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resident outside the district. For tlie last-named class of persons (that 

 is : non-residents in the district) the limits are much lower than for per- 

 sons of the first-named class (residents in the district). The individual 

 districts are, furthermore, at liberty to get these limits reduced and the 

 districts have availed themselves of this privilege to a very great extent, 

 so that the concession-limits are now generally very low throughout the 

 whole country. Thus it may be mentioned that the limit for forest- 

 concessions in about one half of the districts in the country has been 

 reduced to lo hectares, as regards companies, non-residents and local 

 authorities of other districts. Also for residents in the district the limit 

 for forest-concessions has been reduced to a verv small area, in some 

 districts to lo hectares. A somewhat similar state of affairs prevails 

 also as regards land, for which the limits fixed by the law (4 hectares 

 for non-residents and 15 to 30 hectares for residents) have been further 

 reduced in a number of districts. The same applies also as regards the 

 limits for mountain-concessions, which by the law have been fixed at 

 100 hectares. In the case of all these areas it is to be remarked that it 

 is not only the extent of the property to be acquired that is taken into 

 account, but also what the acquirer and his immediate relatives a 1 r e a d v 

 possess in the district, so that the property acquired becomes subject to 

 consession when it, together with what the acquirer and his immediate 

 relatives already own in the district, exceeds the limit applying to the di- 

 strict. 



Transfers within the circle of immediate relatives are exempt from 

 the obligation of obtaining concession, irrespective of the extent of the 

 property. 



Applications for concession must first be sulimitted to the local autho- 

 rities for their expression of opinion as to wether the application ought 

 to be granted or not, and as to wether, if granted, there ought to be 

 attached to the concession special conditions with a view to guarding the 

 public interests. Thereupon the application is sent in to the Depart- 

 ment, which submits it to the King for decision. For the granting of the 

 concession such conditions may be laid down as may be found requisite 

 in the public interests. Thus, in the case of concessions for the acquire- 

 ment of land-property it is usual to lay down the condition that the 

 acquirer shall take up permanent residence on the property for a period 

 of at least 5 years and work it in a proper manner as a farm and 

 that he shall treat in a rational manner the foresit attached to the pro- 

 perty. Moreover, there are often, according to the nature of the indi- 

 vidual cases, laid down several other conditions for acquirement of 

 property. 



If, in view of the information supplied and of the opinion expressed 

 by the local authorities, the King finds that it is contrary to the public 

 interests to allow the applicant to acquire the property, the latter's appli- 

 cation for concession will be rejected. The applicant will then be 

 allowed a certain time to arrange the matter of acquirement, either bv 



