The Decay of Rome.
The inhabitants of Rome are in a state of consternation. An official blue-book has been issued, which shows that within the past four years the population has decreased by nearly 30,000. There are at present 4,000 unoccupied houses which, considering that they are all very large and fitted out in fiats, means that they could accommodate some 40,000 families. But the most serious matter is the extraordinary decrease in the number of foreign visitors. On ordinary occasions at this season there arc generally 100,000 strangers in Rome, and during the Papal Jubilee the number of pilgrims was so great that the population was very noarly doubled. Last week the number ot foreigners in the Eternal City did not exceed 5,500, and several of the large hotels have closed through lack of support.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 476, 31 May 1890, Page 4
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136The Decay of Rome. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 476, 31 May 1890, Page 4
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