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the second for inspection of legal business and book keeping, the third 

 for technical agricultural consultation and propaganda (i). 



Attached to the Federation and in immediate relation mth it, since 

 1910 there has been an " Azienda per I'acquisto e vendita dei concimi" 

 {Office for Purchase and Sale of Manure), which did a total business in 1910 

 of 205,857 frs,, in 1911 of 646,120 frs. and in 1912 of 1,577,785 frs. 



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6. — Enquiry into the statistics of the co-operative movement in 

 ITAI,Y. — In order that the importance of the ItaUan co-operative move- 

 ment in its various manifestations may be better known and appreci- 

 ated, the " lyCga Nazionale delle Co-operative " [National League of Co-op- 

 erative Societies) , to which the Agricultural Department has lent its support 

 for the purpose, has invited its affihated societies to a national compet- 

 ition in statistical studies on co-operation in Italy. 



They may investigate the movement in a region, a province, or a com- 

 mune ; or even a special organization (federation, consortium etc.). The com- 

 petitors, whether they undertake to study a whole region or hmit themselves 

 to a province or commune, must extend their investigations to every form 

 of co-operative society: societies for production and for labour, agricultural 

 societies, distributive societies, etc. 



In each case there must be given [a) the name of the society, {b) the date 

 of its foundation, (c) indication whether the society has a legal existence or 

 merely exists de facto, (d) the number of members, (e) the amount of share 

 capital subscribed and paid up, (/) the amount of the reserve fund, (g) the 

 amount of profits and losses. (2). 



(Summarised from " Cooperazione italiana ", organ of the lycague, Milan, 

 no. 1,075, February 20th., 1914). 



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7. — Prize competitions among the national agriculturaIv co-op- 

 erative PURCHASE SOCIETIES AND THE SOCIETIES OF MANUFACTURERS OF 

 QTRUS PRODUCE AND TRADERS IN THE SAME. — By Ministerial Decree 

 of February loth., 1914, in view of the desirabihty of encouraging the de- 



(i) (Summarised from " II movimento cooperativo in Sicilia. Contributo slorico statistico 

 documentale. " (Co-operative Movement in Sicily. Historical, Statistical and Documentary 

 Contribution). Published by the " Federazione Siciliana delle Cooperative ", Girgenti, V. Sir- 

 chia, 1914). 



(2) The lycague has recently foimded at its head quarters in Milan an "Ufficio Agrario delle 

 co-operative " [Agricultural Office of Co-operative Societies), for the technical and commercial 

 assistance of the agricultural co-operative societies. 



