MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS 487 



Although it may be fairly claimed, on the grounds 

 which have been mentioned, that the Sudan offers a 

 prospect of considerable commercial expansion in the 

 comparatively near future, care must be taken to retain 

 a due sense of proportion in the enumeration of factors 

 which lead to progress. The country is only at the 

 commencement of its career and, indeed, is still in its 

 infancy. The realization of its destiny can only be 

 accomplished by slow degrees, for the reason that time 

 must be afforded to allow the population to increase 

 sufficiently to provide the most necessary element in 

 production. 



Meanwhile, the construction of new railways and the 

 fruition of irrigation schemes will probably cause period- 

 ical accelerations in the rate of output which will possibly 

 come as a surprise to those who have not been constantly 

 in touch with the course of development. Now that the 

 Sudan has made good progress towards becoming a 

 prosperous and self-supporting community the fulfilment 

 of its greater hopes can be awaited with patience. 



