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.
KHARTOUM: CAIRO Office, Sharia Kasr-el-Nil.
TRANSPORT DEPT. Six days White Nile Tourist Trip dep Khartoum Tuesdays Steamer plans may be seen and passages booked at all Cairo Tourist Agents—SPECIAL STEAMERS for private charter TRIPS ARRANGED & transport of goods to all places on White-Blue Niles within navigation limits
ENGINEERING DEPT. Shipyard for construction of sternwheel steamers, barges, stream, motor launches, etc. Contractors for all classes of machinery,buildings, irrigation pumps, etc.
Sole Agents for Dudbridges Oil Engines from
Established 1836. Capital
IMPERIAL FIRE OFFICE united with ALLIANCE ASSURANCE, CO., LTD. - EST. 1803.
1, Old Broad St, LONDON—Policies issued at SUEZ by G. BEYTS & Co.,
Agents.
LIFE The Edinburgh Life Assurance Company.
MARINE Union Insurance Society of Canton (Limited).
FIDELITY National Guarantee & Suretyship Association (Limited).
RISKS ACCEPTED AT TARIFF RATES. — CLAIMS LIBERALLY AND PROMPTLY SETTLED
Agents for Egypt: HEWAT & Co., Alexandria.
(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.,
London, Paris, Alexandria, Cairo, Malta, Gibraltar, Tantah, Mansurah and Port-Said.
Subscribed Capital
The Bank undertakes every description of banking business
on most favorable conditions.
London, Alexandria, Cairo, Port Said, Khartoum.
Subscribed Capital
The Bank undertakes every kind of Banking business.
Fixed deposits accepted at the Cairo Branch on the following terms : 3 months, 2 %. 6 months, 2 ½ %. 12 months, 3 %
DE PARIS.
CAPITAL:
Alexandria Branch
Branches in Cairo, London, Liverpool, Manchester, Tunis,
India, Madagascar, Australia, etc. Bills Collected. Deposit Accounts opened
at sight & for fixed periods, Advances on securities, in current
account. Letters of Credit and Telegraphic Transfers Issued. Foreign Exhange
Bought and Sold. Stocks and Valuables received in custody. Purchase and Sale
of Stock & Shares in Egypt and Abroad. Dividends Collected.
Siège Social : ALEXANDRIE. — Succursale : LE CAIRE.
Capital Autorise £1,000,000. — Capital Emis £500,000
— Reserve (environ) £50,000.
Administrateur-Délégué : M. ALFRED CAMPOS. Directeur Général : M. BENVENUTO CAMPOS.
Ordres de Bourse.
Reports sur valeurs égyptiennes, Avances sur marchandises
et sur titres, Emission Lettres de Crédit, traites, chèques.
CAPITAL FRANCS 250,000,000 ENTIEREMENT VERSES
Agences d'Egypte : ALEXANDRIE, LE CAIRE, PORT-SAID.
Le Crédit Lyonnais fait toutes opérations de banque, telles que : Avances sur
titres fixes et en compte courant, Avances sur marchandises et
consignations, Emission de traités et chèques, Emission de lettres de
Crédit, Paiements par télégraphe sur les principales villes de la France èt
de l'étranger, Garde de titres Recouvrement d'effets sur l'Egypte et
l'étranger ; le Crédit Lyonnais reçoit des fonds en compte de depôt et
délivre des bons à échéance fixe au taux de 3 o/o pour 1 an et au-delà.
HEAD OFFICE : Salonica BRANCHES at Alexandria, Cai Constantinople Smyrna, Cavalla, and Monastir.
Founded in Agreement with the
K. K. PRIV. OESTERREISCHICHE LANDERBANK, VIENNA.
ESTABLISHED 1863. CAPITAL £10,000,000 STERLING.
CONSTANTINOPLE LONDON, PARIS, ALEXANDRIA CAIRO, PORT SAID
CYPRUS
and in all the principal towns in TURKEY.
ALEXANDRIA, 5 Mohamed Aly Square.— CAIRO, 19, Sharia el
Manakh.
THE BANK undertakes every description of Banking business on favourable
terms.
HEAD OFFICE : ATHENS—CAPITAL DR.
Branches: London 55-58 Bishopsgate-street Within, Alexandria, Cairo,
Constantinople (Galata & Stamboul), Smyrna, Candia, Canea, Piræus,
Patras, Volo, Syra, Calamata, and Salonica. The Bank undertakes all banking
business in Egypt, Greece, etc. Interests on cash deposits, 3 0/0 per ann.
at sight ; 3 1/2 0/0 per ann. for 6 months ; 4 0/0 per ann. for 12 months ;
5 0/0 per ann. for 3 years and over. Savings Bank Branch receives deposits
at 4 0/0 per ann., from P.T. 20 to P.T. 20,000.
CAPITAL: £3,000,000. RESERVE (ENVIRON) : £1,500,000. MR. F.T. ROWLATT, GOVERNOR
Siège Social au Caire, Succursale à Alexandrie, Agence à Assiout, Assuoan,
Benha, Beni-Suef, Chibin el Kom, Damanhour, Fayoum, Khartoum, Kéneh,
Mansourah, Minieh, Alexandrie. Luxor, Port-Said, Port Sudan, Suakin, Sohag,
Tantah, Zagazig, Mouski (Caire) et Londres (4 et 5, King William Street). La
National Bank of Egypt reçoit des dépôts à termes
fixes, fait des avances et ouvre des comptes courants sur titres, valeurs et
marchandises. Elle s'occupe de l'achat et de la vente d'effets sur
l'Etranger, de l'escompte, ainsi que de toutes opérations de Banque.
Capital M. 16,000,000. HEAD OFFICE, BERLIN :
BRANCHES : Hamburg, Alexandria (25 Cherif Pasha Street), Cairo (Midan
Suarès), Constantinople, Brusa.
Deposits received, current accounts opened, and all ordinary banking
operations undertaken
Capital 12,500,000 Francs entièrement
verses. — Agence d'Alexandrie, 14, Rue Stamboul.
LE CREDIT FRANCO-EGYPTIEN fait toutes opérations de Banque, notamment:
ESCOMPRE D'EFFETS sur l'EGYPTE et l'ESTRANGER. AVNACE SURE TITRES.—GARDE DE
TITRES.—DEPOTS DE FONDE A VUE et à échéance fixe avec intérêts aux taux
suivants: 2 1/2 0/0 pour dépôts de 6 mois, 3 0/0 pour dépôts d'un an, 3 1/2
0/0 pour dépôts au délà d'un an. — LE CREDIT FRANCO-EGYPTIEN reçoit des Marchandises en consignation pour la vente et fait des
Avances sur Cotons, Grains et autres marchandises.
—
Berlin - Bremen - Frankfurt a. M. - London.
Capital (fully paid-up) M
Represented at Hamburg by the Norddeutsche Bank in Hamburg.
The bank transacts general banking business of every
description
CAPITAL : M
Dividends paid during last 10 years, (1897-1906) 10, 10 1/2, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 12, 12 per cent.
Head Office: Berlin W.
BRANCHES—BREMEN, DRESDEN, FRANKFORT-on-M., HAMBURE LEIPZIG, MUNICH, NUREMBERG, AUGSBURF, WIESBADEN
London Agency: 4 George Yard, Lombard-Street, London, E.C.
CAPITAL and RESERVE £400,000.
HEAD OFFICE : LONDON.—HEAD OFFICE FOR
GREECE : ATHENS.—BRANCHES for GREECE : CORFU,
PATRAS, CEPHALONIA, ZANTE, PIRÆS, TRIPOLITZA.—AGENCY :
NAUPLIA.
The IONIAN BANK LTD. transacts all ordinary banking business such as :
Advances on securities, merchandise, warrants, etc. Buying and selling of exchange on all principal centres abroad. Issue of drafts, letters of credits and telegraphic payments. Purchase and Sale of Securities. Current accounts are opened and: deposits at sight and at fixed rates are received on the following terms : 2% for deposits at sight ; 3% for deposits 1 year 4% for deposits above 1 year. Collection of Bills and Dividends.
SHIPOWNERS, OF LONDON.
BRANCHES AR PORT SUDAN SUAKIN & JEDDAH
Merchandise, furniture, baggage and personal effects forwarded, and
insurances effected to all parts of the world.
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
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.
OF LONDON, Established 1821.
CAPITAL PAID UP AND INVERTED ONE MILLION STERLING.
Annual Income … …
Agents far Egypt and the Sudan ; HEWAT & Co., Alexandria.
A Sleeping Car is attached every night to the 11.30 p.m. train from Cai Alexandria and vice versa supplement 30 P.T.
A Sleeping and Restaurant car and a sleeping car are attached to the 8 p.m. train from Cairo to Luxor every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday and returning from Luxor every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday at 5.30 p.m. Fare Cairo, Luxor including Sleeper P.T. 281.
A Restaurant Car is attached to the 10.30 a.m. train from Luxor to Assouan every Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday, througho the Summer returning from Assouan every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
Railway and Sleeping Car tickets can be obtained any number of days ahead at
the office of the International Sleeping Ca Company in Cairo Station. 1st
class Cairo-Luxor P.T. 200. Sleeping Car supplement P.T. 75.
The L massol S.S. Co. steamers with good passenger accommodation run between Cyprus & Egypt as follows:—
Trains run alongside the steamers on the quay, and passengers can be conveyed to Famagusta, Nicosia, Morphou and intermediate stations. Good hotel accommodation for tourists is provided at Famagusta, at the Savoy Hotel (Mr. Najem Houry proprietor). Olympus Hotel, Mount Troodos, 6000 ft. above the sea. Magnificent Scenery. Perfect climate. Season May to end of October. For information apply to Mr. Najem Houry, Managing Director of Cyprus Hotel Co., Army Contractor, Limassol, Cyprus, ot to the Manager, "Egyptian Gazette" Alexandria. There is a good carriage road from Kopia (on Railway) to Troodos. At Famagusta may be seen the fine old Latin Cathedral (now a mosque) begun in 1300 and finished in 1312, together with other ancient ruins and the Venetian fortifications, the finest in the world. Also the tower or palace, the scene of "Othello." The climate of Cyprus is delightful and the Island will well repay a visit.
Information as to tickets, trains, etc., may be obtained of Messrs. Thomas
Cook &Son, Egypt, or from the General Manager Railways Famagusta. G.
BERT DAY, General Manager.
(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.
Phœnix Assurance Co., Ltd. (ESTABLISHED 1782);
HASELDEN & CO.,
Agents, Alexandria. — FRED OTT &
Co.,
Sub-Agents, CAIRO.
(SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME)
CAIRO, 26, Chareh Kasr-el-Nil, 26, Ex
Continental Hotel
ALL LETTERS TO BE ADDRESSED P.O.B. 310.
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."
Alexandria & Cairo.
BREWERS,
BURTON-ON-TRENT AND ROMFORD.
PALE ALE & DOUBLE STOUT,
SPECIALLY BREWED FOR EXPORT.
Agents: MESSRS. JOHN ROSS & Co., ALEXANDRIA & CAIRO:
care should be taken in what we eat and drink, yet we are too often indifferent and careless, notwithstanding health depends on what we eat and drink.
In regard to drink nothing but the best should be taken. It costs no more
than the indifferent quality, if people would only ask for what they know is
the best Old Scotch Whisky is the most wholesome beverage yet known Mackie's Scotch Whisky gives an undoubted guarantee to
those who are not judges of quality.
CITY ANALYST'S LABORATORY,
138 BATH STREET,
GLASGOW, 8th
October, 1906.
I hereby certify that I have taken samples of every vatting of Mackie's White Horse Celler Blend of Scotch Whisky used
in bottling during the month of September, and the results of my analyses
indicate that it conforms to the standard for Pot Still Scotch Whisky set up
in the London case. I am also of opinion that it is an old Whisky of
excellent quality and flavour, which has been well matured in wood.
JOHN CLARK, Ph.D., F.C.S., F.I.C.,
Public Analyst for the City of Glasgow and the Counties of
Lanark, Renfrew, &c.
N.B.—This Whisky is the same as supplied to the Red Cross
Society, London, to the House of Lords and House of Commons.
N. SPATHIS, Agent.
CAIRO and ALEXANDRIA.
MOT ARABE SIGNIFIAN "COULE L'EAU"
Icilma Fluor Cream est la seule crème qui ne continent
ni de la graisse ni de l'huile. Discrètement parfumèe cette crême nettoie la
peau admirrble-ment, donne une blancheur de perle, et communique la vitalité
aux tissus, l'élasticité aux muscles, et une fraîcheur délicieuse par toute
la peau. Ses vertus uniques dérivent d'une eau minérale naturelle, ainsi on
peut bien l'appeler
Creme naturelle
et la peau n'a besoin que de cette crême pour s'as-surer la vitalité nécessaire pour résister aux rayons du soleil,à la chaleur,au froid et au effets désastreux des eaux saumâtres, pour empêcher et guérir les irritation et les vices du sang surchaufté, et pour conserver la jeunesse fraîche et snas les rides, qui arrivent si vite dans les pays chauds.
L'emploi de cette crême éloigne beaucoup les insectes et les moustiques et soulage immédiatement de leurs piqûres.
Dépôt pour l'Egypte : J. Macgregor, Pharmaoien
Alexandria, Cairo, Ibrahimieh, Luxor.
Icilma Co., Ltd., 5 Rue de la Paix, Paris.
Bulkeley (near Alexandria) half way to San Stefano
RAMLEH'S FASHIONABLE HOTEL.
Full Pension P.T. 50 a day with Monthly Terms
Visitors from Cairo alight at Sidi Gaber.
Reclame Lunch, P.T. 16. — Dinner, P.T. 20
Proprietor, C. AQUILINA, (Late of Thos Cook & So
Special terms to Government Officials
GENERAL DRAPERY ESTABLISHMENT.
CAIRO.
CHEAP SALE.
Some of the Best Bargains are as follows :
White drill skirts, beautiful cut and fit at 18 P.T.
Blouse dresses ready to wear, muslin and zephir, 40 P.T.
Under skirts, very full, some lace trimmed 7.10 and 11 P.T.
Embroidered Blouse lengths 15 P.T.
Linen over skirts from 10 P.T.
Children's Linen and duck costumes at 9. 18, 25, 30 P.T.
Satin Ribbon, Excellent quality 1 P.T. the metre.
Laces in Vals, 1 to 3 inches wide at 3, 6 and 9 P.T. per Dozen of yards.
Ladies veiling in plain spot, tulle, etc. 3 P.T.
Open work Lisle stockings from 4 ½ P.T.
Blouse and skirt piece goods from 1 ½ P.T. the metre.
Boys sailor Hats at 4 and 5 P.T.
Girls white flops in lovely straw at 5 P.T.
Ladies Hats and sunshades also at very low prices, every department has an attraction
— Open from 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Daily. —
GUARANTEED PURE. BRITISH MANUFACTURED
SOFT SOAP
HOUSEHOLD CLEANSING & TECHNICAL PURPOSES
TINS DRUMS OR BARRELS
CASTOR OILS
PHARMACEUTICAL FIRSTS & SECONDS
BARRELS & CASES
The Hull Oil Manufacturing Co Ltd STONEFERRY HULL, ENGLAND.
TEL ADDRESS HOMCO HULL
ALSO RAPE MANURE MEAL AND CASTOR MANURE MEAL.
NOTE PAPER WITH STAMPED
(RAISED) ADDRESS, & c.
J. MARGOSCHES
BRASS PLATE ENGRAVER
GENERAL SIGN WRITER
AND LETTER MANUFACTURER
BULAC ROAD CAIRO
Strictly family Hotel. Built in 1904. Near the Railway Station Electric Light. Lift.
Sanitary arrangements up to-date. Open all the year round Special terms for Government officials and Army of Occupation
SHARIA KASR-EL-NIL.
One of the chief attractions of the Capital and the only Stores in Cairo where fresh provisions and every household requisite are sold under one roof. Goods of first class quality only and at moderate prices. All European goods received direct from Manufacturers.
—Once a customer always a customer.—
OPEN FROM EARLY MORN TO LATE EVENING.
Cairo's Finest Hotel, situated on the Nile Bank.
OPEN IN SUMMER.
BEAUTIFUL ROOF GARDEN AND RESTAURANT.
BUCHER DURRER, Proprietor.
Most charming Sea-side Residence in Egypt — 15 Minutes by Carriage or "Palais" tram from Sidi Gaber Station.
First Class Family Hotel with Every Modern Comfort. Unique Situation on the Beach.
Lovely Garden. Lawn Tennis. Large Terrace. Electric Light. Own springs. Perfect sanitary arrangements. Stables for horses and carriages. - Moderate Charges. - Special terms for Government Officials and Officers of the Army of Occupation.
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Mr. H. W. Lacy, ("Toby, M.P." of "Punch") writes as follows to the "Westmister Gazette" :
In your review of Mr. Wilfrid Blunt's "Secret History of the Occupation of Egypt" you quoted and commented upon a remarkable circumstantial statement in connexion with the Berlin Conference, from which Mr. Disraeli brought peace with hononr.
Mr. Blunt told how, in May 1878, a Conven-tion was privately signed at
Constantinople between Great Britain and the Porte, which for a
consideration transferred Cyprus to the former. The secret, he said, was
disclosed by a temporary Foreign Office clerk named Marvin, who sold the
document to the Globe. In graphic phrases, with
precise particulars, Mr. Blunt went on to record the momentous consequences
of this historic infidelity. The Berlin Conference, he said, was assembled
at the time the bomb exploded. As a preliminary, plenipotentiaries, morbidly
suspicious, had agreed to a proposal that each should make declaration
affirming that his Government joined the Conference unfettered by secret
engagements touching questions at issue. Upon the Conference flashed the
news that those artless diplomatists Mr. Disraeli and Lord Salisbury had
secretly bar-gained with Turkey for the possession of Cyprus. Mr. Blunt
vividly describes how publication of the news nearly broke up the
Conference, Russia threatening to withdraw, France mollified only by
permission, arranged for by that honest broker Bismarck, to have a free hand
in Tunis.
On reading the passage, I was staggered by personal recollection. Mr. Blunt represents the betrayal of Foreign Office confidence being made whilst the Berlin Conference was at work, Disraeli and Lord Salisbury on the spot, con-fronted by disclosure of their breach of their recently plighted faith. I well remember being in the House of Lords when the Marquis of Salisbury, then Foreign Secretary, questioned as to the truth of the statement published in the "Globe," denounced it as unauthentic, absolutely unworthy of their lordships' atten-tion. Not being a bird, he obviously could not have been in both capitals on the same evening.
Being much engaged at the time of the appearance of your note, I wasnot able
to refer to contemporaty records. In the happy leisure of the Recess I have
looked up Hansard, and find Mr. Blunt has been blundering and ro-mancing in
amazing fashion. The document "conveyed" by Marvin to the "Globe" had no
relation to Cyprus ; nor was Turkey a party to it. On the contrary, it was
Russia and Eng-land who conjointly signed what is known in diplomacy as the
Anglo-Russian Convention of May 1878, defining friendly relations between
the two countrie to be observed at the then pending Conference. The
Anglo-Turkish Convention, adding Cyprus to the British Empire, was not made
public till six weeks later. Signed on June 4, it was com-municated to
Parliament in the ordinary way on
This concatenation of circumstance makes things a little awkward for Mr. Wilfrid Blunt, in his rôle of historian.
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.
The native Government employés of Alex-andria have decided to form a general club and reading room in the Gumrook quarter.
During the last twenty four hours 8 thefts, 22 misdemeanours, and 51 minor offences have been reported in the capital.
The "Berger Wilhelm" left for the "Olive-moor" this morning, and as we go to press we learn that she is returning to harbour.
We understand that the Municipality are about to build'a new Gonvernorat on the new quay, with special wings for the accomodation of the Ministers during the summer.
The three daughters of Mr. Chaaban Sallam, who resided at Helouan, were attacked by violent vomiting and other dangerous symptoms on Sunday last. It has transpired that their illness was due to having eaten out of a vessel in which food had been cooked which contained verdigris.
Kom el Dik was the scene yesterday of a quarrel between a native man and his sister and the latter's two daughters, which resulted in the death of the man. The three woman attacked the man and throwing him on the ground kicked and beat him about the head until he died. The women were arrested by the police.
The assault case between Mr.Vlamos and Mr Bethanis, the former a Government official and the latter a member of the Cairo press, was brought up before the Esbekieh Police Court yesterday. Mr. Vlamos was fined P.T. 100 and Mr Bethanis, who did not appear, was fined P.T. 300.
A great commotion was caused on Sunday morning by the discovery of a women's limb in a heap of loose earth near the caracol of Old Cairo. On being taken to the hospital it transpired that the limb had been taken from the hospital and placed in the earth by some-one, presumably with the object of mystifying the police.
Dr. Charles M. Sheldon, the author of "In His Steps," who has been conducting a tem-perance crusade in England, returned to America last Saturday. Before leaving Dr. Sheldon attended a garden party at South-ampton, when he was presented, on behalf of the United Kingdom Alliance, with an illamin-ated address. In a farewell message he said that England was far more intemperate than America, and the worst place in England under this head was Durham, at least, so far as his observation went. In London—Whitechapel particularly—there was an improvement.
Mihali Guidberli, a Greek cafe waiter, recently married a young cook of his own nationality. For some time they lived happily in the Darb-el-Noubi, Cairo, but certain roumours coming to the ears of Guilberti deter-miued him to see if his suspicions were justified. On Sunday last he rose as usual and went off to work. Returning at 11 a.m. instead of in the evening he discovered his wife in the arms of a friend, Constanti Mastrouli. Drawing his revolver he discharged five shots into his rival, who fell, badly wounded, and then turned on his wife and stabbed her. His vengeance accomplished, he disappeared. The police have discovered his whereabouts and hope to arrest him shortly.
On Sunday about 11 p.m., two loud reports, followed by cries, were heard in the vicinity of the Bristol Hotel, Cairo. A large crowd rapidly gathered and discovered in an adjacent road a man lying on his back, bathed in blood and near him a woman who had swooned. The victims were a certain Constantin Mis-trioti, a Greek subject, and his mistress. It appears that the aggressor was an Italian hair dresser who had stabbed Mistrioti twice and fired two bullets at his companion, presum-ably for vengeance. Mistrioti and the woman were taken to the Kasr-el-Aini hospital where they lie in a dangerous state. The police are searching for the Italian.
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One of the most interesting chapters in Cap-tain Lyons report on the workers of the Survey Department during 1906 is that deal-ing with the cadastral survey, from which we extract the following paragraphs :—
There now exists a complete series of large scale plans of the cultivable land of Egypt, on which the individual holdings are indicated, and data concerning the same are recorded in the land registers. This work is not, however, of equal accuracy throughout. When the location of lands belonging to the State was commenced in 1892, approximate methods were employed, the holdings of private landowners were but partially in-dicated, and no considerable accuracy was reached. The larger divisions of a village were mapped by means of plane-tables, and the holdings were measured and their area computed by the Coptic methods which have been in use in this country since the earliest times. In 1896 these methods were replac-ed by traversing round the village boundary with a theodolite and chain, while cross-traverses were employed to subdivide the area. The holdings were then surveyed with the chain, and plotted on the map. This was continued up to 1898, but after that year triangulation was employed to control the subsequent stages of the work. In order not to check the preparation of maps and registers for the re-assessment of the land tax, the province of Menufia had to be sur-veyed by theodolite traverse and chain sur-vey only, but all other provinces were com-pletely triangulated.
Taking, then, the period from the begin-ning of 1899 to the end of 1906, an
area of four million feddans has been surveyed, as well as another million
feddans in Ghar-bia, of which the revision and bringing up to date of both
maps and land registers amounted almost to a new survey. Nearly five million
feddans, therefore, or abont
The lakes of Borollos, Mariut, Manzala, and Quran, as well as the Nile, are not included in these areas. The period of survey is taken from the commencement of detail survey in the field until the last village was forwarded with its maps and land register to the Finance Ministry.
It is greatly to be regretted that the public do not, as yet, give more
assistance to the inspectors in their endeavours to suppress the practice of
demanding payment from land-owners for measuring their lands. Though
ab-solutely forbidden, this practice is very preval-ent, but is extremely
difficult to check since reliable evidence is rarely forthcoming. When out
of
From a continuous inspection and the check-ing by re-measurement of a considerable proportion of the work done, it is certain that the technical accuracy of the work is very satisfactory ; that is, that if limits of a property are indicated on the ground the area in ques-tion is correctly shown on the map. Where errors and falsification occur is when a proprie-tor, is not resident in the village. He then rarely attends to see that the correct limits are recorded, but leaves it to his tenant, who frequently is interested in showing either the limits or the location of the land other than they really are. Cases are not infrequent where the owner has not visited his land for fifteen years, but leaves it to a bailiff, neighbouring small landowners have encroached, and if the area ot property is found on being surveyed to be less than formerly recorded the result is complained of as incorrect, it being usually considered that the Survey Department should dispossess any one who may be. considered as having encroached. So long as no landowner is obliged to mark his boundaries, this state of things will continue, and re-survey at any date is certain to show slight variations due to intentional or accidental shifting of the boun-dary line between two properties. Another source of error is when a plot is owned by several proprietors in share without their res-pective portions being definitely located. Now that it is no longer necessary to complete an area by a given date in order that the re-assess-ment of land tax may commence, arrangements have been made for such co-proprietors to sign a statement detailing their respective rights. By this means it is hoped that many complaints may in future be avoided.
The cadastral survey of Sharqia province was taken up, and about
The Moss Liner "Seti" sailed from Liver-pool on Sunday last, and is due here about the 22nd inst, with passengers; mails and general cargo.
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The Turkish troops (mentioned in my last letter) who mutinied at Amran and left for Hodeida, have new arrived there. Arrangements have been made by the authorities at Hodeida, to quiet the apprehension of the people and. to prevent the re-occurrence of trouble. The Commandant of the troops at Hodeida and Ahmed Shoocar Pasha the president of the Municipality, and others received the troops at a distance from Hodeida and promised to send them to their homes, and hospitably entertained them at Hodeida. These troops have been for more than two years in Yemen and most up them are Syrians.
Owing to the abnormal rains in Yemen and the scarcity of transport animals, difficulties are being now experienced by the Turks in the transport of provisions and ammunition from Hodeida to Sana and other places.
The latest reports from Yemen state that there has been a fight with the rebels near Màbur district. A force of Turkish troops was going from Dhammar to Sana. They were way-laid by the rebels near Màbur, which is a Turkish district lying about two days' journey from Sana. The rebels attacked the Turks and an engagement ensued, in which the Turks lost about 300 and the rebels about 200.
News has come to hand of a very serious fight between native and European workmen employed on a building in course of erection in Cairo. The original dispute was, as usual trifling : it arose in connection with the sub-letting of a small part of the masonry work and the actual sum in dispute was a matter of a few pounds, yet this trifling matter has cost a man his life.
Certain Sicilian masons, employed on the works in question, had arranged for the em-ployment of a native labourer on the work at a certain figure, part of which was paid down owing to the tardy payment of the balance the native, when pay day came round last Sat-urday, protested against the non-payment, but his protests were received with contumely and he attacked the Sicilian. The latter became infuriated and drawing a knife struck his assailant twice, both falling to the ground. It is reported that while on the ground he struck the native again and the man has expired from the blows. The friends and fellow-workmen of the murdered man gathered round and matters began to get very serious and the Sicilians, of whom there were several, stood in danger of being badly handled. On seeing himself seriously threatened the murderer drew a revolver and swore to kill the first man who approached him, and the first to get near him received two bullets in his neck and one in the jaw, after which the murderer took to flight, firing over his shoulder at his pursuers : he eventually shot himself in the face and was arrested. One of his companions had his head smashed in. Such was the disturbance that some officers playing polo rushed to see what was the mat-ter. All parties concerned have been arrested.
A correspondent of the "Politische Corres-pondenz" Vienna, reports that a large meeting of Greek national associations has been held at Athens, at which a resolution in support of the Greek bands in Macedonia was moved by the mayor, and carried with enthusiasm.
It was decided that the resolution be presented to the Greek Government and to the represen-tatives of the Powers. It protests against the pressure placed upon the Greek Government and upon the Œcumenical Patriarchate at Constantinople with the object of inducing them "to compel the Greek population of Macedonia to relinquish its right of self-defen-ce." Before the Greeks cease their defensive action in Macedonia, adds the resolution, the Powers will have to prevent the attacks of robber bands upon them. The Greek Govern-ment must organize the power of the nation "in view of the possible struggle for national existence."
A report from Athens to the "Neues Wiener Tagblatt" upon the Greek nationalist agitation says :—'"Unfortunately, this propaganda has now acquired such strength that it forms a power almost equal to the power of the Govern-ment. It is the more difficult to combat it inasmuch as personal interests of nationalistic circles in Greece and Macedonia are involved in it. Funds now come automatically from all countries where rich Greeks live, and as in Macedonia those who pay best hold their ground most easily, the Greek bands triumph over other competitors in burning pacific vill-ages and in murdering innocent persons of other races." Nevertheless, the report expresses a hope that the return to Greece of wounded members of bands that have been dispersed by the Turkish troops, and the recognition that Greek atrocities in Macedonia have damaged the Greek cause everywhere, may presently bring about a change in Greek public opinion. The above-mentioned resolution scarcely seems to bear out this hope.
The Government is to return to Nicosia from Troodos on the
The Troodos season this year has been very gay. Tea parties, croquet and tennis touma-ments, picnics, shooting competitions, a con-cert, and now a subscription dance to take place next week, have crowded thickly upon one another. No doubt the outside element which the visitors from Egypt have provided, has chiefly contributed to this agreeable state of things.
Here in Larnaca we have been enlivened by the advent of what Lord Halsbury would call a "sort of" French theatrical company. Despite the heat the variety performance of a certain type have drawn the gilded youth, not only of this seaport, who, in trath, have not much op-portunity of cultivating a good taste in these matters, but—and this is more surprising — from Limassol and Nicosia also.
Sunday the 1st instant, being the accession day of H.M. the Sultan of Turkey, the usual Turkish ceremonies took place and mosques were filled and minarets lit up. The Chief Cadi held a reception in Nicosia which was well attended by the leading members of the different communities.
The Greek orthodox Patriarchs and Bishops now over here in person or by deputy, have not yet, it appears, found absolution to the long drawn out Archbishop question. Meanwhile they have made at any rate one very wise decision, namely, to escape from the disquieting hurly-burly of the towns and the troublesome attentions of the respective partisans, and conduct their deliberations in the purer and calmer atmosphere of the mountains. Let us hope that they will be able, under these condi-tions, to digest the mass of evidence offered for their consideration in such a manner that they may be enabled to evolve a 'modus operandi' that will once for all settle this distracting question.
The annual Omodhos Horse show advertised to take place as usual at that
village on the
As the
A Russian gun-boat arrived at Fama-gusta on 3rd instant from Suda Bay, and left again the following day.
"Corn in Egypt" indeed : Cyprus is seeing to that. The Limassol S.S.
Company's mail boat 'Lefkosia' has taken on board
Col. J. C. Gore, Receiver-General, returned by this week's mail boat after 3 months leave of absence.
Borton Bey, Postmaster General of Egypt, and Mrs. Borton are returning from Cyprus to Egypt this week,
Messrs. Collinge Brothers, Liverpool, report under date of the
The "Journal of Commerce" estimates the "Condition" (
La saison continue à être très animée à San Stefano ; aux départs de ces jours-ci ont fait place d'autres arrivées, au grand contentement de la direction, qui a décidé de tenir I'Hotel et le casino ouverts toute la saison d'hiver. Voilà une bonne nouvelle qui sera bien accueillie du public Alexandrin.
Nous annonçons dès maintenant la fête de bienfaisance de nuit qui sera organisée au bénéfice de la fanfare Alessandro Lamarmora, samedi soir. Nons publierons sous peu le programme.
We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions ex pressed by our correspondents, but we wish, in a spirit of fair play to all, to permit—withing certain necessary limits—free discussion.
EGYPTIAN CONVICTS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "EGYPTIAN GAZETTE.'
Sir.—Having been away in the provinces some time I have only just had the pleasure of reading the enquiry made in the House re-garding the manacling of convicts in Egypt and their treatment, which alluded more par-ticularly to the Denishwai prisoners. The question shows the less than superficial know-ledge of the queriest of the country, which, I believe, he was supposed to have visited re-cently and to have made an exhaustive study of. Every Anglo-Egyptian knows perfectly well that the Egyptian convict is one of the hap-piest in the whole world. I have seen them smoking, chatting with their guards, loafing, and generally having a good time, while ma-nacling is rather the exception than the rule and is only resorted to where absolutely ne-cessary as in every other country where the prison system is anything like well conducted. Many of we Anglo-Egyptians are rather dis-posed to believe that the native appreciates the care taken of him by a paternal Govern-ment and does not despise an opportunity of getting into prison when other sources of living fail.
However, I am convinced that manacling is in no way abused, the hard labour in a blazing sun consists of labour which the prisoner would ordinarily, in a state of freedom, have to perform to learn his daily bread and is in no way harder that performed by youngsters, both boys and girls, on buildings, embankments and other works for a trifling wage which just keeps body and soul together, whereas the convicts, who have offended against the law are well tended, have food as good and better than their free brethren and no thought for the morrow. As a matter of fact I have tasted prison fare, not specially prepared for me as I am not an official, and I have found it superior to the ordinary rations the free native prepares at home or purchases on the stall nearest to his labours. On the whole the Egyptian convict is better off than the European convict, although it may be urged that his wants are fewer.
Yours truly
The action of President Roosevelt towards trusts is stated by the
Constantinople correspon-dent of the Berlin "Tageblatt" to be even
per-ceptible in Turkey. For months past the American Tobacoo Trust has
exerted itself in regard to the tobacco regie concession and put forward the
prospect of a large advance and a loan of
The American Tobacco Trust in October of last year endeavoured through the intermediary of its representative at that time to secure a monopoly of the purchase of Macedonian tobacco in the event of not obtaining the tobacco monopoly concession. By this means the Americans sought to paralyse the German cigarette industry, as the control of the Mace-donian tobacco would have allowed the former to have charged the latter any prices they desired. The Turkish Government, however refused this demand straight away. Now the tobacco trust seems to desire to attain its object by the purchase of considerable quantities of Turkish tobacco. For instance, the correspondent states that the trust has acquired the whole of the 1906 harvest at Sumsun and 70 per cent. of that at Kawalla. It is scarcely probable that all this tobacco will be worked up, as even American cigarette manufacturers, when they wish to have genuine Turkish tobacco, do not purchase of the trust, but rather from the Turkish tobacco merchants settled in the United States. The correspondent concludes that the object of the large purchases can only be the withdrawal of considerable quantities from the open market in order to cause an increase in prices.
The leader of the Abyssinian deputation to the Kaiser, Dedjasmatsch Mashascha, states that the object of the visit is to open up a way for German undertakings in Abyssinia. The French and English, he added, have come, to our country, but few Germans, or, at least, not in large numbers. We hope all nations will share in the opening of Abyssinia to trade. The Negus has a particular desire that Ger-man should take the lead, as he knows that the German Government, neither secretly nor openly, wishes to make territorial conquests, and, therefore, he has confidence in his Ma-jesty.
"Especially as he noticed that the Kaiser oftentimes when a conflict might have broken out, particularly in the Orient, has shown a conciliatory spirit. Moreover, the Negus is convinced that the German merchant comes without ultetior purpose." Asked if the Negus was willing to allow a German company to build railways, Dedjasmatsch stated that the line Adis Abeba-Djibuti was already in the hands of the French, but that no difficulties would be placed in the way of German capitalists who might desire to build other lines.
Prince Mohamed Ali arrived at Alexan-dria this morning from Constantinople by the S.S. "Osmanieh" and was met by the Governor, Kaimakam Cobbe Bey, acting Commandant of Police, and a military escort.
Saad Pasha Zagloul Minister of Education, and Ahmed Fathy Pasha, of the Ministry of Justice, arrived from Europe yesterday.
Sheikh Ali Youssef arrived from Constanti-nople by the S.S. "Osmanieh" this morning.
The Khedive has conferred the 3rd Class Order of the Medjidieh upon Captain Gatte-schi, commanding the Khedivial Mail liner "Osmanieh."
Among those who arrived by the MM "Equateur" from Marseilles this morning
were Major and Mrs. Elgood, Dr. Legrand,
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En dépit d'une réduction du taux privé d'escompte en Angleterre à 4% et de la fer-meté des valeurs égyptiennes au Stock Ex-change, où la Natoinal Bank a même gagné 1/8 à 20 3/8, ici nous avons eu un marché si déprimé et si nul comme affaires qu'il eût été préférable de chômer. Pent-être la continua-tion de la fête Israélite (Jour de l'an), y est-elle pour quelque chose. En tous cas, une partie de la cote a subi une dépréciation assez appréciable.
Les rares transaactions qui ont été effectuées se sont limitées aux National Bank; Agricole, Estates, Ritz, Urbaines, Nungovich Hotels et Port Said Salt. Ainsi que nous venons de le dire, elles n'ont eu aucune importance et n'ont servi en général qu'à occasionner une moins value sure les titres qui en ent été l'objet.
A part la National Bank qui remonte de 20 à 20 3/32, la Delta Light de 9 7/16 à 9 ½ acheteurs, la Banque d'Athènes de 109 à 110, er l'Aboukir de 27 à 27/6, toutes les antres fluctuations indiquent une baisse.
C'est d'abord l'Obligation Crédit Foncier qui fléchit de 301 à 300 l'ancienne et de 254 1/2 à 254 vendeurs la nouvelle, les Nungovich Hotels de 13 3/4 à 13 5/8, la Land Bank de 7 1/4 à 7 3/16, et l'Urbaine de 3 5/16 à 3 3/16 vendeurs.
Puis, parmi les valeurs de moindre en vergure, les Cotton Mills qui rétrogradent de 2/- ache-teurs à 2/- sec, la Salt and Soda de 18/9 à 18/6, la Cassa di Sconto de 39 à 38, le Comp-toir de 2 3/8 à2 1/8 l'action ancienne, de 2 7/16 à 2 3/16 la nouvelle et de 2 1/8 à 2 acheteurs la part de fondateur, la Building Lands de 2 3/16 à 2 1/16, la Port Said Salt de 14 à 13/9, et les Ritz Hotels de 5/8 à ½.
Sur le reste de la cote il n'y a pas de changements à signaler.
Il est peut-être prématuré d'indiquer la tendance ; bien que la mauvaise séance de ce matin sort un indice défavorable pour la semaine, il ne faut pas cependant y atta-cher une importance exagérée à cause précisément de la fête Israélite qui a été l'occasion d'un chômage pour une partie des agents de la corbielle. Nous serons définitivement fixés demain sure l'allure du marché, d'autant mieux que la corbielle aura dans la tenue de Londres, si elle se modifie dans un sens ou dans l'autre, un élément directeur. Il n'eu est pas moins vrai que les transactions ont depuis quelques semaines une tendance inquiétante à se raréfier, ce qui est le résultat d'un tas-sement.
Il n'y a toujours aucune nouvelle du marché à terme ; si des opérations ont lieu, ce qu'on nie généralement, elles ont sur le marché un effet tout contraire à celui qu'on en attendait. Ici, à cause de l'insuccés qu'il a rencontré an Caire, il n'a pas été question jusqu'à présent de le rétablir. Et il est vraisemblable qu'à meins d'une amélioration notable de la eote, on n'en reparlera pas d'ici quelque temps.
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Au cours d'une entrevue accordée au "Moa-yad" par Sir Vincent Corbett, celui-ci a déclaré entre autres choses intéressantes que si le Gou-vernement n'avait pas jusqu'ici donné suite à la demande d'une Municipalité formulée à diverses reprises par les Cairotes, c'est que la Municipalité d'Alexandrie n'avait pas donné satisfaction. Cette révélation n'a certainement pas été du goût de nos édiles, comme on a pu le constater par la réponse aigre-douce de l'or-gane habituel du Palais de la Rue Rosette, mais elle constitue un aveu officiel, très pré-cieux. C'est de plus une vérité aujourd'hui re-connue par tous les critiques impartiaux que la Municipalité-d'Alexandrie, si elle s'est per-fectionnée au point de vue de la perception de l'impôt, n'a rien fait ou à pen près pour le bien-être et l'hygiène de la population.
La loi électorale
Cela n'est d'aillenrs pas surprenant. Linsti-tution pêche par la base. Les conseillers mu-nicipaux qui siègent actuellement ne représen-tent pas la masse des contribuables, ni même une minorité appréciable. Ils sont pour la plu-part élus ou plutôt délégués au conseil par de puissantes associations, par des propriétaires et par l'Etat. Les quelques membres soi-disant élus le sont par un groupe infime d'électeurs qui par leur fortune ou leur situation sociale sont ou servent des propriétaires,et se soucient de l'intérêt général comme d'une guigne. C'est à qui fera triompher ses intéréts particu-liers ou de communauté, à qui placera le plus de ses sujets dans les sinécures mu- nicipales, à qui en somme tirera le plus de profit de son choix on de son élection. Quels bons résultats peut-on attendre d'un corps ainsi constitué? Non, tant que les conseillers ne seront pas élus par la majorité de la popu-lation, par les travailleurs aussi bien que par les parasites, par les humbles aussi bien que par les riches et les puissants, il n'y a rien de bon à espérer de la Municipalité, La base étant défectueuse, c'est par 1à qu'il faut commencer la réforme.
L'Hygiene
Les quelques mots que nous venons de dire expliquent tout ce qui va suivre: l'admirable tenue des quartiers aristocratiques, asphaltés, balayés et arrosés comme en Europe, tandis que le centre de la ville, où la densité de la population est triple ou quadruple, n'a pas de canalisation et se trouve aussi mal entretenue que possible. Il y a des rues en plein Attarine ou les vidanges (oui, Messieurs les Conseillers, les vidanges) coulent au milieu de la rue en rigole ; ce qui ne se voit peut-être pas à Casablanca. Les recettes municipales augmen-tent dans d'énormes proportions, la perception a été savamment organisée, toute une adminis-tration policière a été mise sur pied pour exécuter les pauvres diables qui n'ont pas la taxe de 2 0/0, bref une puissante organisation d'employés, d'ingénieurs, etc. et en face de cette mobilisation de ronds-de-cuir, nous ne voyons pas d'améliorations sérieuses, pas de nouvelles canalisattions, pas de nouvelles routes, pas d'hygiéne, ni d'embellissement en pro-portion des nouveaux moyens.
Les loyers
C'est parce que la loi électorale est absurde que nous avons le spectacle
d'une Commission ouvertement hostile aux réclamations de la classe
laborieuse. Ce qui a été fait pour les loyers est même une dérision à
l'adresse des malheureux qui souffrent de la situa-tion actuelle. Nous
l'avons dit et nous le répétons, les locataires ne demandent aucune mesure
d'exception à l'encontre des propriétaires ; ils savent très bien que la
cherté anormale des loyers dépend de la loi économi-que de l'offre et de la
demande ; ce qu'ils exigent seulement, c'est que la Municipalité n'ajoute
pas à la crise par sa mainmise sur tous les terrains disponibles, qu'elle ne
leur ravisse pas ce que des devanciers plus conscien-cieux leur avaient
accordé, à savoir plus de
La ventilation des égouts
Nous ne savons si le nouveau système a été déjà inauguré dans quelque coin privilégié de la ville et si les résultats sont aussi satisfaisants qu'on le prétendait. En attendant, le centre de la ville continue a dégager des miasmes délé-téres par toutes les bouches d'égout. Sans aller bien loin, une grille située sous le péristyle même de la bourse laisse échapper une odeur si nauséabonde qu'il est incroyable qu'on n'y air pas endore remédié. Et il en est ainsi de la plupart des bouches d'égout. Or, et c'est là que nour voulions en venir, si nos conseillers municipaux étaient élus par le peuple, de tels abus ne pourraient pas subsister. C'est par la canalisation de la ville qu'on aurait commencé, puisque c'est le plus pressé ; et puisqu'il existe aujourd'hui des systèmees éprouvés qui ne lais-sent dégager aucune odeur, et qui au surplus empêchent absolument la circulation des rats dans les égouts, nous ne voyons pas la nécessité de preocéder à des essais coûteux et dont le succès n'est pas assuré.
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General Drude reports that apparently altogether about 800 Moors have been killed here. (Reuter)
The tribes have failed to send the promis-ed envoys to negotiate; the
armistice was thus ended yesterday evening. (Reuter)
General Drude is suffering from intestinal inflammation, and has
postponed the resump-tion of operations. (Havas)
The Government has decided to hold Mo-rocco responsible for the
damage caused by the bombardment of Casablanca, the indem-nities to
be fixed by an international com-mission as in the case of
Alexandria, (Reuter)
The officers of the French and Spanish fleets dined on board the German frigate "Charlotte." (Havas)
The German reply to the Franco-Spanish memorandum relating to Morocco
comments upon the exceptional character of the proposed police
strength, and recognises the right of France to obtain justice and
declares that Germany has no wish to create any difficulties. (Havas)
El Raisuli has sent to the British Lega-tion his ultimate terms for Sir H. Maclean's release. He demands British protection for himself, his appointment as Pasha, and the region between Tetnan and Laraiche as in-demnity. (Reuter)
An official announcement has been made stating that the Congo Free
State has handed over an entire domain of an area of
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The Conference at its plenary sitting adopted, unopposed, the
regulations regarding the opening of hostilities. (Reuter)
Sir William Cruickshank, whilst motoring with his wife, son, and
daughter, lost control of his car descending Berrisdale Brae, near
Caithness, and dashed into a wall. The car was wrecked and burned.
Sir W. Cruickshank and his wife and daughter have been removed to
hospital in an unconscious condition. It is feared that he has
concussion of the brain: the condition of the others is not serious.
(Reuter)
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The following interesting article appears in the columns of the commercial supple-ment of the "Times" from the pen of a correspondent in Egypt.—
In the spring of last year tenders were invited by the Administration of the
Egyp-tian State Railways for the supply of sundry articles, including
The most noteworthy of the conditions is the stipulation that, as the
adjudication is made in Egypt, the tenders shall remain in force for
In commercial circles metal contracts usually have to be settled in the
space of a few minutes, and the time allowed for reflection is rarely
extended to a period of many hours. When dealing with distant markets,
the maximum time allowed for reply is 24 hours.
It would be absurd to suppose that the Egyptian State Railways
Administration are incapable of deciding the point in a like period of
time, and in the case of the metals to which I have been alluding, they
would only have to arrange for certain officials to assemble at the hour
appointed for the opening of the tenders and give their award to the
most suitable offer. This system was used, I believe, for many years in
connexion with theit annual coal contracts, which represented very large
sums of money, and it might be applied with considerable advantage to
the contracts for those articles which are subject to much fluctuation
in price. It would be an insult to the intelligence of the Railway
Administration to assume that they are entirely ignorant of such
fluctuations in regard to metals, as they are so often made aware of the
fact when contemplating the varying cost of their annual purchases ; and
yet it is impossible to imagine any combination of circumstances which
can make it necessary to require offers to be kept open for such a
length of time as
Another clause in the conditions of contract issued by this
Administration relates to the supply of supplementary quantities, and
stipu-lates that in case extra quantities to those specified in the
schedule should be required in the course ot the current year, the
contract-or will be bound to supply them, on written demand, at the same
rates and conditions of those adjudicated to him; these supplementary
quantities not to exceed
The contract for the supply of sanitary fittings to the Egyptian State Railways relates to articles which are probably the most diffi-cult of all classes of merchandise to transport with perfect safety ; yet the conditions attach-ed to this contract are peculiarly stringent and irksome. The supplies include porcelain, and glazed or enamelled fireclay or earthen-ware goods of various patterns and dimensions, cast-iron pipes and connexions, and cisterns. Very few of the articles could be identified by the brief descriptions mentioned in the schedule, and as they must all be exactly similar to the standard samples kept in Cairo, it is essential to prepare drawings in the first place in order to make the inquiry intelligible to one's correspondents at home. Improved designs, or any other new ideas, are rigorously suppressed, for we are constantly reminded by this and other Government administrations that a tender must not be accompanied by any letter or note, also that any tender which modifies in any way the published conditions will not be considered, in spite of any favour-able price offered.
In Egypt most of the Government's standard samples of manufactured articles are almost prehistoric. Nevertheless, there is evidence of some fairly modern inventions, such as tele-phones and type-writing machines, having been admitted on a very limited scale, although the two instruments mentioned were not adopted until years after the whole world had grown to regard them as part of the essential outfit of every office. Manufacturers have to keep pace with the times or else die and for this reason they are constantly destroying their old patterns and adapting their machinery or other appliances to the purposes of making fresh designs, or even different articles altogether. Consequently it is impossible, in most branches of trade, to obtain to-day an article which lost its popularity three years ago. It is improbable that the Egyptian Government maintains a number of ancient manufacturers to turn out the same old types of supplies year after year ; but failing this solution, one most continue to regard the problem of the retention of these absolete samples as a mystery.
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In the schedule of sanitary fittings mention-ed above there is a printed notice that all local merchants are required to submit samples, while other tenderers should send illustrations, sketches, and full particulars of the articles they intend to supply. The goods from Europe are to be examined and approved before shipment by the Railway Administration's London agent and inspecting engineer, Lientenant-Colonel Western, R.E, or by a resident engineer appointed by him, and he has power to reject any goods he may consider unfit. His approval is, however, not final, as the actual acceptance of the goods only takes place in the railway stores at Alexandria, after examination by a spe-cial commission which rejects such goods as are found to be not quite as ordered. If the reject ed goods are not replaced within the time fixed for the delivery of the order, the administration can purchase elsewhere, regardless of cost, any or all the quantities ordered, and debit the contractor with the excess price paid. When four months are allowed for delivery of order the goods usually arrive in 3 ½ months ; there-fore by the time the goods are examined one week remains in which the contractor must replace those rejected or suffer the penalty just mentioned. When they have been found according to contract in all respects, the supplier is invited to attend at the counting and measuring of the goods. Only the actual net quantities received are paid for, the contractor being held responsible for all damage, etc., incurred in transport.
This emphasizes the necessity of insuring against breakage, although the cost of covering such a risk where earthenware and light cast-iron goods are concerned is almost prohibitive. It is, however, a most important precaution, as most of the damage occurs in transporting the goods from the lighter across the railway yard where they are handled in a manner that would make English manufacturers shudder to witness. In conncxion with the examination before ship-ment, such tests as the inspecting engineer requires to be made on the contractor's pre-mises are carried out at the contractor's ex-pense. The inspecting engineer shall, if he sees fit, cause further tests to be made by an expert or experts named by him, elsewhere than on such premises, and the cost of these tests shall be borne by the Egyptian State Railways if they result in the material being accepted ; but if they lead to the whole or any part of the goods being rejected, or being accepted at a modified price or under special conditions as being inferior to the specifications, the whole cost of such tests shall be borne by the contractors. This clause suggests too many possible risks to be faced with equanimity, and one can but wonder if a manufacturer is ever foand to accept them.
AN INTERESTING FORECAST.
It is not often that in imaginary forecasts of the condition of a given city or country in the future are worth serious consideration. But in "The World's Work" for September, Mr. S.P. Verner makes out a strong case for the great improvements which will take place in the Dark Continent in fifty years. Cape Town, he says, should then have a population of over one million whites, and half as many blacks. Kimberley will be as large as Birmingham ; Johannesburg as large as Sheffield ; Buluwayo as large as Leeds. At Victoria Falls there will be another Manchester.
At Khartoum there will be a great unjvers-ity, in which English will be the language ; at Stanleyville probably another, where French will prevail. Cape Town will have scientific institutions which will do for the southern hemisphere more than has been done in Lon-don up to the present time for the northern.
Victoria Falls will light Bulawayo and the upper Zambesi Valley, and will be
driving tramways, looms, and other industrial plants in all that region. The
cataracts of the Nile will annually spin
The Delta and upper country of the Niger will be raising
Fifty years hence there will be
In the Zambesi and southern Congo region there will be an annual production
of pig-iron to the value of over
A curious accident, which occurred on the occasion of the review by the Kaiser of the Tenth Army Corps, deserves to be recorded says the "Tribune" correspondent as an illus-tration of his Majesty's retention of army customs.
On the day of the review, the Kaiser, who was riding over slippery ground, happened to bend to one side. At the same time a horse started aside in the opposite direction.
The Kaiser reined in sharply, his horse's hind feet slipped, and his Majesty, losing seat, slipped off his horse backwards. Half a dozen officers were already around to save him from falling, but the Kaiser had actually touched the ground.
Quickly he rose, but being obliged to take a new horse, he observed as he remounted: "That was a very expeiisive slip."
The bystanders did not quite understand the remark, until the Kaiser explained that according to the traditions of the Service an officers falling from his horse at parade has to provide a punch-bowl for the officer's mess of his own regiment.
The Kaiser, however, is an officer in all regiments. Therefore, for this slip, he had to provided a punch bowl for all the officers' messes.
DECEASED.
NOTICE is hereby given, that all persons having Claims
or Demands against or upon the Estate of Dudley
Stafford Alderson, of the Agricultural Bank, Damanhour, who died on the
AICARD & MOSS.
CAIRO ALEXANDRIA KHARTOUM
BUYING OFFICE
SUMMER 1907
New Goods for Present Season
Leather Dept.
We wish particularly to draw attention to our New Display in this Dept.
We are continually receiving consignments of all Travelling Requisites, including Glad-stone and Kit Bags, Trunks in all sizes and qualities, Dressing Cases and Bags, Rugs, Rug Straps, Holdalls etc., etc.
Sporting Dept.
Cricket Goods by all the best makers
Tennis Racquets, Hockey and Golf Sticks etc. in great variety
Boxing Gloves, Sandow's Developers, Quoits etc
Tailoring, Tailoring, Tailoring.
All the newest materials and Shades
West end styles
Fit and Cut Guaranteed
Hats, Caps, & Helmets.
Special attention has been given to this Dept and we are now showing a large and well assorted Stock in Felt
Panama, Straw and Silk Hats
All Hats fitted by a practical Hatter
Panama Hats cleaned and ernovated
Furnishing Dept.
Cretonnes, Art and Madras Muslins, etc.,
Art Serges, Furnishing Linens etc.
Coloured Table Covers, Cushions and Tea Cosies,
A larne and handsome selection of the above just to hand,
Outfitting Dept.
Shirts Ties, Collars Handkerchiefs. Sock Suspenders Braces
Brushes, Razors, Pipes, Fountain Pens Perfumery, etc., etc. Shirts to order a specialty Underclothing in Wool, Cotton, Silk and Lisle Thread by the best British makers.
Boots and Shoes.
Boots, Shoes and Leggings
Tennis, Walking and Dress Shoes
Stohwasser and Newmarket Leggings
Ladies' Dept.
Newest London Novelties in Blouses, Shoes
Sunshades Hosiery, etc.
SOLE AGENTS IN EGYPT AND THE SUDAN FOR
Sutton Seeds. Bective Boots. Celluar Aertex Clothing.
Davies Bryan & Co,
The United States Department of Agriculture in its Monthly report on the
Cotton Crop states that the average condition of the crop is
The U.S. Census Bureau gives the amount of Cotton ginned from the present
season's crop up to
TARIF D'EXPORTATION pour les mois de september 1907
du mois de Septembre 1906
N.B.—Cette liste est relevée des Registres de l' "Alexandria General Produce Association"; nous la publions afin qu'on puisse la comparer avec les arrivages du mois de septembre 1907.
Qualité indienne :
Le comité de l'Association des Courtiers en Marchandises a fixé comme suit, pour ce jour, le prix de compensation extraordinaire :
Bourse Khédiviale, le
N.B.—Dans cette liquidation sont comprises les opérations jusqu'à 1h. p.m. de ce jour.
Paiement
PENDLETON, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND
Manufactureres of MINERALISED RUBBER GOODS, Fire Hose, Suction Hose, Hydraulic Hose
Sole makers of SPHINCTER ARMOURED HOSE HERCULES BRAND
SOLID INDIA RUBBER VEHICLE TYRES
CAMEL BRAND BELTS DRIVE THE WORLD
SOLE MAKERS OF "CAMEL HAIR" BELTING.
NONE GENUINE WITHOUT ONE OF OUR TRADE MARKS.
COTTON HOSE JACKETED
COTTON HOSE SINGLE
CAMEL BRAND BELTING CAMEL BRAND BELTING
ROUND CORE PACKING
SQUARE SECTION PACKING
SECTION OF TYRE AND STEEL
SOLID INDIA RUBBER TYRED WHEEL
DURABILITY OF STEEL FLEXIBILITY OF INDIARUBBER.
SOLID INDIA RUBBER TYRED WHEEL
DOES NOT KINK.
"SPHINCTER GRIP." ARMOURED HOSE. "HERCULES" BRAND. ARMOURED.
REGISTERED TRADE MARK.
REPRESENTED IN EGYPT BY ALLEN. ALDERSON & Co. LIMITED, ALEXANDRIA.
Agent in CAIRO :— M.A. FATTUCCI
Agents in KHARTOUM :— BERTELLI, PIATTI & Co.
LOCK & SAFE Co. LTD.
STRONG ROOMS
SAFES
SAFE DEPOSITS
STRONG-ROOM DOORS — LOCKS — DEED BOXES, etc.
SOLE AGENTS in EGYPT and SUDAN
N. 1 RUE DE LA GARE DU CAIRE ALEXANDRIA.
THOS COOK AND SON (EGYPT) LTD
BOULAC ENGINE WORKS CAIRO
LARGE STOCKS Kept in Cairo and Alexandria
TELEPHONE : No. 160. TELEGRAMS : Engineer Cairo.
CAIRO-ALEXANDRIA TELEPHONE.—Rates as follows :— P.T. 5 for each 3 minutes, or
fraction of 3 minutes P.T. 10 for over 3 up to 8 minutes communication. —
PUBLIC CALL-OFFICES : Cairo, Central Office, Opera Square, and New Bar;
Helouan, Central Office, Maison Purvis ; Alexandria, St Mark's Buildings,
Egyptian Bar I. Castelli & Co.; Ramleh, Central Office. San Stefano
Casino.
6th FEBRUARY 1907
"GRAND PRIX" WON WITH
Smokeless Diamond CARTRIDGES
FIRST OUT OF 154 SHOOTERS MARVELLOUSLY QUICK.
AGENTS : The EGYPTIAN SALT & SODA Co. Ltd.
Sharia Abdel Moneim, Alexandria.
HELOUAN BRANCH.
AVIS
A l'occasion de la visite du cimitière Israëlite le 17 Septembre courant, un service de trains spéciaux sera organisé entre Bassatine et Bab-El-Louk.
Départs de Bab-El-Louk (Matin)
Départs de Bassatine (Matin)
Prix des Billets aller et retour.
Les enfants au-dessus de 4 ans payment place entière.
Les différences de prix pour livraison sur Contrats de coton Août été fixées comme suit:
Les cotons Haute-Egypte et Fayoum sont livrables contre les contrats usuels, moyennant la bonification de P.T. 15 par cantar, plus la pénalité de P.T 7 1/2.
AVIS
Le cautionnement est fixé à L.E. 50. (Cinquante).
Le cahier des charges est déposé au bureau Technique où il peut être consulté par les iutéressés 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
Elles pourront également être déposées en séance de la Délégation le même jour à 5 h. 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
Générale avant l'ouverture des offres et au plus tard le
Toute offre qui ne remplit pas les conditions ci-dessus sera écartée.
Le Vice-Président, (Signé) DR. SCHIESS.
Alexandrie, le
AVIS
Le
Les pierres sont divisées en lots de 2 à
Les acheteurs devront payer le droit d'enchère de 1% et déposer le 10% de la valeur de la marchandise achetée au moment de la vente et effectuer le paiement intégral à la Caisse Municipale le lendemain du jour de l'adjudica-tion.
Ils auront à supporter les droits de carrière au profit de la Ville et devront enlever les pierres achetées dans un délai de Dix (10) jours sous peine de folle enchère pour compte de l'adjudicataire et sous perte du dépôt de 10 %.
La Municipalité est libre de ne pas donner suite à l'adjudication, quels que soient les prix offerts.
Alexandrie, le
Le Vice-Président,
CARRIAGE & WAGON Co. Ltd.
RAILWAY CARRIAGES & WAGONS
TRAM CARS
Egyptian House:
The Egyptian Engineering Co., Ltd.
Maison Spiro, Sharia Kasr-el-Nil,
Telephone 1542.
Cables: Anglogypt,
THE UNDERWRITERS' FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
Over One Thousand now in use in Egypt and the Sudan.
SIMPLICITY RELIABILITY EFFICACY
WRITE FOR ILLUSTRATED CIRCULARS AND FULL PARTICULARS :—
Sole Agents: THOS. HINSHELWOOD & CO., LIMITED.
ALEXANDRIA.
LARGEST MANUFACTURERS IN THE WORLD OF SAFES
Strong Room Doors, Strong Rooms, Safe Deposits, Bankers' Security Work, Steel Office Furniture, Party Wall Doors, Cash, Deed & Paper Boxes, Locks, etc.
Full Particulars, Drawings, and Estimates Free on
application to
Assorted large stock kept in— :
ALEXANDRIA : Rue Stamboul No. 11
CAIRO : Hosh Issa, Secca Ghedida, & Charieh el Magbrabym Ismailia quarter
TANRA : Tel el Haddadin.
G. MARCUS & Co.
Sole Agents for Egypt and the Soudan.
Portable and Permanent Railways. — Passenger and Goods Cars.
TIPPING AND PLATFORM WAGGONS FOR ALL PURPOSES. LOCOMOTIVES FROM 10-600 H.P.
LARGE STOCK OF RAILS, TRUCKS AND LOCOMOTIVES ALWAYS KEPT IN ALEXANDRIA
Machinery Department.
THE BRITISH WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. all kinds of Electric Machinery & Electric Installations.
J KEMMA-BRESLAU : Steam Ploughs — Road Rollers.
W.T. HENLEY'S TELEGRAPH WORKS Co., LTD., LONDON Cables high and low tension.
E. KIRCHNER & Co., LELPZIG : Wood Working Machinery.
Wire Ropeways "BLEICHERT". SAFES "PANZER".
Pulsometers—Injectors—Central Heating
Installations.
OFFICES : CAIRO : Chareh el Madabegh 13 (Coronel
Buildings).
ALEXANDRIA : Porte Rosette-street, 5.
KHARTOUM : Victoria Avenue.
The Egyptian Engineering Stores.
MERCHANTS, CONTRACTORS & MACHINERY IMPORTERS, ALEXANDRIA.
Sole Agents for Egypt, Asia Minor and Syria for
Messrs. CLAYTON & SHUTTLEWORTH, Lincoln, Portable & fixed Engines & Boilers, Corn mills, Thrashing, Strawbruising & Cutting Machines.
Messrs. GALLOWAYS, LTD., Manchester.—The Largest Boiler Works in the World.
WALTER A. WOOD, Mowing and Reaping Machine Co. Hoosick Falls, N.Y. (America) Reapers, Mowers, Harvesters & Rakes.
PIGUET & Co., Lyons. —French Steam Engines.
AVELING & PORTER, LIMITED, Rochester.—Steam Rollers and Steam Ploughs.
LES TANNERIES LYONNAISES, Oullins (Rhône).—Best Leather Belting.
E. S. HINDLEY, Burton, Dorset—Vertical Engines and Boilers, specially designed for driving Electric Dynamos & Centrifugal Pumps, etc., etc.
HILLAIRET HUGUEOT, Paris.—Electricians.
L. DUMONT, Paris.—Centrifugal pumps
R. F. & E. TURNER, LTD., Ipswich.—Floor Mills.
CAIRO SEWAGE TRANSPORT Cy, Ld.
Shaira el Cherifein No. 1 près la National Bank, LE CAIRE.