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These statements are suggestive for our material, and some investigation has 
been thought desirable in order to ascertain how far the former is justified for the 
Cairo group when considered alone. This investigation was carried out in two 
directions : 
(1) The seriousness of the offence or crime committed. This of course is 
proportionate to the length of imprisonment. 
(2) The social class to which the natives belong. This is traced by looking 
into the daily occupation of each individual. 
TABLE II. 
Daily occupation of men measured. 
°/ 
/o 
/o 
Coffee-house keej^er ... 
9-4 
Tailor 
2-4 
Pedlar 
9-2 
Cultivator 
2-2 
Servant 
7-9 
Baker ... 
2-0 
Driver 
7-4 
Butcher 
1-7 
Workman 
6-9 
Cobbler 
1-6 
Blacksmith ... 
6-4 
Barber... 
1-3 
Vagabond 
6-2 
Washerman ... 
1-2 
Carpenter 
5-5 
Coal-seller 
11 
Painter 
4-8 
Water-carrier 
0-8 
Cook 
4-0 
Shoe-black 
0-8 
Tobacconist ... 
4-0 
Bricklayer 
0-(j 
Clerk 
3-1 
Student 
0-6 
Fruiterei' 
2-7 
Printer 
0-5 
Weaver 
2-6 
Milkman 
0-3 
Confectioner ... 
2-5 
Watchman 
0-3 
Table I gives in per cent, the different lengths of imprisonment. This table 
also exhibits the stability of the group measured when compared with the total 
mass of the ordinary native male population. The figures of the latter group 
were taken from the Census of Egypt in 1907, where 221,185 individuals have been 
classified as being male Egyptians born in Cairo. From Table I we observe that 
most of the men have been condemned to very short punishments. On the whole 
only nine natives have been registered for murder (manslaughter) ; 86-8 per cent, 
have been kept in custody for a period varying between a few days and one year ; 
12-3 per cent, have been kept in for a length varying from one year and up to 
three. The remaining 0-9 per cent, have been imprisoned for a period over three 
years. This state of things is surely due to slight offences done without premed» 
tation. 
The figures under the heading "migration" show clearly that most of the 
Cairenes settle in their native town (as is also the case in the whole country). Out 
of the Cairo migrating element, ten per cent, prefer to settle down in Lower Egypt 
while eight per cent, move into Upper Egypt. We further remark that the ordinary 
