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greater part of the water-courses utilised for floatage, so 

 that of the 680,000 dozen nearly which have been floated 

 throughout the entire country, there has remained scarcely 

 8 per cent., or 54,000 dozens, of which 30,000 dozens belong 

 to the basins of Krageroe, of Arendal, of Christiansand, 

 and of Mendal, where there were marked about 125 

 dozens. 



' The mean gross price of the wood floated in 1880 in 

 the basin of the Glommen (calculated according to the 

 results yielded by more than 100,000 dozens) was 25 

 crowns 26 ore, about 26s 6d sterling per dozen. Conse- 

 quently there had been paid to proprietors of forests in 

 the basin of the Glommen for the 185,835 dozens of wood 

 delivered for floatage in 1880 a gross amount of 4,683,077 

 crowns, which sum, after deduction of 1,345,000 crowns 

 for felling, sorting, carriage, and floatage, shows that the 

 proprietors have been benefited to the extent of 3,337,077 

 crowns (183,610.) 



' The exports of wood from Sweden in 1879 were less 

 satisfactory ; and of about 890,000 dozens of old and new 

 wood, 500,000 dozens only were floated and delivered/ 



