature and Condition of Forests in Finmark, by Forest- 

 Inspector Earth ; a Report on the Nature and Condition 

 of the Forests in the Guldbrandsdalen, by the same author ; 

 a Report on the Condition of the Woods in the Water- 

 courses of the Arendal, by Forest-Inspector Mejdell; a 

 Report on the Condition of the Forests in Romsdals 

 County, by J. Schioetz ; and Reports by A. T. Gloersin ; 

 arid of Examination of Forests in Stavanger and the 

 borders of Bergenuus County. Also reports on the Econo- 

 mical Condition of the Kingdom by Prefects of nineteen 

 Prefectures, for the years 1861-65 ; similar reports for the 

 years 1866-70; and a Report made by Forest- Assistant 

 Aars, to the Department of the Interior, on the Condition 

 of the Forests in the Prefecture of Lister and Mandal, 

 published in successive numbers of the Christiansand 

 Stiftsavis,in the latter months of 1870, containing sadden- 

 ing accounts of the reckless and hopeless destructions 

 which were then, and had been for some time, going on in 

 the forests. 



From the whole it appears that the true forests of 

 Norway are composed almost entirely of the Norway 

 spruce fir and the Scots fir. It is only exceptionally that 

 some other trees, such as the alder, the beech, and the 



