ITALY.

Rome, February 14, 1913.

Ministry of Instruction.
General Office
of the Director
of Antiquities & Fine Arts.

Posiz. 21 aff. gen.
N. di.

Prot. 339. Subject: Statistical Inquiry.

The Italian Government appropriates 440,500 Lire for professional salaries and 146,400 Lire for administration expenses in connection with the five national conservatories of music among which the former amount is apportioned as follows:

Lire
Milan Conservatory of Music102,000
Naples ” ” ” 107,000
Palermo ” ” ” 80,000
Parma ” ” ” 71,500
Florence Musical Institute80,000

There is an additional appropriation approximately 30,000 Lire for extraordinary or temporary compensation to the personnel of these various schools.

Instruments, etc.131,440
Annual Government Subvention to the City Conservatory of Music at Rome101,000
Annual subvention to pupils2,000

(Luigi) Credaro,
Minister of Public Instruction.