21 APRIL 1928, Page 35

Count Volpi, the Italian Minister of Finance, has repub• lished

his speech to the Italian Senate with regard to the adoption of the gold standard and the fixing of the lira exchange. It is published in French, and obtainable in Rome from the Provveditorato Generale dello Stato, under the title of L'Abolition du tours force: la convertibilite en or de la lire.

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