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APPENDIX I. 



Population of the chief Egyptian Towns accorbing to the census of 1882. 



Agricultural Returns. 



Land under tillage . 



Stepjje lands .... 



Desert, marsh, and waste . 



Sugar plantations in 1880 



Sugar crop .... 



Date-trees in 1875 . 



Average date crop . 



Cotton plantations in 1883 



Cotton crop in 1883 



Cotton seed ,, 



Raw cotton exported in 1866 (the ' 



,, „ to Great Britain in 1882 



Cereals exported to Great Britain in 1882 



cotton fam: 



ne year 



11,000 sq. mUes. 

 50,000 „ 

 313,000 

 38,000 acres. 



46,750 tons, value £935,000. 

 5,000,000 

 100,000 to 120,000 tons. 

 450,000 acres. 

 £6,760,000 

 £1,164,000 

 £16,000,000 

 £5,034,785 

 £780,364 



Irrigation "Works. 



Nili Canals open in 1880 8,000 miles. 



Sefi ,, • „ „ 2,000 „ 



Steam Pumps .......... 300 



Sakiehs 30,000 



Shadufs 70,000 



Railways and Telegraphs. 



Railways open in 1884 . 

 Private agricultural lines 



Total . 



900 miles. 

 250 „ 



1,150 ,, 



Railway passengers in 1879 ....... 2,172.668 



,, ,, „ 1880 3,093,840 



Goods traffic 5,250,000 tons. 



Telegraphs in Egypt and the Egyptian possessions in 1878 . . 4,700 miles. 



