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 APPENDIX I. 458

Population of Egypt in 1800 2,514,400

Mean rate of mortaility 26 to 27 per 1,000

Proportion suffering from ophtalmia 17 per 1,000

AREA AND POPULATION OF THE EGYPTIAN OASES IN 1882.

Oasis. Extent of arable land. Population. Khargeh 4 sq. miles 6.16 Dakhel 24 „ 15,293 Farufreh I „ 446 BHharieh 4 „ 6,176 Siwah 15 „ 5,600 (F) Gara ? „ 40 Faredgha p „ 2,006 Total 48  35,727

Area and Population of the Khedival Possessions before the War.

Area in Sq. miles Population. Egypt 374,000 6,806,000 Oases 43 35,000 Zeriba Region 140,000 10,000,000 Sobat and YhI Basins 60,000 8,000,000 Upper Nubia (Senur, &c.) 224,000 3,000,000 Lower Kubia 100,000 1,000,000 Kordofan 100,000 300,000 Dar-Fûr 200,000 1,500.000 Total 1,208,048 25,641,000

Transit Trade of the Suez Canal. Year. No. of vessels. Tonnage. Receipts. 1870  486 654,915  £206,370 1875   1,494  2,940,708  1,156,000 1880  2,020 4,344,519  1,595,000 1882  3,198 7,122,125  2,536,343 1883  3,307  8,051,407  2,741,000

Mean tonnage of vessels in 1870, 1,343 ; in 1877, 2,015. Mean transit dues of each vessel £830 Net profits (1883) £l,226,971 Number of passengers in 1883 119,177

Shipping According to Nationalities in 1883.

Vessels. Tonnage British 2,564 6,795.584 French 165 405,846 Dutrh 103 254,274 Genran 109 176,764 Italian 61 153,493 Austrian 67 121,711 Spanish 32 78,663 Russian 18 36.061 Korwegian 20 35,602 Belgian 13 24,326 Egyptian 21 13,973 Turkish 10 11,235