504 MISC. PUBLICATION 218, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
The tax levies of the Norwegian Provinces (districts) in 1927-28 
are given in table 143 (280, pp. 206-207). 
TABLE 143.—Tazes levied by the Norwegian Provinces, 1927-28 
Amount of levy 
Tax 
Kroner Dollars 
Real estate itaxs Ses 2h ee oe ee a ee eS ee 3, 400, 000 911, 000 
Repartition tax levied/on\ commun esas ss ee 30, 132, 000 8, 075, 000 
Ro Gall es a SN a eae ee em 33, 532, 000 8, 986, 000 
In the same year the rural communes levied the following taxes 
(table 144) (280, pp. 206-207). 
TaBLE 144.—Tazes levied by Norwegian rural communes, 1927-28 
Amount of levy 
Tax a 
Kroner Dollars 
Realestate sta xe eS ae a a ee Oe eee 1, 559, C00 418, 000 
IBTODOTUY aX a hs Ph a Es ee er Nee el eae ee 18, 131, 000 4, 859, G00 
Incomettaxce 0h. 22S See ee EE Bae ee ee Sse eee cee ee 120, 009, 000 32, 162, 000 
Dnestand fees ELS ee a ee eae es ee ee 2, 168, 600 581, 000 
Repartition payMenes: DyzSCHOOlGISERI CES See eee 522, 000 140, 060 
Contributions by industrial enterprises: 
School administration 23222 2 2 ee ee ee ae ee 124, 000 33, 000 
IPGOETOMELES 2 SRE I OEM ie REE See ry ee ead OP em le ar ee 64, G00 17, 000 
cA Io) 2 (ae Mis Ne ene Sd ee Me ol aN an ee NS NES) aE ay a Sue fe 142, 577, 000 38, 210, 000 
THE ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF FORESTS 
Norway has 18,500,000 acres of productive forest land. This is 
24 percent of the total land area of the country, 77,000,000 acres. 
Approximately 70 percent of the forest land is in conifers and the 
remainder in hardwoods (280, p. 49). The distribution of the forest 
area with respect to ownership i is given in table 145. 
TaBLE 145.—Area of Norwegian forests by type of ownership } 
Area 
Type of ownership 
1,000 1,000 acres | Percent 
hectares 
Public forests: 
INS biOn aISTOTeStS Saye a ee A A ee ie 2 en ee ee 764 1, 890 10. 2 
National inubliciorests see eee ee ee ee eee 227 560 3.0 
Horestsiolthe educationalefund=2 see ere 71 176 .9 
Communaleforests2es ee ee eee 223 550 3.0 
Communalspublictiorests too en ee eee 178 438 2.4 
LOIN L-OWAICLS Dip) sl OLCSES Scere ee en ep | 69 171 9 
ARCO P ATEN pe a Er OE nt ee SS Se REN ene a Oh 1, 532 3, 785 20. 4 
Private forests: | 
Owned byaind iva duals yes eee os ee ae Sa | 5, 321 13, 150 71.0 
Ownedibyicorporations 2 2 a eee ee | 632 1, 561 8.4 
Ownedsbysinstitutions sae. 2 eee eee | 15 37 uD 
NCO WE 5S ea AR, hee ee Ne | 5, 968 14, 748 79.6 
earn cSt ea es es Feet ata eat hn Lhe ta | 7, 500 | 18, 533 100. 0 
1 Source of data: From (£80, p. 49). 
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