200 FOKESTKY OF NORWAY. 



square ends of the logs are rounded j so both combatants 

 retain marks of the strife.' 



Like pictures might be cited from Rambles in Norway, 

 by Thomas Forester, Esq., and others. 



In the Revue des Eaux et Forets is given an extract from 

 a report of M. de Reujoux, Consular Agent of France at 

 Christiania, On the exportation of wood from Norway, 

 which had appeared in the Bulletin Consulaire Francais, 

 of which the following is a translation : 'The exportation 

 of wood from Norway in the year 1880 amounted to 

 894,816 tons. England occupies the first place, with an 

 increase over 1879 of 156,498 tons viz., 33,345 tons of 

 planed wood, 37,564 tons of sawn wood, 85,589 tons of spars 

 and mine props of two dimensions. Then comes France, 

 with an augmentation over 1879 of 26,567 tons viz., 

 planed wood, 4,355 tons ; sawn wood, 17,967 tons ; beams, 

 2,639 tons ; staves, 1,608 tons. The exportation to Ger- 

 many has considerably fallen off, owing to the rigorous en- 

 forcement of protective duties since the 1st October 1879, 

 leading to a decrease of 23,599 tons in 1880, chiefly in 

 planed wood. 



' Norway has found a new outlet for its timber produce in 

 Holland, in consequence of the abolition of impost, which 

 impost formerly rendered exports to this country almost 

 impossible. During the year 1880 about two-thirds of the 

 wood sent to Holland merely passed through it in transit 

 to Germany. Consequently, of the 38,942 tons sent to 

 Holland, only 19,862 tons could be assigned to the trade 

 in Holland. 



* With regard to Australia, it is impossible to supply pre- 

 cise numbers, seeing that England sends thither much of 

 what she herself imports from Norway. The direct ex- 

 portation to Australia (11,575 tons) is considerably above 

 that of 1870, which only amounted to 7,787 tons. The 

 last three years (1878, 1879, and 1880) give a mean of 

 6,382 tons. 



