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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1905.

THE HOUSING PROBLEM IN CAIRO.

As our readers are aware, the correspondence that for some time was carried on in the columns of the "Egyptian Gazette" with reference to the many difficulties that the European residents have to encounter in procuring suitable dwelling accommodation, not ouly served to show how real were the evils complained of, but to assist in setting on foot a practical, and what we sincerely hope will ultimately prove a successful, effort to solve the problem involved. But while here in Alexandria the public have not been slow to move, in Cairo, where the same evils press with equal or greater severity upon the large and ever-growing European population, no definite result has as yet been produced as a consequence of the discussion. It seems to us strange that this should be so, for the Capital is certainly not lacking in public-spirited men quite competent to deal effectively with even more difficult problems. So far as this question is concerned the European population of Cairo, as in Alexandria, may be divided into two classes: first, the well-todo class the members of which in seeking house accommodation are more interested in securing houses adapted to their wants than in reducing their expenditure on this head to the lowest possible figure, and secondly, the great bulk of the community who, whether they will or not, are obliged to consider the question of rent as the most important of all. It is the special needs of this latter class that the letters which have appeared in our columns and in those of other journals have clearly shown to be very real and very pressing. things are at present a very large proportion of the European population of the Capital, owing to the recent increase in house rents, are obliged to live under conditions extremely prejudicial to their health and comfort. The two chief evils from which they suffer are, insufficient accommodation in the houses or flats they occupy, and the insanitary state of these houses or flats, as well as of the streets or quarters in which these are found. These are the two evils which demand the most urgent attention at the present moment. During the past few years not only have entirely new quarters and districts been opened up in Cairo, but the rebuilding of houses in the old quarters of the town has been, and is being, carried on with astonishing rapidity; the new houses are invariably improvements upon the old, and are without exception built, as far as position. and other circumstances permit, of improved modern types that on the whole are at least fairly well adapted to the needs of the European residents of the city. Unfortunately, while there is thus a constantly increasing supply of houses, which as houses are fairly satisfactory, these are in the majority of cases situated amidst surroundings of the most objectionable character. Could this evil be abolished, the housing problem of Cairo would be well-nigh solved, and the question whether this cannot be done is, it seems to us, the one to which of all others the attention of the Government may be most profitably directed.

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It is essential, however, to remember that in any attempt to deal with the housing problem in Cairo there are peculiar conditions that have to be considered. One of the most impor tant of these is that the class most urgently in need of improved accommodation is by the nature of the work in which it is engaged, its hours of labour, and other considerations, obliged to live within a comparatively limited area. This area has of late been much extended by the great facilities afforded by the tramway services of the town, which now enable hundreds to live in the suburbs who were formerly compelled to reside in or close to the native town. But those who are in a position to avail themselves of this advantage are not only but a small part of the whole number affected by the housing problem, but they are of necessity those that are least seriously affected by it; in other words, those who can better afford to meet the increased rents and expenses they have to pay in the suburbs. Formerly, when the only means of communication between Abbassieh and the south of the town, in which all the Ministries are, was limited to donkeys and hackney carriages, the cost of living there was entirely beyond the means of many who now, thanks to the half-piastre fares of the Tramway, find a residence there almost as economical as one within walking distance of the Ministries. Hence every year sees a growing number of the minor officials abandoning the Nasrieh district and going out to Abbassieh. But the corresponding class of Europeans as a rule cannot follow this example. Their hours of labour are in general so long that the loss of time in going to and from any of the suburbs is to them a most important one. Hence they are driven to accept whatever accommodation they can find within a short distance of their places of business. The result of this has been that, as we pointed out in an article on this subject nearly two years ago, what we may term the working class of Europeans are more and more beginning to fill the harats or quarters of the native town in which until a comparatively few years ago no Europeans and Christ ians were allowed to dwell. In these harsts, flats of two or three rooms with an entrance and a bx-like space by way of a kitchen can be had at rents ranging from P.T.120 upwards. It is needless to say that except in the case of newly-built or rebuilt houses, in which the rent is something higher, the sanitary fittings and condition of these flats are of the most deplorable type. Scarcely any of them have water supplies and the approach to the house is commonly through a street little better than an open cesspool. It is, however, satisfactory to know that the people of the town are beginning to appreciate the advantages of paying some little attention to their sanitary surroundings, and that in some of the harats the residents are trying to effect improve ments in these matters, and this is the direction in which it seems to us possible that the Government may, without any great expenditure, do much to solve the most urgent phase of the housing problem.

The first step to be taken is to improve the condition of the streets. This is being done by the laying of asphalt in some quarters, and it this work could be pressed forward a little, and extended to some of the purely residential sections of the town, it would be the realisation of a greatly needed reform. With this the reform of that time-honored institution, the Sheikh el Harat, should be taken in hand. At present these gentlemen seem to consider that when they have collected the backshish that they regard as their due, they have fully discharged all that it is incumbent upon them to do. If, however, as ought to be the case, these men were made responsible for the proper care of the streets in their districts, and empowered to take the necessary steps to ensure the observance of proper regulations by the resi dents, an immense improvement in the condi tion of the town might be effected at a merely nominal cost. It is unquestionable that if this were done house-owners would find it to their interest to improve the accommodation they offer, and while this would no doubt mean an increase in the rents they now accept, this increase, owing to the disadvantages of locality and other causes, could never be such as to raise the rents beyond the means of the class for which the accommodation provided would be acceptable. Should a building society be formed in Cairo, we are certain that it would soon find itself in a position to secure the realisation of this improvement, and if it did nothing more than this it would have well justified itselt, but with this as a first step it might go on and accomplish much more, and we trust therefore that the hint that we have thrown out will be taken, and that ere long the Capital will have its society, as we have bere in Alexandria,

RUSSIAN UNREST.

TOWN BOMBARDED.

WARSAW ISOLATED.

ARRESTS OF LITERARY MIN

CONSTANTINOPLE, February 24.

It is reported here that the situation at Batum and Podi is so serious that a portion of the Black Sea Fleet have bombarded the latter town. The strikers, who are all Georgians, number 40,000. (Reuter,

WARSAW, February 24.

The connection with St. Petersburg is now interrupted through the strike. The city, which is seething with every dangerous element, is thus completely isolated. The local policemen are now threatening to strike. Troops occupy the gasworks. Mobs are parading the streets.. (Reuter.)

Moscow, February 24.

Seventeen prominent literary men were arrested here at midnight. (Reuter.)

ST. PETERSBURG, February 24.

The strike has broken out afresh in the great Putiloff works here. There are serious disorders. The troops have been called out.

(Official). The committee appointed to revise the censorship recommends the abolition of the press censorship. (Reuter.

ST. PETERSBURG, February 24.

The strike has recommenced.

(Havas.)

Moscow, February 24.

The writer Andreff and sixteen other persons have been arrested.

(Havas

ON THE SHA-HO.HEAVY AKTILLERY DUEL TOKIO, February 24.

A heavy artillery duel on the Sha-Ho was continued during Wednesday and Thursday. Several collisions took place between the outposts.

The Russian prisoners in Japan now number 4,500. (Reuter.)

THE BALTIC FLEET. ADEN, February 24.

Five vessels belonging to the Baltic Fleet have passed Mogadoxo. They were travelling towards the south.

(Reuter.)

THE MAD MULLAH AGAIN! ADEN, February 22.

The Mad Mullah is reported to be a day's march from Obbia. He has killed several men belonging to the Sultan of Obbia.

(Reuter)

BORING OF SIMPLON TUNNEL. MILAN, February 24.

The remaining portion of the Simplon tunnel was pierced at 7.20 this morning, thus completing the work of six years. (Reuter)

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THE GERMAN GUNBOAT

"Geier" arrived at Port Said yesterday from the China station, bound for Kiel.

MIXED COURTS.-

A credit of L.B. 800 has been granted to the Mixed Courts for new registers of mortgage deeds.

GREEK SCHOOLS AT PORT SAID,

The fund for the erection of new Greek schools at Port Said now amounts to 47,500 francs.

CAIRO LABEL SUIT.-

We understand Mr. J. W. Congdon intends to institute civil proceedings against Mr. W. Houghton for alleged libel.

ARCHEOLOGICAL CONGRESS.

The Egyptian Government will be represented at the Athenian Archæological Congress next month by Professor Maspero.

ALL SAINTS,' CAIRO.-

The Right Rev. Bishop Brent, of the Philippine Islands (U.S.A.), will preach at All Saints' Church tomorrow evening. Service begins at 6 p.m.

MISHAP TO SPORTSMEN.

Last night, at about 9 o'clock, two men, who had been shooting, were run over by a train between Kourshid and Mellaha, and severely injured.

ALHAMBRA.-

"Les Aventures d'un Brigand," a ballet in one act, met with great success on its performance yesterday evening. It will be repeated to-night, and at a matinée perfor шance to-morrow.

THE FRENCH BALL

in the Esbekieh Gardens yesterday evening was in every way a success, and the financial results of this pleasant social function should help to swell the funds of many deserving charities.

SUEZ CANAL.-

On the 21st and 22nd inst., 29 vessels passed through the Canal. Of these 19 were British, 5 German, 4 Dutch, 1 Norwegian. The receipts for the two days were irs. 687,578.50, and from the 1st inst., frs. 7,690,228.

FREEMASONRY.

Our Masonic readers are. reminded that the consecration of the "Rising Sun" Lodge No. 91 Egyptian Constitution takes places at the Masonic Hall, Boulac-road, Cairo, at 7.30 p.m. for 8 p.m. on Monday next, 27th inst. All Master Masons are cordially invited to attend.

COAL IMPORTS.-

The total quantity of coal imported into Egypt from January 1 to 23rd iust. was 86,918 tons, as against 129,158 tons for the same period in 1904. This year Newcastle has sent 16,080 tons, the Welsh districts 51,084, Scotch 10,322, Yorkshire 7,806 and other districts 1,626 tons.

THE COOPER'S HILL DINNER,

given every year at Shepheard's, took place yesterday evening in one of the hotel's private saloons. The guests were: Messrs. Verschoyle, T. Clowes, Molesworth, Carter, O'Sullivan, Moser, Morcom, Lambton, Finlaison, Humphreys, Boxwell, Duke, Brooke, Roberts, Parker, and Jacomb.

ACCIDENT TO AN ADVOCATE.

Maitre Alorecut, a member of the Cairo Mixed Bar, fell out of a train on Thursday between Cairo and Tantah owing to the door of the carriage not having been properly fastened. He sustained serious injuries and is now under treatment at Dr. Milton's Nursing Home. We are glad to earn that he is doing fairly.

A DISHONEST LETTER WRITER.

We are authorised by the Postmaster-General to con tradict the statement made by a Cairo newspaper to the effect that some irregularities had been discovered at the Cairo Post Office in regard to the theft of stamps from envelopes. The person, who has been found to have perpetrated these thefts, is not an official in the Postal Administration, but a public letter-writer whose station is in front of the Abbassieh barracks. Thanks to the Post Office officials, who detected the fraud, the man has been arrested.. Whenever the letter-writer was entrusted with letters to post, which in the course of his duties was of frequent occurrence, he used to steal the stamps and 'destroy the letters. Many complaints have been made to the G.P.O. on the subject and great inconvenience has resulted trom this form of pilfering.

MERCHANT SEAMEN'S HOME. -

The usual weekly concert took place at the Merchant Sea men's Home last night, before a very large au dience. The chair was taken by the Rev. H. P. Reid. Miss MunGavin charmed her audience with her pretty songs: her rendering of "Sing me to sleep" left nothing to be desired. Mr.Sarjeant's songs were well chosen and richly deserved the encores he received; he aleo played a pianoforte solo, "The Festal March," which did great credit to the composer, his sister (M. A Dandridge) Mr. Purvis's songs were uproar iously encored, and the deep bass voice of Mr. P. Smith was much admired. The Rev. Wormell contributed to the programme by singing and playing a banjo solo, and Mr. Manning also played a banjo selection accom panied by Mr. Wood. Mrs. Roberts' singing and her accompaniment of most of the songs were greatly appreciated. The singing of a duet by Miss MunGavin and Mrs. Roberts brought to a close a most enjoyable evening "God save the King" was heartily sung by all present.

BIG FIRE AT PORT SAID.SEVEN HOUSES DESTROYED. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT). Port Said, Saturday.

A serious fire broke out in the native quarter of the town early this morning. Seven houses have been burnt to the ground, but no lives are lost.

RUSSIAN SHIP AT PORT SAID.. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) Port Said, Friday.

The Russian torpedo-boat "Rezvoi," which passed through Port Said outward bound with the last division of the Baltic Fleet, has returned here to-day from Djibouti with defective machinery, and will leave to morrow for Sada Bay. She is accompanied by the hospital-ship "Malaya."

GEN. STOESSEL INTERVIEWED.

Mr. Hulme Beaman, who was quite recently in Cairo for a couple of days, succeeded in getting a long and most interesting interview with General Stoessel during the Canal passage of the "Australien,-a 'scoop' for the "Standard," and a matter of great interest to the public, which is so thoroughly incapable of giving or sticking to an opinion, that the state- ments of a correspondent who visited Port Arthur some days after the surrender, when 11- inch shells had ceased to fall, had begun to be accepted as gospel. There seems to have been great friction between the Army and Navy, but the accusations of gross incapacity and cowardice are hard to substantiate against the Japanese evidence of the skill and stubbornness of the defence.

THE ROYAL VISIT.

The Duke and Duchess of Connaught are visiting the Cairo Barrage to-day.

Their Royal Highnesses are expected to come down to Alexandria on Tuesday next. They will probably be accompanied by H.H. the Khedive.

THE KHEDIVE.

After attending Friday prayers at the Mosque of Imam-el-Chafei, the Khedive proceeded to Abdeen Palace yesterday.

His Highness received in private audience yesterday afternoon the Marquis Salvago- Raggi, Italian Diplomatic Agent and Consul- General, who presented Commendatore Rivo, manager of the Credito Italiano, and Prince d'Arenberg.

It is expected that his Highness will accompany the Duke and Duchess of Connaught to Alexandria on Tuesday next.

THE SIRDAR.

The Sirdar arrived at Kassala on the 21st inst. and is due at Suakin on the 7th proxo. His Excellency will leave for Egypt shortly afterwards by H.H.S. "Abd el-Mouneim."

SUDAN CUSTOMS.

Kaimakam Hayes-Sadler, who has been appointed to the directorship of the Sudan Customs Administration, in succession to Kaimakam Borton Bey, has been studying Customs work at Alexandria. He leaves for Suakin to-morrow to inspect the Customs, and will return to Alexandria in a fortnight.

INFANT MORTALITY.

In the House of Commons the day before. yesterday, Mr. Galloway Weir, member for Ross and Cromarty, was to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether he was aware that in Egypt one-third of the children of the native population die within twelve months of birth, and that another third die before they reach five years of age; and would he consider the expediency of suggesting to the Government of Egypt that some inquiry should be made with a view to arrest this heavy infant mortality.

SOCIETE ANONYME EGYPTIENNE D'ELECTRICITE.

We understand that the Société Anonyme Egyptienne d'Electricité is about to make a public issue of shares, increasing its capital from £18,000 to £44,000. The issue, which is already very largely covered by a guaranteeing syndicate, is to be made at par, and the new shares will be on the same footing as the old ones. It is also worthy of note that there are no founders' shares or other privileges. The direc tors are to be congratulated on coming to such a fair decision, which leaves no room for surprises in the future. It is of good augury, and we feel sure that the issue will meet with the support of the public. It will be made by the National Bank of Egypt.

STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

The 3.8. "Ocean Prince," from Manchester, and the S.S. "Persian Prince," from Antwerp and London, left Malta on Friday and are due here on Tuesday next, with passengers and general cargo.

The Moss liner "Seti" sailed from Liverpool yesterday afternoon and is due here about the 10th prox. with passengers, mails, and general cargo.

KHEDIVIAL SPORTING CLUB.

THIRD WINTER MEETING.

SECOND DAY'S RACING.

In spite of the windy and rather cold weather, which has been unpleasantly obvious at all the race meetings, the second day of the K.S.C.'s Third Winter Meeting was a decided success. There was a large number of visitors and residents present, among them H.R.H. Prince Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and Norway, Mr. M. de C. Findlay, C.M.G., Sir Ernest Cassel, Azzet Pasha, Major-General, Mrs. and Miss Slade, Sir Elwin and Lady Palmer, Sir W. Garstin, Mr. P. Machell, the Hon. F. O. and Mrs. Lindley, Sir John and Lady Rogers, Mr. Rumbold, Mr. Higgins, Mr. and Mrs. Alban, Col. Aylmer, Mr. and Mrs. Scott- Dalgleish, Mr. Carter-Wilson, Coles Pasha and Mrs. Coles, Mr. and Mrs. Satow, Capt. Me Murdo, Mr. Forestier-Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Hewitt, Ishak Bey Hussein, Khalil Pasha Khayat, and many others. T.R.H. the Duke and Duchess of Connaught arrived at about 3.45 p.m., and stayed till the end of the

races.

The racing was decidedly interesting. The first and second races gave the best finishes, but the fourth was perhaps the most impor tant of the day, terminating in a good win for Farban II. The struggle for third place was desperately close, Kashid and Roi de l'Air being very little behind Moofid. In the sixth race Latiff added another to his long list of victories, Saber, who was fancied for a place,, failing to stay against London, while Plevna, carrying lowest weight, was a rather unexpected second. The Steeplechase was spoiled by the small field, only three horses running, of which Soudfi was a long way the best. The following are the results:-

THE MAIDEN PONY PLATE. Value L.E. 25, 2nd horse to receive L.E. 3, if four or more start, 3rd horse to receive L.E. 2, if six or more start, out of the stakes. For Arabs. Weight for age and inches. Distance round the course.

Kamel Eff. Maher and Nicholas Soussa's ch.a.h. Mahroussa (late Little Red Rat), 9.13. Kamel Effendi.

Ishak Bey Hussein's g.a.h. Fadgham, 9.9.

Stillwell.

Hassan Bey Sioufi's ch.a.h. Peacock, 9.13.

Farag.

Saleh Bey Yaghen's Ide, 10.7. Hassan.

Khalil Pasha Kayat's ch.a.h. Dougan, 10.3.

Jenkins.

Mr. Ekisler's Temsah, 10.7.

Mr. Emin Karam's Bohème, 10.7, Mr. Mi-

chaelides.

Ibrahim Bey Cherif's b.a.h. St. Frusquin, 10.7.

Mikhali.

After a good finish Mahroussa (ex Little Red Rat) came in about a length ahead of Fadgham.

Totalisator paid P.T. 67 on winner and P.T. 34, 31, and 166-for places.

THE NILE HANDICAP. Value L.E. 40, 2nd horse to receive LE. 3, if four or more start, 3rd horse to received L.E. 2, if six or more start, out of the stakes. For Classes 1.2.3 and C. B's. Distance 1 mile. 5 starters or stakes reduced one-half.

Khalil Pasha Kayat's ch.e.m. Bandusia, 9.12. Jenkins.

Omar Bey Sultan and Bakri Bey's b.e.h.. Bonus, 8.10. Bonser. Mr. Emin Karam's b.e.h. Alpha, 8.2. Monosi. 3 Ibrahim Bey Cherif's ch.e.h. Oberon, 8.0.

Eliseo.

Oberon led but was passed almost at once by Bonus and Bandusia and for most of the rest of the race Bonus kept a bit ahead of Khalil Pasha's horse. In the straight, however, Bandusia caught him up and won by less than length. A poor third.

Totalisator paid P.T. 32 on winner and P.T.

20,19 and 30 for places.

THE KASR-EL-NIL

STEEPLECHASE.

Value L.E.50, 2nd horse to receive L.E.10 and

3rd horse L.E.5, out of the stakes. A handicap for Arabs. Distance 2 miles. 5 starters in separate interests or stakes reduced one-half.

Mr. Emin Karam's g.a.b. Soudfi, 11.7. Mr.

Lockett. Ibrahim Bey Cherif's ch.a.h. Asfoor, 9.4.

Eliseo. Mr. Starkey's g.a.g. Obeyan, 9.0. Bonser. Asfoor led just at the start, Obeyan lying back. After the first round Soudfi drew steadily up, and though Asfoor ran pluckily he was never in it and lost by 4 or 5 lengths, Obeyan being about a length behind.

Totalisator paid P.T.33 on winner and P.T. 24 and 29 for places.

THE VISITORS' HANDICAP (1st Class). Value L.E. 175, 1st horse to receive L.E. 130,

2nd horse L.E. 30, and 3rd horse L.E. 15. For Arabs. Top weight not to exceed 12 st. Distance about 1 miles.

Ishak Bey Hussein's ch.a.h. Farhan II., 9.7.

Stillwell. Khalil Pasha Kayat's g.a.h. Banaback, 10.7. Jenkins.

Ishak Bey Hussein's b.a.h. Moofid, 9.9. Mr. A.

J. Michaelides. Omar Bey Sultan's and Bakri Bey's g.a.h. Rachid, 9.11. Bonser. Mr. A. J. Sursock's b.a.h. Roi de l'Air, 11.7. Michaelides, Moharrem Pasha's b.a.h. Mashkour, 10.0. H.

Suliman. Kalil Pasha Kayat's ch.a.h. Sadik, 9.0. Whiteside. Ibrahim Bey Cherif's ch.a.h. Royalist, 8.13.

Eliseo. Mr. E. Karam's ch.a.h. Eclipse, S.S. Vassili. 0

Great interest was taken in this race, for which Roi de l'Air was, on the whole, the favorite. Sadik and Roi de l'Air got off at the start, Moofid close behind, Eclipse and Rachid last. Mashkour drew up on the far side of the course, as did Farhan II., and Sadik dropped back, Banaback working up. Coming up to the corner Moofid gave way to Farhan II., who challenged and caught Roi de l'Air. At the corner Banaback came up very fast but Farhan II. kept his pace up and Banaback was challenged by Moofid on the inside, but came in second two lengths behind Farhan II. The struggle for third place was very close but Moofid was just ahead of Rachid and Roi de l'Air, of whom the former seemed to be leading past the post.

Totalisator paid P.T. 91 on winner and P.T. 29, 47, and 85 for places.

THE UNITED SERVICE FINAL PLATE. -Value L.E. 30, 2nd horse to receive L.E. 7, 3rd horse to receive L.E. 8, out of the stakes, if six or more start. A Handicap for Arabs, the property of British Members of K.8.C. Distance 6 furlongs. Six entries in separate interests or race declared void.

Mr. Lockett's ch.a.h. Fitz, 12.7.Mr. Lockett. 1 Mr. Stout's g.a.h. Shewiman, 11.0. Kamel Effendi.

Mr. Simond's g.a.h. The Bard, 9.0. Whiteside.

Captain Byrne'sg.a.h. Samhane, 10.0. Bonser. 0

Fitz very soon got ahead, Samhane following. Near the corner Shewiman came past Samhane, followed by The Bard, and the horses finished in this order, Fitz winning very comfortably.

Totalisator paid P.T. 40 on winner and P.T. 20, 21, and 24 for places.

THE VISITORS' HANDICAP (2nd Class). Value L.E.175, 1st horse to receive L.E.130, 2nd horse L.E.30, and 3rd horse L.B.15. For Arabs. Top weight not to exceed 12st. Distance about 1 miles.

Khalil Pasha Kayat's g.a.b. Latiff, 10.7. Jenkins.

Ibrahim Bey Cherif's g.a.h. Plevna, 8.10. Eliseo.

Saleh Bey Yaghen's g.a.h. London, 9.12. Suliman.

Mr. A. J. Sursock's ch.a.h. Vinicius, 11.0. Michaelides.

Ishak Bey Hussein's g.a.h. Saber, 10.10. Stillwell.

Mr. B. Bustros's ch.a.h. Malgré tout, 9.10. Fenwick. Moharrem Pasha's g.b.h. Hard Case, 9.5. Konkides.

Mr. Tueni's ch.a.h. Voyageur, 9.0. Matthews. 0 Plevna led at the start, with Latiff and Voyageur close up. Voyageur came up to second but quickly dropped back, and Latiff and Saber passed Plevns: at the corner Latiff led from Saber, who was passed again by Plevna, and London coming up with a rush caught and beat Saber about 100 yards from the winning post. Plevna kept ahead of London, but finished over two lengths behind Khalil Pasha Khayat's horse.

Totalisator paid P.T.37 on winner, and P.T. 22, 47, and 30 for places.

ALEXANDRIA CRICKET CLUB.

Owing to the work which is being carried out in the centre of the ground, and which will be completed as soon as possible, cricket practice will be suspented until further notice.

CURIOUS STONES FOUND IN HELOUAN. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT). Helouan, Friday.

A very interesting lecture was given to-day at the Tewfik Palace Hotel by the Hon. Auberon Herbert, on curious stones found in the neighbourhood. A large number of visitors were present. Mr. Herbert is evidently an authority on the subject. He showed some very strange figures in stone representing the heads of various people. In some of them the outline of the face and headgear of different types of persons could very clearly be traced. Of course, one must have, to a certain extent, an educated eye to distinguish between the head of a fighting man and that of a holy man. Some of the stones were very strongly marked, whilst others required a great deal of imagination to make anything out of them. Mr. Herbert, who is no doubt a most able speaker, made the subject very attractive. One could have listened to him for a much longer time. However, we hope this will not be the last time we shall have the pleasure of hearing him and seeing more of his curious specimens.

ABBAS HELMY THEATRE.

The second performance of Mignon yesterday evening met with the same success as the first, there being a large audience, who punctuated the different parts of the opera with storms of applause. Signore Bellincioni and Svicher and Signori Tomisani and Baldelli were in excellent voice and sang magnificently.

This evening Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci will be given. To morrow, there will be a matinée performance of La Traviata, and in the evening Signora Ballincioni will appear in La Boheme.

PASSENGERS' LISTS.

DEPARTURES.

Passagers partis hier pour Marseille par le

"Sénégal":

M. et Mme Lilié, Mlle d'Armande, M. et Mme Montello de Barrosse, Mlle Loyer, Mme Lelière, M. Point, Mme Senay, M. et Mme Dignat, M. Lavielle, M. Barley, Mme Adjud et Dubrujeaud, M. Sharp, M. Romel, M. L'abbé Loonis, Femme de chambre de Mme de Barrosse, M. Bernheim, M. Genès, Mlle E. Vogt, Mme Romel, Mlle Romel, M. Dagher, M. et Mme P. Chabriol, M. Mange, M. Munier, M. H. Leroy, M. Assire, Mlle Bidault, M. Bidault, M. Marcel Gurles, Mlle Sullivan, M. R. E. Meunier, M. Silvan Alonse et 21 passagers de 8ème et 4ème classe.

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.

Prince Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and Norway, who is at present staying at Shepheard's with Baron Ralamb, chamberlain, and Capt. Swerre, aide-de-camp to H.R.H.,is leaving shortly for Khartoum on a big-game shooting expedition.

To-morrow is the anniversary of Lord Cromer's birthday, his lordship having been born on the 26th February, 1841, at Cromer Hall, Norfolk. Many happy returns of the day!

Crookshank Pasha inspected Matai teftish yesterday and left in the afternoon for Fashn.

Rev. E. J. Hardy, who has been sent as Chaplain to the Forces to Cairo, is the author of many successful books, the best-known of which is "How to be Happy though Married." This work has gone through many editions and has been translated into most European languages.

Vicomte de Sapucalvy, the well-known Brazilian millionaire and financier, who is staying at Shepheard's, is leaving next week on a short trip up the Nile.

Geheimrath Prof. Dr. Kirchner, who has been sent out by the German Government for the purpose of inspecting the quarantine arrangements at Tor, arrived in Cairo yester day and is staying at Shepheard's Hotel.

The Anglo-American Company's beautiful hotel at Assouan has been crowded with distinguished visitors throughout the season; indeed, never before has the hotel been so fall. Among the prominent visitors at present there are the Earl and Countess Howe, Lady Sarah Wilson, Mrs. Cassel, Sir Edward and Lady Colebrooke, Hon. J. Ward, Sir Gerald Fitzgerald, Hon. W. G. Calthorpe, Hon. and Mrs. Ronald Greville, Hon. and Mrs. Greville Nugent, Sir Stephen Mackenzie, Mr. and Lady Jane Trotter, Hon. Mrs. Bourke, Hon. Mrs. Forrester, Mr. Faber, M.P., General Twigge, General Allen, Mr. Waldorf Astor, Baron Mahs, Baron and Baroness Tieschow, Baron Schilling von Cannstadt, Baron and Baroness Grunewaldt, Count Luttichan, Countess Plathe, etc.

Lady Howe has been improving greatly in health since her arrival in Egypt, and her stay at Assouan is doing her an immense amount of good. As most of us know, she was Lady Georgina Spencer-Churchill, and is an aunt of the present Duke of Marlborough. For many years she was known in London as Lady "Georgie" Curzon, and has been one of the most notable figures of the waning years of the nineteenth century. In the strictest sense of the word, Lady Howe did "yeoman" service during the South African war, by means of her strenuous exertions in equipping and sending out field hospitals for the use of the Imperial Yeomanry. Then, before her illness of last summer, she was one of the best riders and most wonderful "whips" in England, and used often to be seen tooling her four-in-hand in the park or at Hurlingham. And since her husband's accession to the earldom Lady Howe has been one of the smartest of London hostesses. Both she and her sister, Lady Sarah Wilson, are personal friends of King Edward, and she has entertained him many times in London and in the country. On one occasion, when the King and Queen were dining with her at Curzon House, she executed a tour de force in the way of floral decoration. The dining-room was decorated with Gopsall roses for dinner, and at supper, after a small dance, it appeared freshly adorned with pink, ivy-leaved geraniums.

Sir Hugh Bell, Miss Bell, and Mr. Valentin Chirol have arrivel at Mena House..

The latest arrivals at Shepheard's include: Mr. Blood, the well-known New York broker, and Mrs. Blood, Mr. and Mrs. K., d'Oudt Mooreghem, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Gregory and family, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Shelmerdine, Mrs. and Miss G. Gormann, Mr. and Mrs. Whitehouse, Mr. and Mrs. Storey, Mr. and Mrs. McLean, Sir William and Lady Dalby, Mr. Barbour Lathrop, Mr. Gottfried von Heider, etc.

Mr. J. Gordon, M.A., left for Beyrout by the Khedivial mail steamer to-day to take up his duties as headmaster of the Church of Seotland schools there.

The following passengers left Kasr-el-Nil on Friday by the Anglo-American Steamer and Hotel Company's S.S. Puritan:-Mr. and Mrs. Pardee, Mrs. Daugherty, Rev. G. A. and Mrs. Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Boyle, Mr. and Mrs. Spalding, Mrs. W. Bradford, Rev. W. C. Rommell, Mrs. A. W. Remington, Mrs. G. Christman, Mr. Earl Smith, Miss S. L. Cushman, Mrs. A. L. Swift, Miss E. L. Patten, Miss L. W. Simons, Mrs. E. B. and Miss Ruth Cushman, Miss Gordon, Dr. Dunning, Mrs. and Miss Wood, Miss McDaniel, Mr. P. B. Thompson, Major General and Mrs. Höpler, Mr. Kretschmar.

The following passengers left Cairo by the- P.S. "Hatasoo" for the Nile yesterday:-Mr. H. H.H. Bliel, Mr. and Mrs. Meyerfeld, Mr. and Mrs. Ackermann, Miss Meyerfeld, Mrs. Schloss, Mr. W., Mrs. and Miss Cooper, Mr. Francis H. Kales, the Hon. Frank Parker, Mr. G. M. R. Twose, Mr. Godfrey Chapman, Sir Wm. and Lady Dalby, Miss Dalby, Mr. J., Mrs. Lina and Miss Année Hauptli, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Foster, Mr. J. D. MoGavigan, Capt. James Law, Mr. Sendall, Mr. Mullen. Mr. Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. Mansfield Hunter.

ARMY OF OCCUPATION

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Cairo, 18/2/1905.

ARTHUR COLVILLE, Colonel, Chief Staff Officer. 25457-8-3

Kaiserlich Deutsches Konsulat,

AUFGEBOT.

3 Hits had

Es wird hiermit bekannt gemacht, dass der preussische Staatsangehörige Carl Justus MAISCHEIDT, seines Standes Oberkellner, geboren in München-Gladbach, 28 Jahre alt, wohnhaft in Bulkeley Ramleb, Sohn des 58 Jahre alten Schneidermeisters Justus Maischeidt und dessen Ehefrau, der 48 Jahre alten gewerbelosen Amalie Maischeidt, gebo renen Vogler, beide in Dortmund wohnhaft

und

die badische Staatsanhörige, gewerbelose Wilhelmina GLATT, geboren in Hilzingen, 36 Jahre alt, wohnhaft in Bulkeley-Ramleb, Tochter des Oekonoms Franz Glatt und dessen Ehefrau Anastasia Glatt, geborenen Hägele, ohne Beruf, beide im Alter von 68 Jahren in Thalhof-Hilzingen verstorben,

beabsichtigen sich mit einanded zu verehelichen und diese Ehe in Gemässheit des

Reichsgesetzes vom 4. Mai 1870 vor dem unterzeichneten Beamten abzuschliessen. Alexandrien, den 24 Februar 1905.

L.S.

J.No.810.

Der Kaiserliche Konsul, VON HUMBOLDT.

25494-1

Societe Anonyme des Eaux du Caire

AVIS

Messieurs les actionnaires sont convoqués en Assemblées Générales Ordinaire et Extraordinaire le jour de Jeudi 9 Mars 1905, à 3 heures et de l'après midi, au Siège de la Société au Caire. Bun

Ordre du jour de l'Assemblée Generale, Ordinaire.

1. Audition du Rapport du Conseil d'Admi

nistration.

2. Audition du Rapport des Censeurs 3. Approbation des comptes de l'Exercice

1904.

4. Fixation des dividendes à distribuer. 5. Nomination de deux Administrateurs en

remplacement de deux sortants.

6. Nomination de deux Censeurs.

Société Anonymeadu Béhéra

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Messieurs les Actionnaires de la Société S is Anonyme du Béhéra sont convoqués en Assem S blée Générale Ordinaire le Mardi 14 Mars 1905 à 3 heures 1/2 de relevée au Siège de la Société, 6, Rue Adib, pour délibérer sur l'ordre du i jour suivant

(1) Audition du rapport du Conseil d'Admi be nistration sur les Affaires de la Société.

(2) Audition du rapport du Censeur.

(3) Approbation des Comptes de l'exercice 1904 et fixation du dividende, od bi (4) Nomination d'un censeur pour l'exercice 1905

Et à l'issue de cette séance les actionnaires sont convoqués en assemblée générale extra ordinaire pour délibérer sur l'ordre du jour suivant:

(1) Proposition 'a) d'augmenter le capital de la société par la création de 100,000 actions privilégiées de £ 5 chacune, amortissables par tirage au sort au gré de la société et selon ses disponibilités et donnant droit & un intérêt annuel et cumulatif de 5%

(b) de répartir actuellement 50,000 de ces actions privilégiées jouissance 1er Janvier 1905 à raison d'une action privilégiée pour chaque action ordinaire, en représentation des béné fices acquis sur les reventes des terres de la Société, reve

(2) Modifications des articles 5, 7 et 38 des statuts comme suit:

ARTICLE 5 (1er paragraphe) TEXTE PROPOSÉ

TEXTE ACTUEL Le fonds social est fixé à la somme de L.E. 250.000 divisée en 50.000 Actions de L.E. 5 chacune.

Le fonds social est fixé à la somme de L.E. 737.500 représenté par 10) 50.000 actions or dinaires de LE. 5 chacune. 20) 100.000 ac tions privilégiéesAmortissables de 5 chacune qui seront successivement remises entiè rement libérées, aux porteurs des actions or dinaires au prorata du nombre d'actions possédées par eux et en vertu de délibération de l'assemblée générale des actionnaires en représentation de bénéfi ces acquis sur les reventes des terres de la société.

ARTICLE 7 (1er paragraphe).

TEXTE ACTUEL

TEXTE PROPOSÉ

Chaque action donne Chaque action ordidroit dans la propriété naire donne droit dans de l'actif social et dans la propriété de l'actif le partage du bénéfice social et dans le parta- à une part proportionge des bénéfices à une nelle au nombre des part proportionnelle au actions émises.

nombre d'actions émisos. Les actions privilégiées n'ont droit qu'à un intérêt de 5% l'an eumulatif et au remboursement au pair et à titre privilégié de leur valeur nominale par voie d'amortissement en vertu du tirage au sort.

ARTICLE 38 (premier, paragraphe)

TEXTE ACTUEL TEXTE PROPOSE Sur les bénéfices nets Sur les bénéfices nets de l'exercice social de l'exercice social apres déduction de tous après déduction de tous frais et charges de la frais et charges de la société, il sera prélevé société il sera prélevé d'abord la somme né d'abord la somme né- cessaire pour fourpir cessaire pour fournir un intérêt de 5 sur le 5% d'intérêt prévu le capital nominal des à l'article 7 des statuts actions. au nombre d'actions privilégiées, dont l'as semblée générale aura autorisé la distribution proportionnelle aux ac tionnaires. Ensuite il sera pré levé la somme néces saire pour fournir un intérêt de 5% sur le capital nominal des actions ordinaires. Pour le surplus le texte actuel des trois ar- Y ticles précités est maintenu.

Tout porteur de vingt actions a droit d'as sister à l'Assemblée Générale, mais conformé ment à l'Article 24 des Statuts, il devra justi fier auprès de la Société du dépôt de ses Actions un jour avant la date fixée pour la réunion. Il est rappelé qu'aux termes de l'article 30 des statuts il ne pourra être délibéré valablement sur les objets portés à l'ordre du jour de l'assemblée générale extraordinaire qu'autant que les actions représentées forme- Front au moins la moitié du capital.

L'Administrateur-Directeur, (Signé), E. W. P. FOSTER, Alexandrie, le 16 février 1905. 25447-4-2

The Menzaleh Canal & Navigation Cy.

AVIS

Conformément à l'article 6 des Statuta, le Conseil d'Administration de la Compagnie a décidé de faire un nouvel appel de LE 1 par action (soit L.B. 3 versées). Ce versement devra être effectué au plus tard de 1st, Mars 1905 aux Censeurs de la Compagnie, Messrs, Hoare & Russell, sharia Kasr el-Nil, Le Caire. Les certificats des actions devront être déposés chez les Censeurs, pour y inscrire le paiement 25491-1

effectué.

7. Tirage des actions à amortir.

Ordre du jour de Assemblée Générals Las 10 Extraordinaire.

1. Délibération sur la cession de la Glacière à la Compagnie Frigorifique d'Egypte, moyenhant paiement en actions libérées de cette Compagnie à répartir entre les actionnaires. 2. Délibération sur une proposition de créa tion d'actions de jouissance auxquelles reviendra To montant du dividende annuel, après dé- duction de Pintérêt statutaire de 4%, apparte nant aux actions de capital.

3. Délibération sur une demande de porteurs de Parts de Fondateur, tendant au fractionnement en dixièlees des Parts actuelles; l'échange davant être facultatif pour chaque porteur de Parts M

4. Rétablissement de la quotité primitivement attribuée aux Administrateurs sur les bé néfices au termes de l'article 20 des Statuts. Modifications des Statuts que pourraient entrainer les délibérations sur les objets cidessus. atine l

Howald bus Pour assister aux Assemblées, il faut être propriétaire de dix sotions au moins, et faire le dépôt de ces actions, cinq jours au moins avant la réunion, au siège de la Société ou dans l'un des Etablissements ci-après ou leur succur sales:

Le Crédit Lyonnais, le Crédit Foncier Egyp tien, Ih Banque Impériale Ottomane, l'Anglo Egyptian Bank, la Banque Nationale d'Egypte eb la Banque of Egypt.

Les Assemblées Générales ne pouvant déli bérér valablement que si la proportion d'action prévue par les Statuts est représentée, Mes sieurs les actionnaires sont en conséquence prié de faire le dépôt de toutes leurs actions.

Le Directeur, ASTLEY P. FRIEND 25452-4 3

Le Caire, le 16 Février 1905.

Société Anonymeadu Béhéra

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(1) Audition du rapport du Conseil d'Admi be nistration sur les Affaires de la Société.

(2) Audition du rapport du Censeur.

(3) Approbation des Comptes de l'exercice 1904 et fixation du dividende, od bi (4) Nomination d'un censeur pour l'exercice 1905

Et à l'issue de cette séance les actionnaires sont convoqués en assemblée générale extra ordinaire pour délibérer sur l'ordre du jour suivant:

(2) Modifications des articles 5, 7 et 38 des statuts comme suit:

ARTICLE 5 (1er paragraphe) TEXTE PROPOSÉ

TEXTE ACTUEL Le fonds social est fixé à la somme de L.E. 250.000 divisée en 50.000 Actions de L.E. 5 chacune.

ARTICLE 7 (1er paragraphe).

TEXTE ACTUEL

TEXTE PROPOSÉ

ARTICLE 38 (premier, paragraphe)

L'Administrateur-Directeur, (Signé), E. W. P. FOSTER, Alexandrie, le 16 février 1905. 25447-4-2

The Menzaleh Canal & Navigation Cy.

AVIS

effectué.

EGYPTIAN DELTA LAND & INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED.

NOTICE is hereby given to holders of Shares in the above Company that a fresh issue of Capital is shortly to be made to Shareholders. Now shares can only be allotted to persons whose names are registered in the Coppany's Books in London at the date of isspa or to holders of Bearer Warrants Hold ers of nominative certificates in names other than their own who wish to participate in the new issue should therefore forward their not native, certificates with transfer deeds duly axecuted to the National Bank of Egypt, Cairo or, Alexandria, not later than 24th March

1905.

By order of the Board,

AVADAMS,

Managing Director.

Cairo, 24th February 1905. 25490-6-1

National Bank of Egypt.

NEW SHARES.

Holders of Provisional Certificates are hereby informed that these may on and after this date be exchanged for Warrants to Bearer on presentation at the Offices of the National Bank of Egypt, Cairo and Alexandria.

National Bank of Egypt 25479-4-2

Cairo, 22nd February, 1905.

Municipalité d'Alexandrie

AVIS

La Municipalité met en adjudication les travaux d'empierrement de la route de Siouf depais la station San Stefano à la rae El Ekbal. Le cautionnement est fixé à LE. 70.

Le cahier des charges est déposé au bureau de la Voirie où il peut être consulté par les intéressés tous les jours de 9 h. à midi, les jours fériés exceptés.

Les offres devront être adressées sous pli ca cheté à Monsieur l'Administrateur de la Municipalité avant le 14 Mars 1905.

Elles pourront également être déposées en séance de la Délégation le même jour & 5h.p.m. l'enveloppe devra porter en outre la mention: "Soumission pour Empierrement de la Route de Siouf.

Le cautionnement ou le reçu d'une Banque, d'après les conditions du cahier des charges, devra être remis au Service de la Comptabilité avant l'ouverture des offres et au plus tard le 14 mars à midi.

L'Administrateur, (Signé) W. P. CHATAWAY

Alexandrie, le 23 février 1905.

AVIS

25484-3-2

La Municipalité met en adjudication la fourniture de 200 regards en pierre.

Le cautionnement est fixé à L.E. 30. Le cahier des charges est déposé au Bureau de la Voirie où il peut être consulté par les intéressés tous les jours de 9 h. à midi, les jours fériés exceptés.

Les offres devront être adressées sous pli cacheté à Monsieur l'Administrateur de la Municipalité avant le 28 Mars pr.

Elles pourront également être déposées en séance de la Délégation le même jour à 5h.p.m. L'enveloppe devra porter en outre la mention "Soumission pour fourniture de regards en pierre.

Le cautionnement ou le reçu d'une banque, d'après les conditions du cahier des charges, devra être remis au Service de la Comptabilité avant l'ouverture des offres et au plus tard le 28 Mars à midi.

L'Administrateur, (Signé) W. P. CHATAWAY Alexandrie, le 23 Février 1905. 25435-3-2

AVIS

La Municipalité met en adjudication les travaux de réparation des Berges du Canal Mahmoudieh.

Le cautionnement est fixé à LE 60

Le cahier des charges est déposé au Bureau de la Voirie où il peut être consulté par les intéressés tous les jours de 9 h. à midi,les jours fériés exceptés.

Les offres devront être adressées/sous pli cacheté à Monsieur l'Administrateur de la Mu nicipalité avant le 14 Mars pr.

Elles pourront également être déposées en séance de la Délégation le même jour à 5h.p.m. L'enveloppe devra pórter en outre la men tion: "Soumission pour réparation des Berge da Canal Mahmoudieh".

Le cautionnement ou le reçu d'une banqne d'après les conditions du cahier des charges devra être remis au Service de la Comptabilite avant l'ouverture des offres et au plus tard le 214 Mars à midi.

L'Administrateur, (Signe) W. P. CHATAWAY Alexandrie, le 23 Février 1905. 25487-3-2

BRITISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.We woul

el call the attention of persons interested in Egyptian trade to the work of the British Chamber of Commerce of Egypt, whose offic ain Alexandria gives information as to standings 5 trade, &e, to its members, and whose monthl e publication reviews our commerce. The annna subscription is £1 and all British traders shoul become members. Our London office, 36, Ney t Broad-street E.C., acts as London agency to th 1 Chamber.

EGYPTIAN TOMB DOLLS.

M. Maspero has written for the Institut Egyptien an interesting article on the little figures "in the round" discovered in Egyptian tombs, which were much in evidence in the exhibitions of antiquities by M. Naville and Mn Hall and by Mr. Garstang respectively, held last year in London. He has little difficulty in showing that the object of burying these dolls-as they were at one time thought to be -with the dead, was to ensure the continuance in the next world of the services of the baker, butcher, and brewer that they represent, and that they replaced the primitive slaughter of slaves upon the bier. He thinks that this interpretation can be applied even to the regiments of cavalry and infantry represented in a few instances, which were supposed to help the prince with whom they were buried to defeat his enemies in the Netherworld. He also gives some reasons for thinking that they were nearly always hidden in a pit or well, so that they might act as a sort of reserve if the tomb should be broken into and the frescoes, which were supposed to serve a like purpose, were destroyed. If any fault can be found with the essay, it is, perhaps, that the writer does not sufficiently insist on the essentially magical character of these rites, and on the belief, common to practisers of magic all the world over, that the pictured or sculptured representation of an act would cause similar action elsewhere.

A BEDOUIN HEIRLOOM.

A good story comes to hand from Scotland. At a meeting of the Dumfries' Natural History Society last week, Dr. Semple, the well-known scientist, was shown a scrap of skin with writing upon it, labelled as a Greek charm, which was taken from the dead body of a Bedouin in Egypt, in whose family it was reputed to have been an heirloom for five centuries. The writing, it was stated, was reported to have been done with the blood of a young girl. Dr. Semple succeeded in deciphering the inscription, and it proved to be the chorus of a song familiar to the last generation: "Old Bob Ridley, O." Greek characters had been employed for the English letters.

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"THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT BEING TRUSTEE FOR EGYPT AND THE EGYPTIAN PEOPLE...... -Sir Howard Vincent, M.P.

It is refreshing to read such words as these "from the lips of a Conservative member of Parliament who has recently visited Egypt, especially as they were uttered in connection with such a topic as the suggested second Suez Canal. Of late we have been treated to a lot of tall talk from irresponsible writers, as to Egypt being "virtually a possession of the British Empire," etc., and it is well to be reminded that we are simply here as TRUSTEES for the Egyptian people.

No term could more htly express our position in this country, and I am surprised that it has not been freely adopted in what has been written and said about the relations of England and Egypt to one another. Let us for a moment glauce back to what gave rise to the British occupation.

Egypt was bankrupt under her spendthrift ruler, Ismail. Money was being wrung from the people by the most exorbitant taxes that could be levied on the fellaheen, and the foreign bondholders were clamorous for payment of their dividends. England and France established a co-trusteeship under the name of the Dual Control, and proceeded to reduce chaos to order. As trustees they administered the finances of the country till 1882, when France no longer cared to act, and withdrew, leaving the British nation sole trustee.

How well the trust has been executed let the present state of the country testily. Under British guidance Egypt has become prosperous in the extreme, and every one looks forward to a still fuller development in the future, and a greater expansion in every way than in the past.

But England as trustee has a greater mission than a merely financial one, and when every department of her ward's Government depends upon the advice of experienced Englishmen, the trusteeslip resolves itself into guardianship, a far wider responsibility, and one that opens out in every direction save one, the control of foreign affairs, for Egypt is still under the suzerainty of the Sultan and takes no share in discussing and settling foreign questions.

That England will eventually abuse the trust reposed in her by acting as a dishonest guardian. and appropriating to herselt her ward's estate, --in other words will add Egypt to the British Empire-I, for one refuse to admit to be in even the remotest degree possible. But will she succeed in restoring to Egypt some of her ancient power? Whue Assyria, Persia, Greece, Rome, and Islam have faued to make their rule over the country permanent, will England by careful training succeed in giving to the Egyptians the quality in which they have hitherto shown themselves to be so lamentably wanting, that of the power of selfgovernment?

I see no reason why our future endeavour should not be to foster National aspirations, and, frankly vowing our intention of developing Egypt for the Egyptians, mould our policy in the direction of building up a new Egypt on entirely new lines; lines on which territoria aggrandisement of ourselves shall have no piace whatever.

We cannot, it is true, close the mouths or check the pens of those irresponsible people who are always on the look-out for chances to do mischief, and thwart an enlightened policy, but after all they can be safely ignored, and their powers or doing harm are exceedingly limited. Nobody pays much heed to their vapourings.

But still such suggestions as those made by a corespondent of the "Morning Post," signing himself "Pharoah," must cause needless irrita tion, and it would much help to promote goou feeling, if editors of leading English newspapers would abstain from printing such utterly senseless effusions. They can only be written with one object, viz., the sowing of discord.

There is a yet more dangerous class who may work almost irreparable mischief, and seriously retard the work of those respousible for the good government of Egypt. And the worst of it is that this class is to a very great extent (I wish I could say entirely) composen of earnest, well-meaning men, anxious to do all the good they can, though often singularly wanting in tact. Blinded by the worst of al prejudices, viz., religious ones, they have bu one central aim before them, the conversion of all to their way of thinking and their concep tion of what is truth. I mean, of course, missionaries.

The harm done by these men, the hatreds aroused, the embarrassments they have caused their Governments, the little wars they have been, not only the indirect, but in some cases the direct cause of, let history tell.

Well may "An Observer" remark (in his letter to the "Gazette" published 10th inst.) on the question of missions to Mohamedans, "The matter must be dealt with from the standpoint not of the devoted missionary, whose outlook politically is limited, but from that ot the well-informed, trained, and impartial observer who realises the gravity of the situation."

Another correspondent, apropos of Mr. MacInnes's recent letter, writes, "It seems surprising than an English clergyman should be unwilling to state publicly the results of missionary effort. Can it be that the methods employed will not always bear the light 1"

And he goes on to say, "An incident which came under my personal notice rather favors that view. A young girl used to be employed by my wife to do needlework. Remarking ber semitro appearance, my wife had the curiosity to ask her to what race she belonged. The child replied, 'We were all born Jews, but the missionaries offered to give us tree schooling it we would become Christians.. As we were too poor to pay for schooling we all became Christians. This reminds me of Gilbert's immortal verse

'Be Christian you instead of Jew,

Become a Christian Kid.'

And so they did."

But, as usual, I am running away on a side issue, and as I have already exceeded my usual limits of space, I must reserve till next week some further remarks on England's Trusteeship. T. A.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

do not hold ourselves for the responsible opinions expresse by our correspondents, but we wish, in a spint of fair pla to all, to permit within certain necessary limits-free discussion.

MISSIONS TO MOHAMEDANS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE EGYPTIAN GAZETTE. Sir,-Permit me to add my humble quota of testimony on the above mooted question. If I am not mistaken, there has ever been, and there ever will be, but one religion in the world. The text (James 1., 27) is, as I think, the only one in the Bible where religion is defined. It says nothing about belief, creed, profession, or ceremonial observances. It makes religion purely a matter of right character and right conduct. Whosoever displays these, whether in or out of the established church, has, it seems to me, genuine religion, and is a loyal child of God. In this, Christianity seems to go beyond its name.

We are learning to put the emphasis on the right place-on what a man is, and not on what he believes. We are beginning to realise that salvation is not a property to be bought, but to be developed, a taséut to be traded with, an ideal to be realised, a theme to be worked out "with tear and tremoling;" and that the great teaching of Christ's life is the recognition of the spiritual part of our nature, and the need for fostering it.

To realise this ultimate end, mankind needs a system of worship, a system teaching of divine ethics, of personal ethics, and of social righteousness. Intelligent and enlightened men will have the best. The supremacy must be given to the one system of worship which satisfies man's supreme spiritual necessities. And if we are to judge things by their results, the Christian system of worship, undoubtedly, stands pre-eminent. It makes the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man its watchword, charity its motto, and love the mainspring of all its activity and intercourse.

A careful study of the situation makes it evident that the Christian system of worship is passing through a transition state, putting off antiquated dogmas, customs, and methods, and adopting itself to the modern world, and transforming itself so as to better accomplish its work, both in the church and in the world. It is gratifying to see that now-a-days greater attention is given to Christian ethics and sociology than ever before Holy love in principle and practice, in the liberty of selfacrifice, is better understood now, thau ever before.

No Christian can answer the question of "Missions to Mohamedans" or to others except in the words of his Master:"To this end have 1 been born, and to this end am I come into the world that I should bear witness unto the Truth." I believe it is our high privilege a well as our bounden duty to pass on the truth, in word and in deed, to those that know it not No work could be more noble and ennobling. On the other hand, there can be no questio: that an ordained missionary always occupies a very delicate position. He must be, first of all a man of true Christiau instinct; he must be a man of ripe judgment and of the greatest tact; he must work by a system of organised and proportioned methods, based upon definite knowledge of the material to be wrought up n. He may, sometimes, need "the courage of a Paul, the patience of a Job, the fidelity of a Stephen, the vehemence of a John the Baptist, the wisdom of an archangel, and the spirit, sweetness, and fearlessness of Jesus to reach ideal success." A WELL-WISHER. Alexandria, February 22.

TOTAL ABSTINENCE. THE BIBLE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE EGYPTIAN GAZETTE.

Sir,-As a sign of progress in Egypt, I am pleased to note the prominence given, of late, in several papers, to the temperance question. I also commend the liberality of the "Gazette" in giving space in its columns for the discussion of various moral and religious questions. This is as it should be. Truth never suffers when contrasted with error. And no one thing is of greater value to this country at the present time, than its right relation to this same question of temperance. Therefore, I cannot permit to pass unchallenged the intimation, by one of your contributors in your issue of Feb. 18, that the Bible gives support to the practice of moderate drinking. I know that this is a favorite contention of those who desire justification for the "social glass;" and to the casual reader, such contention may seem valid: but to the Bible student who regards the general tenor of Scripture teaching rather than the partial argument which may appear to be drawn from isolated texts, and who, moreover, does not feel bound to sanction, at all hazards, popular social customs, a very different view presents itself.

The writer above referred to has given, perhaps unconsciously, an excellent illustration of his own statement that "it is so easy to read the meaning we want a passage of Scripture to convey into it," by referring to St. John 2: 1-11 as a "telling incident" in favor of the moder ate use of alcoholic liquors. It would be interesting to read an argument based on the miracle of Cana in favor of moderate drinking, that did not deal largely in assumptions. From his point of view the passage proves altogether too much. One hundred and twenty gallons of wine contributed to a wedding feast near its close, when the guests had already been imbibing quite freely, scarcely looks like an act in favor of moderate drinking.

"How one might euiarge on this !" Yes, one might. But it is this very enlarging on the Word of God that has toisted so many errors upon Christendom. The Bible is without doubt the worst abused book in the world. The most soul and body-destroying evils have claimed the sanction of its sacred pages. Christian statesmen in Russia argue from it the divine right of kings to tyrannise over the bodies and souls of their subjects. Christian preachers in the United States, prior to 1865, justified human slavery by appealing to God's Word. And thousands of professed believers in the inspi- ration of the Bible yet claim its support in the degrading practice of polygamy. In like manner" some Christian clergymen in Eugland and on the Continent attempt to justuy the moderate use of spirituous liquors by the writings of Solomon, the words of Paul, or the example of Jesus. Such teaching, if viewed in the light of practical results, will be seen to be not fardistantly related to the practice, so justly condemned, of those "who, unfortunately, deem it consistent with the preaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, to sell this, vile stuff (cheap distilled spirits) to the natives among whom they labour." For a man can get as gloriously drunk on "good" wine as on cheap spirits; and moderate drinking is the training school for drunkards. That a large percentage never graduate does not save from drunkards' graves the tens of thousands who do. No, "moderate drinking" has been weighed in the balance of human experience, and found wanting. It is justified neither by the Scriptures, the teaching of physiological science, nor by human experience.

Another very dangerous suggestion, as I view it, is contained in the statement that "what was said 1900 years ago, is of little value in. considering present-day questions." And this with reference to the teaching of the Bible! I must confess surprise that any one really interested in moral or social reforms should take such a position. To eliminate the teaching of the Book of books from the discussion of all present-day questions, social, moral, or religious! But where will you find a higher standard of morality, purer social ethics, or more just laws? But this is too large a question to discuss in this article. If space is permitted, I should be only too happy to defend the above positions.

In conclusion, let me say to the temperance workers of Egypt, if you desire permanence in the results of your efforts do not fail to wield the "sword of the spirit, which is the word of God." It is your most potent weapon, notwithstanding the disparaging remarks made concerning it.-Yours for total abstinence, W. H. WAKEHAM, (Director of S.D.A. Mission of Egypt.)

Luxor, Feb. 20.

The Grip Leaves Thousands in its Path Weak, Nervous, Dyspeptic, Catarrh Wrecks.

THE GRIP LEAVES THOUSANDS IN ITS PATH WEAK. NERVOUS. DYS

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IKE A DEMON grip has crossed our country, leaving behind scores of physical wrecks.

Victims of catarrh of the head, catarrh of the throat, catarrh of the lungs, eatarrh of the stomach, catarrh of the kidneys, catarrh of the pelvic organs, are to be counted by hundreds of thousands. Grip is epidemic catarrh, and sows the seed of chronic catarrh within the system.

This is so true that few grip sufferers are able to make a complete recovery until they have used Peruna.

Never in the history of medicine has a remedy received such unqualified and universal eulogies as Peruna,

A New York Alderman's Experience. Hon. Joseph A. Flinn, alderman Fifth District, writes from 101 Christopher street, New York City, as follows:

"When a pestilence overtakes our people we take precaution as a nation to preserve the citizens against the dread

disease.

"La grippe has entered thousands of our homes this fall, and I noticed that the people who used Peruna were quickly restored, while those who depended on doctor's prescriptions, spent weeks in recovering, leaving them weak and

emaciated.

"I had a slight attack of la grippe and at once took Peruna, which drove the

disease out of my system in a few days and did not hinder me from pursuing my daily work.

"I should like to see our Board of Health give it official recognition and have it used generally antong our poor sick people in Greater New York."- Joseph A. Flinn.

D. L. Wallace, a charter member of the International Barber's Union, writes from 15 Western avenue, Minneapolis, Minn.:

"Following a severe attack of la grippe I seemed to be affected badly all over. I suffered with a severe backache, indigestion and numerous ills, so I could neither eat nor sleep, and I thought I would give up my work, which I could not afford to do.

"One of my customers who was greatly helped by Perpins advised me to try it, and I procured a bottle the same day. I used it faithfully and felt a marked improvement. During the next two months I took five bottles, and then felt splendid. Now my head is clear, my nerves steady, I enjoy food, and rest well. Pe runa has been worth a dollar a dose to me."-D. L. Wallace.

Mr. O. H. Perry, Atchison, Kansas, writes:

in its effects in my case after repeated ri

"First, 16 eured me of chronic bronchitis of Afteen years! standing by using two bottles of Peruna in January, 1804, and noreturn of it.

"After I was cared of bronchius I had la grippe every winter for several wine ters. But, through the use of Peruns, it got gradually weaker in its severity, until it dwindled down to a mere stupor for two or three days. Now the stupor does not trouble me any more."-0. H Perry.

Congressman's Experience. House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio. Gentlemen-"I am more than satisfied with Peruns, and find it to be an excel lent remedy for the grip and catarrh. I have used it in my family and they all Join me in recommending it as an excellent remedy,"

Very respectfully,

George H. White, If you do not derive prompti tand satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable ad- vice gratis.

"Again, after repeated trials of your medicines, Peruna and Manalin, I give this as my expression of the wonderful results of your very valuable medicine Ohio.

Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus

For special directions everyone should read "THE ILLS OF LIFE," a copy of which surrounds oh bottle. Peruna is for sale by all chemists and druggists at fiva shillings per bottle or six bottles for twenty five shillings.

Those wishing direct correspondence with DR. HARTMAN and can wait the necessary delay in receiving a reply should address Dr. S. B. HARTMAN, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.

The following wholesale druggist will supply the retail drug trade in Alexandria, Egypt.

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Le Conseil d'Administration a l'honneur de porter à la connaissance du Public qu'il recevra, jusqu'au Lundi 6 Márs 1905 à midi des offres pour la fourniture, pendant un an, de toutes les quantités de chaux vive, fabriquée avec des moëllons provenant des carrières de Moassla et de l'Abbassieh, dont son Service de la Voie aura besoin pour ses différents travaux ordinaires, suivant les clauses et conditions du Cahier des Charges déposé au Bureau des bâtiments du dit Service et au Bureau des Achats et Ventes et dont on peut obtenir copie, contre paiement de 100 m/m.

Les soumissionnaires auront à joindre à leur offre un récépissé de versement d'une somme de L.B. 20, à titre de dépôt provisoire. Ils devront aussi déposer préalablement, au Bureau des Batiments de la Voie, à titre d'échantillon, un huitième de mètre cube de chacune des qualités de chaux vive qu'ils entendent fournir. Les offres devront être accompagnées d'une feuille de papier timbré de 30 m/mi. Elles seront adressées par la poste sous pli recommandé, à : (Monsieur le Président Chemins de fer de l'Etat Caire), et sous double enveloppe, l'inté rieure portant la suscription suivante : "Offre pour la fourniture de Chaux vive." Le Conseil ne s'engage pas à accepter l'offre la plus basse, ni à donner suite aux soumis sions présentées, et il se réserve le droit de diviser la commaude.

Alexandrie, le 28 février 1905.

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EGYPTIAN PILGRIMS.

Mr. Galloway Weir, M.P., has received the following letter from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs:

"Foreign Office, Feb. 13, 1905.

"Sir, With reference to your letter of the 14th ult., I am directed by the Marquis of Lansdowne to inform you that a despatch has been received from his Majesty's Agent and Consul-General at Cairo respecting the steps taken by the Egyptian Government to protect Egyptian pilgrims to Mecca who do not accompany the Mahmal. In view of the ill-treatment suffered by Egyptian pilgrims during the last pilgrimage, the Khedive caused representations to be addressed on two occasions to the Turkish Government, and reports have since been received that they have made some attempt to establish order along the route of the pilgrimage. Lord Cromer observes that the Egyptian Government cannot be held responsible for the maintenance of order in Turkish Arabia. In these circumstances the only means within their control of securing protection to Egyptian pilgrims was to induce as many as posable to accompany the Mahmal, the escort of which has been considerably strengthened. Lord Cromer calls particular attention to the fact that the charge paid by pilgrims accompanying the Mahmal has not increased, as erroneous statements have appeared on this subject in the Press. His lordship adds that the popularity of these measures is sufficiently shown by the fact that the number's accompanying the Mahmal have increased from 693 Last year to 1,605 this year.-I am, Sir, &c., EGORST."

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LES RELATIONS MARITIMES ENTRE ANVERS ET ALEXANDRIE

UN GROS PROCES

Quatre lignes anversoises, dont deux sont 1 nglaises, Wescott Line, Prince Line,-une alle- aande, Deutsche Levante Linie,-et une belge, Adolf Deppe, dasservent le commerce très dé- eloppé de la Belgique avec l'Orient. Elles se ont syndiquées et font la loi au public.

Une très importante maison de commerce de Bruxelles, F. Lambert et Cie, résolut d'ex- loiter le même filon productif et créa, l'an lernier, la Sphinx Line. Le syndicat fut obligé, raison de cette concurrence, de baisser ses prix de 30%. Mais il fallait surtout tâcher de 'en prendre à quelqu'un, de trouver ou d'in- enter un coupable à qui faire supporter les pertes. Anvers ne pouvait tolérer cette inno- vation de Bruxelles dans les affaires mariti- mes. La maison belge Lambert et Ralli d'Alex- Andrie parut désignée au syndicat pour servir He bouc émissaire.

Liée au syndicat pour l'année 1904 par un contrat qui l'obligeait à fournir un minimum He transports, la maison Lambert et Ralli avait ponctuellement remplit ses obligations. Mais elle portait presque le même nom que la mai- son F. Lambert et Cie de Bruxelles, elle était son amie, et l'on connait la morale du Loup de La Fontaine.

Si ce n'est toi, c'est donc ton frère!

Procès du syndicat contre les deux maisons Lambert entre lesquelles on cherche à créer une confusion. Le Tribunal de commerce d'An- vers s'y laissa prendre: composé de négociants anversuis élus par leurs pairs, il ne put se défendre contre l'esprit de clocher et crut faire œuvre de justice en favorisant des maisons de la métropole commerciale belge eontre une maison de la capitale qui osait prendre au sérieux les travaux et l'avenir de Bruxelles-- Port de mer.

Le syndicat gagna son procès avec des con- sidérants plus sévères que juridiques: concur- rence déloyale, indemnités, publicité du juge- ment ordonnée en Belgique et en Egypte, rien n'y manqua.

Les vainqueurs triomphèrent trop bruyam- ment; en Belgique, ils crièrent victoire dans les journaux; à Alexandrie on colporta les bruits les plus désobligeants pour la maison Lambert et Ralli; on alla presque jusqu'à la

diffamation.

Heureusement, s'il y a des juges à Berlin, il ya à Bruxelles une Cour d'appel composée de magistrats de carrière et qui ne se laisse guère influencer par des considérations étrangères à la justice et au droit.

Un arrêt de la semaine dernière complète- ment réformé le jugement d'Anvers. La Cour rend hommage à la parfaite loyauté de la mai- son Lambert et Ralli, reconnaît à F. Lambert et Cie le droit de libre concurrence au syndicat anversois, déboute celui-ci de toutes ses de- mandes et le condamne aux dépens de première instance et d'appel.

Et la Sphinx Line continuera son service bimensuel entre Anvers et Alexandrie,au grand bénéfice du développement du commerce entre la Belgique et l'Egypte et au profit du public en général.

P. R.

La vente des terrains de la

Municipalite

Monsieur le Directeur

de l'Egyptian Gazette

La Municipalité vient d'adopter un règle- ment sur la vente des biens-libres de l'Etat dont vous avez été le premier à publier le texte dans vos numéros du 23 et 24 et.

C'est le 15 août 1903 que l'élaboration de ce règlement et le lotissement des terrains fu- rent décidées. Ce travail qui, demandait quel- ques jours seulement a done duré un an et demi pour le règlement seul, car on ne pent encore prévoir quand le lotissement sera ter- mipé

En attendant, les loyers augmentent faute de locaux et de terrains à bâtir, parce que la Municipalité s'obstine à ne pas vendre les vastes espaces dont elle dispose.

Une grande partie de ces terrains ont cepen. dant été gagnés sur la mer grâce à l'emprunt de 500,000 L.E. dont le contribuable et le Gou- vernement payent les annuités par moitiés. Le public, qui est ainsi le vrai propriétaire, se voit indignement frustré par la Municipalité et -obligé, de ce chef, à payer un loyer double ou triple d'auparavant. Agréez etc. Alexandrie, le 24 Février 1905,

LE NIL

SA NAVIGABILITÉ AU POINT DE VUE COMMERCIAL

Monsieur le Directeur de, "l'Egyptian Gazette"

Je viens de lire avec intérêt votre article sur l'étude que Sir William Preece a publiée con- cernant la navigation fluviale en Egypte depuis Assouan jusqu'à la mer. Il était difficile, en effet, de traiter avec plus de compétence un sujet qui intéresse au plus haut degré tous les Egyptiens. Comme vous avez déjà inséré plu- sieurs extraits de l'étude en question, je me contenterai de signaler encore un passage où Sir William affirme "n'avoir vu le long du Nil "aucun signe évident d'ouvrages d'art quel- "conques accomplis dans le but de maintenir "la profondeur de l'eau afin de conserver aux "canaux leur volume normal. Je n'ai même pas " vu une drague à l'œuvre, dit-il; il est vrai que "ma ligne d'inspection était limitée à la Haute- "Egypte. D'un autre côté la destruction des "bancs (de sable mouvant) par les shadoufs "n'est qu'apparente. Il n'y a point de cartes "du fleuve et celui-ci n'est soumis à aucun "système d'arpentage.

"Je doute, ajoute-t-il, qu'il y ait au monde. "un fleuve aussi délaissé que le Nil, qui est "pourtant l'artère principale de la vie et du "commerce du pays.

En raison de cette négligence, dit encore Sir W. Preece, on perd annuellement trente mille tonnes de limon précieux qui s'écoule dans la mer et l'élévation incessante du lit du fleuve qui en résulte constitue une menace pour le Delta.

Après avoir ainsi examiné la difficulté au point de vuc toolniquo ot agricule on pouvait s'attendre à ce que sir W. Preece aborde le côté commercial. Il n'en a rien fait. Il va sans dire pourtant que la navigabilité du Nil est une question vitale pour le commerce égyp- tien. Il y a autant à faire sur le Nil dans le domaine commercial que dans le domaine technique. Les 22,000 gaiassas, dahabiehs, markebs, féloukas, etc. qui sillonnent actuelle- ment le Nil sont des embarcations tout à fait primitives qui conviennent fort peu au service des transports. La navigation à vapeur munie d'un outillage moderne n'en est encore qu'à ses débuts. Il est à espérer dans l'intérêt du pays que ce genre de navigation se déve loppe le plus tôt possible afin de desservir d'une façon régulière les principaux centres agricoles disséminés sur tout le parcours du fleuve.

Les cinq sociétés qui font le service des mar- chandises entre Alexandrie et le Caire, sont la Delta Navigation Co., l'Internationale,Spetza- ropoulo & Co, Gentilini & Co et l'Anglo-Ame- rican Nile. Elles ne peuvent à elles seules assu- rer les communications commerciales du Delta que dans une très faible mesure. Les marchan- dises, lorsqu'elles ne sont pas refusées, restent souvent des mois entiers déposées dans les dé- barcadères avant d'être embarquées.

Les bénéfices que procurent ces entreprises de transport sont fort importants. Ainsi nous savons de bonne source qu'une de ces sociétés, dont le siège est à Alexandrie, réalise annuelle- ment comme bénéfices le 50% du son capital. La branche marchandises de l'Anglo-Ameri- can Nile gagne aussi de l'argent malgré les fortes dépenses qu'elle fait à Alexandrie. Sit cette société augmentait sa flottille sur le Nil, elle serait en état de prendre une bonne partie du trafic actuel, qui est, comme on sait, fort rémunérateur. Elle distribuerait alors non plus le 6 ou le 8%, mais des dividendes qui feraient doubler, tripler même la valeur nominale de ses actions.

C'est donc un brillant avenir qui attend l'ex- ploitation fluviale de l'Egypte, mais à la condi- tion d'entretenir le Nil et ses canaux dans un état satisfaisant de navigabilité.

Veuillez agréer, etc.

Alexandrie, le 24 Février 1905.

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CONTRATS

Cours de l'Association des Courtiers en Marchand. 6h. p.m.

COTON F.G.F.Br. Novembre N.R. Tal. 12 5/16 à — -- Janvier . " 12 1/4 " —— Mars " 13 3/16 " — -- Mai " 13 1/16 " —3/32 Juillet " 12 15/16 " —31/32

Graines de Coton N.-D.-J. N.R. P.T. 58 20/40 à — 25/40 Mars " 58 25/40 " — 30/40 Avril " 59 -- " — -- Mai " 59 20/40 " — 25/40

Feves Saidi Sept.-Oct N.R. P.T. 80 20/40 à 81 — Mars " 75 20/40 " — 30/40

REMARQUES

Coton-Nouvelle récolte: Marché ferme et assez actif.

Récolte actuelle: Beaucoup d'affaires dans l'après midi et cours soutenus. Le marché a été favorablement impressionné par les grosses expéditions de la semaine.

Dans la matinée prix plus haut pour mars tal. 13 5/32 à-/-; plus bas pour mars 12 15/16 - Dans l'après-midi prix plus baut pour mars 13 9/32 à-/-; plus bas pour mars 13 5/32 à--

N.B.-Les autres livraisons avec reports irréguliers.

Au moment de la clôture les nouvelles étaient les suivantes :

Liverpool coton égyptien disponible. Beurrés: Sans changement. Futurs mars: 6 52/64. Liverpool: coton américain: Futurs mars- avril: 4.03. Futurs mai-juin : 4.07

New-York: cot. amér.: Futurs mars: 7.34 mai: 7.41

Graines de coton.-Nouvelle récolte: Peu d'affaires, mais prix bien tenus.

Récolte actuelle: Marché actif et agité. Clôture pourtant en réaction sur les réalisations de la spéculation.

Dans la matinée prix plus haut pour mars P.T. 59 10/40 à-/-; plus bas pour mars P.T. 57 35/40 à-/-. Dans l'après-midi, prix plus haut mars P.T. 59 35/40 à-/-; plus bas pour mars P.T. 58 20/40 à -/- N.B.-Les autres livraisons avec reports irréguliers.

reves-Saidi. Nouvelle récolte: Aucune affaire.

Récolte actuelle: Marché uul.

Alexandrie, le 24 février 1905

COTONS

copie de la dépêche

DE L'ALEXANDRIA GENERAL PRODUCE ASSOCIATION

à la

LIVERPOOL COTTON ASSOCIATION

(Cours pratiqués ce jour à la Bourse Khédiviale à 9h. 45 a.m.)

Tal. 14 7/8 Livraison Juillet ,, 15 3/16 ,, Août ,, 14 23/32 ,, Novembre ,, 14 5/8 ,, Janvier

Marché ferme

Arrivages de ce jour, à Minet-el-Bassal, cantars 1008

(Cours pratiqués ce jour à la Bourse Khédiviale à 12h. 45 p.m.)

Tal. 14 15/16 Livraison Juillet ,, 15 1/4 ,, Août ,, 14 7/8 ,, Novembre ,, 14 25/32 ,, Janvier

Marché ferme

MARCHE DE MINET-EL-BASSAL 12 juillet 1905.—(11h.55 a.m.)

Cotons —Clôture du marché du 11 juillet: Ferme et en hausse de 1/8.

BEURRES Fair, Tal. 12 1/2 soit 5/8 de hausse Fully Fair, ,, 13 1/2 ,, 1/2 ,, Good Fair, ,, 14 1/2 ,, 3/8 ,, Fully Good Fair, ,, 15 1/4 ,, 3/8 ,, Good, ,, 16 ,, 3/8 ,, HAUTE-EGYPTE ET FAYOUM Fair, Tal. 11 soit 1/2 de hausse Fully Fair, ,, 11 3/4 ,, 1/4 ,, Good Fair, ,, 12 1/4 ,, 1/2 ,, Fully Good Fair, ,, 13 ,, 1/2 ,, Good, ,, 13 3/4 ,, 1/2 ,, ABASSI Fully Good Fair, Tal. 14 à 14 1/4 soit 1/2 de hausse Good, tal. 15 1/2 à 16 soit 3/8 ,, Extra, tal. 16 3/4 à 17 soit 3/8 ,, IANNOVICH Fully Good Fair, Tal. 15 1/4 à 15 1/2 soit 1/4 de hausse Good, tal. 16 à 16 1/2 soit 1/2 de hausse Extra, tal. 17 à 17 1/2 soit 1/2 de hausse

Etat du marché de ce jour, cotons : Ferme

Les arrivages de ce jour se chiffrent par cantars 1011 contre même jour l'année précédente cantars 156

Grains de coton.— Sans changement Disponible Ticket Mit-Afifi— 58 Rien Haute-Egypte.— 56 1/2 Rien Blés.— Très fermes Qualité Saïdi.— Cond. Saha P.T. — à — ,, Béhéra: ,, ,, ,, 110 à 120 Feves.— En baisse Saïdi 95 Fayoum : disponible : 94 Qualitè Saïdi. Cond. Saha P.T. 108 à 114 Lentilles.— Très rares Disponible: Rien Cond. Saha P.T. 120 à 130 Orges.— Soutenues ,, Cond. Saha P.T. 61 à 63 Maïs.— Sans changement Disponible : Rien ,, Cond. Saha P.T. 100 à 110

Exportation du 11 juil. depuis le 7 juil. Coton Bal. 616 Bal. 10298 Gr. de cot. Ard. 2962 Ard. 8952 Fèves ,, 6595 ,, 7461

Exportations probables de la semaine: 1905 1904 Coton Bal. 15,000 5,900 Graines de coton Ard. 25,000 Ard. 34,000 Fèves ,, 16,000 ,, 2,000

Les prix suivants ont été pratiqués ce jourCOTON C.M.E. (Basse-Egypte) par Cantar Province Béhéra Damanhour. De P.T. 180 à 242 ½ Provience Garbieh Kafr-Zayat. De P.T. 265 à 295 Tantah. " " 260 " 295 Province Menoufieh Menouf. De P.T. 222 ½ à 277 ½

SECTION DES GRAINES ET CEREALES PRIX FRANCO-STATION : DISPONIBLE TICKET Graines de coton Afifi P.T. 58 — à P.T. — " Haute Egypte " 56 ½ " " — Fèves Saïdi " 95 — " " — " Fayoumi " 94 — " " —

ARRIVAGES du mercredi 12 juillet 1905

Documents de l' "Alexandria General Produce Association.”

CHEMINS DE FER BARQUES Cotons S/B 53 — Graines de coton sacs 1630 — Blés Saïdi " — — " Béhéra " 2033 - Fèves Saidi " 1273 — " Béhéra " — — Orges " — — Maïs " — — Lentilles " — -—

Cotons.-Total des arrivages depuis le 1er septembre 1904 jusqu'à ce jour, cantars 6,209,388.

Grains de coton.—Total des arrivages depuis le 1er septembre 1904 jusqu'à ce jour, Ard. 3,503,332

Contre même jour en 1904 :

BARQUES ET CHEMINS DE FER Cotons S/B - Graines de coton sacs - Blés Saïdi " — " Béhéra " 894 Fèves Saidi " 3506 " Béhéra " — Orges " — Maïs " 250 Lentilles " —

Cotons.—Total des arrivages depuis le 1er septembre 1903 jusqu'à ce jour, cantars 6,458,818

Graines de coton.—Total des arrivages depuis le 1er septembre 1903 jusqu'à ce jour Ard. 3,533,437

CONTRATS, (11h.55 a.m.)

Cours de la Bourse de Minet-el-Bassal

Coton F.G.F.Br. Novembre Tal. 14 15/16 à — Janvier " 14 27/32 " — Mars " 15 — " — Juillet " 14 15/16 " — Août " 15 3/16 " — Grains de coton N.-D.-J. P.T. 61 — à — Juillet " 58 20/40 " — Août " 59 30/40 " — Fèves-Saïdi Sept.-Oct. P.T. 95 — à —

REMARQUES

Cotons: Nouvelle récolte.—Le novembre a ouvert à 14 15/16 sous l'impression de la clôture d'Amérique et ne tarde même pas à fléchir à 14 7/8, mais il se raffermit de nouveau. Affaires claisemées.

Récolte actuelle. —Juillet a débuté à 14 5/16 et reste soutenu. Marché peu animé.

Grains de coton: Nouvelle récolte.— Sans affaires importante; quand même les cours sont bien tenus.

Récolte actuelle.—Juillet a obtenu P.T. 58 ¾ à l'ouverture.

Fèves-Saidi: Nouvelle récolte.—Marché nul.

Exterieur

Dépêches particulières du 11 juillet 1905

PRODUITS EGYPTIENS

LIVERPOOL

Coton: Etat du Marché.—Soutenu

Disp..— F.G.F.: 7 7/8 (sans changement)

Futurs Juillet :7 52/64 (6/64 point de hausse)

LIVERPOOL

Graines de coton.—Soutenues

Fèves — Fermes

HULL

Graines de coton.—Calmes, sans changement

Fèves.—Soutenues

LONDRES

Graines de coton.— Sans changement

COTON AMÉRICAIN

LIVERPOOL

Futurs août-sept.: 5.90 (15 points de baisse)

" oct-nov.: 5.92 (13 points de baisse)

Disponible : 6.12 (11 points de hausse)

NEW-YORK

Middling Upland: 11.00 (30 points de hausse)

Futurs août: 10.82 (24 points de busse)

" oct. : 10.96 (24 points de baisse)

Arrivages du jour, balles 22,000

Contre même jour, l'année dernière, balles 1,800

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS CLOSING REPORTS Liverpool, July 14, 12.50 p.m. Sales of the day bales 4,000 of which Egyptian ,, 300 American (new crop) Maize Spot per cental 5/2 Amer. futures (August-Sept.) 5.68 " " (Dec.-Jan.) 5.70 American Middling 5.82 Egypt. fully good fair, delivery (July) 7 30/64 " " " " " (August) 7 30/64 " " " " " (Oct.) 7 32/64 " " " " " (Nov.) 7 28/64 Egypt. Brown fair per lb. d. 6 13/16 ,, ,, good fair 7 9/16 ,, ,, good 8 7/16 ,, fully good fair 7 14/16 Egyptian Saidi Beans new (per 480 lbs.) 30/3 Arrivals from Egypt S.S. "Rameses" 4247 bales of cotton London, July 14. Consols (August) 90 1/2 Egyptian Unified 105 1/2 Private Discount on bill 1 3/4% New-York, July 14. Stock at all U.-S. ports bales 380,000 Week's receipts at all U.-S. ports bales 80,000 Week's export to Great Britain bales 40,000 Week's export to Continent bales 20,000 Spot Cotton... 10.40 American Futures (August) 10.37 " " (September) 10.41 " " (December) 10.56 " " (January) 10.61 Cable transfers dol. 4.86 7/8 Cotton day's receipts at all U.-S. Ports bales 17,000 Liverpool, July 14. American futures (August-September) 5.72 Egypt fully good fair, delivery (July) 7 37/64 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, (Aug.) 7 37/64 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, (Oct.) 7 37/64 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, (Nov.) 7 33/64 London, July 14. Private discount (3 month bills) 1 3/4% Bar Silver (per oz d.) 27 5/16 Consols (August) 90 5/8 Rio Tinto 64 — Rand Mines New 9 3/8 Egyptian Unified 105 1/4 " Railway 102 — " Domain 104 — Ottoman Defence 103 3/4 Turkish Unified 88 1/4 Italian Rents 4% 104 1/4 Ottoman Bank 13 ¾ National Bank of Egypt 26 3/8 Daira Sanieh 101 1/2 New Daira 28 ¼ Greek Monopole 52 ¼ Greek Rent 4% 41 1/4 Chartereds of S. Africa 1 14/16 Agricultural Bank 13 7/8 New Egyptians 1 3/8 Nile Valley Gold Mine. New 1 1/8 The Western Oasis Corporation 1/2 premium Delta Light (Bearer shares) 12 3/4 to 13 3/4 Egypt, cot. seed to Hull (July) 5 13/16 buyers German Beet Sugar (July) 10/3 Paris, July 14. Lots Turcs 132 — Crédit Lyonnais 1091 — Ottoman Bank 594 — Cheques on London 25.15 1/2 Sugar White No. 3 (July) 30 1/2 Crédit Foncier Egyptien 814 — Banque d'Athènes 124 — Land Bank of Egypt 240 —

TELEGRAMME HAVAS BOURSE du 11 juillet 1905

COURS DES VALEURS A TERMS, CLOTURE

PARIS Rente Française 3 % Fr. 99 17 Actions de Suez " 4440 – Lots Turcs " 132 5- Turc Unifié " 89 20 Dette Egyptienne Unifié " 107 40 Daïra Sanieh " 102 – Crédit Foncier Egyptien " 840 – Extérieur espagnol " 90 47 Obl. Banque Nat. de Grèce " 428 – Banque d'Athènes, nouvelles actions " 124 ½ Métropolitain " – – Russe consolidé " 85 60 Sosnowice " – – Change sur Londres " 25 15 ½ Sucre No 3 disponible " – – Sucre No 3 livrable le 4 de mars " – – LONDRES Consolidés anglais £ 90 ¼

Escomptes---Paris 3, Londres 2 ½, Berlin 3

CEREAL MARKET

ROD EL FARAG (National Bank's Shoonah)

Yesterday's Prices Wheat, Tugari Ard. P.T. 113 to P.T. 115 ,, Middling ,, ,, 118 ,, ,, 120 ,, Mawani ,, ,, 127 ,, ,, 132 ,, Shami ,, ,, — ,, ,, — Beans, Tugari ,, ,, 108 ,, ,, 112 ,, Zawati ,, ,, 115 ,, ,, 116 ,, Old ,, ,, — ,, ,, — Lentils, Tugari ,, ,, 108 ,, ,, 112 ,, Zawati ,, ,, 122 ,, ,, 128 Barley, Tugari ,, ,, 74 ,, ,, 75 ,, Zawati ,, ,, 78 ,, ,, 82 ,, Mariuti ,, ,, 76 ,, ,, 77 Dura Shami ,, ,, — ,, ,, — ,, Rafia ,, ,, — ,, ,, — Helba ,, ,, 180 ,, ,, 185 Termis ,, ,, 70 ,, ,, 72 Hummos ,, ,, 165 ,, ,, 175

Cereals in Boat at Sahel Wheat Ard. 3000 Beans ,, 2000 Lentils ,, 100 Barley ,, 300 ,, Mariuti ,, 500 ,, Hamawi ,, 400 Dura Shami ,, — ,, Rafia ,, — Helba ,, 300

ASSOCIATION DES COURTIERS EN MARCHANDISES

Le comité de l'Association des Courtiers en Marchandises a fixé comme suit, pour ce jour, le prix de compensation extraordinaire :

Coton F.G.F.Br. Novembre Tal. 14 5/8 à — Janvier " 14 9/16 ,, — Mars " 14 11/16 ,, — Juillet " 14 13/16 ,, — Août " 15 1/16 ,, — Grains de coton N.-D.-J. P.T. 61 30/40 à — Juillet " 60 -- " — Août " 60 3/4 " — Fèves-Saïdi Sept.-Oct. P.T. 95 — à —

Bourse Khédiviale, le 7 juillet 1905.

N.B.—Dans cette liquidation sont comprises les opérations jusqu'à 1h. p.m. de ce jour.

Paiement le lundi 10 courant.

TO-DAY'S EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS Banks' buying Banks' selling* London cheque 97 9/16 97 15/16 " 3m. bank paper 97 1/16 97 3/8 " 3m. house paper 96 15/16 — — Paris cheque 388 — 389 ½ " 3m. bank paper 386 ¼ 387 ½ " 3m. house paper 385 ¾ — — Switzerland cheque 386 ½ 388 ¾ 3m. bank paper 384 — — — Germany cheque 476 ¼ 478 — " 3m bank paper 473 ¼ — — Italian cheque 388 — 390 — Vienna & Trieste cheque 406 — 407 ¼ Constantinople cheque 88 7/8 89 5/16

*Less one per mille brokerage.

SHARE LIST

Issued by the "Association des Courtiers en Valeurs d'Alexandrie”.

Clôture d'aujourd'hui à 12h.45 p.m.

Agric. Bank of Egypt Lst. 13 13/16 à 7/8 à 9 7/16 à 1/2 Nat. Bank of Egypt " 26 5/16 " — 3/8 Ramleh Railway " 7 1/8 " — — Egyptian Delta Railway ex.-c. " 12 7/8 " — 15/16 Tram. d'Alexandrie Fcs. 165 — " 165 ¼ " " div. " 340 — " — — Alexandria Water Lst. 15 — " — — Eaux du Cairo Fcs. 1115 — " — — Daira Sanieh Lst. 28 1/16 " — 1/8 Béhéra L.E. — — " — — Bourse Khédiviale Lst. — — " — — Egyptian Markets " 22 6 " 22/9 — Anglo-Egyptian Spinning " —11/16 " — ¾ Bière d'Alex. Priv. Fcs. 200 — " 203 — " " Div. " 100 — " 105 — " du Cairo Priv. " 110 — " 111 — " " Div. " 60 — " — — Egypt Cotton Mills Lst. 5/3 — " 5/6 — " Salt & Soda " 34/9 — " 35/ — Pressage " — — " — — Presses Libres " — — " — — Oblig. Credit Foncier Egyptien 3 % Fcs. 316 — " 316 ½ Lots Turcs " — — " — — Banque Nationale de Grèce " — — " — — Banque Industrielle L.E. — 1/16 " — 1/8 Cassa di Sconto Fcs. 177 — " 165 — Anglo-American Nile Lst. 5 7/16 " — ½ Banque d'Athènes Fcs. 122 ¼ " 122 ½ Deferred Delta Lst. 13 ¾ " — 7/8 Nungovich Hotels " 9 7/16 " — ½ Delta Land " 2 15/32 " — ½ Egyptian Invest. & Agency Ld. " 1 11/32 " — 3/8 Land Bank " 9 5/16 " — 3/8 Trust Investment " 1 13/32 " — 7/16 Splendid Hôtels " 4 ¼ " — — Estates " — 27/32 " — 7/8 Cheik Fadl " 123 — " 124 — Entreprises Urbaines " 4 5/8 " — 11/16

ASSOCIATION DES COURTIERS EN MARCHANDISES (Service spécial)

DÉPÊCHE D'OUVERTURE

LIVERPOOL, 10h. a.m.

Américain

Futurs: août-sept. : 5.85

,, oct.-nov. : 5.84

DERNIERE HEURE

(Clôture de la Bourse Khédiviale 1h. p.m.)

Cours de l'Association des Courtiers en Marchandises

Coton F.G.F.Br. Novembre Tal. 14 15/16 à — 31/32 Janvier " 14 27/32 " — 7/8 Mars " 15 1/16 " — — Juillet " 15 7/32 " — ¼ Août " 15 17/32 " — 9/16 Graines de coton N.-D.-J. " 61 10/40 à — 20/40 Juillet " 59 — " – – Août " 59 30/40 " — 35/40 Fèves-Saïdi Sept-Oct. P.T. 95 — à — ½

A MIGHTY PROJECT.

SIR W. WILLCOCKS INTERVIEWED.

"Cursed be Pharoah who said in his pride 'Am I not Pharoah, king of Egypt ?' It he had seen Chaldea he would have said it with humility. Such were the words reported to have been uttered by Maimun, the son and successor of Haroun-el-Rashid, when he had ascended the Mokattam Hill and seen the land of Egypt stretched below at his feet.

It was with this striking preface that Sir William Willcocks, the designer of the Assouant Reservoir and the creator of the modern irrigation system of Egypt, opened the remarkable lecture which he delivered, Learly two years ago, at Cairo, on the restoration of the ancient irrigation works on the Tigris, or the recrea tion of Chaidea. The Engiisu people were then passing through one of their warm fits of interest in the Middle East. The project for the Persian Gulf railway through German agency had focussed attention once more upon the mysterious lands which formed the wealth of the Chaldean kingdom, and had aroused speculation as to the possibility of re-fertilising the countries which were the glory of the ancients. With the keenest interest irrigation engineers followed Sir William Willcocks' reconstruction of the great Nahrwan Canal, nearly twice the width of the largest Egyptian canal, which, taking off the Tigris near Dura on the lett bank, supplied a whole network of canals and irrigated a vast area before it rejoined the river a little below Badrai. And of the eastern canal system, the Dijail caual, over a hundred knometres long and filty metres wide, which irrigated the lands above flood level as far south as Baghdad. The cause of the ruin of these magnificent works was the desertion of its ancient bed by the main stream of the Tigris in Chaldea's evil day, which cut off the supply from the mighty canals and turned them into the feeble watercourses they are to-day, converting a paradise into a desert. Even more fascinating was it to turn to Sir William Willcocks' estimate as to what could be done to restore fertility to these barren lands. On the Tigris alone he calculated, by an expenditure of eight millions sterling, a million and a quarter acres could be irrigated, equal to a capital sum of thirty-eight millions, and producing a revenue of two millions a year, or twenty-five per cent. on the outlay. Then in Lower Chaldea there are a million and a half. acres awaiting reclamation at an estimated expenditure of thirteen millions sterling, with an estimated return of twenty millions. Or for the whole of ancient Chaldea, 2,800,000 acres, at an expenditure of £21,000,000, with a return of £60,000,000..

Immediate interest in the recreation of Chaldea having evanesced through the temporary collapse of the Gulf railway scheme, the concern of the slumbrous British public in this mighty project waned. Perchance there is buried in some rarely-disturbed pigeon hole at the Foreign Office Sir William Willcocks' lecture, with a minute from a cocksure Under Secretary describing it as impracticable; certainly these notes and suggestions are treasured in the Wilhelmstrasse, as part of the giant plan by which Germany hopes one day to consolidate her influence in Asia Minor. But in the busy brain of the man who conceived the idea of making ten blades of grass grow where none grow now, the germ has never died. First there was permission of the slow-moving Turk to be obtained. Then time found from the pressing engagements of the busiest man of the busy men who are making Egypt flourish like the green bay tree. But both were surmounted, and last November Sir William Willcocks set out for a personal investigation of the conditions of the aforetime oasis, whose possibilities hal fasci ated him these several years.

Is it et characteristic of the man that he should have changed direct fr m the P. and O. ste mer to the Persian Gulf boat, never once setting foot on Indian soil 1 And arrived at Baghdad that he should have organised a swift- moving caravan, spent every hour of the too few days studying the irrigation problem, turn) ing neither to the right nor to the left to examine historic monuments, however rare their archaelogical interest? Then returning to Bombay, Sir William hastened from the Linga to the Caledonia, not even stepping ashore for the formal medical examination. It was only in a brief hour before the Caledonia raised anchor that he could be seen, and a few points extracted as to the results of his tour. But an hour with Sir William Willcocks is worth days with lesser men. He is one of those rare men, the scientist with imagination. Canals and barrages and regulators are not with him an end, as with many engineers, but a means to an end. He sees beyond them the waving fields of corn and sugar cane and pulse, where now is none. but the harvest of the desert. His enthusiasm is as contagious as his technical skill is extraordinary. A man who has done great things and who will do yet greater.

"Satisfied," he cried, in response to the first natural query as to the fruits of his enterprise. "I am more than satisfied. I am amazed at the scope there exists for irrigation in the Euphrates and the Tigris, and at the ease with which the necessary works can be constructed. One thing is clear, here irrigation and navigation must go hand in hand, and the Tigris and Euphrates carry enough water for irrigation and navigation combined for half a century. When I saw it in January the Euphrathes at Babylon was twelve yards wide and one yard deep: it was, I believe, dry for three months in the summer. The Tigris above Ezralent was forty yards wide and ten feet deep in summer it is forty yards wide and three feet deep. Both rivers, however, need vigorous taking in haud to prevent complete obliteration owing to the heavy silt they carry."

"The country is literally made for irrigation. One river being fifteen feet above the level of the other, there is a natural slope for the canals. I divided the irrigable area into fifteen blocks, each self-contained, and yet forming, when complete, one part of a co-ordinate whole. This is most essential, because, owing to the heavy silt carried by both the rivers, all irrigation. works must be comprehensive, working and tailing into one another in order to obtain good velocities. When the country had a strong central government, this all-important detail received close attention, and the magnificent canal system was maintained in complete working order. When the Central Government weakened, the canals began to silt, with the appalling ruin and desolation seen to-day in what was once the granary of the world. The first work would be for a combined irrigation and navigation canal joining the Euphrates and Tigris near Baghdad. Then the other sectious could be taken in hand as soon as the country was ready and money was forthcoming. When the fifteen sections are. complete I estimate that it will be possible to irrigate five millions of the fourteen or fifteen. million acres comprised in the deltas of the two rivers, without the necessity of providing reservoirs for thein, and also to ensure the necessary navigation."

"The cost? For the first section I estimato that a sum of about eight millions sterling will be required. Nor, when the possibilities of the country are realised, do I think there will be any difficulty in raising the money, having regard to the promptitude with which capital is forthcoming for any well-conceived reclamation project in Egypt. The returns? Those must for the most part be conjectural for the present. I never form any opinion until I have the advice of the chemist to support it. I have collected a very large number of specimens of soils,some eighty in all, and many of these have alread been sent to Egypt for analysis. So far as I ca judge, the best soils are extremely good, and in even the salt lands I have been unable t detect the presence of any of the dreaded black alkalies. These, as you know, are quite hopeless, as the salts are insoluble in water; sils impregnated with white alkalies are reclaimable, as the salts can be washed out. The engineering difficulties are unimportant. The problems to be faced are far less serious than those we have to confront in Egypt every day.

As for the work of construction there is plenty of excellent building material on the spot. Labour, I was also assured, would be forthcoming in abundance as soon as it was known that it would be paid for."

Thence the talk drifted to the magnificent works of the Sassanian Kings, described in the lecture already referred to. "Did I see any evidences of them?" exclaimed Sir William. "Why, the country is full of monuments of those old engineers. Is this a dining saloon 1"-we were sitting in the saloon of the Caledonia-"You know it is by the chairs and the tables and the lights. So for anyone who has eyes to see-I have been an irrigation engineer all my life-on every hand there lie in Chaldea the remains of their splendid irrigation system. You can see where their main canals ran, where the regulators were constructed, where feeders took off. You can see where the ancients made mistakes, and where and how they rectified them. So clear are these indications that they greatly lightened the task of taking levels. I could gauge how the land sloped and to what extent. As for utilising these old works in my project, the Chaldean engineers were handicapped by the want of iron. In cases where this did not affect their designs I should utilise the remains of their works. Where the command of iron confers upon us material advantages, we should naturally strike out a fresh and distinct line."

As to his own plans Sir William Willcocks was equally frank. "The first essential," he said, "is to obtain the consent of the Turkish Government, and that I shall strive for. The l'urk has a firm hold on the land and has quite ousted the Arab. Most properly too. The Arab is a human locust, destroying everything before. him, contributing nothing to the productivity of the soil, leaving nothing but desolation in his train. So well rooted is Turkish power that my authorisation from the Government carried me everywhere. I was treated with far greater consideration and respect in ancient Chaldea than I, an Englishman and a Christian, would receive in Egypt."

One little incident must not be omitted here, because of the light it throws upon Turkish method, and upon the character of Sir William Willeeks, One Moughel Bey, it seems, the son of that Moughel who built the great barrage at Cairo and bequeathed it, a shaky heritage, to the British irrigation engineers who came to restore prosperity to the distracted land, has been engaged for many years in irrigation works on the Euphrates. The engineering details are obscure, but the point is this, the water pours through openings in the barrage and Moughel is afraid to close them. Said Sir William: "I implored him to close them. 'No, said be, 'the dam will break.' Never mind, was my response, let it break; if it does built it up. If it break again build it up again. If it break a third time, build it yet again, for each time your foundations will be stronger. But close the dam, man, and force the torrent down the Euphrates, if only for one glorious hour of spreading the water over the thirsty land and restoring fertility to this desolate soil." There spoke the man who in the teeth of the croakings of the prophets of disaster closed the gates of Moughel Bey's quaking barrage at Cairo, held up water enough to give Lower Egypt a bounteous crop, and saved the money which set the country firmly on the path to prosperity. It was trenching on the domain of politics to touch upon the prospects of the German railway to the Gulf. Sir William is of those who believe that it will come and at no distant date; it is now only a question of money. As he reads their concession, they could, too, if they had the command of capital, begin the line at Baghdad and run it to Nineveh and to Khamkin. He holds, also, that it is undignified of Great Britain to sulk and have no part in this enterprise. "The natural line for the railway," he said, "is from Baghdad to Khamkin, Kermanshah, Ispahan, Yezd, and Kerman, to link up the Nushki-Quetta railway, now in process of construction. British enterprise should construct the Khamkin Nushki railway which would traverse a country capable of development, not a God-forsaken tract like the Gulf shore. The recent discovery of oil wells at Khan-Shirin, on the route of the projected Khamkin-Nushki railway, is most important and would have a great effect on the working of the line. The steamer companies should build hotels at Basra, Baghdad, and Babylon, to encourage tourists. In all facilities for travel the country is most backward. There are eight or ten steamers on the Tigris; nene on the Euphrates. The Germans could dover the Euphrates and the Tigris with their steamers for the transport of their railway materials and stores duty free. We ought to be doing something to put life in our half-dead influence in the country."

And your own work in Egypt, Sir William 1 "Ah-" was the response. "I have said my last word about the Nile. My new book, The Nile in 1904,' the proofs of which I corrected before I came away, embodied the last word I had to say about the Nile. I have squeezed myself dry; I have not, and never shall have anything to add to what I have there written. My hopes now lie in the re-creation of Chaldea. As I stood there, surveying the remains of what was a superb irrigation system, I felt like the prophet Ezekiel when he gazed upon the Valley of Dry Bones. Here were the dry bones in the empty watercourses, the abandoned canals. I longed to call them to life, to clothe them with flesh and blood; to make this land smile again with the fruits of the earth. My hopes, my ambitions, my work, are bound up with the re-creation of Chaldea." ("Times of India").

EGYPTIAN MINISTERS

A correspondent, who signed himself "Pharaoh," recently wrote to the "Morning Post" suggesting the advisability of abolishing Egyptian Ministers and Under Secretaries of State. This letter has been seized upon with avidity by the local Press, who consider that whatever appears in any of the London news- papers is ipso facto an expression of official policy. It is hardly necessary to point out that the letter of "Pharaoh" was the expres sion of a purely personal opinion, and onewhich runs entirely counter to Anglo-Egyptian policy. As a specimen of the criticism it has evoked we extract the following from an article in the "Pyramides":-

Nos ministres cela est clair jusqu'à l'évidence méritent ce châtiment, conséquence de leur trop servile obséquiosité. Il y a longtemps que la presse clairvoyante d'Egypte, européenne et indigène, leur a crié casse-cou; il y a longtemps qu'on leur a prédit cette chute lamentable. Ils ont manqué d'énergie; plus, ils ont manqué de dignité. Dociles à satisfaire les moindres volontés de leurs conseillers anglais, ils se sont déclarés satisfaits de ne rien faire et d'émarger tout de même au budget; il n'y a eu en eux de ministériels que leurs appointements. Et après avoir accepté d'être réduits à zéro dans leurs fonctions, on lenr signifie brutalement aujourd'hui que, ne faisant œuvre de leurs dix doigts, ils n'ont plus qu'à plier bagages. Leur départ ne changerait absolument rien au fonctionnement des services administratifs, il n'y aurait que des "cinquièmes roues" de moins au char de l'Etat et vingt-trols mille livres de plus dans les caisses du ministère des finances, du fait de la suppression de leurs traitements.

Mais voilà près de quinze ans que ces sortes de sinécures ministérielles existent, sans que la presse anglaise ait songé à s'apercevoir de cet état de choses. On a, au contraire, tout fait pour trouver un ministère absolument neutre. A la moindre velléité de résistance, on brisait le ministre. Nubar pacha, Riaz pacha ont essayé de gouverner en bons patriotes et ont tenté de remonter le courant. A quoi ont abouti leurs efforts: à la disgrace, à l'effacement. Ce n'est qu'après de longs essais que l'on finit par trouver des volontés malléables à souhait, des ministrables selon le désir du gouvernement britannique. Pourquoi donc choisir cette heure tardive pour remercier si cavalièrement ces Excellences de leur obéissance aveugle ?

This criticism asoribes an importance to the letter of "Pharaoh" which it entirely lacks. The co-operation of the Egyptian Ministers with their English mentors is an essential part of the machine of Government, and it is useless to invoke the memory of Riaz and Nubar, as the careers of these statesmen are no longer possible in the Egypt of to-day. We may quote here the tribute of Lord Milner to the present Prime Minister of Egypt, as a proof that "Pharaoh's" su: gestions do notcome within the sphere of practical politics :-

"With his accession to power a great, and, there is every reason to hope, a permanent change has come over the spirit of the Bgypttian Government, especially in its attitude towards ourselves. Mustapha Pasha is the first Egyptian Premier who has been unreservedly in sympathy with the English. It is his firm cons viction that Egypt must needs lean on some one of the great powers, and there is no other nation whose protection would be as disinter- ested as Great Britain's. Never has the co-operation of Englishmen and Egyptians been so cordial as since Mustapha Pasha's succession to office, never has progress been so general and 80 rapid."

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ALEXANDRIA GENERAL PRODUCE ASSOCIATION BULLETIN HEBDOMADAIRE

VENDREDI à Midi le 24 Fevrier 1905

COTON Arrivages EXPORTATIONS TOTAL STOCK Angleterre Continent Etats-Unis Cantars Balles Cantars Balles Cantars Balles Cantars Balles Cantars Cantars Cette semaine 133573 12782 103893 8965 67682 1326 10210 24080 181735 1427267§ Même semaine 1904 140418 5738 44831 3159 23541 535 4120 9432 72002 1902657 * A partir du 1er Sept. 1904 4717046 278403 1883137 196739 1479514 43623 336128 487941 3693779 – Même époque 1904 5870126 372433 2123027 217462 1523841 37620 289671 533487 4036539 – Y compris stock § au 1er Septembre 1904 Cantars 409000 * au 1er September 1903 Cantars 69000

GRAINES DE COTON TOURTEAUX Arrivages EXPORTATIONS STOCK Arrivages Exportations Angleterre Continent TOTAL Ardebs Ardebs Ardebs Ardebs Ardebs Tonnes Tonnes Cette semaine 31339 170558 – 170558 946974 2295 3404 Même semaine 1904 52854 62514 – 62514 1267539 127 2138 Depuis 1er Sept. 1904 2369203 1775756 94703 1870459 – 21399 46235 Même époque 1904 3645247 1729530 118178 1817708 – 17573 2720 Y compris stockconstaté t au 1er Septembre 1904 d'Ardebs 247527 et au 1er September 1903 d'Ardebs 70000 Pour les Feves, Orges, Bles, Lentilles, Mais et Oignons, la consommation locale n'est connue respectivement que les 31 Mars et 24 Novembre FEVES Arrivages EXPORTATIONS STOCK Consumation locale Saidi Behera Angleterre Continent TOTAL Ardebs Ardebs Ardebs Ardebs Ardebs Ardebs Ardebs Cette semaine 16 – 16603 2424 19027 111086 – Même semaine 1904 2346 – 13248 1046 14994 82847 – Depuis 1er avril 1904 377602 1061 233160 31497 314657 – – Même époque 1904 364612 2629 176285 126209 392494 – – Stock au 1er. Avril 1904 Ardebs 47100. Stock au 1er. Avril 1903 Ardebs 17300 BLES ARRIVAGES EXPORTATIONS Consummation locale STOCK Saidi Behera Angleterre Continent Total Ardebs Ardebs Ardebs Ardebs Ardebs Ardebs Ardebs Cette semaine – 59 – – – – – Même semaine 1904 807 1024 – – – – – Depuis 1er avril 1904 18170 80729 454 – – – – Même époque 1904 13443 124616 60 – – – – Stock au 1er. Avril 1904 Ardebs – Stock au 1er. Avril 1903 Ardebs – LENTILLES ORGE Arrivages Exportation Arrivages Exportation Ardebs Ardebs Ardebs Ardebs Cette semaine – 8 – – Même semaine 1904 – 8 – – Depuis 1er Sept. 1904 4637 1731 679 27 Même époque 1904 4941 5725 78307 73809 Stock au 1er. avril 1904Ardebs 1500 Stock au 1er. avril 1904Ardebs – Stock au 1er. Avril 1903Ardebs 5300 Stock au 1er. Avril 1903Ardebs – MAIS OIGNONS Arrivages Exportation Consummation locale Arrivages Expor. Ardebs Ardebs Ardebs Crs. 108 okes Crs. 108 okes Cette semaine 896 – – 1980 827 Même semaine 1904 1253 – – 273 192 Depuis 1er Sept. 1904 4676 126 – 588539 626611 Même époque 1904 5465 198 – 443793 447093 Stock au 1er. avril 1904Ardebs Stock au 1er. avril 1904cantars – Stock au 1er. Avril 1903Ardebs Stock au 1er. Avril 1903cantars –

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COUNTRIES MAIL PACKETS ROUTES DESPATCHES ARRIVAL DAYS LATEST HOUR FOR POSTING Ordinary Letters* Money Orders Parcels DAYS EUROPE AMERICA & WEST COAST of AFRICA British Port Said & Brindisi Monday 8.30 a.m. Sun. 4 noon Sun. 4 noon Wednes. British Port Said & Marseille –– –– –– –– –– German Naples –– –– –– –– –– Italian Messina Thursday 2 p.m. noon Wedn. 6 p.m. Sunday French Marseilles Friday 11 p.m. 10 a.m. Thurs. 6 p.m. Tuesday Austrian Brindisi Saturday 8 p.m. noon Friday 6 p.m. Monday Italian Brindisi –– –– –– –– –– GREECE British Port Said & Brindisi Monday 8.30 a.m. Sun. 4 noon –– –– TURKEY, GREECE, & SOUTHERN RUSSIA Khedivial Piraeus Wedn. 8 p.m. noon Tuesday 6 p.m. Saturday Russian Piraeus Friday 9 a.m. Thursday 6 p.m. –– Saturday SYRIA Khedivial Port Said Sunday 8.30 a.m. Saturday 6 p.m. Saturday 6 p.m. Wednes. Russian Monday 8.30 a.m. Sunday noon –– Mon. 5 & Sun. 11 French Friday 8.30 a.m. Thursday 6 p.m. –– –– Austrian Tuesday 8.30 a.m. Monday 6 p.m. –– –– CYPRUS British Port Said Tuesday 8 p.m. noon Monday 6 p.m. Sunday MALTA Italian Alexandria & Brindisi –– –– –– –– –– Italian Messina Thursday 2 p.m. noon –– Sunday Austrian Brindisi Saturday 3 p.m. noon –– –– British Port Said & Brindisi Monday 8.30 a.m. Sun. 4 noon –– Wednes. JEDDA, SUAKIN, MASSOWA & HODEIDA Khedivial Suez Wednes. 8.30 a.m. Tuesday 6 p.m. Tuesday noon Sunday PORT SUDAN & SUAKIN Khedivial Suez –– –– –– –– –– MASSOWA AND ASSAB British Suez, Aden Tuesday 8.15 p.m. noon –– –– Italian Suez –– –– –– –– Mon. 12 INDIA, ADEN & East Coast of Africa British Tuesday 8.15 p.m. noon Monday noon via Port Said Mails from the East are subordinate to the arrivals of the packets at Suez. French –– –– –– –– CEYLON & AUSTRALIA British Orient –– –– –– –– French –– –– –– –– German –– –– –– –– British P. & O. Tuesday 8.15 p.m. noon Monday noon via Port Said CEYLON, CHINA, JAPAN & Straits Settlements British P. & O. Tuesday 8.15 p.m. noon Monday noon via Port Said French –– –– –– –– German –– –– –– –– ADEN, ZANZIBAR, & East Coast of Africa German –– –– –– –– DJIBOUTI, ABYSSINIA ZANZIBAR & MADAGASCAR French –– –– –– –– DJIBOUTI & ABYSSINIA French –– –– –– ––

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