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the houses are mainly of brick or granite from the neighbouring quarries. Amongst 

 the public buildings, conspicuous are the Chambers, law courts, and large schools, 

 including the University, founded in 1811, and recently greatl}^ enlarged to 

 accommodate the extensive collections of the museum and the continually increas- 

 ino- library, now containing 180,000 volumes. To the University are also attached 

 a botanic garden and astronomical and meteorological observatories, the latter 

 rendered famous by the labours of Mohn. 



Christiania is a considerable industrial centre, with numerous spinning-mills, 

 distilleries, and other works. Second to Bergen in its export, it stands first in its 

 import trade, and is connected by regular steam service with all the towns on the 



Fig. 60. — Drammen and its Fiord. 

 Scale 1 : 122,000. 



Scandinavian seaboard, the large ports of Western Europe, and New York. A net- 

 work of railways also places it in direct communication with Trondhjem, Gefle, 

 Stockholm, Goteborg, and Malmo. The population, scarcely 8,000 at the begin- 

 nino of the century, has increased tenfold since then, the annual rate of increase 

 now being about 1,000. It is noted for its healthy climate and beautiful sur- 

 roundings. 



The Glommen basin, although the largest in Norway, has no important towns 

 on its upper course, except the mining city of Horos. Much nearer to the capital 

 is Eidsveld, on the navigable outlet of Lake Mjosen, where the first Norwegian 

 Storthing met after the treaty of union with Sweden in 1814. It had for 



