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 Capital Account of the Suez Canal Company (1882). 397,438 shares of £20* £7,948,760 301,848 obligations of £20, each issued at £12, bearing interest at 6 per cent, on par 6,036,960 83,993 delegations of £20 each, bparing interest at 6 i>er cent. . 1,679,860 99,990 thirty-three-year bonds of £5, al 8 per cent, interest. 499,950 16,152 bonds of £20 at 3 per cent 303,040 399,765 bonds of £3 8s. each at 5 per cent., issued for the con- solidation of unpaid shares, redeemable at par. . . 1,335,201 100,000 founder's shares, which on surplus profits yielded interest 126,697 Shipping ok Suez in 1880. Entered 681 vessels of 682,110 ton*. Cleared 663 „ 677,626 „ Total 1,144 „ 1,359,736 „ Shipping of Ismailia in 1882. 271 steamers of 596,000 tons Shipping of Port-Saiu in 1830 (bxclusivb of the Tuansit Tkade). Entered 1,607 vessels of 997,611 tons. Cleared 1,630 „ 997,395 „ Total 3,037 „ 1,995,006 „ Shipping of Damietta in 1880. Entered 1,198 vessels of 83,215 tons. Cleared 1,176 „ 79,996 „ Total ....... 2,374 „ 163,211 „ Shipping of Rosetta in 1880. Entered. . 738 vessels of 20,124 tons. Cleared 726 „ 19,717 „ Total 1,464 „ 39,841 „ Shipping of Alexandria in 1880. Kntered 3,305 vessels of 1,292,296 tons. Cleared 3,250 „ 1,303,827 „ Total 6,555 „ 2,596,123 „ Total, 1881 7,363 „ 2,677,414 „ Mean value of imports .£6,000,000 „ exports 13,000,000 Total mean trade of Alexandria £18,000,000 Egyptian Commercial Natt. Steamers on the Nile 40 „ „ Bed Sea and Mediterranean 16 Railing vessels of all classes 1,500 • River craft 10,300 • Of these 397,438 shnres, 176.602 were purchased from the Khedive by the British Government in 1S75 for £3,976,862. Bnt the dividends on these shares had already been alienated up to the year 1894. and placed at the disp isU of the Company. Against these the Company issued 120,000 " delegations," which are entitled to all sums occraing on the 176,602 shares np tol8M. X