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costs i Ialy reaCh the iowest in ls tory, the, Axherican dollar buying 21.05 lire. Encouraging tourist traffic, the Italian Governiment has established a, rigid mandate over price, raising,ý guarding ag4ast. attempts to balance the er.change. -Éeadily redeemable tourist lira may be purchased in the forms of letters- of-credit or tourist checks i$'sued in Italian lira, against the corresponding value in dollars i mùaximumü amounts of 300 lire per day fer 'each day of the stay in Italy. Hotel coupons. ef- fecting a saving of approximately 15, per cent may, also be bought' at the special tourist rate of1 exchange.- en- ablingý the traveler to stay at. ay of the firot class de luxe, ,hotels ini Italy for as l-ittie' as $3.80 per day, whicla includes flot only..a room with bath, able to the travel motor in the pu coupons which nm cost of fuel. paini u"'zqr . Free , circulation railroad tickets, permitting tra'vel without restriction within specified.periods:of six, fifteen and tbirtydays, are also offerçd at new' Io*,rates in. 1irst, secoM and third class. Italy, in in creasing. favor with travelers at al seasons of theyear, this spring, it is expected, will break ail records for visitors, as im ore and more travelers recognize the beauties of the peninsula in March, *April and May. Italy's countryside, somnolent and peaceful, stirs into colorful activ- ity as-the vi»eyards. the orange and the olive trees blossom, 'and happy peasants prepare for another summer ini the Mediterranean sun. Perhaps ône of Italy's greatest at- tans or as, he ness ai ý .R.t.es$5 3oating Plan. :e of c I} tMay 1, folk çircling the. 1 nine moi