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II.— EGYPT. 



The total area (excluding the Sudan territories) is calculated at 400,000 square 

 miles, and the population in 1S97 was 9,734,405, of whom 9,047,905 were sedentary 

 Egyptians, 573,974 nomad Bedouins, and 112,574 foreigners. 



Greeks 

 Italians 

 British 



Approximate Number of Foreigners in Egypt. 



38,175 

 24,467 

 19,557 



French . 

 Austrians 

 Germans 



14,155 

 7,117 

 1,277 



Russians . . . 3,193 

 Persians .... 1,301 

 Other nationalities 3,284 



The Egyptian Army in 1902 numbered 18,068 men, besides British soldiers, 5600. 



Only that portion of Egypt which is annually inundated by the Nile is in a state 

 of cultivation, where millet, maize, wheat, cotton, sugar, and rice are grown. 



Exports. — Cotton and cotton-seed, beans, wheat, sugar, maize, rice, gum, hides, 

 wool, ivory, ostrich feathers, drugs, dyes, tobacco, &c. 



Extensive reservoir works, including the dam at Assouan and barrage and lock at 

 Assiout, have recently been completed. Large parts of the country will benefit by 

 the extra water supplied by means of the irrigation works. 



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



Area and Population, 1900, in Geographical Divisions. 



