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NOTES ON EGYPTIAN AGRICULTURE. 



COTTON AND COTTON-SEED EXPORTS. 



The statistics of cotton and cotton-seed exports furnished 1)}' the 

 customs administration are cak'ulated from January 1 to December 

 31. In the year 1001 cotton constituted 75.2 per cent of the total 

 exports of Egypt and in 10O2 similarly 78.8 per cent. 



Distribution of cotton and cotton seed fur the yearn 100:2 and 100.1. 



Coiiiitries to which cxijorted. 



Exports from Alexandria to— 



Germany 



England 



Belgium 



Srjjain 



United States 



Prance 



India 



Italy 



.Japan 



Russia 



Austria 



The Netherlands 



Greece, Turkey, and other countries. 



Exported from Port Said and Suez 



Total in cantars. 



1902. 



1903. 



'I Estimate. 

 COTTON SEED ilN ARDEBS OP 5.4 BUSHELS). 



To England 



To Marseille 



To various Continental ports 



Total 



Local consumption 



3,146,660 

 182,925 

 153,585 



3,483,170 

 310,978 



2, 732, 366 

 137,018 

 104,;i90 



2,973,737 

 430,000 



SUGAR CANE. 



Sugar cane is grown in Upper Egypt. The climate of the Delta 

 proper is nnsuited to it and results in a low content of sugar. Cane 

 is characteristic of the tract watered by the Il)rahimia Canal alread}^ 

 referred to, but it is also grown farther south, being watered bj^ pumps 

 direct from the river. The area varies from year to year, an increase 

 in the cotton area being practically equivalent to a diminution in that 

 devoted to sugar cane, (lenei-ally speaking, during the past few j^ears 

 there has been a tendency toward a diminution. 



In the year 1002 the area under cane in U[)per Egyi)t amounted to 

 84,G(>1 acres, of which 58,705 Aver(^ on llu^ Tbi-ahimia Canal, while the 

 remainder was gi-own farther soutli. CaiK^ occupies the land for 

 nearly a year, and requires watei' during the whole jxM-iod, while for 

 the production of maximum crops the soil has to Ix' in a high state of 

 fertility. 



The Daira Sauieh Administration, whosc^ lands have now been sold 



