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[Form Xi>. iS T. P.] 



Minister of PrBuc Works. 

 TEfHNiCAL Service. 



Permit Xo. . 



N.\.ME OF .\PPLICANT. 



CAPACITY OF THE DEVICE. 



Xo.- 



Resnlar permit fori 

 stationary water- v Certificate, 

 raising device, j 



CANAL. 



The applicant acknowledges 

 receipt of this permit, together 

 with a copy of the agreements 

 and conditions imposed and of 

 the design. 



Cairo, 



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CorreotTy translated. 

 :airo, — . 1S9— . 



Mr. 



residing at 



— . province of , is anthor- 



ized, tnider the decree of March S and the rules of April G, 1881, 

 relative to water-raising devices, and according to the report of 

 the circle of irrigation, under date of at in 



water-raising device- 



having 



, province of — 



a capacity of H. P.. intended to propel a pump for acres, 



appurtenant to . 



The device will be ■ 



■ on the ■ 



- according to the design 

 accepted by the applicant and in conformity with the agreements 

 and conditions imposed by the aforesaid report, a copy of which, 

 together with a copy of the design, is attached hereto. 



The applicant hereby agrees to abide by the provisions of this 

 permit and also by the instructions that will be given him by the 

 said circle of irrigation, to which this i>ermit must be shown 

 whenever it is requested. 



A failure to abide by the conditions and obligations imposed by 

 this permit will relea.se the undersigned from all provisions of 

 this permit, without prejudicing the right which the government 

 reserves to recover damages and reimbursement for expenses 

 incurred, (.\rticle 4 of the decree of March 8, 1881.) 



Done at Cairo, . 189—. 



Chirf of Technical Service. 

 .\ccepted by the undersigned aj>plicant. 



Cairo, ■, 189—. 



-Approved. 

 Cairo. 



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Thi.s permit is of special interest because it is the only form which 

 is recognized by the Egyptian irrigation law. It is the onh" paper 

 which the government gives an irrigator that recognizes in any way 

 the right to divert and use water. It will be noticed that the permit 

 states the horsepower of the engine which propels the pump and the 

 area of the land proposed to be irrigated. It gives no information 

 regarding the height of the lift, the size of the pump, or the efficiency 

 of the engine. 



The decree relating to the installation of water-lifting machinery 

 other than that just described (Appendix II, p. 96) is of special inter- 

 est, and is of a.'? much importance as any of the laws or regulations 

 governing the use of water. The original decree was i.ssued in ISSI, 

 and its provisions were extended in 1890. Any person ma}" still con- 

 struct and maintain a saki^^eh, a shaduf , or other water-lifting device, 

 except those mentioned in article 1 of the decree of 18S1, upon the 

 banks of the Nile. Permission must be ol)tained from the govern- 

 ment before water-lifting devices of any kind may be erected on the 

 banks of canals. As the Nile in man}- respects di tiers but little from 

 many of the canals, it i.-. rather strange that this distinction has been 

 made. The levees are more difficult to maintain than are the banks of 

 the canals. Both classes of channels are public property, and most 

 canals, as well as the river, are navigable. Navigation interests, how- 



