INFORM ATIOX RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL ECOXOMY IX GEXERAL 121 



The institute is ruled b}' an administrative council composed of two 

 representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture, two of the Alinistry of Pub- 

 he Works and one of the Ministry of Finances — all of whom are nomi- 

 nated by royal decree — , and of a technical manager. 



The administrative council manages the property of the institute, 

 nominates its emploj^ees, and sees that it pursues the objects which have 

 been cited. The councillors hold office for three years and may be re- 

 elected. They nominate a chairman from among themselves. 



The technical manager is respon.sible for the work of the institute, 

 already defined : he prescribes and inspects systems of agriculture and agri- 

 cultural works, and provides for the execution of the resolutions of the 

 administrative council. 



The institute converts the returns from its property into its own in- 

 come, which it uses to extinguish the loans it contracts and to pay the costs 

 of administration and agriculture and of the maintenance of works of bene- 

 ficence, as well as to meet every other necessarj' expense and to form a 

 fund intended for later agricultural improvements. 



The Ministry of Agriculture acts, through an especial organization, 

 as superintendent and guardian of the institute and of the agricultural 

 enterprise accessory to it. 



4. XATIOXAI, CHARITY FOR THE ORPHAXS OF PEASAXTS KILLED IX THE WAR* 

 Constitution approved by a decree of the Geneial Lieutenancy ot the kingdom, 6 August 



IQ16, Xo. 1025. Gazzetta Ufficiale del Regno d'lialia, No. 201, Rome, 26 August 1916. 



We have already alluded (i) to the great movement which has for 

 some time been spreading in Italy in favour of helping the orphans of peas- 

 ants killed in the war, and also the active propaganda of the Istitido nq- 

 zionale- delta mntuaUta agraria for the foundation of agricultural colonies 

 especially designed for the reception of these orphans and their education 

 in their fathers' callings. In order better to direct and co-ordinate this 

 movement there has recently been formed in Rome the Opera nazionale per 

 gli orfani dei contadini morti in guerra e per i figli del contadini resi in guerra 

 pernianentemente inahili al lavoro. a national charity for the orphans of peas- 

 ants killed in the war and for the children of peasants permanently dis- 

 abled b}' the war, which acquired .status as a corporation having a moral 

 aim by a decree dated 6 August 1916, No. 1025. Its objects are : 



a) to see that aid is given to the orphans of peasants by special lo- 

 cal protective agencies (2) or other institutions; 



(i) See International Review of Ai^riculUiral Economics, March 191 6. 



(2) See in this connection an interesting pamphlet by Dr. Mario Casalini, geinial sccretarj- 

 of the charity, " L'Assistenza agli orfani dei contadini. I patronati, hi loro orszanizzazione 

 il loro funzionamcnto ". Chiusi, typ. Cerere, 1916. 



