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EGYPT.

There passed through the Canal, from the day of opening till the 30th June, 1870, a period of 7£ months, 363 ships. Of this number 130 passed through during the four days of festal inaugu- ration, without paying dues ; leaving 233 ships, of an aggregate burthen of 195,428 tons, who used the Canal for purely commercial purposes. The shipping was distributed as follows : —

Nationalities.

Ships

Tonnage

Turkish

Total

153 35 19 9 7 4 3 1 1 1

134,712

33,804

12,760

5,948

3,717

2,548

732

480

686

37

233

195,428

Exclusive of the Shipping here enumerated, there passed through the Canal small craft of a total tonnage of 6,498 tons, so that dues were paid altogether upon 201,926 tons. The total receipts of the 1\ months amounted to 129,784/., a sum insufficient to discharge the interest on the obligations of the Canal Company.

Money, Weights, and Measures.

The money, weights, and measures of Egypt, are : —

Monet.

The Sequin. . . . . = Average rate of exchange, 5s. 4^. „ Piastre, of 40 paras. . = „ 2%d.

,, Kees, or Purse, of 500 piastres — „ „ £5 is. 2d.

The coins of Turkey are a legal tender in Egypt, but are seldom met with, the usual medium of circulation consisting in piastres, Spanish and Mexican dollars, and British sovereigns.

Weights and Measures The Killuw. „ A/mud. „ Oke, of 400 drams ,, Gasab, of A dirads „ Feddan al risaoh

= 0'9120 imperial bushel.

= 1-151 imperial gallon.

= 2 - 8326 lbs. avoirdupois.

— 3 yards.

=> 3,208 square yards.