APPENDIX I. 



453 



Population of Egypt in 1800 



Mean rate of mortality 



Proportion suflFering from ophthalmia 



2,514,400* 



26 to 27 per 1,000 



. 17 per 1,000 



Area and Population of the Egyptian Oases in 1882. 



Oasis. 

 Khaigeh 

 Dakhel 

 Fanifreh 

 Baharieh 

 Siwah . 

 Gara . 

 Faredcha 



Total 



48 



35,727 



Area and Population of the Khedival Possessions before the War, 



Egypt .... 

 Oases .... 



Zeriba Region . 

 Sobat and Yal Basins 

 "Upper Nubia (Senar, &c.) 

 Lower Nubia 



Kordoian .... 

 Dar-For .... 



Total 



1,208,048 



25,641,000 



Transit Trade of the Suez Canal. 



Year. 

 1870 

 1875 

 1880 

 1882 

 1883 



No. of vessels. 

 486 

 1,494 

 2,026 

 3,198 

 3,307 



Tonnage. 



654,915 

 2,940,708 

 4,344,519 

 7,122,125 

 8,051,407 



Mean tonnage of vessels in 1870, 1,343 ; in 1877, 2,015. 



Mean transit dues of each A-essel . 



Net profits (1883) 



Number of passengers in 1883 . 



Receipts. 



£206,370 

 1,156,000 

 1,595,000 

 2,536,343 

 2,741,000 



£830 



£1,226,972 



119,177 



Shipping according to Nationalities in 1883. 



British 



French 



Dutch 



Grerman 



Italian 



Austrian 



Spanish 



Russian 



Norwegian 



Belgian 



Egyptian 



Turkish 



* Estimated at the rate of eight persons per house, the houses being returned at 603,700. 



