COTTON IN EGYPT AND THE SUDAN. 101 



such as curtains and hosiery. Egyptian cotton takes the dye exceed- 

 ingly well. During the last few years a very large use of Egyptian 

 cotton has been made in the manufacture of covers of motor tyres, and 

 it is also largely employed in covering electrical wires. 



In 1911 there were in existence about 139 million spindles, and of 

 these about 21,190,000 were employed in the spinning of Egyptian 

 cotton. It is generally estimated that lOOlbs. of Egyptian cotton 

 will produce 651bs. of combed yarn and 851bs. to 901bs. of carded 

 yarn. 



Almost the entire exportation of Egypt is taken via Alexandria. 

 Port Said is endeavouring, during the last few years, to draw a por- 

 tion of the export trade via the canals of the <4 Mensaleh Canal and 

 Shipping Company " from the hinterland, but so far the turnover of 

 Port Said is not very important, and of still smaller value are the 

 exports made to the East, via Suez. This place cannot compete in 

 exports to the west with Port Said, on account of the high charges 

 levied by the Suez Canal Company. Alexandria is the seat of the 

 large export firms, of the chief administration -of customs, of the 

 Produce Exchange, the General Produce Association, and of 

 six Chambers of Commerce belonging to different nationalities 

 {French, English, Italian, Austrian, Greek, and Russian). In 1903 

 the International Chamber of Commerce was established in Cairo, 

 which deals with questions of general interest to commerce, industry, 

 and transport, but it cannot be said that this body is an important 

 one. 



The principal export houses of Alexandria are the following : 



Export-Season 1911/12 

 in Bales. 



Choremi, Benachi & Co Greek 140,141 



Carver Brothers & Co English 128,343 



R. & O. Lindemann German 108,564 



Peel & Co English 107,602 



J. Planta & Co Swiss 57,086 



'G. Frauger & Co French 53,837 



Fritz Andres & Co German 45,995 



Mohr Fenderl Austrian 42,293 



G. Pilavachi Fils Greek 37,841 



Reinhart & Co Swiss 30,661 



E. Mallison & Co Russian 29,762 



H. Bindernagel German 26,397 



Andritsakis, Barsoum, & Co Greek 19,872 



Hahnloser & Co Swiss 18,943 



Geo. Riecken Austrian 15,134 



W. Getty & Co , Swiss 14,448 



J. M. Mezger English 10,292 



N. G. Casulli Greek 10,107 



Barki, Behor & Co Arabic 8,217 



Moursi Brothers Arabic 7,787 



Seeger Brothers & Co German 7,486 



N. Huri Co Syrian 7,437 



Sundries , 36,939 



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965,184 



