THE WATER SUPPLY OF EGYPT, 1913-1914. 

 By B. F. E. KEELING, M.A. 



Director of Physical Services , Survey Department, 

 Ministry of Finance, Egypt. 



THE amount of water in the Nile at its entrance to 

 Egypt during the past twelve months has been less than 

 during any previous year on record, and in spite of the 

 heightening of the Aswan dam by which its capacity was 

 more than doubled, the deficiency of water has cost Egypt 

 many millions of pounds. It will not therefore be thought 

 out of place if I describe in its broader aspects the hydro- 

 graphy of the Nile, the variations in which from year 

 to year are mainly responsible for the variation in agri- 



DlAGRAM I. 



VOLUME OF WATER ENTERING EGYPT AT WADI HALFA. 



