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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
