VI CONTENTS 



PART II : INSURANCE. 



Argentina. 

 Hail Insuiiance in Akgentina P»se 33 



Bulgaria. 



The Insurance Department of the Central Bank of Btjlgaria, by Dr. Athanasios 



Sabbeff, Manager of the Central Co-operative Bank of Bulgaria Page 36 



PART III : CREDIT. 

 Argentina. 



The Nationai, Mortgage Bank : Working Year 1 91 2, Increase of Capital . Page 41 

 I. Working Year, iyi2, page 41. — 2. Increase of Capital, page 45. 



ITAI,Y. 



I. The Part Played by the Monte dei Paschi in History and in the Organization 

 OF Credit, by Prof. Dr. Filippo Virgilii, Professor at the Royal University of Sietm, 

 formerly Member of the Board of Management of the Monte dei Paschi .... Page 46 

 § X. The Origin of the " Monte dei Paschi " and the Commencement of its Rural 

 Credit Business in 1625, page 46. — § 2. Analogy between the Monte dei Paschi 

 and the Silesian Ivandschaft foimded in 1769, page 50. — § 3. Historical Develop- 

 ment of the Monte dei Paschi, page 51. — § 4. Administrative Organization 

 of the Monte dei Paschi, page 53. — § 5. The Various Departments of the 

 "Monte dei Paschi", Savings Bank, I<and Credit and Agricultural Credit 

 Departments, page 56. — § 6. Grants made by the Monte dei Paschi for Purposes 

 of Public Utility and Benevolence, page 60. 



2. Work OF the IvAND Credit Institutes IN 1 912 P»ge 62 



§ I. The Italian I^and Credit Institute, page 62. — I^and Credit Granted by the 

 Savings Bank of the I<ombard Provinces, page 64. — § 3- I^and Credit Granted 

 by the Bologna and Verona Savings Banks and the Sardinian lyand Credit In- 

 stitute, page 65. — § 4. The I^nd Credit Granted by the Institute of " Opere 

 Pie of San Paolo " at Turin and the " Monte dei Paschi " of Siena, page 65. 



