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ciety), 3>Foreningen til kaninavlens fremnie« (Society for the Promotion 

 of Rabbit-breeding), »Nyttevekstforeningen« (Society for the Utilisation 

 of useful Plants), »Ny Jord« (New Land) (see hereinafter), as well as 

 »Det norske travselskab« (The Norwegian Trotting Club). All these get 

 a state grant of varying extent. 



In addition to the agricultural societies with their sub-sections and 

 the above-named national societies there are a number of smaller local 

 associations, some of which are joined to the above-mentioned national 

 societies, while some have a more independent activity. Of these may be 

 mentioned: Various kinds of societies for the breeding of live-stock, 

 various societies for subsidiary industries, societies for purchase and sale 

 of articles etc. 



Some of them have a state grant, as, for instance, the societies for 

 the acquirement and maintenance of valuable pedigree live-stock, while 

 others work without such grant. 



Officials and Institutions under the Direktor of Woods 

 and Forests. 



1. Officials. 



In addition to the before-mentioned 3 Inspectors of Woods and 

 Forests there are 40 forest-managers, 20 assistants and about 500 wood- 

 rangers, all of whom are entirely in the service of the state and who 

 have to do with the management of the forests belonging to the state, 

 and of other public forests. 



2. Institutions carried on entirely for account 

 of the state. 



The State Valutation Office for Forests. 



This office directs the regulation of boundaries, the survey and 

 valuation etc. of the public forests and of the forests which are offered 

 for sale to the public authorities. The permanent staff consists of 2 

 forest-valuators and 4 assistants. 



The National Valuation Office for Forests. 



The purpose of this office is to furnish by means of direct measure- 

 ments and investigations statistics regarding the Norwegian forests. Its 

 task consists first and foremost in answering the following questions : 



1. The area of forest and its distribution according to the different 

 species and qualities of timber. 



2. The existing supply of growing timber. 



