Still on the lawn are the initials of ihe German resident who sold the place to the Italian Consulate during the first few years of this century. There remained long after his departure the initials of the House of Hanover and in the garden a clay dogs it was a huge beast and an arresting sight. It was back in 1888 and 1889 that the house was the residence of the French Consul-General.
While the house has grown monetarily valueless, the land on which it is situated has doubled in value many times as the city has built up around it. Just what will be done with that land owned by the Italian Government is unknown here at present. Orders from Rome are awaited.
The residence of the Italian Consul-General since the departure of Count Ciano has been a matter of personal choice. The Italian Consulate is still located in the building built in 1903 behind the old house but its offices are on the ground floor now while the Italian Embassy is at present upstairs.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.