202 FORESTRY OF NORWAY. 



1878, . . 737,014 tons. 



1877, .... 830,508 



1876, , 932,654 



1875, . . . . 751,309 ., 



'Since 1870 the exportation of planed wood shows a 

 continuous augmentation. In 1880 it amounted to more 

 than one-fifth of the whole export, showing an increase, 

 which was progressive, from 96,445 tons in 1870 to 

 193,654 in 1880. Sawn wood, on the contrary, has fallen 

 from 428,553 tons in 1870 to 245,548 tons in 1880. Spars 

 and mine supports have increased from 100,552 tons in 

 1870 to 295,616 tons in 1880. Lastly, staves have in- 

 creased from 19,631 tons in 1870 to 30,061 tons in 1880. 



' The six principal Norwegian ports, arranged according 

 to the importance of the wood exports, give for the years 

 1880 and 1879 the following results: 



Totals .... 533,647 408,481 



' It may be seen from this table that the town of Fredrik- 

 stadt occupies for the past, and it always will occupy, the 

 first place, on account of its advantageous position at the 

 embouchure of the Glommen. Indeed, the general report 

 for the year 1880 shows that in the basin of the Glommen 

 there have been marked by the traders 185,395 tylters 

 and three pieces of trees. (A tylter contains twelve trees, 

 felled and bound together.) These 185,395 dozen trees 

 have been floated and delivered to the owners at their 

 mills, with only a loss of 3 per 200. This is far beyond 

 what they had expected, according to the prospects sug- 

 gested by the spring and summer of the year preceding. 



'The good result has been equally complete in the 



