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taxes, E. 8,578 for the fisheries, E. 2,979 for 

 navigation, E. 700,888 for railroads, E. 46,- 

 000 for telegraphs, E. 23,000 for the port of 

 Alexandria, E. 225,521 for the postal service, 

 E. 27,169 for lighthouses, E. 707,399 for 

 public security, police, prisons, the Ministry of 

 War, and the British army of occupation, E. 

 119,900 for the administration of Suakin. E. 

 420,000 for pensions, E. 250,000 for the sup- 

 pression of the corvee, and E. 109,088 for vari- 

 ous other purposes. 

 The public debt at the end of 1891 amounted to 



payment which will cease in 1894 ; E. 34,871 

 for the Daira Khassa or commission to adminis- 

 ter the Daira Sanieh estate, which is mortgaged 

 for the loan ; and E. 153,846 for the Mouka- 

 bala or old internal debt, which was arbitrarily 

 compounded by the debt commissioners for an 

 annuity of this amount payable till 1930. 



Military Forces. The Egyptian army was 

 disbanded in 1892 on the occupation of the 

 country by British troops, and a British general, 

 to whom the title of Sirdar was given, was in- 

 trusted with the organization of a new army. 



E. 106,572,400, of which E. 9,024,500 represent This body under the command of the Sirdar F. W. 



Grenfell, had a 

 strength of about 

 13,000 men, offi- 

 cered by 60 Eng- 

 lishmen, in the 

 beginningof 1892. 

 The British army 

 of occupation, 

 which since the 

 rebellion of 1882 

 has remained in 

 the country, num- 

 bered 3,300 men, 

 commanded by 

 Maj.-Gen. Fores- 

 tier Walker in 

 January, 1891. 

 Sirdar F. W. 

 Grenfell resigned 

 his place as Sir- 

 dar, and was suc- 

 ceeded by Col. 

 Kitchener, who 

 for several years 

 had been Govern- 

 or of Suakin. 



Commerce and 

 Production. 

 The total value of 

 the merchandise 

 imports for 1890 

 was E. 8,081,- 

 297, and of the 

 exports E. 11,- 

 876,086. The im- 

 ports of specie 

 amounted to E. 

 2,971,461, and the 

 exports to E. 

 2.085,455. Of the 

 total imports, 37 

 per cent, came 

 from Great Brit- 

 ain, 20 per cent, 

 from Turkey, 10 



per cent, from France and Algeria, 10 per "cent, 

 from Austria, 7 per cent, from the Eastern 

 possessions of England, 4 per cent, from Rus- 

 sia, 3 per cent, from Italy, l per cent, from 

 Greece, 1 per cent, from Malta, and 5-J per cent, 

 from other countries. Of the exports, 65 per 

 cent, went to Great Britain, 9 per cent, to Rus- 

 sia, 8 per cent, to France, 7 per cent, to Austria, 

 6 per cent, to Italy, 3 per cent, to Turkey, and 

 2 per cent, to other countries. 



The chief imports in 1890 were cotton goods 

 for E. 1,674,073, silk, woolen, and linen goods 

 for E. 755,469, coal for E- 491,495, hosiery 



MOHAMMED TEWFIK, KHEDIVE OF EGYPT, DIED JANUARY 7, 1 



the guaranteed loan paying 3 per cent., E. 29,- 

 400,000 the privileged debt bearing interest at 

 3i per cent., E. 55,986,960 the unified loan on 

 which the rate is 4 per cent,, E. 7,272,320 the 

 4-per-cent. Daira Sanieh loan, and E. 4.888,- 

 620 the Domains loan, which pays 5 per cent. 

 The expenses for the debt for 1892 include E. 

 2,239,478 for the unified debt, E. 1,029,000 

 for the privileged debt, E. 315,000 for the guar- 

 anteed loan, E. 290,893 for the Daira Sanieh 

 loan, E. 258,550 for the Domains loan, E. 

 198,000 for interest on the Suez Canal shares 

 purchased by the British Government, an annual 



