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Piroli thought, at length replied that his great ambition was to own his own cottage−but that would cost 10,000 lire. The King ordered 20,000 lire* to be given to the man, pressed 500 lire into his hand as he said goodbye, with the words : "Buy food with this...
Minister of Finance De Stefani made a statement on the note circulation. He showed that, last December, the note circulation was 20,514,000,000 lire; while on Feb. 28, it was 19,871,000,000 lire, a decrease of 643,000,000 lire. He predicted that, by Apr. 30, the circulation would be reduced to 18,700,000,000 lire. All this, he? pointed out, increased the purchasing power of the lira...
...largest income was one of 3,000,000 lire (about $150,000), on which a rubber manufacturer paid tribute to the Treasury. Surgeons have the largest incomes among the professional classes; lawyers, composers and notaries average second; dentists and cinema actors come third; novelists, vaudeville artists and physicians, architects and sculptors come next in decreasing order...
Finance Minister Signor de Stefani recently published a few facts and figures concerning Italian finances. Since July 1, the internal debt shows a reduction of 1,175,000,000 lire* and a reduction of 25,007,000,000 lire since the Fascist! seized power. The internal debt now stands at 91,968,000,000 lire and liquid funds at disposal of the Treasury have been increased during the same period by 300,000,000 lire. For the first semester of the current fiscal year (July 1924 to June 1925), receipts have exceeded budgetary estimates by 679,000,000 lire...
...Opposition in making up its mind about its next move. Accordingly, it was proposed in the Consulta to pay Deputies according to the number of sittings of the Chamber which they attended. (Incidentally the cost to the country of paying Deputies would be cut some 6,000,000 lire.) The object was, of course, to deprive the Aventine Deputies of the salaries which they are still drawing...