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NORWAY

Councillors of State. Ministry for Foreign Affairs.— ^\. Ihlen. Ministry for Worship and histruction. — M. Bryggesaa. Ministry for Justice. — M. Abmhamsen.

Ministry for Commerce, Navigation, avd Industry. — M, Cast berg. Ministry for Agriculture. — The President of the Council. Ministry for Labour. — M.. Urbyc. Ministry for Frnance. — M. OmIioU. Ministry for Defence. — General Keilhan.

II. Local Government. The administrative division of the country is into twenty districts, each governed by a chief executive functionary (Amtmand), viz., the town of Kristiania and Bergen, and 18 'Amter' (counties). There are 41 towns, 22 'Ladesteder,' and 602 rural communes (Herreder), mostly parishes or sub-parishes (wards). The government of the Herred is vested in a body of representatives (from 12 to 48), and a council (Formsend), elected by and from among the representatives, who are four times the number of the ' Formjend. ' The representatives elect conjointly every third year from among the ' Formfend' a chairman and a deputy chairman. All the chairmen of the rural communes of an Amt form with the Amtmand the ' Amtsting ' (county diet), which meets yearly to settle the budget of the Amt. The towns and the ports form 61 communes, also governed by a council (5 to 21), and representatives (four times the size of the council). The members of the local governing bodies are elected under the same conditions as the Storting. Since 1910 women are entitled to vote and to be elected, under the same conditions as men.

Area and Population.

I. Pi

lOGRESS AND

Present Coni

DITION.

Aiiiter

Area : English square miles i

1

Population Dec. 3, 1900

Population i Dec. 1, 191U

Pop. per

square mile 1910

Kristiania (town) .

Akershus

Sraaalenene .

Hedemarkeu .

Kristian s

Buskerud

Jarlsberg and Larvik

Bratsberg

Nedenes

Lister and Mandal .

Stavanger

Sondre Bergcnlms .

Bergen (town)

Nordre Bergenhus .

Romsdal

Sondre Trondhjem.

Nordre Trondhjem.

Nordland

Tromso .

Finmarken

6-4 j

2,017-0 1

1,600-0 ;

10,600-1

9,785-3

5,721-1

895-6

5,864-9

3,609-5

2,804-9

3,531-9

6,026-0

5-2

7,136-1

5,787-8

7,185-3

8,696-4

14,804-0

10,134-2

17,917-9

227,626

116,228

136,886

126,182

116,280

112,676

104,554

99,052

79,935

81,567

127,592

135,752

72,251

89,041

136,137

135,382

83,433

152,144

74,362

32,952

241,834

128,042

152,306

134,555

119,236

123,643

109,076

108,084

76,456

82,067

141.040

146,006

76,867

90,040

144,622

148,306

84,948

164,687

81,902

38,065

2,391,782

37,786

63

95

12

12

23

121

18

21

I 29

39

24

11,782

! 12

24

20

9

11

8

1

5 4 1 7

3 9 4 1 2 9 2

-1 6 9 6 8 1 1 9

Total .

124,129-7

2,240,032

11-2