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Rh the present decree, which shall not be enforceable until November 1, 1893.

Done in the Palace of Ramleh, June 19, 1893.

By the Khedive: , Head of the Cabinet, Minister of the Interior

On the recommendation of Our Minister of Finance, with the advice and consent of our Cabinet;

With the consent of the Commissioner-Directors of the Public Debt Fund as regards article 7;

With the consent of the Powers,

1. Beginning with the fiscal year 1894, there shall be deducted annually from the present receipts of lighthouse dues the sum of 40,000 pounds Egyptian, which shall be employed as explained in the following articles.

2. The sum deducted in 1894 shall be used: 1st To cover any deficit during the fiscal year 1894 of the Quarantine Board, in case it has been impossible to entirely cover such deficit with the resources derived from the reserve fund of said Board, as will be stated in the following article; 2d to meet the extraordinary expenses necessitated by the fitting up of the sanitary establishments of Tor, Suez, and Moses Spring.

3. The present reserve fund of the Quarantine Board will be used to cover the deficit of the fiscal year 1894, and it shall not be reduced to an amount less than 10,000 pounds Egyptian.

If the deficit should not be fully covered, the remainder shall be met with the resources created in article 1.

4. From the sum of 80,000 pounds Egyptian derived from the fiscal years 1895 and 1896 there shall be deducted: 1st An amount equal to that which has been paid out in 1894 from the same receipts, to be applied to the deficit of said year 1894, so as to bring up to 40,000 pounds Egyptian the sums allotted to the extraordinary works provided for in article 1 for Tor, Suez, and Moses Spring; 2d the sums necessary in order to cover the deficit of the budget of the Quarantine Board for the fiscal years 1895 and 1896.

After the aforementioned deduction has been made, the surplus shall be devoted to the construction of new lighthouses in the Red Sea.

5. Beginning with the fiscal year 1897, this annual sum of 40,000