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The following table shows the value of the principal imports and exports for 2 years : —

Articles

Imports

Articles

Exports

1913

1919

Coffee.

Sugar, refined.

Tea

Wheat and Corn

Wheat flour

Tobacco

Coal.

Cotton fabrics.

Iron and Steel 1

Machinery?

Soap

Empty sacks.

£E

•203,1;:

593,140 140.2*9 51,942

333,8'^

1,117,173 03,100 63.199

104,740

£E 103,242

1:0,565

1,435,700

00,052 101, 14U

Dates

Cattle

Sheep A Goats

Dura (Millet).

Senna

. ginned ,, seeds. I Gold. Gu.a. Hides & Skins ,

(untanned). Ivory

Sesame. . ! Dukhn

£i. 84,119

516,920

031.167 24,661 64,073

279,054 18,587 50.186

210,379

35,024 1*0,773

i'E 9*. 294

357,986

352,703 23,371 16,301 58,tf95

■aJM 26,700 26,497

543,244

214. 72* 46.556

■AM 52.439

i Iron and steel finished and manufactures thereof. 2 Includes motor-cars, steam engine, A-c.

Internal Communications.

The railway from Wadi Haifa to Khartum, which was constructed for military purposes during the re-conquest, was declared open for general traffic on December 12, 18-99. A connection with the Red Sea at Port Sudan was opened in October, 1905, and an extension of the line to Sennar and El Obeid was opened for traffic in February, 1912. The total length of line is, approximately, 1,500 miles. The gauge is 3ft. 6in.

All navigable arms of the Nile and its tributaries between Assuan (Egypt) and Rejaf are served by a fleet of Government passenger and cargo steamers which maintain a regular scheduled service over rnort than 2,500 miles of water.

There is telegraphic communication with Egypt, Erythrea, and Abyssinia, and also wireless communication with Gambela in Western Abyssinia. There are several wireless stations with ranges varying from 150 to 400 miles. At the beginning of 1919 there were 4,558 miles of telegraph line open, and 7,126 miles of wire. There are 80 stationary Post and Telegraph Offices and 11 travelling Post Offices.

Governor-General and Sirdar.— Major-General Sir L. O. F. Stack. K.B E C.M.G.

Legal Secretary.— "Wasey Stcrry, Esq., C.B.E.

Financial Secretary.— Col. Sir E. E. Bernard, K.B.E., C.M.G.

Civil Secretary.— Major R. M. Feilden, C.B.E.

Books of Beference concerning Egypt and the Anglo-Egyptian

Sndan. 1. Official Publications.

Annuaire Statistique de L'Egypte. Cairo. Annual. io ^ dm i nistratlou- O orrespondence respecting the Reorganisation of Egypt. London l??T'iQ R - epo £ 8 y 3 J r -, ViUier8 stn » rt respecting Reorganisation of Egypt London, 18S3 5, i-*- i 't Des P atch from L 01 ^ Dufferin forwarding the Decree constituting the new Political Institutions of Egypt. London. 18S3. Reports on the State of Egypt and the Progress of Administrative Reforms. London, 1885. Reports by 8ir H. D. Wolff on the Ad-