CONTENTS 



PART I : CO-OPERATION AND ASSOCIATION. 



BUI^GARIA. 

 The Central Co-operative Bank of Bulgaria Page x 



ITAI<Y. 



The National Institute of Credit for Co-operation, the Institute of Credit for 

 Co-operative Societies and the National Bank of It.\lian Rural Funds in 



1916 Page 



§ I. The National Institute ol Cieclit for Co-opeiation, page 8. — § 2. The Insti- 

 tute of Credit for Co-operative Societies, page 11. — § 3. The National Bank 

 of Italian Rural Funds, page 13. 



Russia. 



The Central Co-operative Union of Flax Growers Page 14 



MiscEL,i<ANEous Information reIvATing to Co-operation and Asso- 

 ciation IN Various Countries Page 



Fr^vnce : The Co-operative Societies for the Cultivation of Abandoned I^ands and the Re- 

 construction of Destroyed Villages, page 22. 

 Great Britain and Ireland : An Irish Co-operative Society for growing Wheat, page 24. 

 Norway: The Agricultural Co-operative Movemait, page 25. 



Spain : The Co-operative Dairy of the " Casa de Ganaderos " of Saragossa, page 26, 

 Union of South Africa : The l^and Bank of South Africa in 1916, page 28. 



