4 -INDEX. 



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2. THE SUDAN 116 



The Country 116 



Climate 117 



Irrigation .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 117 



Labour Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 



Agriculture 121 



Landownership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 



Land Taxes 123 



Agricultural Credit 124 



Cotton Cultivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 



Zeidab. Gesireh. Kassala. Tokar. 



Methods of Purchase of Cotton 136 



Ginning and Pressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 



Cotton Export . . . . 1 36 



Calotropis 137 



Means of Communication . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 138 



The Nile. Railways. Port Sudan. 



Future of Sudan Cotton 141 



BOOKS OF REFERENCE . .... 143 



Money, Weights, and Measures. 



1 Egyptian (E.) at 100 Piastre Tarif (P.T.) at 10 



Milliemes 1. Os. 6d = M 20-90 



1 Piastre Tarif (P.T.) or large piastre at 40 Paras = ,,0-21 



1 Piastre Courant (P.K.) or small piastre at 20 Para 



Courant = 00-10 



1 Talleri, denomination derived from the old Maria 



Theresa dollar, to-day th of = 20 P.T = ,,4-15 



1 English Pound ()= 97* P.T = 20-43 



1 Kassaba = an Egyptian rod = 3-55 Metres 



1 sq. Kassaba = Egyptian sq. rod = 12-6 sq, 



1 Feddan = 333 sq. kassabas = 1'038 acres = 4,200 



1 Kirat = feddan = 175 



1 Sahm = fa Kirat = 7- 3 



1 English acre = 96 Feddans = 4,046,, 



1 big Kantar Seed cotton = 315 rottles = 141-4 kgs. 



1 ordinary Kantar Lint cotton = 100 rottles = 99'0491bs. = 44-928 



1 oka =^ Kantar = 1-250 



1 rottle = Egyptian pound = 0-449 



1 Ib. = English pound = 0-453 



iTardeb cotton seed, = 270| rottles, = 266 Ibs. 



= 121 kgs = 197| litres 



1 kila = ^ ardeb 16$ 



1 kadah = ardeb = 2 



