50 INFORMATION REI.ATING TO INSURANCE AND THRIFT 



As for municipal insurance this has been profitabl}^ introduced in a 

 vohmtary form in a slaughterhouse of the Abruzzi, that of Aquila. It has 

 two branches — insurance against losses caused by leprosy among pigs and 

 against losses of cattle caused by ictherus, tuberculosis etc. The premiums 

 for cattle are: 5 liras for milch cows, i lira for bulls, oxen and cows not be- 

 longing to a race of milch cows, and 0.60 lira for weaned and 0.2a lira for 

 unweaned calves. For pigs the premium is i lira. 



For each head of cattle the communal fund pays an indemnity cal- 

 culated according to the weight of the four quarters at market prices, less 

 0.15 lira a kilogramme, in the case of milch cows and o.io lira in the case of 

 other cattle. As for pigs the fund pays the amount of the animal's full price, 

 less 5 liras in the case of a boar and less 12 liras in other cases. Animals 

 for which indemnities have been paid of course remain the property of the 

 communal administration. There are special provisions against frauds. 



Lastty joint stock societies have also been constituted in Italy for this 

 object. They are not numerous however and their activity is usually 

 unimportant. One of them — perhaps the most important in virtue of 

 the funds of which it disposed — was recently dissolved after having 

 attempted to extend its sphere over most of the kingdom. 



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3. THE RUIZES FOR THE DISTRICT OFFICES OF AGRICUIyTURAl^ MUTUAI^ITY. — 



La Mutualitd Agraria, organ of the IstiUito Nazionale per la Mutnalita Agraria, no. 2, 

 Rome, 20 January 191 7. 



Recently, as is well known, various district offices of agricultural mu- 

 tuality were founded in Italy, at Turin, Genoa, Florence, Mantua, Reggio 

 in Calabria and Palermo. The Istituto Nazionale per la Mutitalita Agraria, 

 which was the promoter of these ofhce^, has now thought it opportune to 

 draw up special rules for their use and the use of those which \\ould 

 gradually be formed in other districts. We resume the fundamental 

 principles of these rules : 



The constitution of a district office of agricultural mutuality is first 

 of all accordant with an agreement between the local administrations and 

 the National Institute of Agricultural Mutuality already cited. This agree 

 ment specifies the method of working. Its aim is : 



a) to multiply mutual funds for insurance against mortality among 

 live stock, to assist their administrative and technical installation, and to 

 give them an impulse to federation and reinsurance ; 



h) to disseminate, especially among small farmers and small pro- 

 prietors, knowledge of the hygiene of rearing live stock and the use of asso- 

 ciation with a view to zootechnical improvement ; 



(1) I kilogramme = 2.2 lbs. 



