Central | San José | 1897, French Opera, £4,000. America-- | | 1898, Italian Opera, £1,200. Costa Rica | | 1899, Nil. | | 1900, Italian Opera, £920. | | 1901-2, Nil. | | 1903, Italian Opera, £480. | | | Guatemala | Guatemala | A varying amount. | | | | Salvador | San | Amounts varying | Free use of the | Salvador | from £277 to | National Theatre. | | £6,068 for various| | | kinds of opera | | | during the last | | | 12 years. | | | | Chili | Santiago | An amount, about | Rent free: the same | | £5,000, “if the | company apparently | | municipality is | visits Chili | | satisfied with | annually from | | the performances.”| Europe. | | | Denmark | Copenhagen | Deficit on Royal | | | paid from State | | | Theatre accounts.| | | | Egypt | Cairo and | £E5,000 for 36 | | Alexandria| operas and 24 | | | comedies. | | | £E4,000 for the | | | Cairo Opera House| | | and another | | | theatre for | | | upkeep. | | | | France | Paris | Opera, £32,000. | Rent free. | | Opera Comique, | | | £12,000. | | | | Germany | Berlin | £54,000 from the | State contributes to | | Crown for the | the upkeep and | | Opera House and | repairs. | | the Play House. | | | | Great | | Nil. | Britain | | | | | | Greece | | Nil. | Small amounts | | | occasionally granted | | | from Municipal Funds | | | in various towns. | | | | | |