For rates, dates of sailing, and further particulars
See Notice on Page
2.
OUTWARD to AUSTRALIA.
HOMEWARD to NAPLES, MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR, PLYMOUTH, LONDON, TILBURY.
The summer fares are nett but passengers travel-ing at these rates, and returning within 6 months at the winter rate, will obtain an abatement of 20% off the first and second class winter rate.
Agents, Cairo: Thomas Cook & Son, Ltd. ; Alexandria : R. J. Moss & Co.
For all imformation apply to Wm. STAPLEDON & Sons, PORT SAID &
PORT-TEWFIK (Suez).
OUTWARDS to COLOMBO, TUTICORIN, etc., and RANGOON.
SPECIAL REDUCD FARES DURING THE SUMMER SEASON.
May 26th—September
30th inclusive
FARES from Port Said to Marseilles £8.0.0, London £12.0.0, Colombo £32.10.0, Rangoon £37.10.0.
Fitted with Refrigerators, Electric Light, Electric Fans and all recent improvements.
Agents in Cairo: THOS. COOK & Son, Ltd. For all particulars apply to Wm. STAPLEDON & Sons PORT SAID PORT TEWFIK (Suez).
Fast British Passenger Steamers.
GREECE - TURKEY MAIL SERVICE.
Express Steamers leave Alexandria leave weekly as under for PIRÆUS (Athens), SMYRNA, MITTYLENE, and CONSTANTINOPLE, in connection with the Oriental Railways Express Service for VIENNA, BERLIN, PARIS, & LONDON
PALESTINE-SYRIA MAIL SERVICE—The fast steamers Assouan, Minieh, and Menzaleh
leave Alexandria alternately on Saturdays at 4 p.m. for Jaffa (for
Jerusalem), Caiffa (for Nazareth), Beyrouth (for Damascus), Tripoli,
Alexandretta, and Mersina calling fortnightly at Larcena (Cyprus) and
continuing from Beyrout in alternate weeks to Rhodes, Smyrha, Mitylene,
Dardanelles, Gallipoli and Constantinople..
SUDAN DIRECT MAIL SERVICE.—The mail steamers Dakahlieh and Kosseir leave
Suex alternately on Wednesdays at 5 p.m. for Port Sudan and Suakim in
connection with the Sudan Government Railways express service to
Khartoum.
RED SEA COASTING MAIL SERVICE—Mail steamers leave Suez
on Mondays at 5 p.m. for Tor (for Sinai Yambo and Jeddah, continuing in
alternate weeks to Port Sudan, Suakim, Massowah, Hodeidah and Aden
For further information refer to the Co.'s Agencies at Alexandria, Cairo, Port Said, Suez or to THOS. COOK & SON (Egypt) Ltd., HAMBURG-AMERIKA REISE-BUREAU or other Tourist Agencies.
Mail and Passenger Steamships. Regular Service fortnightly from HAMBURG; weekly from ANTWERP; every 4 weeks from BORDEAUX direct to ALEXANDRIA; Goods forwarded at through-rates from allGerman Railway Stations on direct Bill of Landing to ALEXANDRIA, CAIRO, SYRIA, etc. Special facilities for conveyances of cotton, etc. from Alexandria via Rotterdam and Hamburg to German manufacturing towns.
Expected at Alexandria:
For tariff and particulars apply to
ADOLPHE STROSS,
Alexandria Agent.
For LIVERPOOL calling at MALTA (Messrs. JAMES MOSS & Co.
31, James St, Liverpool, Managers.)
*Second class accommodation only, unless specially reserved.—Fares : Alexandria to Liverpool, 1st, £14 Single, £25 Return. 2nd, £9 Single, £15 Return.—To Malta, 1st, £5 Single, £9 Return, 2nd, £3 Single, £5 Return.—Return tickets available for six months.
Through freight rates on cotton, etc., to Lancashire inland towns, Boston, New York and other U.S.A. towns, obtained on application. Cargo taken by special agreement only. Passenger Tickets also issued inclusive of Railway fare through to and from Cairo.
For particulars apply R. J. MOSS & Co., Alexandria, Agents.
The Steamers of this line leave Suez and Port Said fortnightly for Algiers and London or Liverpool
Saloon Fare £12. Special Summer season rates £10. Port Said to Marsielles £7.
Due in LONDON or LIVERPOOL in 13 days.
The Saloon accommodation is amidships, and the vessels are fitted throughout
with Electric Light, and have all the latest improvements. For further information apply to the Company's Agents.
WORMS & Co., Port Said and Suez. THOS. COOK & SON, (EGYPT) LD., CAIRO ;
G. J. GRACE & CO., ALEXANDRIA.
Cairo-Luxor Tourist Service—Luxor-Assouan Express Service.
Quick Freight Service ALEXANDRIA-CAIRO.
Sailings from LIVERPOOL to NEW YORK and BOSTON every
Saturday and alternate Tuesday.
Royal Mail Steamer LUCANIA and Campania fastest British
steamers. Lusitania and Mauretania, 32500 tons, largest vessels in the
world. CARONIA and Carmania latest and most luxurious Hotels afloat.
Regular Sailings between TRIESTE, FIUME, NAPLES, and NEW
YORK by twin screw steamers. Excellent passenger accommodation
Through tickets from Egypt delivered by Messrs. RODOCANACHI
& Co., Alexandria, General Agents;
NICOLAS KIRZIS, Cairo; R.
BROADBENT, Port Said and all Offices of Messrs.
THOS COOL & SON.
CAIRO.
CAPITAL: Lstg. 600,000.
The Banque du Caire Ltd., undertakes all banking business such as : Advances on deeds and securites, discount, cheques delivered at very best rates of exchange on all the principal towns of the world, telegraphic transfers, purchase and sale of stock and shares in Egypt and abroad, letters of credit issued, safe custody at a low charge, of titles, deeds and securities, current accounts opened. Receives money on deposit at sight at 3% per annum.
(EGYPT) LTD Head Office: LUDGATE CIRCUS, LONDON.
CHIEF EGYPTIAN OFFICE:— CAIRO, NEAR SHEPHEARD'S HOTEL.
Alexandria, Port-Said, Suez, Luxor, Assuan, Halfa, & Khartum.
GENERAL RAILWAY AND STEAMSHIP AGENTS. BANKERS.
BAGGAGE AND FORWARDING AGENTS.
Officially appointed & Sole Agents in
Cairo to the P.&O. S.N. Co.
RESIDENTS IN EGYPT proceeding to Europe for the summer are requested to apply to our offices for information respecting their passages, where steamer plans may be consulted, and Berths secured by all Lines of Steamers to all parts of the Globe; arrangements can also be made for the collection and forwarding of their baggage and clearance at port of arrival.
CIRCULAR NOTES issued payable at the current rate of exchange in all the principal cities of Europe.
Cook's Interpreters in uniform are present at the principal Railway stations and Landing-places in Europe to assist passengers holding their travelling tickets.
Large and splendidly appointed steamers belonging to the Co. leave Cairo thrice weekly, between November and March, for Luxor, Assouan, and Wady-Halfa in connection with trains de luxe to Khartoum. Moderate fares.
FREIGHT SERVICE. Steamers leave Cairo every Friday for Assouan and Halfa.
Special combined rail and steamer Nile Tours at greatly
reduced prices.
Special Steamers and Dahabeahs for private parties.
Special arrangements for tour in Palestine, Syria and the
Desert, Lowest rates.
BEST CAMP EQUIPMENT IN THE COUNTRY.
Fortnightly Service in connection with the Co's Indian Mail Lines—Calling at ADEN, COLOMBO, MADRAS, and CALOUTTA Out, and MARSEILLES (GENOA and PLYMOUTH optional) Home. Sailings from Suez.
OUTWARD.—DuneraDilward
EAST AFRICAN LINE OF STEAMERS.
Calling at Aden, Mombasa, Zanzibar and Beira. Monthly service.
From Port-Said £2 less Homeward, and £2 more Outward. Second class, two thirds of 1st Class Fares.
PORT SAID Agents: Worms & Co. and Willie & Co, Ltd.—CAIRO &
ALEXANDRIA:— Thos. Cook & Son, Ltd., and Anglo-American Hotel &
Steamer Co. For particulars apply G. BEYTS & Co.,
Suez.
(HENDERSON BROTHERS,) LONDON, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW.
Booking Passengers and Cargo through to Ports in India,
Europe & America
First class passengers steamers. Sailing
fortnightly from Suez.
Summer Rates up to the 31st October
FARES FROM: Port-Said to Marseilles £8.10.6--to London & Liverpool £13.4.0-- Add £1 to above fare for passengers from Cairo, Ismailia, or Suez. Redeemed rates on steamers not carrying surgeon or stewardess.
AGENTS: Cairo, THOS. COOK & SON, Port-Said: CORY BROTHERS
& Co., — For particulars apply G. BEYTS & Co.,
Regelmässiger Reichspostdampferdienst. German E. African Line. Imperial
Service. Departures from Port Said. (Approximate Dates.)OUT to Aden, Zanzibar, Cape Town and intermediate ports:--
HOME to Naples, Marseilles, Tangiers, Lisbon, Dover,
Flushing, & Hamburg.
First class steamers fitted with latest improvements. Stewardesses and doctors carried. Low passage rates.
Splendid accommodation for passengers of all classes.
For all particulars apply to Fix &
David, CAIRO (Sharia Mansour Pacha,
Telephone 865).
From Alexandria
Cairo Agency (Shepheard's Hotel)
Good passenger accommodation. — C. J. GRACE & Co.,
Alexandria, Agents.
Sailings every 10 days from Manchester and Liverpool and fortnightly from Antwerp and London to Alexandria and Syrian Coast. The dates are approximate
The S.S. Asiatic Prince is now loading for
SAILINGS TO CYPRUS AND SYRIAN COAST.
SPECIALLY LOW RATES.
For particulars apply Manager, 3 St. Mark's-Street, Alexandria, or Messrs. Thos. Cook & Son (Egypt) Ltd.
SALOON FARES:—Port Said to Malta £4.19.0 Marseilles, £8.10.6 London or Liverpool, £l3.4.0 Colombo, Calcutta, Bombay or Karachi, £37 10.0 Special rates for steamers not carrying Doctor or Stewardess. For further particulars apply to
CORY BROS. & Co., Ltd., Agents for CITY Line, Port Said: W. STAPLEDON
& SON, Agents for Hall Line. Port Said ; or COOK & SON (Egypt),
Ltd., Cairo.
CAIRO-KHARTOUM MAIL SERVICE.--WINTER TIME-TABLES 1906-1907.
‡Sleeping and Dining Cars.
Note.—Passengers leaving Halfa by the mail steamer in connection with
Wednesday night mail from Khartoum may remain on board to travel by the
Sunday train from Shellal with Sleeping and Dining Car connection at Luxor.
Incorporated A. D. 1720. Chief Office: ROYAL EXCHANGE,
LONDON, E.C.
FUNDS IN HAND EXCEED £4,500,000—CLAIMS PAID
£40,000,000
Established 1720.—Agents: BANK OF EGYPT, Limited.
The undersigned agents are authorised to issue policies on behalf of the above Company at moderate rates:
IMPERIAL OTTOMAN BANK, Alexandria. OTTO STERZING, Cairo. GEORGE MEINECKE,
Suez.
Funds exceed £4,000,000. Annual Income exceeds
£700,000.
Special privileges offered to British Naval and Military Officers serving in Egypt or the Soudan.
Example of whole Policy Life.—Age of proposer 30. Sum
assured £1,000 with profits payable at death. Annual premium covering war
risk and foreign residence £28:6:8
HEAD OFFICE: CAIRO, KHEDIVAL EXCHANGE COURT.
G. NUNGOYICH
are on sale at the Company's establishment by Grand Contental Hotel, Cairo, and at Walker & Meimarschi's,Alexandria.
Purveyors to H. H. the KHEDIVE.
PATRONISED by the DUKE OF CONNAUGHT and the ARCHDUKE OTTO and all the High Life of Egypt.
First-class Hotel, Situated in Rosetta Avenue, the finest quarter in the Town. Renovated Throughout Two mintes from Railway Station. Close to Consulates and the Opera House. Electric Lift.Perfect Sanitary Arrangements. Magnificent Ball, Reception, Reading, and Music Rooms. Bar and Smoking Room.
FINE TERACE ON THE AVENUE. MOTOR MEETS ALL TRAINS AND STEAMERS. MANAGER E.
REINSPERGER.
Weekly departure during Winter Season by the LUXURIOUS FIRST CLASS STEAMERS "VICTORIA," "PURITAN," and "GERMANIA."
Bi-weekly Express Service between LUXOR and ASSUAN by S.S. "MAYFLOWER."
REGULAR WEEKLY DEPARTURES TO THE SECOND CATARACT BY THE S.S.
"NUBIA."
THROUGH BOOKINGS TO KHARTOUM, GONDOKORO AND THE WHITE NILE.
Steamers and Dahabeahs for private charter. Steam Tugs and Steam
Launches for hire.
FREIGHT SERVICE BY STEAM BARGES BETWEEN CAIRO AND ALEXANDRIA.
Working in conjunction and under special arrangement with the "Upper
Egypt Hotels Company."
For details and illustrated programmes apply to HEAD OFFICE: Sharia Boulac, Continental Hotel Buildings," CAIRO.
Monthly connections from Port-said to the ports of the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
Port Said to Colombo, China and Japan :
Also occasional sailings from Port-Said to Marseilles, Oran and London. Roomy
Cabins—Good Cuisine. Pleasure Cruises to Iceland,
Spitzbergen, Norway, Scotland, etc. furing the Summer by the S.S. OCEANA,
S.S. METEOR and the S.S. KRONPRINCESSIN CECILIE.
The S.S. Oceana will resume the express service between
Alexandria and the Continent next October.
Apply to: HAMBURG-AMERICA LINIE, Continental Hotel, CAIRO.
C.J. GRACE & CO., ALEXANDRIA.
DEUTSCHES KOHLEN DEPOT, PORT SAID & SUEZ.
ALEXANDRIA-NAPLES-MARSEILLES. Weekly Departure from
ALEXANDRIA (3 p.m.)
SCHLESWIG
HOHENZOLLERN
The following S.S. are intended to leave
PORT-SAID:
16 Rue Sesostris
A Quarantine of five days having been imposed by Turkey against arrivals from Egypt, so departures will take place until further notice.
For particulars apply to the Agents: OTTO STERZING,
Opera Square, CAIRO. Wm. N. Muller & Co.,
Sesostris-st., ALEXANDIRA. Messrs. THOS COOK & Son (Egypt) Ltd., are
authorised to sell tickets in CAIRO and ALEXANDRIA.
Weekly Mail Steamers from ALEXANDRIA to BRINDISI
TRIESTE(VENICE). leaving Saturdays at 4 p.m. having connection in Brindisi
with the Express train on Tuesday morning to Milan, Lucerne, Paris, Vienna,
Berlin, and London. Arrival at Trieste on Wednesday about 11 a.m. A Train de
Luxe leave the same evening, 6.35 p.m. for Vienna, Frankfort, Cologne,
Brussel, Ostende and London. Arrival at London on Friday 5.12 p.m.
Weekly Intermediate Steamers from Alexandria to Trieste
via Brindisi leave Alexandria every Wednesday at 4 p.m.
Syria-Caramanian Line. Port Said, Jaffa, Beyrout,
tripoli, Alexandretta, Mersina, alternate Mondays
Syria-Cyprus Line. Beyrout, Limasol, Larnaca, Mersina :
alternate Tuesdays :
H.S.—During the present Quarantine in Syrian Ports against
arrival from Egypt there is no connection between these lines and
Alexandria on the outward voyage.
Far Eastern Lines. SAILING FROM PORT SAID: To Suez,
Aden, Bombay, (accelerated Service) on or about
To Suez, Aden, Karachi, Colombo, Madras, Rangoon & Calcutta.
To Suez, Aden, Bombay, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai,
Yokohama, Kobe,
For information apply to the Agents: Alexandria, Cairo, Port Said, Suez, Khartum, etc.
Special rates for Egyptian officials, members of Army of
Occupation and their families.
NEW YORK AND BOSTON MEDITERRANEAN SERVICE.
Regular sailings between SOUTHAMPTON-CHEROURG and NEW WORK via Queenstown (Westbound) via Plymouth (Eastbound) LIVERPOOL and NEW YORK, via Queenstown, LIVERPOOL and BOSTON via Queenstown, GENOA, PALERMO, NAPLES, NEW YORK, and BOSTON, Unsurpassed accommodation for all classes of passengers. For plans of steamers, rates of passage, and full particulars, apply to THOS. COOK & SON (EGYPT) LTD., Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor and Assouan; JOHN ROSS & Co., Alexandria; WHITE STAR LINE, Via Roma, Genoa, and 21 Plazza della Borsa, Naples.
Frequent Sailings from ALEXANDRIA to LIVERPOOL. Regular Services from LIVERPOOL to ALEXANDRIA, ALGERIA, MALTA, LEVANT, BLACK SEA, and other Mediterranean Ports. Excellent Passenger Accommodation. Stewardess carried. Liberal table and Moderate Fares for single and return tickets.
CARGO taken by special agreement only. Through Freights quoted for the UNITED
STATES INLAND TOWNS and GREAT BRITAIN. For passage or freight apply Agents,
BARKER & Co., Alexandria.
Regular sailings from Liverpool, Glasgow, Antwerp and London to Alexandria. Frequent sailings from Alexandria to Liverpool and London. Through freight rates to Inland towns in Great Britain also to the U.S.A n. n. TAMVACO, ALEXANDRIA, Agent.
Ellerman S.S. "City of Oxford" expected from Liverpool & Malta about 11th inst.
Westcott S.S. "Barcelona" expected from Antwerp, London and Malta about 18th inst.
The S.S. ….….…. now loading for Liverpool will sail on ….….…
Societes Reunies Florio-Rubattino - Services Postaux. - Departs de Juin.
LONDON. Founded 1710.-Total sum insured in 1902 £487,600,000.
General Agents : BEHREND & Co., Alexandria. LEON HELLER, Cairo Agent. G. Lazzerini & Co., Suez Agents
NEW FIRST-CLASS HOTEL, OVERLOOKING THE HARBOUR & OPPOSITE CUSTOM HOUSE
Open all the year round. — Well-appointed Bar. Electric Light.
MODERATE CHARGES. SPECIAL TERMS FOR RESIDENTS.
(SOCIÉTÉ DES ENTREPÔTS D'EGYPTE)
Bonded Warehouses In Alexandria, Cairo, Port Said and Suez.
Special Departments for clearing and forwarding and for a luggage and parcel Express Service.
are prepared to accept offers to exhibit
FRAMED POSTERS, NOTICES, etc.,
In and about their STATIONS, at the following rates:
(The above includes fixing in position)
The stations are divided into the three classes according to their value from an advertising point of view.
For further information apply to the PUBLICITY SECTION, General Manager Dept. Egyptian State Railways, Cairo.
G.B. MACAULEY. GENERAL MANAGER.
Cairo, June 1907.
FIRE AND LIFE.
Largest Fire Office in the World.
HASELDEN & CO., Agents, Alexandria.
R. VITERBO & CO., Agents, Cairo.
PHOENIX ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
(ESTABLISHED 1782);
HASELDEN & CO., Agents, Alexandria.
BRITISH AERATED & MINERAL WATER MANUFACTORY.
CAIRO Nubar Pacha-st ALEXANDRIA Avernoff-st.
Soda Water, Lemonade, Ginger Ale, Ginger Beer. Tonic Water, Pomegranade, Orangeade
Lime Juide and Soda, Champagne Cider, Lemon Squash.
Water guaranteed by Chamberlain's Filter (Pasteur's System).
Inventor of WHISKY & SODA and BRANDY & SODA, bottled ready for use.
PSCHORR BRAU, the renowned MUNICH BEER, in casks and bottles.
Great assortment of Wines, Spirits, Liqueurs, Teas of the finest Brands, etc
(SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME)
CAIRO, 28, SHARIA-EL-MANAKH,
(OPPOSITE IMPERIAL OTTOMAN BANK).
I. —Installation of complete Water supplies for drinking, agricultural,
and
industrial purposes by means of artesian wells.
II. - Deep borings for prospecting purposes in all conditions of soil by
means of the
"Express Boring System."
ASK FOR
PILSENER
AND IF NOT SUPPLIED APPLY TO JOHN B. CAFFARI
Alexandria & Cairo.
ARABIC FOR "FLOWS THE WATER.”
Icilma Fluor Cream is the only cream that contains no grease nor oil. Deliciously scented it cleanses the pores of the skin as nothing else can do, makes it pearly white, gives life to the tissues, elasticity to the muscles, and a deliciously cool feeling to the skin.
Its unique properties are due to Icilma Natural Water so that it may well be
called Nature's Skin Food and the skin requires nothing else to
give it the necessary vitality, to preserve it from sunburn, heat, cold or
the effects of hard water, to prevent and cure the minor irritations due to
overheated blood, and to preserve the youthful fresh look to which hot
climates are so fatal.
Invaluable for immediately curing mosquito and insect bites and for greatly preventing them.
Depot for Egypt : J. McGregor, Chemist.
Alexandria, Cairo, Ibrahimieh, Luxor, Icilma Co. Ltd., 142, Gray's Inn Road, London, W. C.
BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING, REIMS. SOLE AGENT IN EGYPT AND SUDAN. NICOLA G. SABBAGE, ALEXANDRIA.
2, Rue de la Gare du Caire.
Telephone 558.
Strictly family Hotel. Built in 1904. near h Railway Station Electric Light. Lift.
Sanitary arrangements up to-date. Open all the year round. Special terms for Government officials and Army of Occupation
Medical Invoice Forms in Various Styles
J. Margosches
Engraver & Printer
Bulac Road Cairo
THE FINEST IN EGYPT
A real boon for BREAKFAST during hot weather.
ASK FOR IT, SEE YOU GET IT.
Address: Shubra Road, Cairo.
Strictly family Hotel. Built in 1904. near h Railway Station Electric Light. Lift.
Sanitary arrangements up to-date. Open all the year round. Special terms for Government officials and Army of Occupation
AVERAGE TIME occupied in transmission of Egyptian telegrams from England to
Alexandria on
OUTWARDS.
Between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. (Cairo time)
The "Egyptian Gazette" has given no advertising agency or company in Egypt any monopoly or exclusive right to act as advertising Agents on its behalf. Advertisements of every description are received at the offices of the "Gazette" from advertisers direct.
One of the finest and most up-to-date Hotels in the Metropolis. Situated in Sharia Soliman Pasha, the very centre of the healthiest and most fashionable quarter. Stands in its own grounds with garden and lawn tennis grounds at back. Over 350 rooms and 5 saloons. Magnificent salle à manger. Handsome covered promenade verandah, 80 yards long. Highest class cuisine, electric light throughout, and lifts. English comforts. Rooms and apartments at prices to suit everyone. For further particulars apply to GENERAL MANAGER, Cairo.
ALEXANDRIA.
The Fashionable Hotel of Alexandria.
RESTAURANT AND ANGLO-AMERICAN BAR.
First Class Hotel. Modern in all respects.
The Coolest Summer Residence in Egypt.
Fire-proof, Drained to the Sea, Lifts, Electric Light, English and French Billiards, Fresh and Salt Water Baths.
Hotel Dragomans in Uniform Meet all Trains and Steamers.
Special terms to Cairo Residents and their families desirous of enjoying the cool air and sea bathing during the summer months.
Buy direct from the Manufacturers and save 50 per cent.
SAMPLES AND PRICE LISTS POST FREE TO ANY PART OF THE WORLD.
ROBINSON & CLEAVER, LTD., BELFAST;
LINEN MANUFACTURERS
To His Gracious Majesty the King and H.R.H. the Princess of Wales, His Majesty the King of Spain, etc
Carriage paid on orders of 20s. upwards in United Kingdom.
The productions of their own Looms. From the least expensive to the Finest in the World.
N.B.--All Letter Orders and Inquiries for Samples of these Goods should be
sent DIRECT TO 42. X. DONEGALL PLACE, BELFAST, IRELAND.
Undertake and promptly and satisfactorily carry out paving and other kinds of
work, in connection with their LIGNOLITE patent
process, as used by the War Office, Public Works Department, the
Administration of the Sanitary Department, etc., etc.
Hygienic, waterproof, incombustible and jointless pavements can be executed in different colours, with fancy borders, etc.
MANUFACTURE and SALEof patent
H.H.B. BRICKS in hydraulic lime and cement
For further particulars apply:-
Economical & Reliable.
60 Years' Reputation.
For Home-made Bread, Cakes, Pastry, Scones, Flour Puddings, Meat Pies, &c., &c.
It is Packed in Tins or Bottles, and will keep for years in perfect condition.
Supplied by Store-keepers and Grocers in Cairo and Alexandria.
Manufactory--1, Bunhill Row, London.
Wholesale Agents: Crosse & Blackwell Ltd., London ; C. & E. Morton, London; Walker & Meimarachi, Ltd., Cairo; J. B. Caffari, Alexandria.
AVIS
La Municipalité met en adjudication la construction d'un pont provisoire en bois à établir sur le Canal Mahmoudieh. Le cautionnement est fixé à LE 30. (Cinquante). Le cahier des charges est déposé au bureau technique 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 Municipalité avant le 17 Septembre 1907. 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 construction d'un pont provisoire en bois à établir sur le Canal Mahmoudieh." Le cautionnement ou le reçu d'une banque, d'après les conditions du cahier des charges, devra être remis séparément au Service de la Comptabilité Générals avant l'ouverture des offres et au plus tard le 17 Septembre 1907 à midi. Toute offre qui ne remplit pas les conditions ci-dessus sera écartée Le Vice Président, (Signe) DR. SCHIES Alexandrie, le 2 Septembre 1907. 30863-3-2
Es wird hiermit bekannt gemacht, dass der Koniglich Sachsische Staatsangehorige Conrad Johannes SCHERPE, seines. Standes. Kaufmann, geboren in Dresden, 32 Jahre alt wohnhaft Alexandrien, Sohn des im Alter von 42 Jahren in Dresden verstobenen und da selbst zuletzt wohnhaft gewesenen Seifensieder-meisters August Hermann Scherpe und dessen Êhefrau, der 71 Jalfré alten, in Charlottenburg bei Berlin wohnhàften Reutiere Auguste Selma Scherpe, geborenen Busch
und
die preussische Staatsangehorige Margarethe Ottilie Anna STOBBE, ohne Beruf, geboren in Alexandrien, l8 Jahre alt, wohnhaft in Alex-andrien, Tochter des 47 Jahre alten Juweliers Rudolf Ferdinand Stobbe und dessen Ehefrau, der 37 Jahre alten Franziska Philomena. wohnhaft in Alexandrien, beabaichtigen aich mit einander zu verehelichen und diese Whe in Gemassheit des Reichsgesetzes vom 4 Mai 1870 vor dem unterzeichneten Beamten ab-zuschliessen. Alexàndrien, den 2 Marz 1905. Der Kaiserliche Konsul, L.S. von Humboldt. J. No.93l. 25526-1
ALEXANDRIA. September. Fri 6 Alhambra Theatre, French Comedy Troupe "La Souris." San Stefano Casino Grand Symphony Concert. Every afternoon at 5.30 p.m. Windsor Hotel, Open-Air Concert by the Ladovic Rivier orchestra 6 pm to midnight, Fronton "Jai Alai Pelote Basque 9.30 pm. Urbanors Cinematographic Entertainments 6,30 and 9.30 pm. Cinemaphon Aziz and Doris, old Ramleh Station. 6.30 & 9.30, Pathé Cinematographie entertainment. 6.30 and 9.30 pm. Bains du Mex. Balloon Ascents every Thursday, Saturday, and Sun- day. Two Orchestra Taste tram Tour Eiffel. Variety Entertainment. 9.30. The Lafonti Concert Rooms, Grand Evening Concert, 9.30 p.m. Alexandria Swimming Club, Boat loves Marina, 3.15 p.m. Mustapha Range BBC Spoon Competition Rapid firing, 2,30, Sun. 8 San Stefano Casino Classical Con Pigeon Shooting Club Gabbari. 2.30 p.m. Pigeon Shooting Champs Elysée 1.30 pm Alhambra Theatre. Matinee, 4.30, Tour Eiffel. Matinée, 4,45, Eldorado. Matinée, 4.30. Cinemaphon Aris & Doris Performances 4.5.30, 6.45 September. CAIRO. Sat. 7 Esbekich Gardens Theatre, 6.30. Theatre des Ambassadeurs 9,30, Sun. 8 Zoological Gardens. Irish Boy Band. Afternoon Tom 10 Esbekish Gardens, Military Band 9 to 11. Pri 13 Habekinh Gardens, Military Band 9 to 11.
REMARKS.
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The alleged snobbishness of the United States with regard to its treatment of its sister Republics of the South is discussed by the "Literary Digest" of New York.
"In the "North American Review," it says, "Professor Rowe predicts that this snobbishness, in conjunction with other defects in our treatment of the Latin-Americans,, will result in the 'national isolation' of the United'' States, unless by radical reform in our international relations we succeed in removing the impression which is now established. In our ignorance of South-American conditions, we have failed to appreciate that, within a comparatively few years, we shall have to deal with Powers of real magnitude in this southern section of the continent. If they distrust us, we shall find our hands tied in the councils of the nations. With their support, a new equilibrium of powerthe best guarantee of the world's peace-will be established.
"Not only in our relations with South America is the menace of "national isolation" hanging over us, though there it is, most manifest, but Professor Rowe discovers in the attitude of transatlantic Powers indications of desire to bring such isolations about. While official and diplomatic relations have been of the most cordial character, there is noticeable a growing feeling of popular antagonism towards the United States which the most lavish display of official courtesy has been unable to disguise... Every consideration of national policy dictates that no effort should be spared to avoid a situation which must ultimately become a source of national weakness"
"The New York Tribune, while not denying the validity of Professor Rowe's premises, demurs to the conclusions which he reaches Every American,' it advises, should ask himself whether he has adopted a come and be saved attitude towards foreign countries. And if he concludes that he ha/he will do well to consider whether it is the national menace that Prof. LS. Bowe makes it out to be."
The grounds of this Latin-American die trust of the United States are assembled by Professor Rowe in three groups, all of which can be traced primarily to our ignorance of South American conditions. These three defects we must overcome, we are told, such a menace are they are to the development of a better understanding between the northern and southern sections of this hemisphere,
The first of these defects is the tendency to interpret South-American institutions in terms of the least advanced of those countries. In our ignorance we have taken it for granted that the turbulent conditions which prevail in a few of the republics are characteristic of all. The second defect is of a far more serious nature, as it involves one of the fundamental traits of our national character. Foreign critics of s the American people have often pointed out the spirit of condescension, bordering on contempt, which marks the attitude of the average American toward foreign institutions There still remains, however, a third difficulty, which, if not overcome, will rekindle the feeling of distrust toward the United States and make its eradication extremely difficult, if not impossible. Throughout South America, one hears constant complaint of the business methods of the merchants and manufacturers of the United States The dishonesty of catalogue descriptions, the wanton disregard of the contract conditions, especially as regards the date of delivery, the insolent indifference to justifiable complaints, are but a few of the counts in the indictment,
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The bourses of Cairo and Alexandria will be closed on Monday, the Stock Exchange of London being closed on that day.
1,800 labourers are now working hard on the Railway line, which was damaged by the torrents of rains between Wadi Halfa and Khartoum.
A fresh case of bubonic plague was re- ported from Alexandria, during the past 24 hours, 4 patients still remain under treatment throughout Egypt.
A cricket match will take place to-morrow afternoon on the grounds of the Alexandria Cricket Club between Alexandria and Cairo, play commencing at 1.30 p.m.
On the occasion of the anniversary of the Sultan's accession to the Throne of Turkey, his Majesty granted pardon to all prisoners who had completed two thirds of their terms of imprisonment.
The quarantine at Ottoman ports against arrivals from Alexandria has been reduced to 48 hours, with disinfection of the vessels, the effects of passengers, and the destruction of rats. Arrivals from Port Said are now subjected to medical inspection only.
A fire broke on Wednesday last in the house of Mohamed Effendi Hamdi, an official of the E. S R, which occasioned dam- age to furniture and building to the extent of some £450. It is believed that the out- break was due to the explosion of a box of sulphur matches.
During the week ended the 2nd instant, 174 fatal cases of bovine plague were registered throughout, Egypt of which 16 occurred in Kaliouby province, 3 in the district of Sharkia, 6 at Gheza, 10 at Souef, 85 in the province of Assiout, 44 at Minia and 11 at Gurgeh.
The heavy rains which continue to fall in the Sudan have inundated a large village in the vicinity of Athara inhabited by 159 Greeks and 2,800 Sudanese. It is stated that 300 houses collapsed and 960 were damaged. The total loss is estimated at LE 300,000. Many of the inhabitants are shelterless and without any resources.
The match arranged between the British Rifle Club, Alexandria, and the Coldstream Guards, which should have been shot this afternoon, has been cancelled in consequence of a telegram from the latter team to the secretary of the elaborate expressing their regret that they are unable to visit Alexandria to- day. The match will probably take place next week.
A young girl of a Greek family of Alexandria disappeared from her parent's house about two months ago in company with a man of dubious character. The police who organized a search for the girl by the request of her parents discovered her yesterday in a house of ill repute at Abdeen, Cairo. She was taken out of the house and handed over to her consular authorities who have informed the parents.
The Tour Eiffel continues to give an ex- cellent programme nightly, and one which is sufficiently varied to make monotony im- possible. Of the old favourites Violet Esdaile still charms with her singing and her ex- cellent step dancing, and the Iris quartette are as attractive as ever. Last night Mile Eulalia, a very clever equilibrist, had a most successful début, and La Belle Carina, an eccentric dancer from Australia, was also warmly applauded.
The King has given permission to Major J.S. Liddell to accept and wear the insignia of the 3rd Class of the Imperial Ottoman Order of the Medjidie, conferred upon him by the Khedive of Egypt in recognition of valuable services rendered to his Highness as Deputy Inspector-General, Telegraph Department, in the administration of the Egyptian State Railways.
Voici le remarquable programme de cette semaine :
"A travers l'Amérique," superbe vue prise d'après nature; "Un homme qui s'emballe," grande scène comique inédite; Intermède attraction, A. Meli Tsianos, chanteur populaire hellène dans son répertoire; "Pour avoir ses aises", scène comique inédite; "Cromwell" épisode de la révolution anglaise en 1650; "Un nouveau Samson," solène ultra comique; "Le décapité récalcitrant" scène comique inédite; "L'amour qui tue" grande scène dramatique inédite; Intermède-attraction Plorial, gomique excentrique dans son nouveau répertoire. "Le sport au pays des glaces" scène de plein air; "La dame cochère," scène comique; "Pour une puce" scène comico tragique inédite.
London, Friday.
A semi-official dementia appears in the "Berlin Süddeutsche, Corresponding" concerning the reports that the Egyptian question is about to be brought to the front by the Powers. The statement made in several quarters that the question was discussed by King Edward and the Kaiser at Wilhelmshoehe is absolutely devoid of foundation. The subject was not even mentioned by the Monarchs.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "EGYPTIAN GAZETTE" Sir,
Now that the period for the approaching reception of the proceeds of the forthcoming cotton crop, will restore financial prosperity once more to Egypt, some remarks as to what has been, perhaps a little too severely, entitled the "financial crisis" may be opportune, and also tend to prevent the recurrence of such symptoms of monetary stringency upon the Egyptian bourses next year. It appears to an onlooker that the predisposing cause of the recent troubles, or perhaps merely an aggravation of them, and a reason for their possible return, lies in the fact that what may be termed the financial magnates of Egypt restrict the securities dealt in Alexandria and Cairo too much to a comparatively small list of investments, almost all of them intimately connected with this country only.
The consequence of this narrowed business basis for the surplus funds, is that where from any cause financial stringency occurs in the country there are no outside collateral securities and so unaffected in price upon which loans could be obtained from the first class banks, or which could be realised in Europe without loss, in order to tide over the temporary monetary stress.
The only investments under the present regime fashionable on the bourses, and so largely held here, being local ones, they at the very moment when for many holders realisation is eminently requisite, are all suffering severe depreciation, it may be from moment ary financial collapse, irrational through it may be. It is only from the really wealthy members of the Egyptian community that help can be, in this respect, anticipated, because it is only sach who by business foresight can appreciate and act upon their views by accumulating with part of their funds, stocks and shares to be held in Egypt and gradually introduce them to investors here, such stocks to be in matters outside those of the country itself. So that in times when Egyptian investments are depressed, these securities should be realizable without loss they must be interests elsewhere than in Egypt, but they need not for that reason be those about which no one in Egypt could be at all familiar, or stocks as to which anyone here would find it difficult to ascertain their origin and basis as securities. There are numerous such which in America would be termed gilt edged securities that would answer. to the required description. Such stocks as Italian and Hungarian Rentes, Turkish Egyptian Tribute Bond, South Austrian (Lombard) and South Italian Railway Obligations, Piraeus and Athens Railway, Peninsular and Oriental Steamship shares, Suez Canal Shares The above list is only a suggestion; other equally suitable stock will occur to any financier.
If; say a million of such investments were held in Egypt, and such a quantity could easily be purchased out of one twentieth of the proceeds of the next cotton crop, instead of taking gold, and so can sing the London Bank rate to advance, then there would be here a residium of securities upon which the most conservative banks would lend in case of need and so prevent the throwing upon a falling market almost in panic state because of enforced realisations of potentially valuable Egyptian securities.
The interest upon the safer European investments would be smaller, and their possible appreciation practically nil, but then in times of differently upon the Bourses here the reduced income from them would be more than counterbalanced because of their value as collateral security when the pinch in other, apparently more profitable, securities comes,
Of course by persisting in the present course, the few extremely rich financiers here can easily augment their wealth by buying and locking up Egyptian securities below their value in times of unnecessary and foolish de- pression, but if that game is frequently played, European investors will fight shy of all Egyptian stocks and so the country have, in order to obtain capital, to pay far more than the legitimate rate of interest her prosperity should need for her to incur. In the long run that would be more expensive for the capital- ists than if they, as suggested, employed part of their wealth to hold here a quantity of low interest paying, but absolutely sound, securities, and inducing others to invest in such securities also. It could easily be arranged for the external stocks to be quoted upon the Egyptian bourses and dealings in a short time in them would doubtless take place, the foundation of the country's wealth would be broadened as the normal course of finance, and consequently of trade, be made more regular.
These suggestions are made to you, Sir, with the object of being commented upon by others whose yiews will be more valuable and not in any hypercritical spirit.
Yours obediently,
The adjourned meeting of the above company was held yesterday afternoon at the offices of the company, when the directors again submitted their motion for voluntary liquidation; but on the motion being put Mr. Mercinier, representing Messrs. Arditi, vendors to the company, challenged the composition of the board pointing out that the president was in Europe; that another of the committee had tendered his resignation on the 8th August, which he contended could not be accepted; and lastly that Messrs. Arditi bad been excluded from the meeting by their col- leagues.
He then addressed himself to prove the il- legality of the latter proceeding. Their colleagues claimed that by reason of their indebted- ness to the company, Mesars. Arditi had forfeited their qualification as directors, but the learned advocate maintained that the articles of association of the company declared that the position of a director only became void in the event of his becoming indebted to the company for calls on shares, interest or expenses, and not for an open current.
To prevent the possible eventual defence of other members of the board pleading that they were ignorant of the large amount of Messrs. Arditi's indebtedness to the company, Mr. Mercinier stated that ope director was in constant attendance and used the address of the company as his own business address, and that he and his colleagues frequently examined the books and accounts of the company.
But even had they been ignorant of the state of affairs, such ignorance would have in no way exculpated them: on the contrary it would have been inexcusable.
It certainly came as a great surprise to the shareholders to learn that the directors had allowed members of their own board to become indebted to the enormons sum mentioned by Mr. Mercinier, which figure we do not dare to publish as it seems so enormous that possibly some mistake has been made.
Without mining matters Mr. Mercinier placed the knowledge of the Arditis' transactions by the directors beyond question, for he declared that when in March the Bourse and Banking Company found themselves short of liquid capital they were obliged to make a rapport to the extent of £90,000 for which they had to pay an enormous contango: and it was with further surprise that the meeting learned that this amount was financed by two of the other directors.
When the transaction between the latter and the company were adjusted the two directors became creditors for £10,000 each, which we hope will not prove to be net profit at the expense of the company.
The speech was followed with great interest and at its close the meeting was adjourned until Thursday next, when Messrs. Arditi will be asked to attend.
There appears to be little doubt that if the directors' motion for voluntary liquidation be adopted it will only be accepted without prejudice to shareholders rights against diree- tors for negligence etc.
A correspondent writes from Mount Troodos, Cyprus: A very successful concert was given on Tuesday the 27th August in the Recreation Room, Troodos, by the officers of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, a detach- ment of which is now stationed there. It was primarily intended for the entertainment of the men, but a large number of others gladly availed themselves of the invitation of Captain Somerville and the officers of the Regiment, who afterwards provided an excellent supper at the mess for the performers and friends. The assistance of several ladies and civilians had been invited and was cordially given. The High Commissioner and Lady King-Harman, Miss Geraldine-King-Harman, and Mr.Douglas King-Harman were present, as were also the leading Government officials and their families, and other visitors on Troodos. The room was filled by an appréciative and enthusiastic audience who encored everything from the very first item. The programme included songs by Sergeants Brown and Sprinks, the latter of whom has a particularly good voice, Corporal Carney and Pte. Triggs. Mrs. Casolani sang most charmingly, as did Mrs. Bertram. A song by Miss Wodehouse and a violin solo by Miss I. Spencer, and the character song "The Three Old maids of Lee '' excellently rendered by the Misses V. Gore, I. Spencer, and Wode- house, completed the musical portion of the programme. The latter never fails an encore and retains an evergreen popularity. Other performances were a duologue entitled "Geese" capitally acted by Mrs. Bevan and Miss A. Spencer, who, as two farmer's wives kept up a continual cackle and chatter from the time the curtain rose till the last word was said though who had the coveted "last word" it would be hard to say. Another amusing little sketch was "The Backward Child" in which the Misses B. and I. Spencer played the parts of governess and child to perfection. Performers and audience alike were greatly indebted to Mrs. G. Smith was untiring and invaluable. help as accompanist.
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The following is the report on the condition of the Nile flood presented to the Minister of Public Works by Mr. Dupuis, Acting Adviser
The slight improvement in the Nile flood noted in my report last week has not been maintained, and for the last four or five days the Roseires gauge has averaged fully two metres below the average.
Lower down the river where the effect of the better levels noticed last week is now being felt, the gauges are generally about one metre below average
The river should now be just at its maxi- mum level from Khartoum to Aswan, and though a late flood is still possible, it is exceedingly improbable that it will be any- thing but a very bad one, similar in character to the bad floods of 1899 and 1905, with a con- siderable area of Sharaki in Upper-Egypt, and very low summer levels next year.
The latest weather reports from Sudan also show that very little rain has been falling in that region for several days.
Little inconvenience is being occasioned by the low flood North of Asyat, but further South the basins are of course filling very slowly.
Every morning from a little room of a great white house on the eastern shore of the Nile, at Assouan, is clicked by telegraph to Cairo the question: "How much water? The answer comes, so many thousand gallons less. A button is pressed, the water which flows under the iron bridge at Cairo is increased or diminished some ten days later in accordance with the telegraphic answer and the intervening valley between Assouan and Cairo has a little more or a little less water on its surface. The man at the button may bring joy or sorrow to thousands of little farms-it is all according to the mès- sage he receives.
From the great white house there extends across the river a granite wall or dam 150 feet high. Half way up this wall, and stretching its entire length, a line of shutters opens or closes by a pressure of the button. In the winter months a huge lake expands to the southward, which has every appearance of being a flood, for, in certain places, the tops of palm trees are discernible above its surface, and the summits of inundated rains apparently mark the sites of sunken cities. As the days go by, and Cairo demands more water, the palm trees and the ruins seem to rise from their watery beds, until, in June and early July, the river flows freely with all its historic indolence.
Still the ery for water is insatiable, and now the 150 feet of granite wall will be lengthened by 23 feet, which will double the power of the man at the button, and after that no more palms-or ruins will unfold them- selves, as the months come, from the surface of the lake. The palm trees will not be missed but what of the ruins! That is the tribute of the past which modern agricultural Egypt is called upon to pay.
Just south of the granite wall is the island. which holds the amphibious ruins. Twenty- three feet of granite now stand between it and oblivion. It is named Phil, and it is the burial place of Osiris. A temple of 14 columns rises on its eastern bank, and on its western is the great temple of Isis, begun by Ptolemy Philadelphus and added to by the Roman emperors. Its front is in the form of a propylon, before which is an expansive court bounded by two galleries, the column sides of which skirt the shore for 250 feet. Behind the propylon are many halls and chambers of curious and fantastic design. The whelming waters of the winter months have already begun their work. Floors have sunken, columns fallen, and walls crumbled. The twenty-three additional feet of granite will complete the work of devastation. Philae and its ruins will never again feel the sun of Egypt.
It was thought the granite wall across the Nile at Assouan, 150 feet high, would provide perpetual irrigation for the desert to the north. That was a mistake. But will the 22 additional feet to the summit of the wall, which will foreverbury Phile, complete the work! Will the man at the button in the great white house ever have the power that Joseph had to direct, increase or diminish the flow of the river 1 Joseph had no Assouan dam and no shutters to manipulate by the pressure of a button. In what, therefore did his power to make Egypt perennially fertile consist 1-N.Y. Times.
C'est aujourd'hui après-midi qu'aura lieu la grande fête de la jeunesse au Casino San Stefano. Qui ne voudra voir les centaines d'enfants parés de leurs plus jolis costumes, et rivalisant de grâce Très intéressante sera aussi la distribution des petits souvenirs offerts par la direction.
Vu la quantité de clients habitant l'Hôtel et le nombre de tables déjà commandées, la soirée de Samedi avec le small dance promet de ne pas manquer d'entrain.
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Aden, August 27.
The latest reports from Yemen state that a force of the rebels coming from As-Sudda valley, attacked As-Shiare, a Turkish district a few miles from As-Sudda, ruled by an Arab Sheikh, Iba Al Kubeb. The rebels plundered the in- habitants and wounded Ibn Al Kubah and killed his son.
The Yemen representatives have returned from Constantinople, testifying to the happy time they have had during their sojourn, and to the kind treatment accorded them there. On the occasion of their return each of them was given a sum ranging from £30 to £50. The Turkish Pashas who have come with the representatives to Yemen were received at Hodeida by Ahmed Shaorai Pasba, the president of the municipality, with whom they are now staying. It is rumoured that these Turkish Pashas have come to Yemen to see that the reforms referred to in the Sultan's speech are carried out and that they will make Hodeida their head-quarters.
A portion of the time expired! troops who have been giving trouble at Hodeidah have now left that town. There are now about 1000 troops waiting at Hodeidah for embarkation. On Mon- day last some of these troops seized the Italian Consul's water vehicle which brings the water from the interior, and when one of the em- ployés of the Consul came to demand it from them, one of the troops assaulted him.
Carlo Martini, who was recently sentenced to two years imprisonment for having stolen registered letters from the Alexandria Post Office on Shem el Nessim day, has escaped, the escape being due to the negligence of a canvas of the Italian Consulate.
Two days ago Martini, in company with another prisoner, was sent from the Zaptieh prison to the Italian consulate to be medically examined, and while in the waiting room both prisoners took advantage of the momentary absence of their warder and made their escape. Up to the present they have not been recaptured.
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The inquiries into the scandals concerning officials of the Ports and Lighthouses Admini- + stration accused of embezzlement still continue and several employés have been dismissed, inclading, we are informed, Captain Borge, Ibrahim Bey Mikhail, and Captain Mari Salem. Socrates Bey Spiro, who was sum- moned to attend the investigation is still unwell and cannot for the present return to Egypt to submit to cross-examination.
There is no change to report as yet in the position of the "Olivemoor". Yesterday was spent in strengthening her engine-room bulk- head and this morning that work has been completed.
We learn this morning that the salvage steamer "Berger Wilhelm" left Messina on Wednesday evening, and is therefore due here to-morrow. The "Berger Wilhelm" is an old vessel, having been built in 1856. She has a gross tonnage of 496 and a net tonnage of 292. Her length is 267 feet, her breadth 26 feet, and she has a draught of 13 feet.
A correspondent having read several statements in the "Egyptian Gazette" referring to the new-works and extension of the harbour of Alexandria, and the Great Pass writes to emphasise the fact that the cutting of the Great Pass is a work entirely separate from the Harbour Works.
The British Admiralty, he points out, sent out two special dredgers, and a staff of experienced dredging officers to work the dredgers. and carry out the work. When the cutting of the Great Pass was first commenced, it was considered a most formidable raking, owing to the exposed position, and the hard nature of the material to be dealt with, viz. solid sandstone rock. The great success of the undertaking is, he says, entirely due to the integrity, untiring energy, and skill of the above-mentioned officers, who have carried out this work entirely, working day and night." This work will also bear a thorough investigation, as to the economical, efficient, and expeditious manner in which this work has been accomplished throughout.
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Mansfield Pasha, commandant of the Cairo Police, is expected to return from leave about the 15th inst.
Abdel Hamid Bey Abama, Secretary to the Agricultural Society, has left for Syria on holiday.
The Khedive has conferred the decoration of the 4th Class Osmanieb upon Bimbashi C. Franklin, Director of Magic, who as our readers know, retired from the Egyptian Army on July 13.
Bimbashi R. G. S. Stacey has been transferred from the 2nd Battalion to the 19th Soudanese, Bimbashi C. S. Rome of the Cavalry has retired from the Egyptian Army.
The Rev. Hugh P. Reid, of St. Andrew's Church has just returned from a furlough, which was spent in Scotland.
Doctor Briand, Inspector-General of the Quarantine Board, returned yesterday to Alexandria from Suez and Tor, where he was on a tour of inspection.
Auguste Bey Adib, Director General of State Accounts at the Ministry of Finance, arrived in Cairo on Tuesday last, returning from leave, and has resumed his duties.
(Aujourd'hui à 11h. 1/2 a.m.).
marché à ouvert faible et cette allure n'a t que s'accentuer jusqu'à la clôture, qui en lieu par le fait à un niveau encore inférieur À celui d'hier. Peu de transactions comme tous ces jours-ci et le petit nombre de celles qui ont été effectuées l'ont été au prix d'une nouvelle dépréciation. Les vendeurs ne se cachent plus; ils y vont carrément. C'est même au point que l'assertion d'après laquelle les baissiers profiteraient de la situation pour poser sur les cours n'est pas invraisemblable. En tous cas ils ont beau jeu, les hanasiers n'ayant pas actuellement de disponibilités pour opposer une résistance quelconque.
On a traité principalement, en proportions d'ailleurs très restreintes, l'Agricole, la Delta Land, l'United, les Hooker, les Estates et les Ritz
La tendance, nous venons de le dire, est peu favorable pour le moment, tant à cause de la pénurie monétaire qué du délaissement actuel des valeurs égyptiennes au Stock Exchange et à la Bourse de Paris, où les cours sont relativement soutenus mais où les affaires font défaut.
Parmi les valeurs dirigeantes, l'Agricole Béchit de 81/88, la National Bank de 20 1/8 à 20, la Deltalight de 9 7/16 acheteurs à 9 7/16 sec; seale l'Obligation, Foncier, en raison d'une demande suivie, reprend de 300 à 301 l'ancienne et de 254 à 254 1/2 la nouvelle. En baisse également la Behera de 20 1/2 à 20, la Privilégiée Bière d'Alexandrie de 145 à 136, la Privilégiée Bière de Caire de 90 à 88, les Nangovich Hotels de 18.7/8 à 133/4 vendeurs, l'Urbaine de 3 7/16 à 8 5/16, l'Union Foncière de 4 9/16 à 4 1/2, le Crédit Franco- Egyptien de 41/8 à 4 1/16 et la Banque d'A- thèmes de 109 1/2 à 109.
Bénéficiant d'une demande locale, les Jouis- anoes Eaux du Caire s'avancent, au contraire, de 198203.
Parmi les petites valeurs, les pertes sont les suivantes: la Cassa di Sconto tombe de 41 2 39, la Delta Land de 1 18/16 à 1 3/4, lee Estates de 11/16 à 5/8, le Comptoir de 2 18/32 à 23/8 vendeurs l'action et de 2 1/4 2 1/8 la part de fondateur, le fondateur Allotment de 62 à 60 P.T., les Cotton Ginners de 1 1/4 sec à 1 1/4 vendeurs et l'United de 3/8 à 11/32. Le reste de la côte, en général sans affaires, demeure sans changements.
Lundi prochain, 9 courant, la corbeille des valeurs sera fermée à l'occasion du Jour de l'An israelite. Notre prochain bulletin ne paraîtra donc que mardi, 10 courant.
Hier après-midi devait avoir lieu l'assemblée si impatiemment attendue de la Bourse and Banking (Arditi); mais il est écrit que cette société sera jusqu'à la fin un sujet de surprises pour ses malheureux actionnaires. Comme il s'agissait d'une assemblée renvoyée, les délibérations étaient, en effet, valables, quel que soit le nombre des actions représentées. Il n'en a rien été cependant. Me. Mercenier a réussi à convaincre la majorité présente que la réunion était illégale à cause de l'absence de quelques administrateurs, entre autres de M. Arditi, et pour ce motif l'assemblée a été renvoyée encore une fois jeudi prochain 12 coutant. Il faudrait cependant en finir avec cette comédie. N'y aurait-il pas lieu pour le tribunal d'inter." venir d'office pour mettre au clair cet imbroglio et donner au moins au public une satisfaction morale à laquelle il a droit.
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Le Caire, Jeudi 5 Septembre
Le taux de l'escompte libre à Londres est en baisse de 1/8 44 pour cent.
Au Stock Exchange, le Consolidé anglais est resté hier avarié à 61. 1/Unifiée a haussé de à 101 La National Bank a réactionné de à 20 la Daïra Sanieh a gagné à 13. L'Agricole a été soutenue à 8 et la Delta Light & 95/8.
A Paris, le Crédit Foncier Egyptien a fléchi de 1 franc à 688. La Banque d'Albines s'est maintenue à 111 et Les Lots Tures à 166.
Ici, nous avons eu aujourd'hui une séance très faible avec des transactions limitées. L'abondance des réalisations a fait subir un tassement giracal aux valeurs traitées; seuls quelques titres dont le marché est très restreint ont accentué leur reprise.
Dans le compartiment des Banques, la National Bank se tasse à 20 1/16. La Cassa di Sconto n'est pas mieux tenne à 40-41. Le Comptoir Financier rétrograde à 2 7/16 et la Société Générale Égyptienne remonte à 220, tandis que sa part s'alourdit à 39.
La Delta Light s'inscrit à 9 7/16. La Daïra Sanieh se raffermit à 12 13/16. L'obligation ancienne du Crédit Foncier revient à 301 et la nouvelle à 255. L'Allotement est moins soute- noe2 5/16-3/8. L'Enterprise and Development-centre ses bonnes dispositions à 8 11/16. Les Entreprises Immobilières et Travaux résistent très bien s'inscrivent avariées 238 alors que leur part mollit à P.T. 43. Les Heliopolis reprennent à 247.
Le groupe des Hôtels est négligé, les Nungotich redescendent à 13 7/8 et les Egyptian Hotels (Bachler) 61/16.
Parmi les petites valeurs, la Delta Land reste inchangée à 1 13/16 après avoir été vendue plus bas Les Markets fléchissent à 27/9. La New Egyptian fécule à 14-14/3. Les Abdy sont légèrement plus faibles à 07/16-1/2 et les Oasis de même à 09/16
Nous détachons de notre correspondance de Londres en date du 30 Août, les passages
"Notre marché a présenté pendant toute la semaine en revue une activité réjouissante qui s'est manifestée dans tous les compartiments. La reprise a été vive particulièrement pour les fonds d'Etats étrangers et les Conso lidés, à la suite de gros achats pour le compte du Continent.
Les valeurs spéculatives, telles que les ca préfères, sad américaines et les mines d'or, ont regagné un peu de faveur.
"Aujourd'hui, par contre, la fermeté a quelque peu faibli à la suite de nombreuses réalisations qui ont provoqué un tassement gé néral.
"Les valeurs américaines sont actives mais l'on feint toujours des difficultés de ce côté pour l'automne, et l'on doute que l'aide du Trésor soit suffisante pour subvenir aux besoins monétaires nécessités par la prochaine récolte; ceci du côté baissier, cela va sans dire.
"Le marché des valeurs égyptiennes a été en général plus suivi cette semaine et il y a en de la demande surtout en National Bank et Agricultural. Depuis hier cependant il s'est produit une légère réaction sur les Banques qui altèrent à 20 1/4 et 8 1/4 contre 20-3/16 et 8 3/8 la semaine dernière, et après avoir fait dans l'intervalle jusqu'à 20 1/2 et 8 7/16 respectivement. La D'airs sassi a repris 12 1/4 129,16. In Delta Light a été très inactive entre 9 1/2 et 9 5/8 mais par contre la Delta Land a été fort demandée à 1 7/8-2. Pour les Markets il y a eu un bon nombre de transactions dans les environs de 28/, mais les Salt and Sods ont été complètement négligées. Les Estates ont été calmes avec quelques rares transactions autour de 3/4. Pour Hooker, il y a en une demande suivie et le cours a avancé de 7/6 & 10/ Les Oasis ont sumi été plus fermes haussant de 11/9 à 13/ La New Egyptian a été inactive à 3/4, ainsi que l'Aboukir à 1 3/8-1/2 et la Khedivial Mail à 1 1/8. Pour United Lands il y a eu quelques transactions aux environs de 8/.
Nous extrayons de l'acte de constitution de la "Banque Française d'Egypte", dont nous avons en son temps annoncé la fondation, les renseignements suivants:
Cette Société a pour objet principal de faire pour elle-même, pour le compte de tiers et en participation, en France et à l'étranger, notamment en Egypte, toutes opérations de banque, d'escompte, ete.
La durée de la Société est de 30 années Le siège social est à Paris, rue de Rennes 91. Le capital social est de 2,000,000 de francs divisé en 20,000 actions de 100 francs chacune, qui ont été toutes souscrites et libérées en moins du quart.
Le conseil d'administration est dès maintenant autorisé à créer et à émettre en une ou plusieurs fois et successivement des obligations au porteur pour un capital nominal de 4 millions.
Il a été créé, en outre, 1,000 parts bénéficiaires qui seront réparties entre les divers fondateurs de la Société.
Carnet de l'actionnaire.
MM. les actionnaires de la H. de Vries and Bontigny Ltd. sont informés que par délibération de mail d'administration, il a appel du thème et dernier versement en date du 1er Septembre écoulé, fait
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Aux termes de l'art 1 Age Stets, toute somme non payée jour de son exigibilité porte intérêts de plein droit en faveur de la 97%, Pan.
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"La Reforme '' yesterday published a Notice d of an extraordinary meeting of the above Company to be held on the 29th. inst at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of considering and if thought fit passing an extraordinary resolution having for its object the voluntary wind- ring up of the Company.
In reference to the above Notice we would remark that we seriously question whether the publication of this Notice in a single journal in this city is in compliance with the Act, which requires that seven clear days' notice of a meeting shall be given to shareholders, and we hope that in view of the extraordinary career of this company the shareholders will reject the proposal for voluntary liquidation and insist on a compulsory liquidation under order of the Court.
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Section 145 of the companies act, 1862, provides that the voluntary winding up of a company shall not be a bar to the right of any creditor of such company to have the same wound up by the Court if the Court is of opinion that the rights of such creditors will be prejudiced by a voluntary winding up, and it follows by inference that an order will not be made unless such prejudice is shown, and this rule prevails even when the voluntary winding up is commenced after the presentation of the petition. Even on a shareholder's petition if the voluntary, liquidation was pro- eured by the preponderating influence and evotes of persons whose conduct requires investigation, or was begun with a view to a specific object which had failed, a compulsory order may be made; and the rule as to pre- judice has also been extended by the Court of Appeal to the case of a petition by a share- holder, so that if the Court is satisfied that the continuance of the voluntary winding up is likely to prejudice the shareholders, and that benefit would result from a winding up by the Court, a compulsory onder may be made.``
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ALEXANDRIA HARBOUR
ARRIVALS.
September 4.
Magda, Greek 8. Capt. Papalas, Smyrna, Homsy.
Mostar, Aust. s. Capt. Machilla, Gravosa, Giurassevich.
Minieh, Brit. 6. Capt. Damir, Mersina and Port Said, Khedivial Mail.
Lorenzo, Brit. s. Capt. Runton, Hull, Barker & Co.
Urana, Greek s. Capt. Coutzoukos, Smyrna and Crete, Kechayas.
Alex. Siniossoglu, Ott. s. Capt. Confoupandelis, Marseilles, Messageries Maritimes.
September 5.
Beyrouth, Ott. s. Capt. Mahmoud, Cos, Maounis.
Glengoil, Brit. 8 Capt. Nicol, Newport, Barber and Son.
City of Amsterdam, Brit. S. Capt. Harris, Alexandretta, Asia Minor.
DEPARTURES
September 5
Enna, Ital. s. Capt. Talungo, Naples with part of previous cargo.
Singapore, Ital. s. Capt. Costa, Messina and Gena.
Algerian, Brit. s. Capt. Nash, Liverpool.
Frosso, Greek s. Capt. Caloyanni, Catania, in ballast.
Huron, Brit. s. Capt. Thomas, Port Said in ballast.
Marigo, Ott. s. Capt. Confoupandelis, Constantinople, in ballast.
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Coton.—On a bien tente de soutenir les cours maissans succes et la finale a ete faible. La tendance aussi reste pour la baisse d'autant plus que l'Amerique est peu encourageante a ce point de vue.
Graines de coton.—Inactives et in baisse ; les ven deurs sont nombreux aujoud'hui.
Bourse Khédviale, le
copie de la dépêche
DE L'ALEXANDRIA GENERAL PRODUCE ASSOCIATION
à la
LIVERPOOL COTTON ASSOCIATION
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Arrivages de ce jour, à Minet-el-Bassal, can.
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Cotons.—Clôture du marche du
BEURRES
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Graines de coton.—Total des arrivages depuis le
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Dépêches particulières du
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LIVERPOOL
Graines de coton.—Calmes
Fèves.—Sans affaires
HULL
Graines de coton.—Soutenues
Fèves.—Marche nul
LONDRES
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COTON AMERICAIN
LIVERPOOL
Futurs oct.-nov.:
" jan.-fév.:
Disponible :
NEW-YORK
Middling Upland:
Futurs oct:
" janvier :
Arrivages du jour, balles
Contre meme jour, l'année dernière, balles
In sight : balles
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,, jan.-fév. :
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Gr. de coton , 3 mois 2 1/2 ,, - -/-
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Coton Liv. Nov. P.T. 25 -/- a - -/-
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CASABLANCA, September 5.
The obsequies of the victims in the last combat were held yesterday. General Grade expressed the hope that no more blood will be uselessly spilt. (Haras)
CASABLANCA, September 5.
In the engagement 17 French troops were wounded. It appears that the Moors re-formed and attacked the returning French in the vicinity of the camp. (Reuter) CASABLANCA, September &
The Arab attack on Tuesday was unexpected and was carried out in the boldest manner. The enemy seemed to spring from the earth and attempted to surround the French, whose Dosant fire kept them at a distance. A charge with fixed bayonets dispersed the enemy after an engagement lasting ten hours.
(Reuter)
PARIS, September 5.
M. Clemenceau, in the course of an inter- denied that General Drode had sustain view, ed a reverse
(Reuter)
PARIS, September 5.
General Drude commenced the fight of the 3rd owing to the fact that having learnt that the Moors had prepared for a general attack, he wished to prevent their advance. (lavas)
PARIS, September 5.
The "Temps" and "Martin" state that owing to the Moorish War Minister refusing responsibility for the lives of European police instructors from native subordinates, France and Spain have proposed to the Powers to form a police force consisting entirely of French- men and Spaniards Reuter)
SAINT SEBASTIAN, September 5
It is announced that Spain is sending to Moreno 700 reinforcements, which will disembark if necessary. (Havas)
ANTWERP, September 5.
The strikers have set several places on fire, causing considerable damage.
(Havas)
ANTWERP, September 5.
Huge fires caused by strikers raged on the timber docks yesterday evening 14 timber ships and 25,000 cubic metres of timber have already been destroyed
(Reuter)
AST, September &
The fire burnt itself out this afternoon. It made a clean sweep of 16 acres, mostly timber yards. The entire harbour and shipping were endangered owing to a change of wind. Five arrests for incendiarism have been made. (R.)
DUBLIN, September 5
Speaking at a Home Rule demonstration before, Mr. Redmond said that Ireland would not accept reforms till she made and administered the laws herself. The majority of the people at present, he said, were thoroughly disaffected and disloyal to British rule He urged vigorous agitation in order to hasten the grant of self government, to which the mass of the British people were not opposed. (Reuter)
LowDox, September 4.
Surrey beat Leicestershire by 156 Marylbone beat Yorkshire by 44 s
Marylebone beat South Africans by an innings and 9 runs at Lords
Gentlemen (South) best Players (South) by 235 runs at Hastings
(Reuter)
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MARIENBAD, September 5.
M. Isvolsky, Minister of Foreign Affairs in Russia, was invited to breakfast with King Edward.
(Hans)
MARIENRAD, September 5.
The Russian Minister, M. Isvolsky, has arrived here in order to pay a visit to the King.
(Later)
The King has conferred on ME Izvolsky the Grand Cross of the Vietorian Order.
They lunched together and afterwards were closeted for 35 minutes.
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LONDON, September, 5
It is understood that there are still a few details of the Anglo-Russian agreement to be settled before the sovereigns ratify it. (Reuter)
Sr. Paran, September 5
Cholera is increasing along the Volga.
Precautions are being taken here.
(Reuter)
LONDON, September 4.
A breakdown in the civilian transport service is hampering the maneuvers of the 3rd and 4th Divisions in Wiltshire. The bulk of the troops were toothless and shelter- less for 2 nights.
The returns published by Lloyds, of vessels lost during the year 1906, show that the world's shipping has lost tonnage amounting to 816.922 tons excluding vessels of under 100 tons. The number of vessels represented by this tonnage is 945, of which 378 were steamers, and 567 were sailing vessels. The tonnage of the steam vessels was 509,707. Excluding cases of breaking up 254 steamers, of an aggregate of 367,176 tons, were lost at sea. The greatest number of losses occurred naturally, under the British flag, altogether 133 of such steamers being lost. The percentage lost, however, is not discreditable, being 1.42 per cent. for the United Kingdom and 1.53 per cent. for the Colonies. This compares, for instance, with 2.71 per cent. for Japan, 2.39 per cent. for Italy, 1.80 per cent. for Norway, 141 per cent, for the United States, and 1.60 per cent. for Germany; while France lost 1.03 per cent. In sailing vessels 103 British ships were lost at sea, or 3.85 per cent. for the United Kingdom and 6.30 percent. for the Colonies Norway lost 6.79 per cent. of vessels owned; the United States, 4.83 per cent. Germany, 2:26 per cent.; and Prance, 3.85 per cent. It will be noticed in comparison with previous returns that the gross reduction in the world's merchant vessels was rather greater last year than in former years. In 1 tonnage, as stated above, steato vessels of an aggregate of 509,707 tons were lost, broken up, &e, compared with 527,978 tons in 1905 and 512,879 tons in 1904. In sailing vessels tonnage to the amount of 307,215 tons was removed from the register owing to Lou breaking up, &e, compared with 264,376 tons in 1905 and 225,266 tons in 1904. The loss in sailing vessels, which was rather high last year, thus counter-balanced the smaller losses of steamers, so that the combined totals were greater than in former years. The percentage lost, &e, of vessels owned is also rather greater, being for steamers 1,94 percent for 1906, compared with an average of 1.86 per cent. for the period 1901 In sailing vessels, 5.58 per cent. in number were lost, &e, compared with an average of 457 per cent. 1901-5 In classifying the causes, it is to be noted that 46 per cent of the steamers, lost, and 40 percent. of the sailing vessels lost, were wrecked. Breaking up on condemnation accounts for 24.9 per cent. of the steamers and 28 percent of the sailing vessels lost to the mercantile marine. Collision accounts for 11.4 per cent of the losses among the steamers Next in order for steamers come those returned as "foundered," "missing" "burnt," and "abandoned"-9 per cent. Among sailing-vessels losses returned as abandoned at sea account for 11.1 percent, the remaining losses being classified in order as "missing" "foundered." "collision, &e. "Engineering."
A sanitary problem of great importance to the dwellers in or visitors to some of the Mediterranean coasts or islands has been solved by the discovery of the methods of diffusion of Malta fever; and a paper on the subject, which was read some time ago by Colonel David Bruce, C.B, F.RS, of the Royal Army Medical Corps, before the Epidemiological Society, has been reprinted in a separate form, and rendered available for the information of the public. The main fact disclosed is that the disease is caused by drinking the milk of Maltese goats; and it is manifest that visitors to the island, unless informed of the risks which may be thus incurred, will be near grave danger of infection. Colonel Bruce expresses a very natural fear that the Maltese themselves will do little or nothing to obviate this danger unless they are stimulated to action by educated public opinion.
"Malta fever" is a disease which has for many years been recognized as one of the dangers attendant upon residence on the island, and which was formerly prevalent at Gibraltar, where it is now no longer met with It occurs also at scattered places in the Medi- terranean, as Tunis, Algiers, and Alexandria, as well as in other parts of the world, but nowhere with such frequency as at Malta. It is a disease of long duration, averaging four months, but in some cases dragging out its weary length for one, two, or even three years. Few marked cases pass through their course without the occurrence of painful or swollen joints, or neuritis in various nerves, conditions which combine with the prolonged high temperature to bring the patient to a condition of extreme anemia and debility, from which recovery is very slow. When first recognized, the disease was generally considered to be malarious in its origin, and was usually re- turned as remittent fever; but the more serious cases were often regarded as enteric, and the very mild as febricula or simple continued fever. In 1887 the specific microorganism, the Micrococcus melitensis, was 'discovered, which effectually separated the disease from other continued fevers; and in 1904, as its incidence among the garrison at Malta had increased to a marked extent, the Royal Society, at the request of the Admiralty, War Office, and Colonial Office, undertook its further investigation, and sent out a small commission to Malta for the purpose. The commission continued at work during the summers of 1904, 1905, and 1906; and Colonel Bruce's paper. contains a summary of the results of its investigations.
A curious fact which early attracted the notice of the Commission, and which at first appeared inexplicable, was that, speaking generally, the better the social position the greater the liability to the disease. Officers and their wives and families, living in large, airy, and clean houses, suffered more frequently than the men in their more crowded barrack-rooms; and the risk of the officers was about three times as great as that of the men. This higher incidence among officers could not be explained by sanitary conditions, by conveyance by the inhalation of infected dust, or by any of the suggestions of this kind which had been put forth; as the officers are, if anything, less exposed to ordinary noxious influences than the men. Among the general population the disease prevailed in all parts of the island, and stood in no discoverable relation either to season or to general sanitary conditions. Among the soldiers in garrison, who average, as a rule, about 8,000 in number, there has been a yearly The instance of 376 per 1,000, or 312 admissions to hospital every year. Among the sailors there has been an incidence of 28-55 per 1,000, or about the same number of admissions to hospital as among the soldiers. As the average duration of an attack may be put down at four months, the figures mean that 624 soldiers and sailors have been in hospital each year for 120 days, making 74,880 days of sickness. It is im- possible to estimate the amount of personal suffering and loss thus occasioned; and the mere pecuniary loss, both to individuals and to the State, must have been very considerable.
The members of the Commission set them- selves to study the life history of the microorganism which produces the fever, and to ascertain how it leaves the body of the sick, how it behaves outside the body, and how it is able to gain access to the healthy. After a long series of observations and experiments it was at last discovered that about 50 per cent of the goats in Malta responded to tests for the presence of the micrococcus, and that 10 per cent. of them were secreting it in their milk. Monkeys fed on milk from an affected goat, even for one day, almost invariably took the disease; and, at the same time, a curious experiment upon man was made undesignedly. The steamship Joshua Nicholson shipped 65 goats to Malta for export to America. The milk was drunk in large quantities by the captain and the crew, with the result that everyone who drank it was struck down. by Malta fever. Five of the goats died on the voyage; but the remaining 60 were examined on their arrival in America and 82 of them were found to give the reactions characteristic of the micrococcus. Further inquiry has shown that the disappearance of the disease from Gibraltar has been Associated with the disappearance of the Maltese goat. In 1883 practically all the goats on the Rock were Maltese, and at that time regular shipments of goats were made from Malta to Gibraltar. Coincidently with the withdrawal of grazing passes, and with increase in the cost of shipment, the importation of goats from Malta ceased, and goat-keepers replaced their stock partly by importation of Spanish goats and partly by breeding.
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Preventive measures, as a result of the inquiry, were begun in Malta in June, 1906. Much opposition and prejudice were met with at first, but by dint of argument and explanation most of the regiments and military and naval hospitals agreed to banish goats' milk from their diet, and the cases of fever at once dropped to one-tenth of what would have been their normal number. The change was the more remarkable inasmuch as the year had begun badly, with an average incidence of 31 per 1,000 of strength for the first six months, against 27.6 per 1,000 for the years 1899 to 1905. A striking example of the effects of the change is furnished by the Royal Naval Hospital, which has been in bad repute for years on account of the number of cases of Malta fever which broke out among its inmates. Staff-Surgeon Clayton reported that one-third of all the cases occurring in the Navy could be traced to residence in this hospital. The goats supplying it were examined, and several of them were found to be excreting the micrococcus in their milk. Goats' milk was forbidden, and from that date not a single case of fever has occurred in or has been traceable to the hospital.
Colonel Bruce concludes his most valuable report by declaring his hope that Malta fever will now disappear from the garrison, and that some 70,000 or 80,000 days of severe illness will be blotted out from the yearly returns of Army and Navy. This result, which, in his opinion, must be attained if the Maltese Government, take the necessary simple measu- res, would change Malts from one of the unhealthiest and most dangerous stations of the British Army to one of the most salubrious; and there can be no doubt that, if local authori- ties should be supine in the matter, they should be stimulated into activity by those at home. In conclusion, Colonel Bruce offers his well-deserved congratulations to the Royal Society, and to the members of the Commission, for the successful issue of their difficult and laborious investigation.
"It might have been expected that the Eastern desert region would have remained untrodden by foot of man," says Dr. Hume is his preliminary report on the geology of the eastern desert, "but on the contrary, there is evidence in every part of the region of life and movement, especially in connection with the quest for gold. The great valley which connects Edfu and the Baramia mine bears special witness to this fact, a small temple having been hewn out in the sandstone scarp, while three central rows of pillars support the massive roof of superincumbent rock. Coloured hieroglyphic records crowd its walls, and the inscriptions record the discovery of mines and the construction of wells by the great Seti. The old cisterns so constructed may be those still preserved at Abu Rahal, and near the eastern edge of the sandstone scarp in Wadi Baramia At Baramia the whole hill-side was quarried by the old workers, many of the stone ore- crushers and basins still being found in the neighbourhood of the ancient buildings, while wooden scrapers have also been obtained.
Further to the north, important workings have been located at many spots, and the marble ridge at Atafla has evidently been extensively quarried, but as these will form the subject of more detailed examination, they need not be further referred to here.
Ruins and ancient workings exist to the north of Gebel Abu Khrug, at Um el Huetat and Gebel Atut, as well as in the Wadi Hangalia, on the north east flank of Gebel Nugras
Further to the east are the extensive rains of Dweig, but the object for which they were built has not yet been ascertained. And at the emerald mines of Sikat and Nugrus we find ample evidence of important occupation. Nothing is more striking than the number of ruined buildings in the Wadis Sikait and Nugrus, some of the buildings being of a size unusual for the desert. Macalister mentions at least five such rained settlements, and in his description, "he points out a great variation in the quality and finish of the houses.
The rock temples of Sikait have naturally also aroused much interest, and a good photo- graph of the best of these which is cut out of the solid rock overhanging the soft talease schist is given in Player's Ethai (at p. 47). The temples themselves are small and the chambers are plain, the largest being some six metres square. Macalister remarks:- "Steps lead up to this chamber from the wadi. During the excavation of the interior, columns of rook were left and afterwards rudely shaped. Mr. John Belcher, A.R.A., to whom I have shown my rough sketches, is of the opinion that the pillars are Egyptian, showing signs of Greek influence, but that the work is very primitive. At the inner end of the chamber is a recess raised about two feet from the lower floor, approached by steps and divided into three compartments. Each division contains an altar. On each side of the temple are low chambers about four feet high. The walls of the temple bear faint traces of painting."
Floyer also mentions a second temple with a Greco-Roman inscription, regarding which one has sadly to record that one-third of the whole has been removed in quite recent year
But though Sikait and the emerald district show most marked evidence of the active mining operations of the past, there are many other localities among these hills where stone buildings still remain to indicate the near presence of ancient workings. Among these, those of Zabara, Sukkari and Um Kabu, by their abundance, indicate the importance of the Pmining centres which called them into being.
The evidence of ancient activity is again met with in the lower country to the east of Hamata, but in general there is no obvi- ous connection of this area with any known mining locality. Thus, where Wadi Gau en- ters Abu Ghusun there is part of a well- made wall with stone circles on both sides in the centre of the latter valley but there are no ore crushers.
The stone buildings clustered at the head of Wadi el Gulan are exceptional, for on the slopes are several ancient workings and rubbing stones. Again in the broad valleys of the Rod el Hashabab are many stone-eir cles, and the amount of quartz lying near one of them points to their having had some connection with the mining industry. Parther south is a very large well-space now filled up, the rectangle enclosed by it measuring roughly 21 by 8 metres. A small seyal now occupies the slight central de- pression.
After leaving Amar spring, there is a very well-built ancient well at the point where our road enters Wadi Lahami, but, like those above- mentioned, it was empty. Further to the west there are three stone circles on the north side of the valley. History is silent as to their exact age, and to find dated memorials we have to turn to the group of springs at Abrak. Here a fort dominates one of the principal wells and Colston has described it (loc. cit p. 526) as of Greek construction, and containing many fragments of Greek inscriptions too mutilated to be deciphered. He regards it as being the hunting station of Ptolemy Buergetes.
Linant de Bellefonds, on the other hand, suggests that Abu Saafa well (not specifically named, but described on page 164 of his LEtbaye) is possibly the hunting station. He mentions also the temple facade in high relief e carved on the sandstone, while on a small hieroglyphic tablet he was able to distinguish the name of the Ptolemy above-mentioned. e
One of the plates in Linant de Bellefonds -work is devoted to illustrating this striking locality. The facade and the Calotropis plant in front of it are somewhat exaggerated, but) the hills themselves are well reproduced. of South of this point the writer has not seen cany ruins of note, but the localities where ancient mine buildings occur are mentioned subsequently in connection with the mines themselves. Between Um Garai Art and Alagi there are numerous well-preserved hieroglyphic inscriptions on the sandstone scarp where the road crosses from the schists into the sandstone.
In number six of the Kew Gardens Botanical Bulletin for 1907 Dr. O. Stapf describes about half a dozen new species of grasses peculiar to British Somaliland, including the economically important "Durr' grass, Andropagon Cyrtocladus; also another shrubby species, the Sporobolus Frecticulosus. These shed their leaves and young shoots in the dry season, but produce large feathery branch- es after the rains set in.
Two other grasses however, Panicum Turgi- dum, and Pennesétum Dichotomum are per- sistent throughout the year and produce a tough fodder suited to the hard mouthed camels. Such plants as these might with profitable advantage be introduced into the waste ground in the neighbourhood of Alexandria and the Delta sea coast, where the occasional rainfall would suffice for their nourishment without irrigation, and thus they would be an inexpensive crop ring no attention, The probability of being able to successfully propagate indigenous grasses from the Red Sea littoral here in Egypt is much greater than that of growing European varieties, and it is to be hoped our Botanical Societies will make the attempt
Phytogeographical the grasses of Somaliland have affinities with those of Eritrea and eastern Nubia and tropical Arabia It is possible that if placed even east of the Suez canal these plants would flourish, and in time. change the character of the district.
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