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EGYPT.

Provinces

Number of Villages

Rural

Population

Lower Egypt : —

Behereh ......

Rodat-el-Bahrein ....

Dakalijeh .....

Kaljubijeh .....

Gizeh

Total, Lower Egypt

Middle Egypt : —

Minjeh and Beni-Mezar.

Fajum ......

Beni-Suef .....

Total, Middle Egypt.

Upper Egypt : —

Siut '

Girge

Kecne and Esne ....

Total, Upper Egypt

Total of Egypt.

355 843

1,266 574 167

86,545 945,903 413,854 462,418 209,234

3,205

281 104 169

2,117,945

280,791

143,389

95,402

554

234 191 195

519,582

404,064 347,055 417,876

620

1,168,995

4,379

3,806,522

The population of the six towns of Egypt, not included in the above statement, was as follows, according to the enumeration of 1802:—

Towns

Cairo -

Alexandria

Damietta

Population

256,700

161,400

37,100

Towns

Tanta

Bosetta

Suez

Total town population „ village ,,

Population

19,500

18,300

4,160

500,160 3,806,522

Total population 4,306,682

According to consular reports, the total population of Egypt amounted, in May 18CG, to 4,848,500, and had increased in Mav 1867, by 67,000, thus numbering, at the latter date, 4,915,500 souls. Almost the entire rural population is in a state approaching serfdom, holding life and property at the goodwill of the governing class. The inhabitants of the towns comprise 150,000 Copts, reputed descendants of the ancient Egyptians ; 8,000 Jews, 3,000 Armenians, and about 25,000 domiciled Europeans, one-third of them Greeks. At Cairo and Alexandria there are numerous slaves.

The commerce of Egypt is very large, but consists to a great extent of goods carried in transit. To the total value of imports and exports, averaging 35,000,000/. per annum, Great Britain contri-