ITALY. 



total expenditure 101,. 



average annual naval budget of the |xut 

 Some of the Deputies proposed an in- 



r as possii 



he Minister of .Mann. r ;,. t. .| tin-* plan. 



rssing nasd of ;-d...ti 



some of wnich were already under eon* 



ountnr was generally pl.-a-.-d with 



r construction, hailing it a* a 



- navy would be ar- 



.nUldl " at li.-n.4i in tieptem- 



y. tali, graphite, and boric 



. half of 



rer 70,000 HMO. The value of the 

 I. o W 1.CWO.OOU lira a year. 



.'..- V. - !..-.. 



. - . ;, : . 



fives in lira the value, of the import* of m*r 

 <Uat from 







- stern. Her nrinu 



.;. h - 11 ' n runs, ' * ' h 



and the 



tint railli-i 



<ngine,of i;i.i" l,.. r -- j 

 win give a normal speed ;*. The cost of 



nmtui. ! 1'. ' . tli.- tir-t . UmpU .-f !.. IK -A 

 . wa- launrhed at Cartel. 

 II 



I' r dimensions are 848 feet over all. with 



I. r. .,.)(!, ,,f ,<. f, ,-t and a mean draught 



fs.tt-.-l tin 



bottom rising to the |e\ , the 



vital lo from item ' 



d steel armor pntct- 

 gun*, while the turr.-t- f..n- ami aft are covered 



!i armor. The artu.i 

 9i>-iii .arli tunvt, s :l-in-h q 



in-i 10 -inull-l...r.' <|iu. k- 

 mins diittril'iitiil f..n- and aft. uiti 



and l'i In 1 1 on. The land of Italy 

 .ii-l the system of peasant 



top-hip IH ra| In some 



-n on shares is pre\ 



.in- taki-i. year lease* in np|H-r Italy 



i southern Italy for two. f.-u \ears. 



dture i-* in a primitive fMoiOQ, 



and the severe competili 



rejw among the fM>a*antn 



f !>) hilM. .' 



Iwing cropped year after yrar with 

 aiul i - wholesale deforesting of the conn- 



trr. especially in southern Italy, renders the rain- 

 fall deficient and deprive* the fanner of the pro- 

 li nx-ain-t thr <M,inn...t. nmvt pasU. 

 AholeMle trapping ..f the migratory birds to 

 tidon and Part* has 



caused a serious diminution in !>. \ 

 several iint rie* besides IlnU. Silk 



f Italy, en.' 

 sons in 1895. whil.- 172.UOO were emplo>.,l m the 



w..| pnxl 



valu.il at 16.6Kl.iNni ], r , . ,,f the forests, 



the most important of which are subject to ($.. 



ragiilaaoot, it worth 88,000.000 lire a year: 



vreals, fibers, wine, fr . 

 d.80oVM)0.000 lire per annum; that of 

 1. milk it 1.434.000.000 



lire. f minor atrriiMiltural pn- 



such as vegetables, mushrooms, poult rr. and eggs, 

 -MI to 80,000.000 lire a year. The mineral 

 nolu.lo sulphur, zinc ore, lead, iron, cop- 

 per, and manganese ores, anthracite coal, mcr 





i tal 



In the special commerce for 1806 the imi-.ruUoos 



- 1.173^00.0U. 

 f precious metals at I0;mo.i- 

 t* of roerchaodise, 1.0SS.100.000 lire: exports 

 of precious metals. 19.900.000 hrr ; transit trade, 



I.N.-.-M-.. i.r, '1 ! . ,- :. .:., ;. |U ..-. - 



reals for 



'.00.000 lire. c. 



<H. Jirv. n 



::.-,.....-.. lire, tinVr f : ; ' . 



pr.-i J00.0001ir r 31.900.00 



' lire, fish for 29.3UO.- 



3tfiOO.OOO lira, aUk USMM for 



m^oQyooo 



ry and prrckw* stoors f. 



lOOgDOOUn ' -. -------- :-- 



r.-. and linen yarn for ll.OOU.- 



.*! nnd straw manufac- 

 fl . r 47 '"- lire, hemp f..r 3144W.CII- 



.re. sulphur f. 



700,000 lire, marble and alabsav 



r M.iHNUMMi lire, tartar . lire. 



I0j*00.0t 



and / in.- for 9.500.000 

 has incrva**-d in ten years 



more than 5 per cent., and that of wine about 12 

 foreign trade received a serere shock 

 from the tariff war with Prance, the exports to 

 which MI off nearly two thirds between 1897 and 

 1894. and the total 'trade suffered for four years a 

 loss of 124 per cent, : but this loss in the past four 



