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Printed papers on the political situation and military policy in Egypt [66v] (132/176)
The record is made up of 1 file (88 folios). It was created in 23 Apr 1923-17 Nov 1923. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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74. Alexandria Municipality.
431. The City of Alexandria Town Planning Scheme has been approved by the
Municipal Commission and the Government, and has now been published. This
important scheme provides a programme for the future improvement and develop
ment of the city on approved lines.
432. Tenders have been invited for the supply and erection of the pumping
station at Kaid Bey for the main drainage outfall works and it is hoped that this
essential work will be completed in the course of 1922. The low level main sewer
has been completed and work is in course of execution for the completion of some
of the main arteries of the main drainage scheme. A project has been lately carried
out at Ramleh to avoid the serious inundations to which this district has been
subjected for many years during heavy rains.
433. With regard to road making the efforts of the municipality have been
principally directed to making good the deteriorations caused during the years of
war by heavy military traffic. Notwithstanding the repairs already carried out,
there still remains much to be done to bring the roads to their pre-war state. Material
is still expensive and unobtainable in sufficient quantities to carry out the full
programme of repairs.
434. The births in Alexandria in 1921 numbered 19.904. or 44-2 per 1,000- the
deaths 13,149 or 29-2 per 1,000.
435. There were 147 deaths from typhus and 443 from tvphoid and paratvphoid.
436. The budgetary estimates for 1921-22 were £E. 489.000 receipts and
£E. 459.150 expenditure. From the 1st April, 1921. to the 31st December. 1921, the
actual receipts amounted to £E. 382,506 and the expenditure to £E. 326,114.
437. The most important archaeological discoveries of the vear are : The
remnants of public baths of the Roman era at Korn Negila Awlad-el-Sheikh; very
interesting prehistoric remains at Kom-el-Karinein; and a beautiful and important
mosaic, certainly one of the most ancient among known mosaics, at Chatby.
438. A group of inscriptions sent by the Antiquities Service, and a number of
sculpture fragments, terracottas, &c., have been classified and exhibited. The
Archaeological Library has increased its collections bv several hundreds of volumes.
In its annual report for 1919-20. the Museum Service published a detailed review
of the excavations at the Serapeum of the Anfouchy Necropolis, and of various
incidental discoveries. A complete catalogue of the museum librarv is attached to
the above report.
439. The Municipal Library which was founded in 1892 possessed on the 31st
December, 1921. 29.790 volumes of which 18,042 were in the European Section, and
11.748 in the Arabic Section.
75. Provincial Councils.
440. The provincial councils called during the year 126 meetings, of which
forty-nine were adjourned for want of the legal quorum, largely the result of the
fact that no elections to vacancies have taken place since the outbreak of war.
441. The receipts and expenditure of the provincial councils for the vear are
as follow :—
—
Revenue.
%
Economies
carried
forward*
Adminis
tration of
Council.
Health.
Agricul
ture
Works.
Various.
Elementary
Education.
Other
Education.
£ K.
£ E.
£ E.
£ E.
£ E.
£ E.
£ E.
£ E.
Kaliubia
37,288
6,156
2.729
720
1,522
30
20,902
10,958
Sharkia
82,131
24,982
3,619
2,600
2,131
59,768
24,928
Dakahlia
64,314
2.593
5,654
2,984
1,132
31,258
17^369
Gharbia
135,969
31,046
12.733
10,852
376
2,400
69,956
18,474
Menufia
141.377
29,061
4,525
5,814
1,023
1,279
31,707
2.5,961
Behera
71,806
18,600
4,187
4,186
1,697
767
34,663
21,892
Giza ..
30,744
3,521
1,121
36
15,222
8,050
Fayoum
28,212
2,030
2,010
1,966
1,153
17,270
5.460
Beni Suef
31,768
17,379
2,294
4,927
2,042
1,000
24,097
9,395
Minia ..
43,055
37,668
4,073
2,173
2,303
393
33,584
19,215
Assiour,
62,068
4,297
3,877
1,227
976
537
32,179
15,359
Girga..
32,329
1,145
1,440
970
18,259
7,757
Kena ..
34,318
9,553
2,126
145
• •
25,418
8.975
Assouan
7,462
1,498
579
6,061
1,700
Total
802,841
186,008
53,367
39,540
14,336
6,406
420,344
195,483
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The file contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, and newspaper cuttings relating to the political situation in Egypt. The memoranda are written by officials at the War Office, Admiralty, Colonial Office, and Foreign Office and mostly concern military policy in Egypt and the defence of the Suez Canal. The Annual Report on Egypt for the year 1921, written by Field Marshall Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, High Commissioner of Egypt, is also included. The report covers matters such as politics, finance, agriculture, public works, education, justice, and communications. Some correspondence from Ernest Scott, Acting High Commissioner in Egypt, to Lord Curzon can also be found within the file.
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- 1 file (88 folios)
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The file is arranged in roughly chronological order, from the front to the rear.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 88; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-88; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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