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V. —Financial Administration
(confd.).
14. No external loan shall be
^ised nor the revenue of any
public service be assigned by the
Egyptian (Government without
the concurrence of the Financial
Commissioner.
VI. —Judicial Administration.
15. The Egyptian Government
will appoint, in agreement with
His Britannic Majesty’s Govern
ment, a Judicial Commissioner,
who, in virtue of the obligations
assumed by Great Britain, shall
be charged with the duty of
watching the administration of
the law in all matters affecting
foreigners.
lb. For the proper discharge
of his duties, the Judicial Com
missioner shall l)e kept fully |
informed on all matters affecting !
foreigners which concern the
Ministries of Justice and of the
Interior, and shall at all times
enjoy the right of access to the J
Egyptian Ministers of Justice |
and of the Interior.
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VII.—Soudan.
17. The peaceful development
of the Soudan being essential to
the security of E'jypt and for
the maintenance of her water
supply, Egypt undertakes to con
tinue to afford the Soudan
Government the same military
assistance as in the past, or, in
lieu thereof, to provide the
Soudan Government with finan
cial assistance to an extent to
be agreed upon between the two
Governments.
All Egyptian forces in the
Soudan shall be under the orders
of the Governor-General.
VIII.—Suez Canal.
18. During the ten years
immediately following the coming
into force of this treaty, the
Egyptian Government will, in
consultation with the Suez Canal
Company and the British High
Commissioner, frame proposals
for the extension for a further
period of 100 years of the conces
sion held by the said company.
V.—Financial Administration
(contd.).
14. (Same as clause 14 in
column A.)
VI.—Judicial Administration.
15. (Same as clause 15 in
column A.)
16. (Same as clause 16 in
column A.)
VII.—Soudan.
17. (Same as in column A.)
Great Britain further un
dertakes to secure for Egypt
her fair share of the waters of
the Nile, and to this end it is
agreed that no new irrigation
works on the Nile or its
tributaries south of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Haifa
shall be undertaken without the
concurrence of a Board of three
conservators representing Egypt,
the Soudan and Uganda respec
tively.
VIII.—Suez Canal.
18. During the ten years
immediately following the coming
into force of this treaty, the
Egyptian Government will, in
consultation with His Britannic
Majesty’s Ambassador, sympa
thetically consider any proposals
which the Suez Canal Company
may put forward for the extension
for a further period of fifty years
of the concession held by the said
company.
Any question on which the
parties are unable to agree with
regard to the terms on which
the extension shall be granted
shall, unless otherwise mutually
agreed, be determined by an
umpire appointed by the Council
of the League of Nations. In
the event of the company declin
ing the extension on the terms so
V.—Financial Administration
(contd.).
14. Nil.
VI.—Judicial Administration.
15. The functions of Com
mandant of Police in the towms
of Cairo, Alexandria and Port
Said shall continue for a period
of five years from the coming
into force of this treaty to be
entrusted to European officers.
16. Nil.
VII.—Soudan.
17. Great Britain reaffirms the
principle of the Anglo-Egyptian
condominium in the Soudan and
undertakes that Egypt shall
enjoy her fair share in the
government and administration
of that country, and shall be
accorded priority in the distribu
tion of the available water supply
between the two countries.
(Above is based on verbal state
ments of Adly Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , who pro
mised to send his vinos in uniting.)
VIII.—Suez Canal.
18. This clause to be omitted.
(The delegation maintain that
it is unnecessary as it is to
Egypt’s own interest to come to
an agreement with the company,
and the force of public opinion
throughout the world would com
pel her to do so. But the terms
and occasion of such an agree
ment must be left to Egypt’s
own decision. The proposal put
forward in 1909 to extend the
lease provoked an outburst of
popular feeling, and any mention
of the subject in the treaty would
be fatal to its reception in Egypt.)
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